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It's a shame that only few will still understand

So Nigeria's poorest citizens have bank account? Wake up NIGERIANS.
GET YOUR #PVC

Always wondering if buhari slept with his wife, just don't know, that look all the time is something

What is sunday without pounded yam and vegetable soup?
Who rice EPP

I didn't just know what to call this whether it's punishment or. . .






Every lady should emulate her wedding gown sha, no slack boobs and make-up(mark down)

Bam-bam is just like a decorated chameleon with that while T-boss still remains the same Mexican pig with that nose ring






No hate speech

ebukanwabu247:
Mr MayhorE, so no adjective for us guys e.g Handsome... Na wa oh!

Chai, I'm sorry bro, I'll make it up next time

CaptJeffry:
Why is my Igbo name not there Bia take your time oo.

What's your name sir

emi14:
What of Emeka. Chukwu Emeka or Nnaemeka

It means God has done so much

Abbeynomics:
What of chikwado , I dnt knw the meaning

It means God's approval

Sanctecosma:
What about Izuchukwu? Does anybody know the meaning

Izuchukwu means God's Plan, it's for male

Mobilia:
Nice list.....
I really like:
Amarachi Arinze Ameachi Achebe Kelechi Amadi Amaka Chika Ngozi...

However, I thought that Chinedu was also a girl's name?? Is it unisex?

Its unisex

three:
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I'm loving this!
I guess we're going to get Yoruba, Hausa, Igala, Tiv etc versions!
Can't wait!
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On their way

Igbo names and their meanings have always been a question for the non- Igbos. Most Yoruba names are easily translated because of its structure. They are usually combinations of the most commonly spoken Yoruba words, most times prayers. Igbo names
know no boundaries as there are Igbo names and meanings for baby boys , Igbo names for girls , Igbo names for twins, and funky Igbo names. Twins in Igbo culture are called ejima. Just as other cultures have numerous names for God, there are also many Igbo names for God.
The Igbo tribe hails from the southeastern part of the beautiful nation, Nigeria. An ethnic group is known for being its brother’s keeper, the Igbos are known for their marketing skills, trade, business, and construction. The Igbo man and woman can make a business out of anything. Their ethnic name defines their culture and the personal name describes each individual’s unique being. A name is a means of identification. Names tell who you are, where you’re from, the family or clan and sometimes your purpose. Most Nigerian names are prayers.
The average Nigerian believes in speaking things into existence, hence the prayers being names. Just like other cultures, most
Igbos believe what you call a child can determine their future. The Igbo man loves to appraise God in the naming of a child. These names have undertones with strong meanings. A name also tells your position in your family, the circumstances under which a child was born and even the type of birth, multiple maybe.
1. Achebe: This name is famous but uncommon thanks to the Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic, Chinua Achebe . Achebe means one who is protected by the goddess.
2. Adaego: Adaego means daughter of wealth. To every beautiful girl bearing the name, you are a daughter of wealth.
3. Adaeze: Adaeze is a name given to a princess. This name means the daughter of a king.
4. Adaugo: Adaugos are very beautiful as the name implies. The name means beautiful daughter or daughter of an eagle
5. Adanna: Adanna is another beautiful Igbo name which means father’s daughter, given to the eldest daughter.
6. Adaobi: Adaobi is a name given to the first daughter in the family.
7. Adaku: Adaku is a name given to the girl born with a silver spoon or one who brings a silver spoon to her home.
8. Adaolisa: Adaolisa is a name given to a girl meaning God’s daughter.
9. Afamefuna : Afamefuna is a name for a male child. This name means ‘my name will not be lost’.
10. Akunna: Akunna means father’s wealth and is a name given to females.
11. Chukwudi: Chukwudi is a variant of the name Chidi, meaning god exists.
12. Nnamdi: Nnamdi is a powerful name given to boys in Igbo It means “my father is alive”
13. Chimdindu: My God is alive.
14. Okonkwo: Okonkwo is someone born on Nkwo day being one of the days in the Igbo
15. Chimdi: Chimdi means God lives. This name is unisex.
16. Chidera: Chidera is a unisex name which means God has written.
17. Kelechi: Kelechi is a unisex name which means thank God.
18. Chinenye: Chinenye translates to God gives heart.
19. Kenechukwu: Kenechukwu, just like Kelechi means thank God.
20. Chukwuemeka: This name is given to boys, and it means God has done something great.
21. Amadi: Amadi is a name for boys. Amadi means free man.
22. Oluchi : God’s work
23. Amobi: Who knows the heart of man? Amobi is a name for a male child which poses a serious question.
24. Chinonso: Chinonso is a unisex name mostly given to boys which means God is nearby.
25. Chiamaka: Chiamaka is a female name which means God is beautiful.
26. Amaka: Amaka means a queen of ravishing beauty who is spontaneous and versatile by nature
27. Anwulika: Anwulika means my joy is great or joy is greater. It is mostly given to girls.
28. Arinze: Arinze is a male name. it means “if not for God” or “thanks be to God”.
29. Chibuike: Chibuike means God is strength and is a male name.
30. Obiora: Obiora is a male name. it means “everyone’s heart”.
31. Chigozie: Chigozie is a name given mostly to boys. It means God has blessed me.
32. Chetachi/Chetachukwu: This name is unisex and it means one who always remembers God.
33. Nnenna: Father’s mother
34. Chibuzor: Chibuzor is given mainly to boys but it is unisex. It means God first or God leads.
35. Ebuka: Ebuka is a male name which means God is great.
36. Chinedu: Chinedu is a name given to male children. It means God leads.
37. Chinyere : God This name is given to female children.
38. Okeke: Someone born on Eke day, being one of the days in the Igbo
39. Uchenna: Often shortened to Uche, Uchenna is unisex and it means God’s idea.
40. Okafor: One born on Afor day, being one of the days of the
Igbo week
41. Amaechi: Amaechi is given to male children and it means ‘who knows tomorrow’.
42. Amarachi: Amarachi means God’s grace and is given to female children.
43. Chidiebere: God is merciful.
44. Chidinma: God is good.
45. Chika: God is the greatest
46. Chioma: Good God. This name is a female name.
47. Chike: God’s power. This name is given to males.
48. Chima: Chima is a unisex name. It means God knows.
49. Chinwe: Chinwe is a unisex name given mainly to females. It means God owns
50. Chinwendu: God owns life
51. Ebele: Ebele is a unisex name which means mercy and kindness.
52. Ekene: Ekene means praise.
53. Chidozie: Chidozie is a prayer, the name means may God fix it and make it good for me. It is a male name.
54. Onyinye: Onyinye is a name given to beautiful girls, it means gift.
55. Chisom: Chisom means God follows me.
56. Ikenna: Ikenna means father’s power.
57. Ifunanya: Ifunanya means love and it is a female name.
58. Chizoba: This name is unisex and it means God protect us
59. Ngozi: Ngozi is one of the most common Igbo names, given to beautiful girls. Ngozi means blessing.
60. Nkiruka: Nkiruka is a beautiful name for females. Nkiruka means the best is still to come.

The Yorubas are widely recognized as a people with a love for fun, good times, bustling parties and nothing but positive vibes. Undeniably, the special way they approach and celebrate weddings has helped in earning them this status of the ultimate Nigerian party people.
While it is not unusual to see some aspects of Yoruba weddings that are common to other tribes, [for example: huge celebrations are a thing with all Nigerian tribes as is spraying of money.] here are seven things unique only to Yoruba weddings.
1. Alaga iduro
If there ever is one reason why Yoruba weddings are mint; it is because of this cultural element of the celebration.
A typical Nigerian wedding combines at least two ceremonies – the traditional wedding and the religious ceremony.
At Yoruba traditional weddings, the MC’s, almost always women, are known as Alaga iduro’s and everyone who has attended a Yoruba traditional wedding surely knows how masterful these women are with hilarious songs, requests and tasks that leave guests entertained.
“I usually prefer engagements and it is because of these Alaga women,” says Monisola, who has not only attended many Yoruba weddings but has also been involved as a bridesmaid at three!
2. Funny prayers
The religious nature of the Nigerian society finds expression at Nigerian weddings all the time, with family and friends showering numerous prayers of fertility, prosperity and longevity on the couple.
But with the Alaga Iduro’s at Yoruba weddings, prayers often take a humorous twist.
Yorubas believe that it is a blessing for a woman’s buttocks to sit in her husband’s home for long, as opposed to being moved into another man’s or her parents’ after a while [a literal interpretation of the prayer that is often said in Yoruba: ‘Je ki’n r’ile oko gbe’].
So, the Alaga’s have devised a model to make this prayer and the whole ceremony more interesting by asking brides to hold on to their buttocks while repeating the prayer after them in a call and response fashion.
“I attended a [Yoruba] wedding in May 2017 and the Alaga Iduro’s did that ‘My bumbum, my bumbum thing,” Monisola says with a hearty laugh.
Another one is the ‘my back, my back’ chant which is used while praying for the bride’s ability to have kids to strap to her back.
Monisola adds that she thinks this “concept is just a way to make the whole wedding a lot more fun.”
3. The groom and his friends prostrate
It is a unique Yoruba thing for grooms alongside their agbada-wearing friends to prostrate in front of the bride’s family.
It is common knowledge that Yorubas are really, really big on shows of respect and prostrating is a cultural sign of this.
4. Tungba music
Wherever Yorubas are gathered to celebrate a wedding, there is a huge chance that there’ll be Tungba music.
Tungba is a percussions-heavy brand of music where both gospel, cultural and pop songs are lumped together on a quick-tempo, high octane rhythm to create a really charged atmosphere, just the way Yorubas like it.
For Ray , a young man in Lagos who has seen his fair share of what he calls “Isale Eko” weddings, this brand of music is one thing that sets Yoruba weddings apart from others.
“[I love] Yoruba weddings,” he says animatedly, “[for] the band, the [talking drum] guys, the dance… the joy.”

5. No dowry
“I think one more thing that separates Yoruba weddings from others is that there is no collection of dowry,” says Mrs. O , another Nigerian who has attended and been part of way too many Yoruba weddings than she can count.
“Yorubas like to say that they are not trading their daughters away, so they see no need for collection of a bride price,” adds Monisola.
6. The food
Yorubas believe it is a thing of shame to gather people for a celebration and not feed them to constipation. So at a wedding celebration, expect the best of food.
Apart from the Nigerian wedding staple foods, – Jollof rice, small chops and the likes – Yorubas have their unique foods, and attending their wedding almost guarantees a taste of amala and ewedu, ofada rice and iru sauce among others.
“There was a wedding I attended in May 2017, the amala, gbegiri and assorted meat were so on point that that was what all the guys there chose to eat instead of jollof rice,” Monisola says.
7. Aso ebi
Uniformity of family members and guests’ attires is also one beautiful elements of a Yoruba wedding that is difficult to miss.
There is a special fabric for family members, a different one for the groom’s guests, another one for the bride’s guests and in some cases, another one for the bride’s mother’s guests, groom’s mother’s guest… it’s literally always a fanfare at Yoruba weddings.

Nigerian delicacies are more than just Nigerian food. Nigerian food
speaks volume about its people and the Nigerian food culture .
Nigerian dishes and snacks are a favourite not just in the country but abroad as well. The Nigerian food history is a story we sometimes wish to be told but its too many years of mouth-watering cuisine From Igbo dishes, to Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Ibibio, Urhobo, Edo, and more, the Nigerian food menu is endless, with a different experience for each taste bud. Nigerian delicacies are perfect for dinner, parties, and general gatherings. There is something for every occasion.
Here are 15 Nigerian delicacies

1 Jollof Rice
2 Efo Riro
3 Egusi soup
4 Ewedu
5 Afang soup
6 Banga soup
7 Tuwo Shinkafa
8 Abacha
9 Ewa Agonyin
10 Moin Moin
11 Nkowbi
12 Ogbono Soup
13 Ofada rice
14 Okra Soup
15 Isi Ewu

Jollof Rice
Jollof rice is Nigeria’s national delicacy. This meal has gone to war against other countries, battled and come out victorious. This dish is easily the most consumed dish in West Africa. A national treasure, Jollof Rice is served to wine and dine just about anyone, anywhere. Jollof rice is a delicacy that originated from the Senegambian region and gets its name from the Wolof people. It is easily prepared at home with an easy recipe and is served at parties and gathering of all kinds. The jollof rice gets tastier as you reach the bottom of the pot, this is because the bottom of the pot is the sweetest part. Jollof rice can be served with any protein of your choice, be it meat, chicken, fish, coleslaw and a cold beverage.

2. Efo Riro
Efo riro is a south-western Nigerian dish, rich in content. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are Efo Shoko or Efo Tete (Green Amaranth). If none of these are available, leafy or frozen spinach is a good substitute. The basic ingredients of this meal include vegetable, assorted meat, red onions, crayfish, palm oil, locust beans, seasoning, habanero peppers, red pepper. Efo riro can be served with eba, pounded yam, fufu or amala. It is also a popular choice for parties.

3. Egusi soup
Egusi soup is made from blended melon seeds. It is a dish widely served in Nigeria and is so tasty. The melon seeds being the main ingredient, other ingredients to make this dish include palm oil, a vegetable of your choice, most people use ugu or spinach, seasoning, beef or chicken and fish, ponmo, crayfish, and more. You can prepare the dish with any ingredient pleases you. Egusi is served at home, at owambe parties and restaurants that serve local Nigerian dishes. Egusi is best served with pounded yam, eba or fufu.

4. Ewedu
Ewedu is referred to as a ‘draw’ soup in Nigeria. This is because of its slimy texture when prepared. Ewedu is a flowering plant grown in tropical African regions, packed with vitamin goodness. Ewedu is present in most Yoruba homes. There is a special broom often called ‘ewedu broom’ used to beat the vegetables in the pot once it comes to a boil. Ewedu is usually served with gbegiri or stew and amala. Amala and ewedu with gbegiri is a must have at a Nigerian wedding.

5. Afang soup
Afang soup is a dish native to south-south Nigeria. This assorted dish is knowing to have heart attack worthy ingredients. Afang is prepared with a generous amount of water leaves and okazi leaves. Other ingredients in this tasty dish include beef, fish, ponmo, kanda, seasoning and palm oil.

6. Banga soup
Banga Soup or Ofe Akwu is native to the Niger Delta and the South Eastern parts of Nigeria. In this regions Banga soup is eaten with either starch, fufu, pounded yam, semolina or garri. The key ingredient of this soup/stew is palm fruit oil extract. This oil extract is different from the regular palm oil used in making soups and stew. The palm fruit oil is extracted at low temperatures and is a mixture of oil and water. In the southern part of Nigeria, Banga Soup is referred to as Ofe Akwu, and is used as a stew served with white rice. Other basic ingredients in this delicacy include scent leaves, beef, fish, onions, seasoning, and crayfish.

7. Tuwo Shinkafa
Tuwo Shinkafa is a northern Nigerian delicacy. Tuwo Shinkafa is a fufu recipe made from a soft rice variety. This soft rice becomes sticky when cooked, making it easy to be mashed together to form a fufu mold. Tuwo Shinkafa is often served with northern Nigerian soups such as Miyan Kuka, Miyan Taushe and can be served with other Nigerian soups as well.

8. Abacha
Abacha often called ‘ African Salad´ is one of those meals prepared with lots of ingredients. Abacha is most times not considered a whole meal but rather, an inbetweener. Abacha is prepared with cassava. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. Abacha is not complete without Ugba. In your abacha, you obviously add ugba/ukpaka, palm oil, assorted fish, seasoning, onions and more.

9. Ewa Agonyin
Ewa Agonyin is a popular Yoruba, bean-based dish. This delicacy is simply mashed beans with specially made palm oil sauce/stey. The aroma of the sauce can be perceived from a mile away and this dish is the first pick for the workforce at lunchtime. Ewa Agonyin can be eaten with fried plantain or bread.

10. Moin Moin
Moimoi or Moin-Moin is a Nigerian steamed bean pudding made from a mixture of washed and peeled black-eyed peas, onions and fresh ground peppers. This delicacy is a staple in Nigeria and can be served with almost anything. Moin-Moin can be served on its own, with rice, pap, etc. Different people add their own special touch to moin-moin. Some add a boiled egg in the middle or fish to the mix and more. The best moin-moin is the one wrapped in leaves.

11. Nkowbi
Nkwobi is a south-eastern Nigerian delicacy frequently ordered in exclusive restaurants and served in a calabash or mortar-like dish. Nkowbi is simply cooked cow foot mixed with spicy palm oil paste. Nkwobi is one of the most popular eastern delicacies and is often confused with Isi Ewu. You can enjoy Nkwobi with a nice cool beer, water or drink of your choice.

12. Ogbono Soup
Ogobono soup is another one of the Nigerian delicacies refereed to as draw soup. Like the ewedu, it also has a slimy texture. What makes ogbono soup perfect for swallow, like eba, fufu, amala etc is the slimy texture which makes it easy for the lumps to slide down the throat. Some people like to prepare ogbono with or without an added vegetable and sometimes, some people like to mix with either okra or egusi. For the perfect Ogbono soup, you will need ogbono seeds, assorted meat, fish, seasoning, vegetable leaves (optional), crayfish and palm oil.
13. Ofada rice
Ofada rice is a locally produced type of rice which comes with a unique aroma and flavour. The scent of this rice can be perceived as foul to some in not properly processed or washed. Known to have stones if not properly washed, ofada rice is taste, round and best served with ayamase sauce, also known as ofada stew. This ofada stew is made with spicy palm oil, different types of peppers, locust beans, assorted meat, crayfish, and seasoning. Ofada rice is often served at parties and restaurants

14. Okra Soup
Okra soup can be said to be the third and final draw soup. It is one of the quickest and easiest soups to prepare as it doesn’t require too many ingredients or processing. In Hausa okra soup is referred to as ‘Miyan Kubewa’. Just like other soups, okra can be eaten with garri, fufu, semolina, pounded yam, amala etc. Okra soup is very unique as it is possible to change your choice of condiments and still have a brilliant meal. You can have sea food okra, beef okra, chicken okra or even a vegetarian okra meal.

15. Isi Ewu
Isi Ewu is the second most popular Igbo dish in Nigeria. Isi Ewu which translates to goat head is a delicacy served in exclusive restaurants and joints. The process of preparing Isiewu is so similar to that of Nkwobi that lots of people find it hard to differentiate between both dishes. Isi Ewu is prepared with spices, palm oil, and garnished with assorted vegetables. It is also served in mortars. Isi Ewu is best served with a nice cold beer, water or drink of your choice.

A man with a beauty wife have the same problem with a farmer planting a corn beside the path.

If you know you know

Nice work

If lai Mohammed isn't included the list is still shit, calibers of looters, house of thiefs

noble71:
the fallen hero is on life support, remove that bra and you will be surprised with what you will see.

fallen Olympus

1. Caesar Borgia:
"While I lived, I provided for everything but death; now I must die, and am unprepared to die."

2. Thomas Hobbs[political philosopher]
I say again, if I had the whole world at my disposal, I would give it to live one day. I am about to take a leap into the dark."

3. Thomas Payne [/b]the leading atheistic writer in American colonies:

"Stay with me, for God's sake; I cannot bear to be left alone , O Lord, help me! O God, what have I done to suffer so much? What will become of me hereafter?
"I would give worlds if I had them, that The Age of Reason had never been published. 0 Lord, help me! Christ, help me! …No, don't leave; stay with me! Send even a child to stay with me; for I am on the edge of Hell here alone.
If ever the Devil had an agent, I have been that one."

4. Sir Thomas SCOTT [Chancellor of England ]"
Until this moment I thought there was neither a God nor a hell. Now I know and feel that there are both, and I am doomed to perdition by the just judgment of the Almighty."

5. Voltaire famous anti-christian atheist:
"I am abandoned by God and man; I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six months' life." (He said this to Dr. Fochin, who told him it could not be done.) "Then I shall die and go to hell!" (His nurse said: "For all the money in Europe I wouldn’t want to see another unbeliever die! All night long he cried for forgiveness.

6. Robert Ingersoll:
"O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul!" (Some say it was this way:
"Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul if I have a soul, from hell, if there be a hell!

7. David Hume, atheist philosopher famous for his philosophy of empiricism and skepticism of religion
He cried loud on his death bed "I am in flames!" It is said his "desperation was a horrible scene".

8. Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor, and who, like Adolf Hitler, brought death to millions to satisfy his greedy, power-mad, selfish ambitions for world conquest:
"I die before my time, and my body will be given back to the earth. Such is the fate of him who has been called the great Napoleon. What an abyss between my deep misery and the eternal kingdom of Christ!”

9. Sir Francis Newport[The head of an English Atheist club to those gathered around his deathbed: ]
"You need not tell me there is no God for I know there is one, and that I am in his presence! You need not tell me there is no hell. I feel myself already slipping. Wretches, cease your idle talk about there being hope for me! I know I am lost forever! Oh, that fire! Oh, the insufferable pangs of hell! …Oh, that I could lie for a thousand years upon the fire that is never quenched, to purchase the favor of God and be united to Him again. But it is a fruitless wish. Millions and millions of years will bring me no nearer the end of my torments than one poor hour. Oh, eternity, eternity forever and forever!, Oh, the insufferable pangs of Hell!”

10. Charles IX [/b]was the French king who urged on by his mother, gave the order for the massacre of the French Huguenots, in which 15,000 souls were slaughtered in Paris alone and 100,000 in other sections of France, for no other reason than that they loved Christ. The guilty king suffered miserably for years after that event. He finally died, bathed in blood bursting from his veins.

To his physicians he said in his last hours:
"Asleep or awake, I see the mangled forms of the Huguenots passing before me. They drop with blood. They point at their open wounds. Oh! That I had spared at least the little infants at the bosom! What blood! I know not where I am. How will all this end? What shall I do? I am lost forever! I know it. Oh, I have done wrong."

11. David Strauss, leading representative of German rationalism, after spending a lifetime erasing belief in God from the minds of others said:
"My philosophy leaves me utterly forlorn! I feel like one caught in the merciless jaws of an automatic machine, not knowing at what time one of its great hammers may crush me!"

12. In a Newsweek interview with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin, she told of her father's death: "My father died a difficult and terrible death. . God grants an easy death only to the just. . At what seemed the very last moment he suddenly opened his eyes and cast a glance over everyone in the room. It was a terrible glance, insane or perhaps angry. . His left hand was raised, as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. The gesture was full of menace. . The next moment he was dead."

13. Anton LeVey [/b][author of the Satanic Bible and high priest of the religion dedicated to the worship of Satan].
Some of his famous quotes are “There is a beast in man that needs to be exercised, not exorcised”. His dying words were "Oh my, oh my, what have I done, there is something very wrong…there is something very wrong…

Beloved,compare this lasts words from atheists,with this last words,from this saint of God, Augustus Montague Toplady (1710-1778).This servant of God,, will ever be famous as the author of one of the most evangelical hymns of the eighteenth century, "Rock of Ages," which was first published in 1776.

During the final illness, Toplady was greatly supported by the consolations of the gospel.Near his last, awaking from a sleep, he said:"Oh, what delights! Who can fathom the joy of the third heaven? The sky is clear, there is no cloud; come Lord Jesus, come quickly!"

He died saying:"No mortal man can live after the glories which God has manifested to my soul."

Only fools never learn from history,and it's amazing that even in our days, with all these facts on our fingertips, someone with a mind can devote his life to a delusion, and want everyone to know that there is no God, no-wonder the bible says ,"Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God."[Psalm 14:1].

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Must you steal? And if you must, must it be electric cables?
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