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(Disclaimer: This doesn't in any way intend to denigrate the symbolism in the names nor to derogate the bearers)
Here are some Yoruba and Igbo names with funny meanings:

1. Babatunde (the father has returned). So what happened? The father went out, why will he not reuturn or do you want him to sleep outside.
2. Azuka (the past is greater) and Iluka (the future is greater). So which one is really greater, past or future?
3. Onyebuchi (who is God?) Why are you asking me? Don't you know?
4. Wole (enter). Enter where?
5. Abiodun (born during the festival). So what's so special about the festival?
6. Uzodinma (the road is good). Which road? Aba road or East-West road?
7. Adewale (the crown is coming home). So where did the crown go to? It went to work? And by the way, who gave the crown legs.
8. Onyemaechi (who knows tomorrow?). I don't know, who knows? Maybe you could ask Amaechi.

What other ones do you know?

MrsPhyno:
2 is the only one that real feminists actually believe.

Husbands and wives are equal, mostly in the sense that all human beings are equal. Una don see me quote my favourite verse before "There is now slave nor free, Jew nor Greek" etc etc I think he even mentioned man nor woman. This means that we're all the same. Human being na human being. We are equals, before God especially and that's what counts the most.

The others are mostly said as jokes eg all men are dogs

the equality here doesn't reduce the worth of the woman. The man is still the head of the family. Two captains cannot head a ship. The woman just has to submit to the husband. No man, no matter how poor or short he may be, can abide an insurbodinate wife.

I think that it's natural that people tend to feel more sympathy for persons of their own race.

I'd say "yes dad, I've serviced the iron".

Sorry about that Phemmylink, I hope you recover on time. And extend my sympathy to your girlfriend. I must confess, that girl really loves you. Most girls would just run away. The fact that she shared in your pain and humiliation is a sign of sacrificial love. Don't ever break that girl's heart or let her go.
And one thing I have learned is that in such circumstance, one should never run.
Animalism and wanton brutality are becoming norms in our society.
Take care.

I believe that religion per se, is neutral: it depends on what we use it for. Just as a knife that can be used to cook (good) and also used to kill (bad). Many have used religion to foster harmony; and also, have many used it to do otherwise. I also believe that we make religion and not religion makes us. Islam's reputation is dependent on the deeds of muslims. Just my opinion.

YourMain:
None of these are true.

A feminist believes men and women are equal socially politically and economically. And works to remove discrimination of both men and women.

Exactly Your Main, but a lot of young ladies have changed that, thereby creating a bad image of feminists. Today, feminists are seen as heart-broken and divorced women who just hate men.

Feminism is the belief that men and women are equal and should be offered equal oportunities. But some girls have blown it out of all proportion.
Here are some wrongful notions a lot of radical feminists and misandrist have about feminisim:
1. Whatever a man can do, a woman can do better;
2. Husbands and wives are equal;
3. Being submissive to your husband reduces your self-worth;
4. A woman must always challenge a man in every discussion;
5. Doing better than a man does in school or at work is an achievement;
6. Domestication is slavery;
7. Men are useless;
8. A wife should be the leader of the home.

Distractions are normal. It's what you do with them that could make them abnormal. I'd advise you to try to discipline yourself. It's difficult, but it will work.

The Epie-Atissa language is spoken by the Epie-Atissa people of Bayelsa State. The Epie-Atissa are a sub-ethnic group of the Ijaw nation; with an extant myth of origination from Benin.

Here are some words, and phrases in Epie-Atissa (you could add to the list):
Come= yó
Go= tàa

Good morning= ya na min? (literally, "have you risen or woken up"

Good afternoon= tegene min ?(pronounced as "tay-gay-nay-min)

Good evening= biese min? (pronounced as "bi-yay-say-min)

How are you?= wọ yam vón zé?
Wọ yàa?

I am fine? Ózu kpọ zé? (my body is strong) or mé yà.

Who are you?= wọ ovó?

I am John= mẹmẹ John.

What is your name?=Ini wọ kón vo?

My name is Peter= Ini mẹ kó Peter
(where "ini" is name; "mẹ" is me and "kó" is called)

Come and eat= yi di.

What will you eat?=wọ di emini?

I will eat rice=me di orosi or oworoworo

I am an Epie (or Atissa)= me omo Epié.

I love you= mẹ munẹnẹ wọ.

I am angry= fàn mẹ gbol' zé.

Please, contribute to the list. Gban Épié ni Naïraland.

Even so, let's look at dark energy and matter. Let's look at the other dimensions of space that are unseen but known by scientists to exist. In the long run, we find ourselves believing in many things we can't see.

After interacting with innumerable atheists (people who believe no god exists) and agnostic (people who believe that it's improbable to know of any god's existence), I have come to the conclusion that there is a very big loophole in atheism. It is the conventional assertion that God doesn't exist because he can't be seen.

"Why should I believe in God when I can't even see him" is a common defence put forward by apologists of atheism to uphold their disbelief in the existence of supernatural beings.


I want to use this ocassion, not to scold nor reprove atheists, but to question the veracity of this assertion. I want to ask atheists: is seeing the paramout requirement for believing?


I believe that most atheists are smart, so I respectfully put this before them- you don't have to see a thing before believing it. I have no intention of converting you to any faith (I don't have any); I just want to correct that defence. The world we live in comprises of the seen and unseen. And according to quantum physics, the unseen is far more powerful than the seen. Even Einstein's works on relativity were based on much imagination (things we can't see). When he talked about gravity bending spacetime, he dealt with things we can't see. Though the effects of some can be seen (like gravitational lensing and time dilation) the causative energy that wrought them is unseen. If you continue to say you don't believe in the supernatural because you don't see it, then you are not being fair. There are so many things you believe in that you don't see. Some are:
1. Gravity: you don't see it but you know it exists.
2. Infrared radiation: you don't see it but feel it when you stare at the sun;
3. Ultraviolect radiation: you don't see it, but it burns you your skin.
And many other like radio waves, inertia, (the debunked luminious ether), the propagation of sound waves, etc.
You may say, "well, we feel them, therefore we believe". Yes, the supernatural is not seen but felt. If you don't believe it, then what could make a ritualist steal the penis of a man? Do you see the "dark" energy he used? No. But does the victim feel the effect (as an instant spasm signalling that his genital is gone)? Yes. So also do what Christians call miracles work. If you believe gravity's existence, solely because you feel it; then why can't theists believe in the supernatural when they pray and get healed?

I don't think this takes away anything from you; but I believe there could be better points for disbelieving in the supernatural. Thanks.

In such a scenario, it would be nothing but a clash of gravity. The gravity of Jupiter will affect other less massive planets; while the gravity of Saturn (which is also under the gravitional pull of Jupiter) will be distorting the space and time about Earth and other less massive plantets. Meanwhile, Earth's gravity will also be pulling on Mecury. It's really going to be destructive and chaotic-more like survival of the most massive!

Here are 14 things our government could do, in order to save the ageing population of unmarried ladies from unsolicited celebacy, due to the refusal of most Nigerian men to get married when due. They may seem improbable, but are potentially effective. They are as follows:

1. Bride prices should be banned;
2. The collection of money or material property from the bride's family should be criminalized;
3. Married men should be given jobs upon getting married;
4. Married men should get promoted at work, if already employed;
5. Prostitution should be banned;
6. Bachelors should not get politcal appointments, not even as party youth leaders;
7. Premarital sex should be illegalized;
8. All married men should have sick benefits;
9. All married men should have ID cards to identify themselves as such. With that, they would earn fairer treatment wherever they went;
10. Any man who impregnates a girl must marry her within 6 months, or face 25 years imprisonment;
11. The children of a an umarried man would bear the mother's maiden name;
12. The sale and distribution of pornography should be banned, with on-line pornographic sites blocked;
13. All married men should receive the sum of ₦100,000 per month, as Monthly Married Men Allowance;
14. All alcoholic married men should receive 2 free crates of beer every month.

What is your best and worst topic in science? For me, as a theoritical physics student, my favorite topic is relativity (the special and general; excluding the mathematics therein). Understanding how related things, we never thought were related, are (mass and energy, space and time), astounds me; realising the amount of energy present in the universe and how this energy keeps everything in motion is amazing. My most intruiging topic is the redefinition of gravity, as put forward by Einstein.

I will never forget October 10, 2015 when I finally understood the practical implication of the world's most popular equation: E=mc2. My goodness, this equation is truly wonderful!

I also love atomic and nuclear physics; especially the artificial radioactivity continuum, which explains how the atomic bomb works.

For the worst, (or most difficult), I would nominate the mechanics of waves (especially concepts like polarization, diffraction, and interference and amplitude, wavelength and frequency). Though on a concise note, they are very simple, I just find it a little bit difficult assimilating the wide ranges of their effects and applications.

So, what's your favorite and worst topic in science?

You need to indicate what science subject it is and what kind of project. Is it a theoritical or practical project?

1. Never rely on one source: like using one textbook or Wikipedia only. Use different sources.

2. Always understand every sentence, before moving on to the next one.

3. Do not be in a hurry while reading. A thing remembered is better than a hundred things forgotten.

4. Never cram. Rote memorization is dangerous. You will surely forget everything you cram.

5. After reading, try to explain everything you've read to yourself using different words. For example, if the textbook says that "biology is the scientific study of life and living things", you could say "biology is the science that studies life and living matter".

6. Try to visualize what you read. If you're reading about ecology, try to visualize a forest with animals therein.

7. Never be contented with any thing you know. Read about it somewhere else. The more you read about it, the less possible it will be to forget.

8. Important points or formulae could be written on the front page of your notebook.

9. Tell someone or something about what you've learned. It works for me. Just call someone or something, maybe a younger sibling or even a dog. Explaining it to someone makes you more confident in it. They may not understand, but it helps.

10. Question what you read. Don't just read, nodding your head along, and ingesting everything. Try to ask questions while reading.

For years, our secondary school physics textbooks have been awashed with several outdated and untenable scientific facts. This is due to the "static" nature of science in Nigeria. Science is progressive; things are changing every year. And we should evolve too.

Here are some scientific theories or even "facts" that we learned: crammed and recited; at secondary school that have been disproved:

1. The boiling point of water is 100 degree Celsius! This is a centuries-old lie. The boiling point of water isn't a predictable constant like the speed of light. The boiling point of water depends on the atmospheric pressure: which is the force exerted by molecules of water in air about the boiling water. At higher altitudes water boils at lower tempratures.

2. There are nine planets! Yes, there were thought to be nine. One, the last and the least-Pluto-has been demoted. There are just eight left: Mecury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune.

3. The orbits of planets are constant! No any more; modern physics says that as Earth revolves round the sun, the orbit changes. Now the orbit is like the road Earth follows. It is elliptical in shape (not like a circle). According to physics, before now, that road (orbit) is invariant; imlpying that it will remain the same for ever. But according to modern physics, that is a false. The path (orbit) changes. You know, that it takes Earth 365 1/4 days to complete a revolution around the sun (that's 365 1/4 days to move from the beginning of the road and back to the beginning of the road). Modern astrophysicists and astronomers have discovered that at some point, the earth is closer to the sun, and at that same point, at some other time, she is farther.

4. There are three states of matter solid, liquid and gas! Please, if you have this in your physics textbook, don't worry, just take your biro and change the "three" to "four" and add "plasma" after "gas". Because scientists have long discovered a new state of matter, that is neither, solid, liquid or gas; it's called plasma.

5. In science, seeing is believing! Not anymore. The greatest flaw of atheism is that if we can't see God then he doesn't exist. And some atheists use science to justify this. They are wrong. The greatest theoritical physicists of classical and modern times, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, are known for postulating the existence of things we don't see. You don't need to see a thing to know that it exist. For example-
-Do you see ultraviolet rays? No. But stand under the sun for hours and the color of your skin will tell you if they exist or not. Ultraviolet rays are invisible radiation from the sun that cause sunburn.
-Do you see gravity? No. But does it exist? Yes.
The list goes on. In fact, it is that important that scientists developed a course called quantum physics to study physical phenomena we can't see with our eyes. Even in science, the things we don't see are more powerful than the ones we see.

6. Gravity is a force! They have told you and I, that there is a force of gravity that draws everything down. My dear Nairalanders, please that is untrue. The man who said so (Isaac Newton) was proved wrong 100 years ago (in 1915) by the father of modern physics, Albert Einstein.

Newton thought that gravity was a "force", and for over 300 years the world believed, until Einstein, in his General Theory of Relativity exposed that gravity wasn't a force per se, but what he described as a "distortion of space-time".

Let me break it down: according to classical physics massive bodies (natural things that have a lot of stuff in them) like the sun, create gravity (or gravitational fields) by directly pulling less massive bodies-like Earth or yourself- over space. But that is incorrect. Massive bodies, rather distort the space and time around the less massive bodies to make them behave the way they do. That generally means that you can jump and fall because the mass of the earth has distorted the space and time around you. And that the earth revolves about the sun because the mass of the sun has distorted the space and time around the earth, therefore keeping in orbit. Mass is responsible for the generation of gravity (and energy too, since mass and energy are the same thing: E=mc2).

Please don't keep this knowledge to yourself. Tell your friends, classmates and especially your physics teacher (if they didn't know).

For years, our secondary school physics textbooks have been awashed with several outdated and untenable scientific facts. This is due to the "static" nature of science in Nigeria. Science is progressive; things are changing every year. And we should evolve too.

Here are some scientific theories or even "facts" that we learned: crammed and recited; at secondary school that have been disproved:

1. The boiling point of water is 100 degree Celsius! This is a centuries-old lie. The boiling point of water isn't a predictable constant like the speed of light. The boiling point of water depends on the atmospheric pressure: which is the force exerted by molecules of water in air about the boiling water. At higher altitudes water boils at lower tempratures.

2. There are nine planets! Yes, there were thought to be nine. One, the last and the least-Pluto-has been demoted. There are just eight left: Mecury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune.

3. The orbits of planets are constant! No any more; modern physics says that as Earth revolves round the sun, the orbit changes. Now the orbit is like the road Earth follows. It is elliptical in shape (not like a circle). According to physics, before now, that road (orbit) is invariant; imlpying that it will remain the same for ever. But according to modern physics, that is a false. The path (orbit) changes. You know, that it takes Earth 365 1/4 days to complete a revolution around the sun (that's 365 1/4 days to move from the beginning of the road and back to the beginning of the road). Modern astrophysicists and astronomers have discovered that at some point, the earth is closer to the sun, and at that same point, at some other time, she is farther.

4. There are three states of matter solid, liquid and gas! Please, if you have this in your physics textbook, don't worry, just take your biro and change the "three" to "four" and add "plasma" after "gas". Because scientists have long discovered a new state of matter, that is neither, solid, liquid or gas; it's called plasma.

5. In science, seeing is believing! Not anymore. The greatest flaw of atheism is that if we can't see God then he doesn't exist. And some atheists use science to justify this. They are wrong. The greatest theoritical physicists of classical and modern times, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, are known for postulating the existence of things we don't see. You don't need to see a thing to know that it exist. For example-
-Do you see ultraviolet rays? No. But stand under the sun for hours and the color of your skin will tell you if they exist or not. Ultraviolet rays are invisible radiation from the sun that cause sunburn.
-Do you see gravity? No. But does it exist? Yes.
The list goes on. In fact, it is that important that scientists developed a course called quantum physics to study physical phenomena we can't see with our eyes. Even in science, the things we don't see are more powerful than the ones we see.

6. Gravity is a force! They have told you and I, that there is a force of gravity that draws everything down. My dear Nairalanders, please that is untrue. The man who said so (Isaac Newton) was proved wrong 100 years ago (in 1915) by the father of modern physics, Albert Einstein.

Newton thought that gravity was a "force", and for over 300 years the world believed, until Einstein, in his General Theory of Relativity exposed that gravity wasn't a force per se, but what he described as a "distortion of space-time".

Let me break it down: according to classical physics massive bodies (natural things that have a lot of stuff in them) like the sun, create gravity (or gravitational fields) by directly pulling less massive bodies-like Earth or yourself- over space. But that is incorrect. Massive bodies, rather distort the space and time around the less massive bodies to make them behave the way they do. That generally means that you can jump and fall because the mass of the earth has distorted the space and time around you. And that the earth revolves about the sun because the mass of the sun has distorted the space and time around the earth, therefore keeping in orbit. Mass is responsible for the generation of gravity (and energy too, since mass and energy are the same thing: E=mc2).

Please don't keep this knowledge to yourself. Tell your friends, classmates and especially your physics teacher (if they didn't know).

The previous post was about how bad it is to be nice or decorous to a Nigerian girl on-line.
After reading the post I felt so sad. Sad that young people with guileless motives for mutual amity with the opposite sex have to mutate their goodwill and sense of fratenity just to satisfy a very egregious standard set loosely by a few.
The reason for which I posted this is to correct an impression that might have been etched on the conscience of some innocent guys that read that post. They are the following:

1. Courtesy is stupidity. The OP posited that it was "lame" to appreciate a girl's approval of your request for frienship. Please, I want to correct that impression. Appreciating people for things you asked them of isn't stupidity. And no intelligent girl would condescend you for that. If she does, then it tells on her level of maturity and social exposure. I've appreciated girls for such, and they replied:
"You are welcome".
And we had a very cordial bond afterwards. That's what well-educated and socially exposed people do. So if a girl refuses to, don't let that change you. It's called courtesy and women (real matured ladies, not 28 year-old teenagers) would appreciate you for that. Girls are different. Some don't understand what it means to be social, some do. Don't let the bad experiences you've had with few make you lose your sense of courtesy.

2. There are universal rules for female friendship. No, there aren't. You don't need any OP to tell you how to a treat a girl. Respect girls, no matter how incongruous some may seem to be. I tell you, if I were to judge Nigerian girls by the majority of the ones I had encountered, I would have become a misogynist. But I am a feminist. I doubt, there is any man as feminist as I am on earth. I still respect them and adore them, despite my rueful encounters.
Don't let any girl change you. It is who you are: kind, civil, appreciative and nice. If Miss A loathes it, Miss B won't. Continue to tell them "thanks for accepting me". No sensible and matured girl, who is seeking for a loving and caring guy would overlook you. It shows that you are appreciative of everything she offers. You are the kind of man millions of Nigerian ladies are looking for (not just as a friend but a life partner): selfless and humble men who can say "thank you" and not chauvinsitic and wounded men who feel that degrading girls (especially on Nairaland) is the determinant of real manhood.

3. The social media is the best mechanism for rating women. There is no aphorism that Facebook is the best place to find a friend; it's to me the worst place-because, hardly can you find serious-minded and intellectual people there. If you've had sour experiences with these FB girls, I'd advise you to stay away from FB female friendship. The real world is out there. The real girls are out there. If you want friendship, it's best you look for it out there, in the real and not via an Avatar aka FB Profile.
Most girls on FB are just there to play and relish the lures and illusions of girlhood.

4. Complimenting a girl is asinine. To all the guys who thought it pleasurable vilifying and lacerating guys who compliment girls on Facebook, I want to say, be careful. Such a mentality, will earn you a very gloomy marital future. Telling a girl she is beautiful is not a sign that you have amorous interest in her. Unfortunately, most of them think so. But it's not. They do it everywhere. If a girl thinks that every man that appreciates her is after sex, then she has a very big psychological problem. She is the one with a problem, not the guy. It is a universal rule of masculine politesse to say to a lady "you are beautiful". Watch red-carpet shows on TV, if you doubt.
Appreciating a lady, indicates you admire her feminity. If she interprets it as a token of stupidity, then it means that she is either not civilized, socially exposed, well-educated in reality, or just has bad manners.
In conclusion, I want to tell all those guys like I am- kind-hearted and appreciative-that they are not alone. Don't change just because some girls didn't appreciate your gestures. On the social media, there are bad girls and good girls; stupid girls and intelligent girls; girls who want friendship and girls who just want followership. It's not every fine face you see on Facebook that you must befriend. If you are a guy who appreciates women (and have been appreciating the wrong types) don't change. Some girls hate it, some love it. When you meet those that love it, (as I have, for over 10 times), you will realise how erroneous the previous post was.

To Nairaland guy-please, stop degrading Nigerian girls. It is becoming alarming the rate of female-disparaging on Nairaland. Little wonder the level of female participation has reduced. If you have problems with girls and their natural dispositions, then face it. After the insults, it's still a girl that will give you dinner! And (I almost forgot) thanks for reading my post!