1. The Ijaw is the only ethnic nation with over 9 distinct languages Izon, Kalabari, Epie-Atissa, Nembe, Ogbia, Okirika, Engenni, Andoni, etc

2. Ijaw is the only ethnic group with about 10 different sub-ethnic groups.

3. Ijaw is the only ethnic group in the South-South with native ethnic people spreaded across different states: Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom.

4. Ijaw is the ethnic group with the most beautiful swarthy woman in Africa (according to Miss World's organizers).

5. Ijaw is the third most powerful ethnic group in Nigeria; after Hausa and Yoruba. When the Ijaw nation speaks the entire federation listens.

6. Ijaw is the ethnic group with one of the most fertile women in the world. Sterility isn't common among Ijaw women. Hence, the over-population of Ijaw communities.

7. Ijaw is the most economically viable ethnic group in Nigeria. Its home is the base of Nigeria's oil and gas industires.

8. Ijaw is the currently the only Nigerian ethnic group that can survive fully as an independent nation: with minerals and human resources, a flourishing fishing industry (which was one of the earliest backbone of the Japanese economy); and very good location: proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.

9. Ijaw is the most culturally diversed ethnic group. Imagine an 11-in-1 ethnic nation; meaning about eleven different cultures and sub-cultures in one nation.

10. Ijaw is the only ethnic group in Nigeria to have produced a president that conceeded defeat.

11. Ijaw is the only Nigerian ethnic group to have produced a politician nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

12. Ijaw is the only ethnic nation with people who don't know that they belong to it. For example, a lot of Opobo, Engenni, Bonny, Andoni and even Epie-Atissa people don't know that they belong to the Ijaw nation.

13. Ijaw is the only Nigerian ethnic group where men answer such wierd English names like Boyle, Briggs, Goodman, Truman, Moneyman, Honorable, Pastor, etc.

"Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are", is a very famous aphorism, that tells us the importance of friendship and especially the quality of friendship. In relationship, most persons go for anyone of the opposite gender to which they are attracted to; and very few even consider anything beyond that exciting attraction of being in a romantic relationship.
To most guys, being in relationship is just a thing of fun. Little do they know that the quality of persons they befriend is even more important than the relationship. The kind of partner you have determines a lot about your life: your future, your joy, your sexual health, your peace and even your lifespan and safety. One of the greatest fallacies of our time is the notion that "good girls love bad guys". I believe this is untrue; for no good person can fall in love with a bad person. Good and bad are like light and darkness-they can't co-esxist. If a girl loves a bad guy, then she is equally bad, maybes she doesn't even know. Maybe she claims she is a good girl, but her instincts say otherwise. It goes the same way for the guys. A good guy will be repelled by bad girls; just as light repels darkness. Not because of their looks or accents, but because of their disposition and attitude.
The values of your partners tell us about your values: if you have a girlfriend that steals or is fraudulent in her dealings with people, then you might as well be a fraudulent guy. Even if you claim not to be, you still have a problem: the problem of permitting evil. Your inability to reprove a girl with such evil traits or your decision to stick to her, despite the potential danger, tells on how honest, disciplined and principled you are. An honest and upright guy will never condone evil, even though it's coming from a bedmate or lover!
Your boyfriend's friends, also show the kind of girl you are. For example, dating a guy who is not a cultist but have cultist friends is suicidal. It also shows the kind of girl you are. If you can date a guy that condones associating with cultists, then you also tolerate cultism. For which upright person will hate a thing and love those who love them? It's like saying you hate jungle justice but love violent people. Aren't the perpetuators of jungle justice violent people? How can you hate cultists but love someone who loves them?
The essence of this post is just to help us to be more selective of the people we give ourselves to. Being selective NOT about their looks, academic qualifications, accents, financial worth, physique but about their values: what they hate and love; who their role models are; who they like and dislike; where they go and what they do when they go there and what they believe and not believe in.

Sad. At the end of the day, the best place to be is in your own country, your own state, your own LGA, your own town, your own community and with your own family. It's truly sad.

I think the problem with modern scientists is that they just feel too big to accept "I don't know". There are things we just will never know. Even Einstein said it. But, they'll always make pseudoscientific assumptions instead of accepting "I don't know".

Oshovie:
The inauguration speech will depend on the present socio-political and economic zeigeist the president finds himself in. I can't tell you exactly, since I am not aware of them but a know that to make a good inaugural speech, one should do the following:
(They should be in paragraphs)
1. Salute your audience and countrymen;
2. Thank your supporters for voting you into office;
3. Show some respect for your opponent who lost;
4. Appreciate the strides of your predecessor;
5. Do a brief summary of the contemporary history of the nation and how your government is going to either change certain things or consolidate on whatever was before;
6. Re-ignite hope in your countrymen (if the past government was disappointing);
7. Remind them of your promises and how you'd go about actualising them;
8. Urge them to contribute their quota to the success of your government and the nation;
9. Tell them of the immediate political changes you'd carry out in the next few days;
10. Promise never to let them down as you praise their strength, perseverance, and courage; and
11. Wish them a great day ahead.
I hope I tried.

if it were for Nigeria, it'd have been very easy, but since it's for the USA, I believe a good knowledge of what's happening over there's needed.

The inauguration speech will depend on the present socio-political and economic zeigeist the president finds himself in. I can't tell you exactly, since I am not aware of them but a know that to make a good inaugural speech, one should do the following:
1. Salute your audience and countrymen;
2. Thank your supporters for voting you into office;
3. Show some respect for your opponent who lost;
4. Appreciate the strides of your predecessor;
5. Do a brief summary of the contemporary history of the nation and how your government is going to either change certain things or consolidate on whatever was before;
6. Re-ignite hope in your countrymen (if the past government was disappointing);
7. Remind them of your promises and how you'd go about actualising them;
8. Urge them to contribute their quota to the success of your government and the nation;
9. Tell them of the immediate political changes you'd carry out in the next few days;
10. Promise never to let them down as you praise their strength, perseverance, and courage; and
11. Wish them a great day ahead.
I hope I tried.

That's the reason why prayers don't get answered these days, as they do before.

Sad and happy story, indeed. Quite reminiscent of the infamous days of terror of the Bakassi boys. I'd always suspected that the Bakassi boys used the body parts of some of their victims for rituals. Don't forget that the Bakassi boys paraded themselves as vigilante members!
PS: Nice post!

Here's the well-researched list of the 100 greatest Nigerian (including Ghanaian) actors and actresses under the umbrella of Nollywood, that have entertained and amused greatly, provided by Anonymous Fan.
Do you think anyone is missing? Here's the list:

100. Halima Abubakar
99. Eve Essien
98. Peter Bunor Jnr
97. Pat Attah
96. Empress Njamah
95. Sylvester Nnochiri
94. John Njamah
93. Fred Amata
92. Laz Ekweme
91. Pete Eneh
90. Chinwe Owoh
89. Mercy Aigbe
88. Muna Ibekwe
87. Angela Okorie
86. Hafiz Oyetoro
85. Earnest Obi
84. Remmy Ohajianya
83. Ibinabo Fiberesima
82. Emeka Ani
81. Omoni Oboli
80. Lilian Bach
79. Maureen Solomon
78. John Dumelo
77. Bishop Umoh
76. Saed Balogun
75. Bukky Wright
74. Chika Ike
73. Jackie Appiah
72. Camela Mberekpe
71. Tony Umez
70. Amanda Ebeye
69. Gentle Jack
68. Oge Okoye
67. Hilda Dokubo
66. Dakore Egbuson
65. Emeka Ekeocha
64. Ngozi Nwosu
63. Ejike Asiegbu
62. Monalisa Chinda
61. Uche Jombo
60. Charles Awurum
59. Yul Edochie
58. Shan George
57. Bimbo Akintola
56. Ada Ameh
55. Chinwetalu Agu
54. Majid Michael
53. Joseph Benjamin
52. Amaechi Monagu
51. Yvonne Nelson

50. Reginald Askia
49. Nse Ikpe-Etim
48. Joke Sylvia
47. Nadia Buhari
46. Jide Kosoko
45. Chinedu Ikedieze
44. OC Ukeje
43. Osita Iheme
42. Peter Bunor
41. Stephanie Okereke
40. Nkiru Sylvanus
39. Stella Damascus
38. Van Vicker
37. Francis Otega
36. Tonto Dike
35. Saint Obi
34. Alex Usifo
33. Clara Chukwuma
32. Nonso Diobu
31. Bob Manuel-Idokwu
30. Francis Duru
29. Funke Akindele
28. Mike Ezeronye
27. John Okafor
26. Jim Iyke
25. Odunlade Adebola
24. Ngozi Ezeonu
23. Chioma Chukwuka
22. Kate Henshaw
21. Nkem Owoh

20. Ini Edo
19. J. T. Tom West
18. Emeka Ike
17. Ashley Nwosu
16. Segun Arinze
15. Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde
14. Keneth Okonkwo
13. Shola Shobowale
12. Kanayo O. Kanayo
11. Mercy Johnson
10. Justus Esiri
9. Ramsey Noah Jnr
8. Zack Orji
7. Liz Benson
6. Richard Mofe-Damijo
5. Enebeli Elebuwa
4. Genevieve Nnaji
3. Patience Uzokwor
2. Olu Jacobs
1. PETE EDOCHIE

Mrs Joy has 9 children: John, Mike, Gloria, David, Kelvin, Mary, Peace, Grace and Ramsey.
As at April, 2008, John was 14 years old;
As at June 2008, Mike was 16 years-old;
As at September 2008, Gloria was 10 years old;
As at October 2008, David was 13 years old;
As at December 2008, Kelvin was 7 years old;
As at December 2008, Mary was 13 years old;
As at February 2009, Peace was 14 years old;
As at December, 2009, Grace was 14 years old; and
As at May, 2010, Ramsey was 12 years old.

Now, this is November 2015; how many teenage children (from 19 and below) does Mrs Joy have?

There are 4 dozens of oranges on the floor. Amaka takes 2 oranges; Cynthia takes 6 oranges; John takes one, divides it into halves and drops the other half; Bukola takes 5 oranges; Amina takes just one.

As we are about to go, Bukola returns one while Amaka takes a dozen.
How many oranges are left on the floor?

PS: Also explain how you got your answer (optional).

There are four dozens of oranges on the table. Amaka takes two oranges; Cynthia takes 6; John takes one orange and divides it into half and dropped the other half; Bukola takes 5 oranges and Amina takes just one. As we are about to leave, Bukola returns one orange while Amaka takes a dozen.
How many oranges are left?

wordcat:


Oh i see, what's the meaning

Google, according to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is "to type words into a SEARCH ENGINE Google, in order to find information about sb/sth. Eg. I tried googling but couldn't find anything relevant".

oganology33:
American English is finished if we go by the dictionary, Bro. Is 'asap' in the dictionary But dat's how words get incorporated in dictionaries. only dat Nigerians are not yet authorities in English language. Let us do our thing. biko.

asap is in the dictionary. It's "as soon as possible". But you are correct about how words get incorporated into the English dictionary. We are getting there. For example, "juju" is in the dictionary.

Nice post Richommie.
I don't think the OP tried to derogate education. He just wanted all to know that having a degree is not the guarantee of wealth. These celebrity are well-educated to an extent; they don't just have decorated papers called degrees.

It's a nice post. Descent language. Not pejorative. Good work.

Please don't. Save yourself the certain embarrassment that will come. It's too risky. Anything you get by deception isn't really yours.
Please just don't. Wait for another one. Best of luck!

wordcat:
Is google an english word?

yes, it is.

Nice post, my dear. I agree somehow. Intelligent people are more wont to being distracted by a lot of things.

Just forget about her. Never cajole a girl to love you, nor beg her. Just try to forget about her. There's nothing you can do. You'll still find another girl that will love you. There are so many of them.

You are right, Oluwakemi.

presher:
this girl trained me from secondary school to the university tru her recharge bizness;now she wants marriage the problem is that I have seen a beautiful working class lady I want to marry pls advice

Well, it's sad. You shoudn't marry a girl out of sympathy. But there's nothing as wonderful as marrying a woman who can bear your burden. I hope the new girl doesn't turn out bad. Some men are suffering in their marriages because of the way they treated their ex-girlfriends.
Talk to her and try to make her understand. You could even marry her. The love may come afterwards. A lot of people married people they loved and yet divorced.
Take care.

It could be true, I'm not sure. It's rather good that most men find them less attractive, because that keeps heart-breakers and rapists at bay. And at last they find the best husbands, while their beautiful peers end up used and dumped and become radical feminists due to bad experience.

Very true. And also the Igbo don't have enough resources to stand. The only possible source of national income would be in the services sectors; since the Igbo are highly industrious. But let's not forget that that isn't actualizable for now. How much has the industry of Igbo contributed to the South East? The average man loves to travel and live elsewhere. Igbo people are chiefly traders and as such, they need markets. That's why there's hardly any market in Nigeria where you won't find Igbo trading. If they are to return to their homeland, and every trader starts trading, who will buy?
The largest consumers of Igbo-based products: Nollywood and Igbo gospel music are not even Igbo people. Non-Igbo buy Nollywood movies more than Igbo.
To me, Igbo should stay where they are, as a part of Nigeria. That's just my opinion.

doctokwus:
Silly post. What makes those ones acceptable and ours is not.Wellington for eg, is it an original English word or was it not adapted from the American version?
Americans call trousers pants, what makes their's acceptable and not our trousers.
Even some weird words are now acceptable in popular English,so leave us with our own adaptations, so long as we understand what they all mean.

The post is not silly na. Haba! That's why we have formal and informal English. In colloquial conversations, you could use them. But formerly, it's inappropriate, semantically.

I think girls have more to lose by engaging in pre-marital sex. Apart contracting an STI or STD, most guys suffer nothing. It's always the girls that drop out of school because of it; boys don't. Girls are the ones that get pregnant, commit abortion, get stigmatized, get abandoned by the family, etc. Really, girls are suffering. I wonder why? It's so unfair. In everything a man and a woman indulge in, the woman suffers more, even during pregnancy: the man impregnates the woman and runs away, while the woman bears it for 9 months.

Girls be careful in your relationship with boys, because you have more to lose.

Stupidity to me is- attacking people's personalities instead of their comments on Nairaland (ad hominem).

1. Rainboots: there's nothing like "rainboots" in the dictionary. The correct word is "rubber boots" or "wellingtons".

2. Electric pole: though this is very popular and not totally incorrect, the appropriate word is "pylon".

3. Papa's cap: nothing like that in the dictionary. It is rather, "flat cap".

4. Slippers: the word "slippers" exists in the dictionary, however, its true meaning differs from the sense in which we use it. A slippers is a loose soft shoe that you wear in the house, according to Oxford's Advanced Learner's Dictionary. The one we call slippers is actually, "flip-flops".

5. School bag: there's nothing like "school bag" in the dictionary. The correct word is "backpack" or "rucksack".

6. Jeep: yes, there's "jeep" in the dictionary but not the one we mean when we say jeep. A " jeep" is a small strong vehicle used, especially by the army, for driving through rough ground (according to the OALD). What we call "jeep" is not a jeep; rather it is a "four-wheel drive".

7. Sali: the part of the leg we call sali is correctly known as the "calf".

8. Rubber sandals: the correct word for "rubber sandals" is "jelly shoe"

8. "I slept at 9pm": you can't know when you sleep, you can only know when you went to bed.

plaetton:

My friend, let tell you my problem.

Simple ignorance is okay. We are all guilty of it one way or another.
It is also okay to offer opinion or speculate on a subject, as long as you acknowledge it as such.

Complex ignorance is another thing.

Faith and science do not belong in the same realm.

Only id.iots come on a public to use science to argue faith or use faith to argue science.

By so doing, you expose your ignorance of science, being so eager to convince, rather than to make sensible points.

For the records, dark matter, luminous ether(), dark energy( ) Belong in the far flung realm of scientific speculation. I did not say that they had mathematical corrolaries.
What I said was that they are hypotheses and theories derived observation of subatomicparticles and through complex mathematical modelling.

Can we say the same for the Tooth fairy,.. I mean, god ?

The notion of God does not even qualify to be a hypothesis, but really belongs to the realm of imagination, HUMAN imagination.

And to prove what I mean by human imagination, you just confirmed it by saying that " we live in a mystical world ".
;DD
You and whom?
And what is the name of your mystical world?
How many light years is it from Earth?

I have no intention of conversing with you anymore. You are obviously not emotionally mature for a civil discourse. Arguing with you will only lead to an on-line obloquy or contretemps. You really need to grow up and learn how to interact with people on a civil level. It tells on your level of emotional intelligence (a trait that can never be found in atheists). Your ideals have been formed, though pathetic. I raised several points in my original post which you ignored. You talked about emotions having mathematical values; how the increase in the consumption thereof affects emotions-that was your mathematical proof (mathematics without figures and formulae. What's the mathematical formalae for emotions?). How possible is that, when E=mc2 still has failling in mordern chemistry! Gosh! My dear, that's called pseudo-science (and it is the achor of modern scientific philosophy) You are the one distorting facts. It could work on a layman but not someone who understands scientific nomenclature.
You don't need to accept what I postulate, neither did you have to take personal. No matter how many points I make you will never be humble to consider. So just relax. Take care.

PS: I'd advise you to take some time to develop your social skills: you really lack emotional maturity. You must learn how to communicate in public, putting your emotions aside.
Thanks.

plaetton:


Shut up with your ill logic and lies.

As usual, it is the half- thinking crowd that make the most noise.

Again, let me shout out to the mo.rons and ignorants; that gravity , ultra-violet and infra-red radiations, are not seen but all have precise mathematical corollaries.
As such, they and their predictable effects can be tested for, measured, mathematically caliberated, and even simulated.
Daahhhh !!

Other dimensions of space, dark matter, etc are theoretical . Scientists speculate about these based on observations of the behaviour of subatomic particles of matter, which again, have precise Mathematical corollaries.

Now, over to you m.oron.
If you're so sure that your magic sky or space fairy exists, fine.
Now, kindly Give us a theoretical mathematical corollary, an equation from which we might deduce the presence of and the mathematical value of god in our universe.

If you can't do that, then I suggest you keep your primitive stone age beliefs to your tiny mind, and never again venture to peddle ignorance, half-think and ill logic in a public forum.

You don't need to become vile and uncouth. One other thing about atheists is that they are always bitter for no good reason. Even when the topic is presented in all civility, they still can't appreciate it. Obviously, atheists have more psychological problems than just disbelieving in God.
For the records,dark energy, the luminious ether, dark matter DON'T have precise mathematical proofs for their existence. Study your physics properly: over 70 per cent of postulates in quantum physics are based on mere assumptions and estimations.

And to base all your belief on mathematical collolaries, is quite a pity. We live in a mystical world. Even the great physicist Albert Einstein asserted that there were dimensions beyong space and time that can be seen (and posibly properly studied). Studying the unseen is a very dicey branch of science. Hence science is full of claims and counter-claims. The funny thing is that the fanatics of atheism are never at the fore front of these research.
And it's infantile to believe everything you read in scince. The Big Bang and evolution thoeries belived by atheists only show how pathetic their belief system is.

2SWT:
is no 7 and 8 for real?

Yes, they are. I read an article written by a radical feminist titled: "The End of Men".