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@biina,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think what you meant up there is that my saying that the Ijebus are generally hardworking and intelligent is a sweeping statement?

Well, maybe you're right. But in this day and age, would you say that castigating an ethnic group, making snide remarks about their women and labelling them as evil is better than projecting the good that abound in them? Is it not good to promote that which is good in all things? Why zero in on some negative attributes and dampen the spirit of the other person?  I should remind you that I'm not in the camp of those who think/believe the Ijebu woman is evil.

You can question my deductions if you like - everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. May I ask that you put your objections to my deductions for all to see here? Surely you know that Chief Obafemi Awolowo is Ijebu, don't you?

She's gone to be with the Lord. That's the most important thing. With that, I am consoled. And now, the thought of meeting the Lord has never been so overwheliming.

The harvest is truly plentiful, but the labourers are few. Let us pray the Lord of the harvest to send the labourers into the fold now.

I spent a large number of my childhood years growing up in all of Ijebu land - from Ijebu-Ode to Ikenne, Sagamu to Ilisan-Remo, Odogbolu to Ago Iwoye. Ibafo, Ijebu-waterside, Mamu, Ogbere, Omu-Ijebu, Atiba, to name a few. I should add Ijebu-Ife is a cool place. Ijebu-Igbo is a local govt area in Ogun State.

A people blessed with the abundance/best of what nature has to offer. Some of the best brains in the country are from Ijebu land. Tai Solarin is an Ijebu man. Dr. Sunny Kuku, Chief Odutola, The late Sage: Obafemi Awolowo, who transfomed the lives of many in the then Western Region is from Ikenne. Would you say that the widow of the late sage, Chief Mrs. H.I.D Awolowo, revered and respected worldwide turned his late husband to ''vegetables''?

Professor Adebayo Adedeji, renowned economist, and UN official for Africa attended the same secondary school I went to: The greatest Ijebu-Ode Grammar School - Ijebu-Grams. The famous Mayflower School, Ikenne is in Ijebu land. Federal Govt. College Odogbolu, Federal Govt. Girls College Sagamu are all in Ijebu land, ''breeding'' responsible people of all ages who'd transform Nigerias landscape.

I am from Delta state. But I respect the Ijebus. They are hardworking very intelligent people. Their women - from what I know, will make the best wife material any man would ever desire. Quit hating whole tribes because of some negative experience you had with one or two of them.  You'll never know if help, prosperity(indeed, all good things) will come from marrying into this group - when you choose to despise them.

I can guess the age bracket of all of ya.

26 - 36

Nice one Efe. Keep them coming. Haven't listened to some of those lately. Very nice songs.

davidylan:
when is the FG going to uncover a plot to provide good governance?

Now, you got me really rolling on the floor laughing hysterically man!!

What's going on?! nothing on this thread since December? My bros and sis, make una come here quick quick. We need to take this thread to a higher level.

Any gist from any of the towns in Isoko? I need update o.

I'm tempted to do a reply. But I won't. Let sleeping dogs lie.

Ejoor's ''side'' of the Biafran War story may not be ''completely true''. But there sure is some elements of truth in this interview - a five star eye opener that will definitely send historians back to the bookshelves as claimed by the interviewer. One thing I can glean from the interview though is that the Baifran war was already in the making even before it became a battle field affair.

Now, I'm surely not in the mood to engage the likes of Richyblack, naijaking, Osisi and their Igbo brothers and sisters in another war of words over this Biafra matter. We had one some time ago and I can't forget that experience quickly. But I know that in their heart of hearts, they know the truth.

I was going to ask where Jakumo is in the midst of all these. I see he's in here already. LOL!

And what's the price?

I'm thinking out loud here. Is this Becomerich guy not Nigeria1 - who is well ''learned'' in posting Google satellite images on Nairaland to make a point?

But this one pass me o! Abati should clear the air quickly before his reputation falls like a pack of cards.

Yeah. 3-1 it is. What a match!

sistawoman:
I dont understand why you would marry someone that you cant share your whole life with? Someone that can accept what I have done in the past.

Then don't marry the guy.

Now, if you marry this guy and then somewhere down the road, you ''suddenly realised'' that you cannot live with him anymore because he told you some ''truths'' about himself, or you discover some ''truths'' yourself, sawwie. It's too late. You have to live with those ''truths'' that you recently found out - no matter how ugly they are!

Openness and sincerity are some of the hallmarks of an enduring relationship/marriage. We need to apply wisdom to everything including marriage.

Each persons in a relationship should, at every stage, and with every experience in the union evaluate the ''impact'' of not opening up or otherwise on the other person. This is not to say that couples should tell lies to one another in order to ''protect'' their marriage. When the truth about anything, any act or action is demanded by one partner, the other should in all honesty provide it, not minding the consequences! But we must apply Godly wisdom in everything.

Imagine a situation where telling the truth to your partner, abruptly, without any reservation and decorum. This will/can definately destroy your union. I will rather advise that the ''offending'' guy/lady create the ''right environment'' first, and show every sense of remorse before divulging the truth. Let the other person see through you that you are indeed a partner who is interested in the progress of the union.
I base my reasoning here on the fact that marriage is for life. Once married to one man or woman, you're forever glued to that man/woman - for better for worse until death do you part. Gods word is clear on divorce. When you divorce your wife or hubby, you don't remarry until the other partner is dead. And God generally frowns at divorce. Now, if telling the truth will lead to divorce (that's about the worst thing that can happen), then so be it, so far the partner calling it quit will not marry again!

Every relationship/marriage is unique in many ways. And solution A to marriage/relationship A crisis, may not apply to marriage B crisis. Hence the need for Godly wisdom while handling the task of opening up to your partner about anything - good or bad!

I see Richyblack is now the moderator of this interesting board. Bros, remember say I vote for you o.

@David,
Nice write up man. And thanks for the clarifications . . . . . . here and there. Thought provoking and enlightening.

I'm beginning to believe that these Palestinians and Muslims in general have little or no regard for human life. And how can they? They believe that when people die for a ''just cause'' like killing Jews (zionists and non-zionists alike), they will end up in ''heaven''.

Naijex:
Ahmadinejad 's propaganda

True. Paid agents.

If these ''Zionists'' are a subset of Jews in Israel, and they don't have the support of the general populace in Israel, I believe they would have been voted out easily by now.

Iranian Jews should please go home (to Israel) - if they can, and join other Jews to vote in someone who shares their idea of a sovereign Israel.

Richyblack hates Zionists??

I've done some reading up myself on this Jews/Palestinians/Zionists/Arabs and lately Persians (Iran) stuff. Some of the contributions in here have been quite enlightening and helpful. I've also watched some News reports on Aljazeera and other Islamic networks to help gain first hand understanding of what the issues are with Israel.

With the much I've read, I want to conclude that it's intolerance on the part of Israel's neighbours that is the major cause of friction in that part of the world. And why this intolerance? They perceive Israel as an occupation on ''their'' lands, and that Israel is some sort of ''anomaly'' in their area. There also seems to be some ''religious'' undertones in all of the barrage of attacks on Israel. That also underscores the intolerance clause raised earlier on. For example, the Hamas groups, presently in control of the Gaza strip, simply wants the complete destruction of Israel (they don't care if we have Jews or Zionists or anything) for no sane reason! They call the Israelis ''unbelievers'' and for them, they don't deserve to live. I simply can't understand their intolerance of Israel.  Sometimes I wonder how Israel will be treated if it's a 100% islamic country.

In all these, Israel have survived all these attacks on them over the past sixty years since they were declared a sovereign state in 1948. They're even stronger for it, while their enemies have remained perpetually weaker. What's suprising is the ''feeble'' attempts by their enemies to wipe them out. All I see is protests on the streets, burning of flags, unco-ordinated attacks - including launching of rag tag ''rockets'' on civilians living in Israel and other noise here and there! All these smacks of cowardice. Why not come out in the open and fight the Israelis? If they're really sure they want to wipe Israel off, they should face them head on!

I really think Israel has done a lot to live in peace with their neigbours. They simply just don't want the Israelis. And this definately cannot help matters. I can only pray that these people understand the language of peace and love for others, so that we can all live in peace.

And this one too:

The real issue about our dear Continent - AFRICA - is the disunity among us. We only think of SELF, not our countries, not our regions and worst still not about the continent as a whole. Several years ago, the late Reggae crooner, Bob Marley sang,' AFRICA UNITE.' Typically, most people chose not to see the message in the music. Rather, we chose to 'celebrate' the rhythm and the voice, whist dancing away the lyrics, the true meaning.

So where are we today? Still dancing away the real truth! Still in our state of disunity! Still on our trail of SELF, rather than COLLECTIVE propagation! Still nurturing the mindset that there is nothing good about Africa.

It is this erroneous mindset that convinces us that it is better to go to foreign lands and inadvertently channel our energies towards 'developing the developed' (to borrow a phrase from you).

Look at how many Africans are in the diaspora? Some never remember home. Some pretend they were never Africans. They spend the time seeking after opportunities that are not there. YET, those same opportunities are there back home. And really, their lives would have been better, had they believed, had they tried!!

We accept, there are challenges in Africa. I can list a few, as i'm sure others can. Indeed, we cannot deny that fact. BUT we must RISE ABOVE, WALK and WORK around those challenges to make something happen. It is interesting that we have so many Africans in the diaspora teaching people how to overcome challenges, improve themselves and their environment (again developing the developed), but they never think of doing the same thing for those 'back home.'

AFRICA cannot develop itself, the Europeans, the Americans, not even the Chinese can develop Africa. WE, AFRICANS are the only ones who can develop Africa

And how? By coming together - UNIFYING - to change our mindset, think positively about Africa, speak positively about Africa. Most of all, by BELIEVING in Africa and the opportunities that abound in Africa.

This is my submission!

Saw this on reconnectafrica. . . . . . . . .felt like sharing.



AFRICA is a Continent of opportunities. YOU just have to FIND, EXPLORE, CREATE and BUILD ON THE OPPORTUNITIES around you.

True, Africa has its own challenges, as with EVERY other Continent. BUT, UNLESS and UNTIL, we as Africans begin to have a more positive mindset of, about  and towards Africa, we will never see the opportunities that are starring us in the face.

They are there, yes, they are, !! We don't see them because we choose to think, assume and internalise that nothing good can come out of Africa. We choose to 'celebrate' the negatives!! YET, Africa is the only Continent in the world, where there are so many opportunities.

We sit and wait for the Europeans, Americans and very recently, the Chinese to come and 'discover' those opportunities, and sadly, employ us to fester the same opportunities that have always been with us.

We would rather go to Europe or America to take up jobs as road sweepers, security men, train/subway attendants, garbage collectors, funeral home attendants, nannies and such low-esteem jobs. WHY? Because we look at the foreign exchange value of the money from those jobs and allow it to dent our pride. We 'sell' our pride and souls, and pocket our hard-earned degrees for a 'mess of pottage' (literally), rather than use them to develop Africa.

And WHY? Because we fail to see THE GOOD OF, IN AND ABOUT AFRICA. We see other places as being better!!

UNLESS and UNTIL, we as Africans begin to have a more positive mindset of, about and towards Africa, we will never see the opportunities that are starring us in the face. No one can do it for us. WE have to do it ourselves.

THAT, is the sad truth.

Uche2nna:
I don't know about that.

In Israel they have a common enemy and that is sufficient to turn their differences into cheesecakes.

So, lets shove aside their differences. We can safely call them ''suicide bombers'' or ''Muslim (religious) extremists'' - right?

This reminds me of one cartoon I saw on Osisi's profile sometime ago -

Martian:
Persians, arabs, ragheads, who gives a f*ck, they are all crazy.

ye p ye p. lol

flyuche:
i think the poll result is being rigged

Me too.

I await, eagerly, your response to tolu10's request. While compiling answers and pictures, please scan a copy of the application form to my e-mail box: onosj5@yahoo.co.uk. Thank you very much.

I can only tow the line of world leaders here: I urge all the parties concerned in the Middle East to exercise restraints while going about solving the crisis situation there.