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Sha, I no be Yoruba. Which one be ko and ni?

It's a sign of respect and humbleness. Children are told to finish food and eat meat last so they won't become greedy or focus only on the meat. And also meat fills the belly more than food and after eating meat, people tend to become full.

Obahiagbon who? You wan end this thread premature? 

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Re: **top Ten Items You Must Bring With You To Naija**
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Meaning?

Egonekwu Means Money Talks.

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As for my list:
Ageke Butter Bread (everyone loves city bread!)
Football
Football boots
Money and Plenty of it!
G-Shock watch
Clothes
iPod
Stories 

Ive noticed a striking similarity between a few Yoruba and Igbo words.
In many Niger-Congo languages the letter "m" is used as a possessive particle.

ex Igbo: My Husband "Di'm"
ex Yoruba: My Husband "Oko mi"

Related Words:
Yoruba: Igbo: Meaning:
Uwa. Agwa. Behavior or Conduct
o. o. He, she, it

And if I may ask what does "Ife and Oyo" translate to in Yoruba if at all it has any meaning?
Please I hope you don't mind my asking I am fascinated in languages.

Thank God!!! Naija has redeemed herself and hos gotten even with ARG!!!

Many People prefer adidas because of speed but they say that Nike are the best for shooting

Oma-Akpai:
see d boy chick, e go don chop enough FISH, trust Ijaw boy, luk like his mum

OBOY YOU DON KILL ME WITH LAUGHTER!

But I wonder do they speak Igbo or Ijaw at home?

Glad to help. It also improves my own Igbo skills

lepasharon:
haha! 4 real? thanks! im learnin more diss words in igbo

It seems I may have missed slot, But where is O. Martins and Kanu?

There are many Brands of Football boots that you just can't name them all. So what's your favorite Brand as ex .(adidas,Nike,puma etc.) and model ex. (superfl, predator etc.)?

Man u w win 2-1

[b]@ ekt bear
your forst post was referring to the war of 1812 not the US Civil War. John Adams was the 2nd US president (1797-1801, 1801-1805) And Wikipedia is not a good source of info. Anyone can log into it and change information. Intact here in America, college professors don't accept Wikepedia as a source for info.

@ Bk.babe
You continue to post tons of worthless information. What im saying is that were all of those pledges presented to the Emir of Sokoto, the Oba of Ife and Oyo, and the various Kingdoms of Igboland before Nigeria was united in 1914? Did all the ethnicities hold a congressional meeting and write those pledges before Nigeria was formed? Was anyone consulted on wether or not to join Nigeria? No, no, no.
So as long as such a thing happens, everyone has the right to secede at any moment. The American 13 colonies all held a constitutional Congress in Pennsylvania in 1775 and each state agreed to join into the Union this justifies the Norths ability to wage war against the South inorder to preserve the agreement. Such a thing didn't happen in Nigeria so they are incomparable.[/b]

@ Ekt bear
It seems you aren't fluent in US history. Britain was dependent on Southern Cotton rather than any Northern products. The North produced nothing that Britain could not produce itself. Britain was more interested in Southern cotton which it used to make textiles via India. So if the North won, slavery would have been banned meaning reduced cotton production which meant reduced cotton exports to Britain. So Britain had everything to gain from the South winning.

US and Britain supported Nigeria by donating battleships to Nigeria which were used to Blockade the Bight of Biafra. Before this Nigeria had no navy other than a few fishing boats based in Lagos.

@ Bk.Babe
How am I a faker? I have calmly presented my case and gave peacefully presented you with my disagreement. You say that they swore allegiance to Nigeria, says who? The Union of Southern Nigeria and the Islamic Caliphate of North Nigeria was created by the drawings of an English cartographer without pure consent of anyone. After this they came and hung up British flags in our villages and called us Nigeria.Did all the ethnicities of Nigeria congregate and have a meeting on wether or not to unite? NO. so don't give me any Bullshit on unity and allegiance. Until that happens, everyone has the right to secede.

[b]@ Bkbabe
Your post makes no sense to me.
International law dictates that no nation shall be involved in another nations civil war. In US civil War if Britain had assisted the south there would have been two Americas. In Sudanese civil war if Egypt assisted Northern Sidsn the independent State of South Sudan wouldn't have existed today. Let me tell you if the US and Britain had not been involved in Biafra, Biafra would have lasted much longer and possibly won the conflict. All Biafra needed was the sea to import food from friendly countries like Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
Britain helped Nigeria bcus it wanted to maintain ties with it's colony and US helped because it wanted to support it's Ally Britain but I digress. Biafran troops were guerillas and they had homefield advantage. If the food supply hadn't been cut, The Biafran conflict would have been one of insurgency.

International Law also dictates that each and every man is born with certain unaliable rights such as the right to: freedom, liberty, self determination and the pursuit of happiness. So if your people are being massacred by the thousands in a country in which you did not ask to join, why wouldn't you declare independence and secede. If 30,000 Yorubas were massacred in Kano just because they were Yoruba, wouldnt the West secede? Ojukwu was an instrument of the people. We used him to try and liberate us but he tried. Igbos were the first to see the troubles in Nigeria, but once again I digress.

If at all anything, Gowonn should be tried for War crimes , violation of international law, and for genocide. The blood of 1 million Igbos rests upon his head.[/b]