Donald7610:
What makes you different from the thieves without proper uniform
Are you law abiding cops in the night

I wonder if some Nigerians breath and think from their Anus.

Oga, Special Anti-Robbery Squads (SARS) usually operate on mufti inorder for them to camouflage as civilians and have easy access in apprehending notorious armed robbers.

To be quick in judgment to avoid fallacious analysis of events and activities.....Be wise bro!

hardeycute:
Nigeria Is a failed state.How on earth should we have a President and the Governors having all those things on display and the Nation and her citizens are in quagmire.

It has come to show the Presidency is insensitive.

A Man who works for the Govt for all his life doesn't earn what an ex-Governot earned in a month all his life.

We need to cut down on governance cost because I was made to believe it is a service and not MMM or an employment .

We all have a common enemy in the fraud called leadership irrespective of our religion, ethnicity or sex.

What else can I type ?

You can continue typing ur rubbish

ZirdoRoray:
This is one of the reasons white are ahead of us, we cannot patiently sit our ass down and try to understand each other so we can move forward instead, we quick to insult people out of aggression especially for people who are different and weird. Despite the controversial nature of Kemi, I must say she is damn intelligence. I'm a medical personnel and I have been following this issue from the beginning and I must say that Kemi is right about that child. Seyi law needs to cool down his pride and act fast in other to save that child from the debilitating effects of diabetes. Believe me diabetes is deadlier than HIV. It is pity we blacks' sense of judgement is easily clouded with emotional reaction/retardiation. We cannot ignore the messenger and concentrate on the message. I hope the seyi laws don't regret this as kemi is showing genuine for that child but it is just that, it came out the wrong. You NLs can say all you want but Kemi is almost always right about things she says. It is just the way she says them. Peace!!

I will at this juncture counter your fundamental write-up. Even if Madam Kemi is intelligent and claimed to know about the predicaments surrounding the innocent child, must she publicly display her intellectual foolishness on social networks by indirectly attacking the child and not the father (SeyiLaw)?

Why didn't she call SeyiLaw privately concerning the issues surrounding the little child inorder to render her piece of advice to him as a matured homo-spien instead of busy posting the baby's pictures everywhere on social networks....too bad for both gladiators.

Infact, there is no need for cyber war between the duos because, both of them (Kemi and SeyiLaw) are arrogantly wrong for publicly displaying their childish lifestyle.

At times, our wisdom can be foolishness before other intellectual species.......Social networks are gateway to self-destruction or self-elevation to greatness. Be wise!

BobbyCreep:
I can help you take your npower exams if interested. All my candidates made it through last year. Email me if interested. This is my email address eazyslyke@yahoo.com

Just imagine what this dude is confessing from his Anus.

Species like you are supposed to be arrested by the police and placed behind bars. Even after encouraging exam malpractices within the walls of the university, you still decided to extend it to outside world by impersonating people to write their career aptitude tests and publicly advertising your ignorance. I weep bitterly for your kind.

People like you will be the first set to complain, wail and cry out loud like a disvirgined maggots when things eventually fall apart in your country.

Change begins with you.

stephendamsoho:


bros, take heart and stop ranging online; even if GHW is still strong your posts is showing the opposite

So many kids on social networks.....take heart for what? Do i look like your member? Or do u think u are better than those that are joyfully participating in Ponzi or do they use ur poor money to invest in it?.

Did they force you to join Ponzi scheme?
Why lamenting here?....i hate antagonists. That was how you guys hated MMM few months ago, but today, same guys are praising MMM as the best.
Why not run your shows quietly and stop disturbing others with ur complains....why not step outside and look if you cannot feel d heat......poor kids on rampage.....

If u like, write ur articles from now till infinity, people will still make their choice and do what will suit them.

Yards:



I'm looking for publicity as Yards?

Your stupidity is epic!!!!

I have not forced anyone to do anything did I ask you to comment on what I wrote?

Are you trying to take away my freedom to write?

My joy is very simple. I want to ensure that your COMMON SENSE is brutally re-configured and re-defined from the spirit of Aproko, Over-sabi and I-too-Know syndromes, so that you won't be writing rubbish again until you carefully look before you leap.

Infact, you have successfully advertised yourself on Nairaland as EDUCATED ILLITERATE and a dis-organised irrational homo-sapien.

Never you rejoice, mock or say unpleasant statements to your friends, brothers and sisters when they are passing through tough times or turbulent periods in any investments, because no INVESTMENT is permanent, whether legitimate or Illegitimate businesses. Time and season will always happen to them all.

Be wise in your personal relationships with others and stop behaving like a kid. Then you can derive inner peace in whatever you do.

My final advice to you, STOP your irrelevant and unnecessary write-ups that portrays hatred about what others derives joy in doing and channel your energies and time in other write-ups that are important to uplifting your career pursuits if you are really good in researches as claimed in your statement.

Yards:


Since you are a nobody, let me just laugh at this; hahahahaha

I love the way you are really laughing out loud your psychological stupidity. I know how to deal with your kind.

You think Nairaland will give you the cheap publicity you are yearning for?.
Must you force people into following your own ideology?
Must you attack other people's success and expect your own effort to be successful?, d answer is NO!

Whatsoever a man sow, he will surely reap.....

On a final note, i don't engage in any PONZI SCHEME or CRYPTOCURRENCY ...but allow people to make a choice of investment or whatsoever for national peace. You are not in anyway better than people that are into the investment they choosed for themselves. Stop creating unnecessary enemies for yourself due to your myopic views about other investment......Grow up and stop acting silly towards others.

fejeerow:
I didn't want to accept reality but the reality is that ghw is going down..my gh of 6th hasn't been matched... meanwhile ph that I requested for when I requested for gh has been matched.. the matched me for both 3% and 97% in within 2days and they said they have enough ph? I m not paying, If they have to block my acct and not give me my gh...but I won't lose more to them... ponzi is not the way out. But I m still doing mmm sha!

Be deceiving yourself.....If MMM is having issues tomorrow, u will still jump in here and sing a new song......my advice is simple, know what u want and go for it.
Gullible people are full of complains no matter what comes their direction.

Yards:


All what you have said hasn't changed the fact that you have lose money which you will never get back.

I have the right to research and write about anything I want.

Truly, your stupidity and foolishness is like a fithy rag. Your poverty level knows no bounds.

Your mates are researching on issues that will project them into international and national recognition, you are stupidly having sleepless night analysing people's issues....i weep profusely for you.

Poor minds like you will only cry and lament over people's matter, but rich minds will persevere and find alternative solutions. If you are scared of loosing money, you should be ready and willing to remain poor all your life.

The truth is, Nigerians knows how to run their shows because they are wiser now in every investment they venture into. So, your village research or greedy write-up is just a manifestation of your poor mentality towards loosing money.

If you are having issue with GHW due to the fact that, your account was blocked as a result of defaulting or not redeeming your PH, i would advice you to stop constituting nuisance everywhere you go.

Always ranting on Nairaland because your account was blocked will be a big shame to you. Remember you were once a member of the group and stop playing Prophet here. What a poor fellow.

Yards:


I'm not a lazy fellow like you.

If you are not lazy, what is your business with another man's issue?.
And if you are still claiming you are not lazy, what is your business with GHWX forum?....why are you always accessing their forum to get information due to your wicked interest. Must you kill yourself for another man's problem or swallow paracetamol for another man's headache?

I can really see you as a greedy lazy ass on a revenge mission since the GHW did not favour you. Grow up, let them be and mind your business

NwaAmaikpe:


Oba Ewuare II...

The Ambassador turned oba who does not know what it means to be Oba of Benin.
If he is not teeing off a Golf Tournament,
He will be in the government house hussling contracts under the guise of discussing the GeleGele seaport.

Next thing left is for him to visit a beer parlour.

Well, the Binis will be forever grateful to him, during his time as Ambassador of Italy, almost all viable young woman was granted a free passage.
He really empowered his constituency when he was amabassador to Italy.


Such a monarchial disgrace.

You must be a celebrated fool.

With the way you are ignorantly fooling yourself on every single thread on Nairaland, you should have buried your flat head in shame for disgracing the entire good people of Igbo land.

Oba of Benin is far greater than all the traditional rulers and Chief priests, both dead and alive in the whole of South East. How much do you know about the Binis?....You better pocket your fingers where it belongs else Igodomigodo and Atalakpa will fall on you like the law of gravity.

Due to your myopic reasoning, social miscreants like you will only end up creating more problems and hatreds for the Igbos in the process of looking for cheap Nairaland publicity. Talk is cheap.

Baba419:
See them

Boko Harams

They will not throw bomb at this gathering. Smh

Too many infants on Nairaland.

When a man's way pleases God, even the enemies will be at peace with him, dead or alive......

So, receive sense in Jesus name...

SmartMugu:

You must be an infant. No point wasting time with you. You're a nobody, and nobody cares about what a nobody hates. If you're too blind to notice how typos are littered on a post about university students, then stfu.

How does their typos affect your block head?...Over-sabi, I-too-Know, Aproko.....

When did you become a part-time lecturer on Nairaland?

How much do you know about Nigeria graduates?

Criticisms should be politely done in a constructive manner and not destructive.
It really shows that you are a learner of some English coaching classes somewhere in your farmhouse.

Next time, you come across people's typographical errors, backoff ASAP if you can't drop any reasonable comment because, it's none of your business....
Thank God they are still students, before their graduation, they will learn and correct their mistakes. But as for you, your learning process is over and it's even obeying law of diminishing return unless you deliver yourself from the spirit of "I-too-Know".

SmartMugu:

There's always an idi.ot somewhere here to start an argument with anyone that comes up with any corrective statement. Not saying you're one of them, but you have their type of mentality. I don't waste my time with people like that. Point out mistakes in my comment and I'll gladly fix them.

I hate aliens with passions when they castigate people without first watching their ass....
Continue with your weak and infant talent. Error checker a.k.a Mr. Fix them

SmartMugu:
It's too many typos in this statement. Are these today's University students that can't construct a statement this short without this many grammatical errors?

Mr Error checker; kindly go through the statement you have just typed and correct your mistakes before talking about others. Over-sabi

gartamanta:


This country called Nigeria that you are talking about, can you provide any document where Igbos agreed with Lugard to be part of Nigeria?

The reason I ask is because if the Igbo nation never agreed to be included in Nigeria, then Nigeria can be taken to court by the Igbo nation for kidnapping.

Infact, i am weeping for you right because i cannot be wasting my time with kid that cannot recite his/her national anthem.

It's a clear evidence that i was really talking to a dummy that can read but would never understand. What do you know about Lord Luggard?

Since you were yet to be born around 1914, i think you should go back to your grandparents to know how Nnamdi Azikiwe and other igbo elites lobbied to be part of Southern Protectorate before Luggard was able to amalgamate the North and South together.

False social media crusades will only accumulate more hatreds for the Igbo people from other minor and major ethnic groups. Majority of the jobless Igbo youths will only cause more harms to the Igbo nation by tarnishing their ethnicity due to arrogance and fallacy of ignorantio ellency.

gartamanta:


Dont talk like someone from the 15th century, talk like someone from the 21st century. A country, such as Nigeria, should exist be by the consent of the indigenous people who owned the land before the colonialists came. The constitution should be a document written by the people, not a few military touts. Nigeria is not a country created by consent and the constitution is a fraud.

Referendum is one of the most democratic instruments in the world because it is one of the rare times that the people get to choose their destiny as opposed to electing or entrusting politicians to do it for them.

So if a person believes in fairness and equity, why would they be opposed to referendum? Is it Lugard that should decide who is a Nigerian or should it be the indigenous people of the land? The people who owned the land long before there was Nigeria.

The constitution is meant to give the people a sense of freedom, not enslave them.

Stop talking nonsense

Be there quoting history you don't even understand. Whatsoever that is not written or documented in the Nigerian constitution is considered null and void.

Referendum is a sham as far as Nigerian constitution is concerned. No wonder the house of Reps and house of senates including ur honourable representatives from your constituencies are not talking about it. Even the legal practitioners and civil societies has nothing to talk about referendum in Nigeria....you are here on Nairaland saying what you don't know just to gain cheap social media popularity.

So long the Biafrans are willing to pull out from Nigeria and if Nigerian constitution does not give room for secession through referendum, Biafra will never see the light of the day. United Nations can never accredit Biafra Republic without the consent of Nigeria and Nigerians at large. If you like, continue to rant from now till eternity, Biafra will die a natural death just the way Referendum in Nigeria died immediately after civil war in 1970.

In my opinion, i have always loved Biafrans to be on their own for national peace, but Nigeria has constitutionally laid embargo on it....so, channel your muscles towards SE development and stop fighting the battle you can never win.

Kids like u should be sent back to school to study Nigeria history very well and stop misleading others on Nairaland.

gartamanta:
Personally, I think that the only people who were forced into anything are the ethnic groups who make up Nigeria. It was them that the West African fronteer force led by Lugard forced into an unholy union which Lugards wife called Nigeria. Ever since then, everybody has been fighting each other. An Hausa man who didnt know who Igbos were before the arrival of the British is now claiming he is 'one' with Igbos. He doesnt even care if the majority of Igbos share his point of view. A Bini man will get up and say he is 'South/South' with a Efik man. The same Bini man has no links with the Efik whatsoever. All these artificial unions such as Nigeria and South/South has to stop because only a few men sat than in a room to create them. What matters is what the people themselves choose because as it is, we are all in prison, even if we dont know it. That is why I like Kanu's push for a referendum. Nigeria has not seen a referendum of sovereignty since 1961 when the British Cameroons voted. Northern British Cameroon voted to join Nigeria, the South voted to join Republic of Cameroon. That is democracy.

What Kanu and IPOB are doing by calling for a referendum in the SE/SS area is no different from what a politician does when he goes to ask the people to vote for him. If you like the politician and his vision, you may choose to vote him in. If you dont like him, do the needful.

The important thing is that everyone is given the power of choice. None of us were given the choice to decide if we want to be Nigrians or not.

If we all remember, Scotland was given the choice to decide in 2014 if they want to be British. Why would anybody be dreaming about leaving a superpower nation like Britain? But the Scots agitated for it.

Nigeria is nowhere near Britain in terms of economic and technological advancement but some Nigerians are questioning the audacity of anyone to leave Nigeria?

Referendum is a democratic thing and people should learn to embrace it particularly the Southern minorities who have groaning under the weight of marginalisation.

My people perish for lack of wisdom. It's unfortunate that people like you reads but fail to understand.
Referendum died many years ago with the civil war.

Referendum is not enshrined in Nigerian constitution because it's an international order of seeking for self governance from greater nations through United Nations accreditation.

It beats my imagination when people begin to compare British constitution with Nigerian constitution. It is clearly stated in British rule that any regions or communities that seeks for referendum should be granted urgent attention due to the fact that, great Britain has colonized many nations and ready to free any willing nation that wants to be self governed.

How many countries has Nigeria colonized that would warrant referendum in her constitution.
So, grow up and stop ranting "referendum". Referendum is what is trending on social media nowadays. SMH for the innocent and good igbos among the evil ones.

Infact, Biafra is a waste of time. The earlier they stop the unnecessary and selfish agitation for Biafra and push for better development of South Eastern region, the better for the good people of Igbo land.

Yards:


When you have a legitimate Job I will have your time

I am weeping profusely for people like you. You must absolutely be a beast of ignorance.
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What do kids like you know about legitimate job?....You can go and ask your grandparents that used Osusu and other traditional method of peer-to-peer donations to build their old houses and also trained your immediate parents to schools including feeding their large polygamous families.
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They would have used legitimate condom on your behalf instead of allowing free flow of the spermatoa to produce your kind.‎

You think because you have access to free MTN 10MB, you can just jump into any intellectual gatherings to cook up analysis people already know?....Nigerians knows how to manage their crisis, so, don't come and be forming over-sabi on Nairaland.

Because, you were outrightly blocked and kicked out from the platform for defaulting (rule breaking), you decided to turn to Nairaland to pour your evil anger by writing nonsense.....Bush pig with poor mentality looking for social media attention....Nigerians with their evil imaginations....Hey poor boy, abeg go get yourself a life jare

@Yards: Learn to remain mute in a sensitive issue like this because, ur self-proclaimed wisdom may be foolishness before others.

Na wa o. I hail Nigerians.
Self centred Nigerians likes shooting their wicked arrows into any growing communities where there are happy people doing their happy things.

Na so people talk, sing, clap, drum, and blow trumpet about MMM crashing, the same set of people wey bet their life never to participate in MMM later passed through back doors to enjoy d games. Na person wey dey sing go tire and not d song. MMM song don tire una, na GHW reggae una wan begin sing now. GOD go punish DEVIL. Why are Nigerians full of themselves negatively?

Infact, where are d people wey turn over night prophets begin dey see vision about MMM crashing?...na GHW una begin wan face now.....joblessness at its peak!.

In conclusion, if Nigerians can mind their own business instead of pretending to be their brother's keeper out of their own selfish interest, Naija will be a better place to invest.

08030403132

sunnyb0b0:


Can you help us by asking your rep and senator to help us push through our demand for a referendum in the NASS?

Don't you have Igbo reps in the house of commotion?. At least, they should help u guys to push for your demands.
I wonder how many Evans would be produced in the agitated new Republic.

onedream:
o'boy this lady still dey suffer o... see as her face dry.... no mind that Jacuzzi all na wash

Poor person like u will never appreciate others even when success is boldly written all over d successful person.

Olajumoke is soaring high in her career from zero to hero, u are there still relying on MTN free 10MB to type nonsense.

Grow up bro and be a man of valour.

Umudim village in Anambra State again?...Na wa o.

The people of that village must be thoroughly examined this time around.

When d people of Umudim village are still having sleepless night on Evans kidnapping saga, another evil occurrence was also detected.

Infact, i hail all d indigenes of Umudim Village oooo

kindredspirit:


Yes, you're right. The dude sent a link that didn't explain how to solve the issue. However, when I browsed the same link some more, I found a thread about tips on how to get your Whatsapp to send files. Take a look at one of them, a short video on Crackberry :

https://forums.crackberry.com/android-apps-amazon-store-apk-files-f413/cant-send-images-android-version-whatsapp-1088035/

I played the video and it looked like simple compared to others I'd seen in the past. I however didn't try it as one would require a laptop to do it and I'm not with my laptop, having travelled out of base. I will try it when I return.

Take a look at the video and try it, if you have a laptop.

I deliberately decided not to reply ur earlier post because u thought I gave u d wrong link in getting what u requested for. A dude also said he doubted if I understood d question that was asked.
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I had already given u a hint on how to solve ur problem by sending a confirm link with which I used to solve my own case. All he could come here to say was dat i didn't understand ur question.
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Pls, learn to read and explore further for possible solutions whenever u are given a hint and stop allowing people to spoon-feed u.
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I have been sending files through my BB10 since March. Try to verify any information u come across first before proving someone wrong‎ else u end up biting d fingers feeding you.

kindredspirit:


Exactly how did you work around and solve the issue of sending files?

Sure, there are some tips on Google. However, I'd appreciate if you pointed me to how you did yours exactly, let me try your approach.

You can check out the link below. All what u need to successfully install and run whatsapp android version on ur BB10 is carefully explained on there. Let me know if u still have issues.
https://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-10-os-f269/cobalts-official-google-apps-landing-page-965257/

You could go online to get an easy step-by-step approach on how to install whatsapp Android version on BB10. It's very easy.
I did mine with d help of information I got on Google. Today, i am d happiest person

Good day guys,
I have been using whatapp android version on my BB10 since March dis year. I can send any files (pics, videos, pdf, etc) on my phone. Information is a vital tool towards successful stories. Don't let nobody tell u it's not possible.
Whatsapp Android version is d best on BB10 if u really know how to go about it.

kindredspirit:


Really? That's weird. Everybody using a BB10 phone that I know can all download most Android Apps unto their phones.

Are you sure your phone's software is up to date? Check the version that you have and revert on here.

I doubt Whatsapp will extend the deadline. The rate at which the warning pops up these days....

On my part, I still am unable to send pictures and videos on the Android version on my phone. Some BB10 fan boys on this thread pointed me to how I could do it sometime ago. I tried it but didn't succeed. I however didn't persist after the failed attempt. Now that the deadline is near, I will give it another try or seek assistance.

IGBO Scholar disgraces Femi Fani-Kayode by demolishing claims on Igbo/Yoruba history with facts and figures.

An Igbo scholar, Dr. Samuel Okafor, has made one-time Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, look so small and uneducated by using facts and figures to demolish the claims he made in the controversial August 8 article, “The Bitter Truth About The Igbo”, which set off a storm that almost threatened Igbo-Yoruba relations.

In the first part of an article entitled “The Lies of Femi Fani-Kayode”, Okafor, who has a First Class in History from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and then did a Ph.D in Nsukka on scholarship, dismissed Fani-Kayode as a “half-baked intellectual”. He then proceeded, point by point, to address what he termed “the most reckless amongst the tangle of reckless comments spewed by Femi, a character who with each punch of his keypad stresses his severely unwell conditions of logorrhoea, delusions of enlightenment, history and sociology – amongst others.”

Below are Okafor’s words:

FEMI AND HIS SEVERELY IGNORANT LIES:

•Femi Lies About the Yorubas Being Nigeria’s Earliest Graduates:

From his myopic bubble Femi FaniKayode claims the Yoruba were the first to acquire Western education; the first ever known record of a literate Nigerian in the English Language is the narrative of an Ibo slave who regained his freedom and documented his life history as a slave from the time he was 11 years old in present day Ibo land till the time when he gained his freedom in the middle of the 18th century. He later married an English woman and had 3 children. He died in 1795.

Femi, a basic Google-research will do you good here; check out the name, Equanoh OLAODAH. Further Femi claims that the Yoruba were the first lawyers and doctors in Nigeria. This is again a big falsehood. The first Nigeria doctor was an Effik man Silas G. Dove who obtained a medical degree from France and returned to practice medicine in 1840 in Calabar. This fact can also be verified from historical medical records in Paris.

I would also ask that you google the name BLYDEN – Edward Wilmot BLYDEN – an educated son of free Ibo slaves who by the mid-19th century had acquired sound theological education. He was born in Saint Thomas in 1832. He is one of the founding missionaries that established the Archbishop Vining church in Ikeja. Before the next time you succumb to your long-running battle with logorrhoea, Femi please do some research.

What about the third president of a free Liberia – President J JRoyle – again, a man of Ibo descent. Please take some time to do some research so that we can discuss constructively. It is wrong to peddle lies to your people. It is academic fraud to knowingly misrepresent facts just to score cheap points with people who do not have the discipline to do research and accept anything you pour out simply because they say you are well educated. To again quote the great Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Joseph Stiglitz; Femi fits into the category of third rate students from first rate universities with an inflated sense of self-importance. Let’s go on!

Who was the first Nigerian Professor of Mathematics – an Ibo man – Professor Chike Obi – the man who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem. He was followed by another Ibo man, Professor James Ezeilo, Professor of Differentail Calculus and the founder of the Ezeilo Constant. Please do some research on this great Ibo man. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka and one of the founders of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Who was Nigeria’s first Professor of Histroy – Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times. He was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Who was the first Professor of Microbiology – Professor Eni Njoku; he was also the first African Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. Anatomy and Physiology – Professor Chike Edozien is an Asaba man and current Obi of Asaba. Who was the first Professor of Anatomy at the University College Ibadan? Who was the first Professor of Physics? Professor Okoye, who became a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960. He was followed by the likes of Professor Alexander Anumalu who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physics three times for his research in Intermediate Quantum Physics. He was also a founding member of the Nigerian Mathematical Centre. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry – again another Ibo man – Professor Frank Ndili who gained a Ph.D in his early ’20s at Cambridge Univesity in Nuclear Physics and Chemistry in the early ’60s. This young Asaba man had made a First Class in Physics and Mathematics at the then University College Ibadan in the early ’50s. First Professor of Statistics – Professor Adichie who’s research on Non-Parametric Statistics led to new areas in statistical research. What about the first Nigerian Professor of Medicine – Professor Kodilinye – he was appointed a Professor of Medicine at the University of London in 1952. He later became the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the war. What about Astronomy – again another Ibo man was the first Professor of Astronomy – please, look up Professor Ntukoju – he was the first to earn a double Ph.D in Astronomy and Mathematics.

Let’s go to the Social Sciences – Demography and statistical research into population studies – again another Ibo man – Professor Okonjo who set up the first Centre for Population Research in Ibadan in the early ’60s. A double Ph.D in Mathematics and Economics. Philosophy – Professor G D Okafor, who became a Professor of Philosophy at the Amherst College USA in 1953. Economics – Dr. Pius Okigbo who became a visiting scholar and Professor of Economics at the University of London in 1954. He is also the first Nigerian Ph.D in Economics. Theology and theological research – Professor Njoku who became the first Nigerian to earn a Ph.D in Theology from Queens University Belfast in Ireland. He was appointed a Professor of Theology at the University College Zambia in 1952.

I am still conducting research in areas such as Geography where it seems a Yoruba man, Professor Mabogunje, was the first Professor. I also am conducting research into who was the first Nigerian Professor of English, Theatre Arts, Languages, Business and Education, Law and Engineering, Computer Technology, etc. Nigerians need to be told the truth and not let the lies that Femi Fani-Kayode has been selling to some ignorant Yoruba who feel that to be the first to see the white man and interact with him means that you are way ahead of other groups. The Ibo as The great Achebe said had within a span of 40 years bridged the gap and even surpassed the Yoruba in education by the ’60s. Many a Yoruba people perpetually indulge in self-deceit: that they were the first to go to school; to be exposed to Western education; that they are academically ahead of other Nigerian cultures of peoples. Another ignorant lie.

As far back as 1495 the Benin Empire maintained a diplomatic presence in Portugal. This strategic relationship did not just stop at a mere mission but extended to areas such as education. Scores of young Benin men were sent out to Portugal to study and lots of them came back with advanced degrees in Medicine, Law and Portuguese Language, to name a few.

Indeed, some went with their Yoruba and Ibo slaves who served the sons of the Benin nobility while they studied in Portugal. These are facts that can be verified by the logs kept by ship owners in Portugal from 1494 to 1830. It is kept at the Portuguese Museum of Geographic History in Lisbon.

Why then would several Yoruba people peddle all these falsehoods to show that they are ahead educationally in Nigeria? The true facts from the Federal Office of Statistics on education tell otherwise, showing that 3 Ibo states for the past 12 years have constantly had the largest number of graduates in the country, producing more graduates than Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo states. These eastern states are Imo, Anambra and Abia. Yet he calls Ibos traders. Indeed, the Igbos dominate because excellence dominates mediocrity – truth.

Let me enlighten this falsehood’s mouthpiece even further: before the civil war Ibos controlled and dominated all institutions in the formal sector in Nigeria from the universities to the police to the military to politics:

• The first Black Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan was an Ibo man

• The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos was an Ibo man

• The first Nigerian Rector of the then Yaba College of Technology was also an Ibo man

• The police was run by an Ibo IG

• The military as a professional institution was also run by elite-ilk Ibos.

Facts can never be hidden. To be first does not mean you would win the race; let us open up all our institutions and may the best man win. Let us not depend on handouts or privileges but on heard work. Let us compete and give the best positions to our brightest – be it Ibo, Yourba or Fulani, and then we shall see who is the most successful Nigerian.

I find it difficult not to respond to some of these long-held lies that are constantly being peddled by Yorubas. One is that the Yoruba have the largest number of professors in the country. I would again ask that we stick to facts and statistical records. The Nigerian Universities Commission has a record of the state with the largest number of professors on their records and as at 2010 that state is Imo State followed by Ondo State and then Anambra State; the next state is Ekiti and then Delta before Kwara State. I am sure you Yorubas are surprised. When you sit in the South-West do not think others are sleeping but I wish to address another historical fact and that is who were the first Nigerians to receive Western education. It is important that these issues be examined in their historical context and evidence through research be presented for all to examine.

I have continued my research for as the great sociologist and father of modern sociology – Emile Durkheim – put it, the definition of a situation is real in its consequence . What this simply means is that one must never allow a perceived falsehood to become one’s reality and by extension individuals who accept a defined position act as though the situation is real and apply themselves in that narrowly defined perspective.

Why is this important to state it is because for long the Yoruba have peddled lies that have almost become accepted as the truth by other Nigerians but it is important that we lay down the facts for others to examine and come to their own conclusion for facts are facts. Let’s go back to education. Historically, Western education resulted as a product of indigenous ethnic groups interacting with the whites through trade. The dominant groups sold slaves, ivory gold and a host of other products to their European counterparts in exchange for finished goods – wine, tobacco, mirrors, etc.

The Bini who were the dominant military force from the 15th to the 19th century raided and sold other ethnicities to the Europeans. Top on the list of those they sold were the Yoruba, Ibo and Igala. Various other ethnicities suffered as a result of the Bini military expansion. And the Benin Kingdom stretched from present-day Benin up to what is now geographically referred to as Republic of Togo. Indeed, the influence of the Benin Empire extended to the banks of the river Niger to present-day Onistha. There are huge Yoruba settlements in the Anioma part of Delta State who fled Yoruba land as a result of these attacks and constant raids. Yes, there are Yoruba people who are currently living with Ibos in the Ibo-speaking part of Delta and they are full citizens of the place no one refers to them as strangers and there is no talk about the Ibos being the host community like we hear from the Governor of Lagos State. But let me return to research. Slaves were moved from the hinterland to the coast and many were sold through Eko to the New World. These slaves were the first to encounter the Europeans and by extension their way of life – this included education in a Western sense. The Bini King had taken pains to establish a diplomatic presence in Portugal and the relationship developed into areas that extended beyond trade in the late 15th century and lasted well into the early 19th century. Scores of young Bpni youth were sent to Portugal and studied there, coming back with advanced degrees in various disciplines. The next set of people to receive Western education were the slaves themselves. Some of them managed to buy their freedom and develop themselves further.

For the Ibo it does not matter who your father is; the question is: Who are you? Who was Obasanjo’s father? Was he the most educated Nigerian? I am sure the answer is no. Yet this Great Nigerian led this nation two times as a military Head of State and as a civilian President. What about GEJ? Who was his own father? Was he the first Nigerian to go to London? The answer is no. In fact, he had no shoes, yet he is fully in charge. So it does not matter if your father was the first Lawyer or first Doctor in Nigeria but rather what matters is what an individual does with the talents the Almighty has given to him. Let us open up Nigeria for competition. That is the solution to our problems. Those who want privileges keep reminding us that their fathers were the first to go to school in London. Every generation produces its own leaders and champions. Like Dangote who is the biggest employer of labour in Nigeria today and the richest man in Africa. Was his father the first to go to study in London? Yet he is the master of people whose parents gave them the best. My brothers, the answer to the Nigerian problem is that we should establish a merit-driven society.

Femi Fani-Kayode should stop exposing and disgracing himself as an half-baked graduate who lacks adequate research skills.......

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