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Ugomba:
South South populations equals to Igbo's own? Who is this olodo pls?
There is no point replying you, you need a thorough and sound education.
The Igbo indigenes in south south alone outnumbers the ijaw tribe.. #fact

Next time they talk about igbo population, show them this....

Igbos are more than half of southern Nigeria

I noticed that the original thread was relegated,hence I decided to repost it....




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One year after "cancer goggles" were first used in a successful breast cancer operation, Dr. Samuel Achilefu is still getting emails from surgeons all over the world, hoping for a chance to use them.

“We’ve been inundated,” he said from his desk in Washington University’s Mallinckrodt Institute, hours before receiving the 2014 St. Louis Award for his invention.

Achilefu counts 27 surgeries where his technology has been worn by doctors operating on patients with breast cancer, liver cancer and melanoma. An injected dye reacts with infrared light to make cancerous tissue light up, helping surgeons locate the tumor and separate it from healthy tissue.

He said he hopes the device becomes a cheaper, easier way for doctors to "see" tumors here and in the developing world. Because the goggles also project the surgeon’s view onto a computer screen, they could be adapted for use as a teaching tool.

Achilefu said the idea for the goggles was borrowed from other medical disciplines and born out of a need to reduce the number of instruments in a surgery room.

"Ophthalmologists use glasses. Neurosurgeons do the same thing, but with large microscopes,” Achilefu said. “The idea was what is the simplest device to create that is easy to use but still effective.”

Developing the goggles became a three year collaboration between radiologists, optical and sensory engineers, and surgeons — a tting development for the same radiology institute that invented the PET scan.

The St. Louis Award is given each year to honor a resident who has made an "outstanding contribution" to the community. Achilefu accepted his during a ceremony Wednesday evening in St. Louis.

Speaking by phone with St. Louis Public Radio, award committee president David Kemper said, “It just seemed natural,” to choose Achilefu for the honor.

“None of us knew him, but we knew of what was going on. We thought, 'Well, isn’t this fascinating, what a great contribution to society,'” Kemper said.

Achilefu grew up in the city of Aba, in southeastern Nigeria. After winning a government scholarship to study in France, he completed his studies at Oxford University before following a longtime mentor to the Mallinckrodt lab in 1993. He lives in the St. Louis area with his wife and two teenage children.

“I’m a good example that if you place anybody in a place and ask them to survive, they will. They will adapt to that language,” Achilefu joked. He speaks three languages uently: Igbo, English and French.

As for the future of the goggles, Achilefu said he’d like to see them become easily accessible to low-resource areas, such as urban centers and rural hospitals. He and his colleagues are gathering data to apply for FDA approval.

“I hope that in other developing parts of the world that can’t afford imaging technologies, this becomes affordable and useful for them,” he said.

Another step will be adapting the goggles to magnify the surgeon’s view to streamline brain surgeries. Achilefu said that ideally, the image would be sharp enough to be magnified so that even a single cell could be identified by a neurosurgeon.

“Medicine becomes more objective if you can see what you are treating.” Achilefu said. “You have the confidence you are doing the right thing to the patient

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realjoker:
ibos with their victim mentality. British did you disservice by lumping you together with other nigerians? Realy, or did you a favour by bringing you together? Tell us the history of the ibos pre-colonization, because the ibos of today live as loose entities before the coming of the whites, so the group that should be claiming that the british did them disservice should be the fulanis, the binis, the yorubas, the idomas, the ijaws, the calabas, the tivs, the igalas who have built empires and have been living as a nation before the coming of the whitemen and not the ibos that where brought together by the same whitemen.

The Igbo Nri civilization came into fore during the 9th centruy AD whereas the first Yoruba civilization, Ife, came into fore by the 12th century. Igbos produced art works that are said to be far superior to those produced by the Yoruba and comparable with the those of Europe at the time of their discovery. Majority of Igbo-ukwu artworks were taken away to Britain where they are currently are now. Tests and inspection of these works show a very high degree of sophistication and precision. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_Igbo-Ukwu

Just like the Egyptians, ancient Igbos built pyramids, very similar to the Steppe Pyramids of Egypt. https://udumakalu./2014/05/04/archaeologists-discover-pyramids-in-igboland/

However, ancient Igbos hardly built cities as they dwelt in family units made into villages and named after their founding ancestor, for example, umuchima meaning ‘umu’ or descendants and ‘chima’ being a male Igbo name for their ancestor. The Igbos are republican by nature and barely had kings – for they believed that everyone is equal with no man greater than the other, with each village ruled by a council of elders, and each elder representing a family unit or ‘ogbe’ within the village, with meetings where every elder gathered to deliberate on issues affecting the people – a similar model practised in the United Kingdom where they have a parliamentary system and no president. The prime minister is only but a ceremonial head.

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Josh Ostrovsky (a.k.a. The Fat Jew)


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Josh Ostrovsky’s outrageous alter ego rose to fame over the past few years by sharing funny photos and memes with his millions of Twitter and Instagram followers, often without attribution. (He also wrote a book, Money Pizza Respect, and started a wine label, White Girl Rose.) But his fame reached a tipping point in August. Shortly after news broke that Ostrovsky had signed with talent agency CAA, several prominent comedians—including Patton Oswalt and Chelsea Peretti—mocked him for building a career off of stolen material, kicking off a debate about the ethics of aggregating online content. Eventually, Ostrovsky apologized and vowed to credit all his posts in the future.—Samantha Grossman

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Drake
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More than perhaps any other artist, Drake understands the power of a meme. Last year, he released a strikingly simple video for “Hotline Bling”—most shots were of him doing goofy dance moves amid a neon backdrop—that all but begged to be parodied. And the Internet obliged, churning out countless GIFs, Vines and spoofs that helped make the song his biggest hit to date. More recently, Drake tapped meme culture to settle a score, using fan-made images to taunt rival Meek Mill during a performance.—Nolan Feeney

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Tess Holliday

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The average American woman is a size 14—which is why many people on the Internet find it so maddening when the fashion industry applies the label “plus-size” to models who appear to weigh less than a normal woman. Among them: Tess Holliday, who created the hashtag #EffYourBeautyStandards for social media users to express dissatisfaction with societal norms and pride in their bodies. The model, who has 1.1 million Instagram followers, is now the living embodiment of her mantra: she’s the first size 22 model to be signed with a major agency, she covered People magazine in May 2015, and recently, she shared a photo of herself in a bikini at “6 months preggo…& still slayin.”—Sarah Begley

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Helen Van Winkle (a.k.a. Baddiewinkle)

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It’s never to late to reinvent yourself, especially on the Internet. For proof, look no further than Helen Van Winkle, the 87-year-old Tennessean whose newfound love of eccentric clothing—which she says she uses to cope with the passing of her husband and son—has made her an Instagram sensation. Two years after starting the @baddiewinkle account (her great-granddaughter’s idea), she touts some 1.8 million followers, including Miley Cyrus and Nicole Richie. Now she’s even started to nab fashion campaigns and invites to A-list events.—Eliza Berman

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The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet
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For our second annual roundup of the most influential people on the Internet, TIME sized up contenders by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability to drive news. Here’s who made this year’s unranked list:

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Kanye West
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The artist and entrepreneur has perfected the art of the Twitter spree, sharing candid thoughts that are often just as provocative—if not more so—than his music. His tweets can be controversial (see: his comments on Amber Rose and Bill Cosby) and confusing (like his revelation that he’s $53 million in debt), but many do offer constructive criticism of the fashion and music industries. West also used the Internet to shake up the idea of an album as we know it, treating his latest LP, The Life of Pablo, like a work in progress by refusing to sell it (it’s only available on the streaming service Tidal) and promising alterations to its “final” version.—Nolan Feeney

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Joy Cho

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The crown jewel of this graphic designer’s online empire, which also includes her popular lifestyle blog, is Pinterest, where Cho has 12.8 million followers. As the most-followed person on the platform, she’s now able to garner big partnerships, including a photo-documented road trip sponsored by Toyota and new lines of baby clothes and nursery and home décor for Target. More recently, she was tapped to design the souvenir eggs for the 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll.—Sarah Begley

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James Corden

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Even if you’ve never watched CBS’s Late Late Show, chances are you’ve seen its host singing in a car with Adele. Or playing “tattoo roulette” with One Direction. Or hijacking a tour bus with Jason Derulo. This is a testament to how well the 37-year-old British comedian understands how to be a late-night host in 2016, pushing celebrities beyond their comfort zone to create the kinds of funny, feel-good clips that thrive in the age of YouTube. Chief among them is “Carpool Karaoke,” a semiregular series (now set for a prime-time special) in which Corden chauffeurs famous artists as they bop along to their own hits. The casual setup is more intimate than a studio set, which encourages to guests let loose—and people to watch and share. So far, more than 85 million have watched his outing with Adele, in which the soulful singer wound up rapping along to a Nicki Minaj verse.—Daniel D’Addario

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Laci Green

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In an effort to provide a more approachable version of sex education, the YouTube star offers sisterly advice on everything from hookup culture to body positivity to BDSM. In sum, her videos have amassed 122 million views, turning the 26-year-old, who was raised Mormon, into a millennial Dr. Ruth. She’s now a go-to host (of MTV’s digital series Braless) and ambassador (for Trojan’s “Consent. Ask For It.” campaign)—with a rapidly growing fanbase.—Nolan Feeney

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Josh Holz and Daniel Lara

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The beauty of the Internet age—or danger, depending on who you ask—is that anyone can start a global phenomenon. Case in point: A high school boy films his friend’s outfit and face each day while repeating “Damn, Daniel!” in an alluringly weird accent, and suddenly the video is everywhere. Josh Holz’s strange cinematic creation, originally uploaded to Snapchat and stitched together into a longer clip, is the rare meme to truly penetrate mainstream pop culture: Holz and Lara appeared on Ellen (Vans gave Lara a lifetime supply of his signature sneakers that he later donated to a children’s hospital) and in Weezer’s beachy music video for “California Kids.” And while hackers eventually took over Holz’s Twitter account and deleted the original video, it hasn’t stopped fans from being back at it again with Daniel-inspired remixes, tattoos and shoes.—Sarah Begley

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DJ Khaled

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Just five months after joining Snapchat, the music producer (real name: Khaled Khaled) has become one of the social media platform’s biggest stars and “a meme in human form.” His more than 20 million followers are drawn to his relentlessly positive attitude and numerous catchphrases—like “major keys to success,” or motivational humblebrags that are often marked with the key emoji. But his influence has extended well beyond Snapchat: Earlier this year, the 40-year-old also recorded an inspirational message for Jeb Bush on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and starred in a video promoting ObamaCare as one of his major keys to success. He’s also been on the cover of Businessweek and made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.—Samantha Grossman

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Johnetta Elzie and DeRay Mckesson[/b]
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Although there are no official leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, Elzie and McKesson have both helped meaningfully shape it through the Internet. After gaining national attention for live-tweeting the 2014 events in Ferguson, Mo., they founded WeTheProtesters.org, an online hub and resource center for all #BLM activists. Together, they command an audience of more than 400,000 people on Twitter, and McKesson is running for mayor of his native Baltimore.—Eliza Berman

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J.K. Rowling


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More than any other author, J.K. Rowling has cast a spell over the Internet, using Twitter and her website Pottermore to expand the Harry Potter universe. Over the past year, she has revealed everything from why Hagrid can’t produce a Patronus to the fact that Hogwarts tuition is free to the history of North American magic in general (though some criticized her for using details from existing Native American legends). Rowling has also made headlines for fighting with a member of Scottish Parliament, comparing Donald Trump to Voldemort and offering support to fans with depression.—Ashley Ross

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Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (a.k.a. PewDiePie)

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The Swedish gamer (born Felix Kjellberg) touts a record 42.7 million subscribers on YouTube, giving him a reach bigger than most TV networks. Perhaps that’s why he’s starting his own: the 26-year-old recently struck a deal with Disney’s Maker Studios to produce original content for RevelMode, a new virtual network.—Olivia B. Waxman

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Donald Trump

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Donald Trump is redefining how political candidates use social media, for better and for worse. Although supporters value his candor, the GOP frontrunner has caught flack for tweeting insults at or about his rivals—alleging that Megyn Kelly is a “bimbo,” for example, and dismissing Marco Rubio as “Little Marco.” All of which bolsters Trump’s virtual presence: the mogul touts almost 7 million followers on Twitter, more than any other presidential candidate, including Hillary Clinton.—Daniel D’Addario

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Lele Pons

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At 19, Pons isn’t just the most-watched person on Vine (where her six-second videos have been played 7.9 billion times); she’s one of the most-watched people on all of social media. Fans flock to the native Venezuelan, who is credited with coining the phrase “doing it for the Vine,” for her practical jokes, which she plays on friends, family and even strangers. But her profile is rising: In October, Michelle Obama invited Pons to the White House to create a Vine advocating for children’s education. And her popularity across multiple social media platforms—including Instagram, Twitter and YouTube—has helped her make ad deals with big-name brands, such as HP, DirecTV, Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Guitar Hero.—Megan McCluskey

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Cristiano Ronaldo

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Although the soccer star doesn’t post as often as some of his contemporaries, he is far and away the most popular athlete on social media and the undisputed king of Facebook, touting some 110 million followers. He’s also only the third celebrity to reach 200 million combined followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, joining previous Time listees Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. His posts on Facebook and Instagram, in particular, garner an average of one million interactions each, helping Ronaldo earn $27 million a year in off-field endorsement deals.—Megan McCluskey

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Caitlyn Jenner

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When she came out as a woman last year, the former Olympic athlete instantly became the most famous transgender person in the world—and on social media. Four hours after joining Twitter (in sync with her Vanity Fair cover reveal), Jenner had gained 1 million Twitter followers, beating President Obama’s record. More recently, she’s sparked debate online after making comments that offended some in their implications about what it means to be a woman, even while exposing these complicated issues to a wider audience.—Sarah Begley

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Essena O’Neill

Ironically, the Instagram star only became even more famous after she announced she was quitting the Internet. In a video that made international headlines last November, the 19-year-old revealed to her more than 500,000 followers that she was deactivating her accounts because “social media is not real life.” Although many supported her decision, the backlash from others was so intense that O’Neill entered a period of radio silence. She re-emerged in January with a 6,210-word open letter underscoring her decision; her latest Instagram photos now have captions like “This is what I like to call a perfectly contrived candid shot,” which are meant to illustrate how deceptive the platform can be. —Megan McCluskey

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Narendra Modi

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The leader of the world’s largest democracy is also an Internet star, boasting more than 18 million Twitter followers and over 32 million Facebook likes. And unlike some of his contemporaries, he often uses social media to break news and conduct diplomacy. On Christmas Day, for example, Modi tweeted that he would visit the Pakistani city of Lahore to wish Nawaz Sharif, the leader of India’s chief regional rival, a happy 66th birthday. On Feb. 12, he also wished a happy birthday to Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani. That tweet made headlines for the wrong reasons, though: the Afghan President replied with his thanks, and a polite note that he was actually born on May. 19.—Nikhil Kumar

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Elise Andrew

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If you’ve come across a Facebook post declaring the dawn of “a mini–Ice Age” or the discovery of a new species of fish-eating spider, chances are it came by way of Elise Andrew. The 26-year-old former biology major is the brains behind I F-cking Love Science, a Facebook page (and now a fully staffed blog) that has built an audience of 24 million, eclipsing more established outlets like Popular Science (3.2 million) and the New York Times (10.9 million). Its goal: to highlight “the lighter side of science” in an effort to spark people’s interest. At times, Andrew has been accused of oversimplifying complex issues and promoting stories (like the mini–Ice Age item) that wind up getting debunked. But those critics, she argues, are ignoring the importance of a “staunchly pro-science” news outlet at a time when some presidential candidates deny that climate change exists. “I’m not trying to teach people about science,” she tells TIME via email. “I’m trying to give people that moment where they say, O.K., this is interesting, and I WANT to learn more.”—Olivia B. Waxman

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Ken M

There are trolls haunting every comments section on the Internet, but none are as beloved—or perhaps, as prolific—as Kenneth McCarthy. Online, the 35-year-old comedian, until recently known only by the moniker “Ken M,” plays a good-natured dolt, posting hilariously inept remarks to outrage people who don’t realize the joke is on them. (Underneath an article on the perils of climate change, for example, Ken M demanded that someone “tell obama to plant more tree seeds cause trees convert sunlight into cool air.”) Now he’s something of a folk hero, touting thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter and his own subreddit. His aim, he has said, is to turn “toxic” spaces—as so many comments sections tend to be—into “a source of belly laughter, so it’s not gross anymore.”—Samantha Grossman

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Lilly Singh (a.k.a. Superwoman)

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She may not have as many subscribers as PewDiePie, but the Indo-Canadian vlogger is rapidly becoming one of the biggest stars on YouTube, both on and off-screen. As alter ego Superwoman, she is equal parts funny and motivational, which has helped her amass more than 8 million subscribers and over 1.1 billion total views. She recently landed a national YouTube ad campaign and released her first feature film, a documentary chronicling her 27-city world tour, on YouTube’s new paid subscription service; it’s called “A Trip to Unicorn Island,” a nod to her fans, known as Unicorns.—Megan McCluskey

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Matt Drudge


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If we are indeed witnessing the biggest political media circus in history, then Drudge is its virtual ringmaster. More than 15 years after its launch, his news-aggregation site, The Drudge Report, remains a traffic behemoth, logging some 8.7 billion page views in the past year. That gives Drudge, whose own views skew conservative, an outsize influence on the political news cycle—a fact doesn’t sit well with his critics. But there’s no denying his ability to turn niche stories into national headlines, especially if they allege that Hillary Clinton wears a wig.—Olivia B. Waxman

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Angie Nwandu

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As more and more of our own daily interactions happen online, so, too, does celebrity drama. And Nwandu, 25, has made it her business to capture it. Two years ago, she started The Shade Room, an Instagram account and blog that aims to be like Page Six for celebrities on social media: a chronicle of who likes whose posts, who comments on whose photos, and who starts following (or better yet, unfollowing) each other. Since then, TSR has become a burgeoning media empire, replete with its own tipsters, staff (there are now four full-time employees), and advertisers—all of whom serve an audience of 3.9 million. And counting.—Nolan Feeney

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Andrew Bachelor (a.k.a. King Bach)

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On Vine, the social network for six-second videos, 27-year-old Bachelor commands 15 million followers, more than any other user. His edge: a knack for relatable comedy. Many of his quick videos portray everyday ­scenarios—like trying to get a woman’s ­number—gone awry. Casting directors have taken note: he landed his first major TV acting gig (on Showtime’s House of Lies) within months of his inaugural Vine in 2013. This year he’ll add four feature films to his résumé.—Eliza Berman

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Kayla Itsines

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“Fitspiration“—photos of leafy salads, inspirational quotes and well-posed gym selfies—has become a social-media staple, and no one has leveraged it better than Kayla Itsines. The 24-year-old Aussie trainer has parlayed her line of digital workout and nutrition guides (a.k.a. Bikini Body Guides) into a virtual movement on Instagram, on which her supporters post before-and-after images using hashtags like #BBG, #TheKaylaMovement, and #KaylasArmy. Itsines often shares the most dramatic results with her 4.6 million followers, which both engages her followers and evangelizes her brand. While some have criticized Itsines’ methods, her empire continues to grow; her Sweat with Kayla app, for example, continues to chart in the health and fitness section of the App Store.—Ashley Ross

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Peter Bouckaert

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For proof that a single tweet can change the world, look no further than Sept. 2, when Bouckaert, the Emergencies Director for Human Rights Watch, shared a photo of Alan Kurdi, a 3-year-old Syrian-Kurdish refugee, lying dead on a Turkish beach. Within hours, the image (taken by Turkish photographer Nilüfer Demir from the Dogan News Agency) had gone viral, drawing attention to the human toll of Europe’s migrant crisis—and perhaps even hastening a response. Two days after Bouckaert’s tweet, the U.K. agreed to accept thousands more refugees.—Olivia B. Waxman

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Kim Kardashian West

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Kim Kardashian West is one of the most-watched people on the planet, with more than 120 million followers across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Most recently, she made headlines for posting, and then ardently defending, a series of nude selfies. “I am empowered by showing the world my flaws and not being afraid of what anyone is going to say about me,” she wrote. “And I hope that through this platform I have been given, I can encourage the same empowerment for girls and women all over the world.” The reality star also launched two new mobile apps in the past year, including Kimoji, which features icons of her famous derriere and “ugly cry” face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djl9QzevpnA

This is the video...I wonder why the mods hid it

BuddahMonk:
Its disheartening seeing many Yoruba youths whom were once Okada or Keke riders dropping them for owoda.

I know about 9 Yoruba guys who stopped driving keke and start selling tickets and writing chalks on buses.

Yoruba youths don't think because if they are actually thinking there is no way all the markets in Lagos are dominated by Igbos while Northerners sell foodstuffs and do other menial jobs while yoruba youths pierce ears, noses and eyelids shedding tats as a record deal is on the horizon.

Yoruba youths are the worst youths in Southern Nigeria if we should actually tell ourselves the truth.

Even Okada riding has been taken away from them by northerners and to a lesser degree easterners


As for youths, not all yoruba youths are lazy thou..there are a lot of sensible and hard-working ones that I know, just that they are in the minority

Nonsense.....my brothers please ignore this thread.

Rossikk:
Tribalist. Why don't you kuku build your own Igbo forum and go there since you hate other non Igbos so much? Why do you infest this 'Yoruba owned' forum looking for only Igbo issues to give you joy? Don't you know any Igbos who can build websites?

What is this scum saying?

Olabestonic001:
I love what is happening in the SE bro.
Soon, Igbo's will be back home and others will see the vacuum we will all experienced. The SW will soon discover it had capitulated for a long time and had become lazy over the years. The wise one's will see this as a opportunity to feel in the gap Igbo's will leave behind and they'll certainly take over from the vacancies left by them. SE will become the next biggest thing in Nigeria.
The abandonment of SE had helped the people there to discover the greatest resources: Human Resources. Don't mind the people of SW who thinks SE had no resources. The greatest resources are definitely Human Resources. With the development of SE, SW will see how it had allowed itself being left behind by its mental laziness and they'll rise up to the challenges. SS will probably take clue from SE or it will continue terrorizing its own lands and people and drive more of its productive and serious citizens to the SE region.
The North would discovered that "There's a time a man rules even to his own hurt". Their foolish attitudes of taking over every blossoming Federal parastatals will soon become their greatest undoing as they would discovered that those they've cheated are doing better than them. Soon, they will be exposed as the only problem of the nation and progressively, they will be detested.
Some of their youths will discovered that they've ruled for ages to their own hurts and those they've ruled on are doing far better. They'll wake up (as some of them are already doing in the case of the Almajiri menace) and the old generations of Northern elites with their be phased out. Their foolish mentality of Born to Rule will be eroded and they'll try to do either of 2 possible things:
(i) Either they adjust to the evolution and develop their people.
(ii) Or they tried to cause problems by increasing levies on the productive regions.
If the first is done, Nigeria would have witnessed an evolution to a viable state. If the latter, Nigeria will end up splitting.

I'm an Ibadan man (by attitude), with the senses of an Igbo man(financially) and the spend-thrift of an Ijebu man(economically) coupled with the forthrightness of an Aboki(by attitude).
I kept studying Nigeria daily, picking the goods of every tribe, dropping their weaknesses (yes its difficult to drop your tribal weaknesses sirs/mas) and copying as much strengths as I can.

Please make your submissions without mentioning the SW please. This is about developments in igboland in the SE,SS and parts of MB,though the part of Igboland in MB are being marginalised but which ever way, a developed SE and SS is good for them and they can always call it home.

Thanks

The same way you id!0ts were blaming and abusing the igbos and Niger Deltans for voting jonathan. Infact you guys labelled us enemies of Nigeria.

You know, they say the wise ones are from the East and foolish ones from the west so i wasn't surprised why you agberos voted a clueless illiterate as your leader...

mtchewww

This is also the Nsibidi which is an ancient igbo ibibio alphabets which also has the pentagram known as the stars of David.

Also it should also be noted that the ibibios also claim to be jews who traced their origin to israel and they share the same cultural and religious traditions as the igbo.....

for further understanding, read more about the Aros

FOR ages now, the Igbo people of Nigeria have claimed to be one of the lost tribes of the Jewish family. The claim to the Jewish heritage by Igbo people has been marred in many controversies by many who discredit it while many others embrace it with all their souls.Both Igbos and non-Igbos partake in both acceptance and undermining of this claim. Does Igbo people really have Jewish heritage? This question remains the most phenomenal issue among the Igbos after their quest for Biafran independence.

Mr. Adeyinka Makinde on October 22, 2007, at a seminar in Cecil Sharp House, Camden Town in North London, delivered a speech on a special Black History event for the Jewish Museum. In his speech, he stressed on the point that one must not agree with him, that though not fully proven, the Igbos have a strong link with the Jews in the Holy land of Israel. Throughout his speech, he maintained that he is not Igbo and he is not Jewish but as a researcher, was compelled to doing so based on the level of connection discovered already by researchers on this issue.

In 1789, thirteen years after America’s independence, Olaudah Equiano, a Christian Educated Igbo freed slave made a remark in his narrative on this same subject. He was quoted as saying: “The strong analogy which… appears to prevail in the manners and customs of my countrymen and those of the Jews, before they reached the Land of Promise, and particularly the patriarchs while they were yet in that pastoral state which is described in Genesis, which alone would induce me to think that the one people had sprung from the other.”

His essay was discarded just like the notion of Igbos being Jewish by some historians was, while some other historians still carefully study it alongside other pieces of evidence pointing to this fact. Mr. Equiano which was an English way of spelling Ikwuano meaning “four kindred” was known throughout his life time as Gustavus Vessa. He was not only known to propagate Igbo-Jewish heritage but was also a loud voice against slave trade. Just like King Jaja of Opobo kingdom, he gained his freedom by hard work and strong belief to excel in whatever he did which he considered another hallmark of his Jewish heritage.

Sidney Davies who is the President and Lead Director at Niger Association of Global Africana Sciences (NAGAS) and senior research fellow at Catherine Acholonu Research Center for African Studies argues based on excerpt from Equiano’s quote, “one people had sprung from the other.” He argued that Equiano’s statement does not “necessarily or logically follow or conclude that the Igbos came from the Jews and thus are Jews, for Equiano also allows in his analogy the possibility that the Jews might have sprung from the Igbos.”

Based on the Equiano’s statement in his philosophical narrative, one people could have come from the other which leaves the room that the Jews could possibly have come from the Igbos. His argument did not discredit the claim but leaves room for more clarification. This idea was based on the many similarities which exist in both Igbo and Jewish cultures, languages and idiosyncrasies which many believe to have gone beyond mere coincidences.

Some Igbos believe that Igbo people did not migrate from anywhere thus an autochthonous people in eastern Nigeria. This point of view was mentioned in Dr. Elizabeth Isichei book entitled: “History of the Igbo People,” where she quoted an unidentified Mbaise elder as saying: “The Igbos did not come from anywhere and that the ancestors of the Igbo people originated from where they live today starting from Nri, an ancient clan in present Anambra State.” Enough have been said about the pros and cons on Igbos being Jewish or having Jewish origin.

It is imperative to note striking similarities in many aspects of life between the two people’s socio-religious beliefs and way of life. First, Igbos are adventurous and aggressive like the Jews. The Igbo and Jewish customs permit a man to raise children from his brother’s widow. Both the Igbos and the Jews have a common tradition of lengthy funeral ceremony (Genesis 50:1-3). Igbos and the Jews have common circumcision date, the eight-day following the delivering of every male child. Igbos and the Jews use intermediaries in marriage negotiations and make a thorough family background check, this is practicable in Igboland up to the present time. Abraham did it while negotiating Rebecca for Isaac (Genesis 24.). The late Professor Dike’s book: The Living Document of Ekwulobia, which was expanded by I.C.U Enochusi propagated that Igbos have three origins and settled in their homes in two different periods.

According to him, the first subdivision of Igbo people were pure Jewish stock that wandered through North east Africa down to their present settlement. This stock of Igbo people are said to be the Nris, Igbo ukwus, Aros and Otuochas. The second stock of Igbos came from eastward movement of population from Benin in 17th century A.D. which resulted in increased population of the Ika Igbos who are mainly found in present day Delta State. The third Igbo origin is the Benue River region origin. These Igbos migrated from Igala country of the lower Benue River into Igbo belt late 17th century A.D. to avoid the Fulani slave trade. Majority of these Igala Igbos settled in the Northern part of the Igbo territory and are mostly inhabitants of Anambra east and west local government areas and some parts of northern Enugu state.

All these wouldn’t make much meaning if the wooden stool in Nri, which is considered as the cradle of Igbos does not exist, more so existing in the said location before Igbos made any contact with outsiders. The wooden stool is said to be made from a wood whose tree only exists or grows in the city of Jerusalem. This appears to be one of the most compelling pieces of evidence of Igbo Jewish heritage that ignited former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to send delegates to Igboland in search of “Eri” with the purpose of establishing this fact. The research in this regard is still on but to what extent can one think of Igbos having Jewish origin or the possibility of Jews springing out from Igbos still rages.



http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/are-igbo-the-lost-black-jewish-tribe/

kernel501:
PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE WRITER SERIOUS, IGBO FOR LIVE.

7lives:
If only I'm daft enough to take you serious trash.

You guys are just dump.....do you guys mean to say no yoruba man can write an honest article about his people?

Writing for Naij.com from Magodo, Lagos, Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye says the Yoruba youths are no longer making their valuable contributions to the political and cultural life in Nigeria. What can the Yoruba people do to restore lost influence?

Lateef Raji, a public policy analyst, in an article titled “Dwindling Oil Revenue: What Next for Nigeria?” posited that today, despite the pitiful state of unemployment in Nigeria, ironically, the nation is still rated as the third destination of investors and one of the fastest-growing economy in the world. Raji noted that Nigeria is a golden land of numerous opportunities for those who are resourceful, ingenious, creative, innovative, inventive, groundbreaking, enterprising, hardworking, focused, visionary and, most significantly, disciplined.

Consequently, as a concerned Nigerian, I want to question the role(s) of Yoruba youths in the current fight against unemployment, starvation and poverty in Nigeria. This question was necessitated by my discovery through indirect observations that Yoruba youths are the most lazy, perfidious and egoistic youths in Nigeria as at today.

I discovered that the pride of an average Yoruba youth has overshadowed his intellectual judiciousness, level-headedness and sagacity. Today, among ten Nigerians submitting their resumes to multinational corporations eight would be Yorubas. Folks from my generation in the Western Nigeria are too lazy to tap from the abundant opportunities that litter the streets of, say, Lagos, for primitive accumulation of wealth.

The Igbos, and, by extension, the Niger-Deltans and the Northerners have indirectly taken over the control of economy of Lagos, Nigeria’s indisputable number one centre of success, excellence and opportunities.

The Apapa wharf in Lagos has virtually been taken over by the Easterners. The data that I got from the Nigerian custom services divulges that 63% of those licensed to transact businesses in Apapa Wharf are Igbos.

More so, data collected from licensing office reveals that owners of 56% of commercial motorcycles in Lagos are Northerners and Easterners. The lucrative transport business has been hijacked from the Yorubas.

Today, the major work of average Yoruba youths on the streets of Lagos is to collect royalty, due and charges from the Hausas and Igbos, using their motorcycles to make cool cash from their land. Ninety-five percent of transport, travel and tour firms operating in Lagos are owned by the enterprising and hardworking Easterners.

The Yorubas stay at various intersections harassing hardworking people transacting their legal businesses in the name of collecting charges and dues for the local government. I also discovered that majority of the few Yorubas riding commercial motorcycles in Lagos are locally-trained automobile engineers that have abandoned their workshops.

Furthermore, the popular Ladipo and Owode motor spare parts markets in Lagos are now solidly in the hands of Igbos. As usual, the Yoruba youths are in the market collecting dues for their local government chairmen and the Iyaloja General of Lagos. Yaba, Oyigbo, Sabo, Oshodi, Agege, Alaba, Idumota, etc. markets have been taken over by the Easterners and Northerners who are predominantly youths.

Let me also assert unequivocally that the Igbo youths are now becoming more prosperous in the entertainment industry than the Yoruba youths. Today, the Yorubas hardly tune their DSTVs to the Yoruba movie channel of the satellite television; rather, they watch some other movie channel that show English movies with actors and actresses of Igbo extraction. Why? Because most Yoruba movies are short of creativity.

I can also articulate that 85% of the CEOs and executive directors of commercial banks operating in Nigeria today are Igbos and Hausas under the age of 50. They are very talented in boardroom politics, unlike their Yoruba counterparts, and they assist each other with an amazing ease.

Educationally, the Yorubas are no longer in the top-three. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), Anambra, Imo and Enugu have the highest number of professors and doctorate degree holders in Nigeria. Ekiti and Ondo states that used to top the list have been demoted to number four and six respectively.

In 2014, the reports of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) revealed that the Yorubas have been upturned by the Easterners in terms of academic performance. Ekiti, a state known as fountain of knowledge, was number 34 in 2013.

The Yorubas are also missing in the sports sector. The Golden Eaglets, Flying Eagles, Super Eagles, Flamingoes, Falconets, Super Falcons, D’Tigers, other national teams are dominated by the Igbos and Hausas. The team that won the African Cup of Nations for Nigeria in 2013 was tagged Biafran national team by some columnists and social commentators, including myself.

Politically, the Igbos and Hausas are more united than the Yorubas. The result of the 2015 presidential election is a point of reference. The Hausas voted massively for General Buhari of the APC, while the Igbos extraordinarily voted for Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP.

Sadly, the Yorubas had no bearing during the election. Jonathan’s inner circle members are currently blaming the Yorubas for their son’s expected defeat. Victorious Buhari’s teammates are reportedly saying that the Yorubas contributed little or nothing to the success of their kinsman.

In conclusion, I want to impel my generation in the Western part of Nigeria to wake up and begin to act. The nation of Nigeria that I am seeing today is hemorrhaging. I suggest we put ourselves in strategic positions. The bitter truth is that our leaders only think for themselves and their children.

Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye for Naij.com

https://www.naij.com/441183-yoruba-youths-have-lost-influence-respect-of-nigerians.html

Goal two for kelechi iheanacho.....penalty

mamaafrik:
can you show us your civilized state............please.

We don't claim to be civilised,neither do we claim to be sophisticated.......you guys that claim it, what you have on ground in terms of development and level of rural exposure doesn't support ur claim to it.

You guys still practise ur witch craft to the highest level, ur towns and villages are still looking ancient and backwards, the level of poverty among ur people is worst in the whole of southern Nigeria...

Where now lies the sophistication and civilisation when ur towns and villages are still local,backwards,still live in mud houses and far from civilisation?

Or what is civilisation in the fact that b4 an oba ascends a throne, he must eat the heart and flesh of the previous oba and the previous oba will be buried with a number of humans secretly kidnapped?

You guys are a total opposite of all you claim. From being a civilised people to being sophisticated.

To defend ur backwardness, some of u call it tradition and cultural preservation......

In many of ur towns,the indigenes cant even communicate in pigeon english not to talk of simple english,something very rear in the east...atleast in the east, the least u can understand is pigeon english and we dont leave in mud houses


Please dont mention lagos yea.......

Am yet to understand the performance tussle between Ibikunle Amosu fans and Otunba Gbenga Danel's fans.....it seem to me that Ogun stae is the western version of Anambra people where there people are torn between Peter Obi and Present governor Obiano........just saying.


Btw ogun people share a lot with anambra people of the east..


They have produces some of the greatest political, academic, religious and business leaders their region can boast of.

Ogun people are proud and can be very discriminative of their fellow yoruba brothers not of their stock

Even though there is this stereotype of yoruba people being lazy, ogun people especially the ijebus are known as the most hardworking tribe among the yoruba race..they are very stingy too

KINGwax007:
the rusty brown roof it our trademark at the southwest. The testament to our existence before the anals of hell spat you to the surface to being shame and horror they kidnapping, adulterations and many more ungeard and unimaginable crimes!

The roofs will remain and survive as they have, centuries before you learned to leave your thatched tents.

Even if our roofs no brown, we go paint am!

So where is the sophistication and civilisation...

Just as oil is a curse to Nigeria, lagos is a curse ti the southwest because it is the source of you peoples delusion as being developed and has made you people desert your homelands.

Pwayne2016:
Poverty,slavery,cultism, Armed robbery,ritual is ur Trade mark..rustic dirty brown roof hausa/fulani slave land

Dont mind them