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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Nisiw365: 8:04pm On Jul 23, 2021
codemaniacs:


The most important fact is who the person will choose to empower when he sees people from his dad's side or people of his mum's side.
I'm not talking about empowerment. I'm talking about state of origin

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Jorryy(m): 8:07pm On Jul 23, 2021
Trojan8:


Dad is Yoruba and his mom is Ibo. If you check his twitter handle, there's actually "Ugo" there.

.....and what follows next
"I am my Father's legacy".... Not mother's

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by delpee(f): 8:13pm On Jul 23, 2021
He's Yoruba, he's Igbo, no Itshekiri....

Una no dey rest on these tribal wars. angry

Just be proud and happy that his origin is Naija. We're a truly blessed nation!
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by codemaniacs: 8:26pm On Jul 23, 2021
Nisiw365:

I'm not talking about empowerment. I'm talking about state of origin

Tell that to the b:andits killi:ng and stealing peoples ancestral lands.
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 8:28pm On Jul 23, 2021
delpee:
He's Yoruba, he's Igbo, no Itshekiri....

Una no dey rest on these tribal wars. angry

Just be proud and happy that his origin is Naija. We're a truly blessed nation!
yorubas are itsekiri

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Nisiw365: 8:29pm On Jul 23, 2021
codemaniacs:


Tell that to the b:andits killi:ng and stealing peoples ancestral lands.
Thats for people who allow them to steal their lands

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 8:36pm On Jul 23, 2021
zinizta:


Odua t'okan t'okan
how come u dont know okun people?
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by nisai: 9:35pm On Jul 23, 2021
Simbrixton:
how come u dont know okun people?
I wonder. Seems he is Igala. They have affiliation with the Yorubas though.

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 10:04pm On Jul 23, 2021
Newton85:
Lol, you're no longer Igbo? Hahaha, bloody werey! Go seek treatment for your mental instability

Show me one place where I stated I'm Igbo! Just one! Some of you are just deluded clowns!
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 10:06pm On Jul 23, 2021
Simbrixton:
na igbo boy sef lol

So you easily believed that slowpoke called Newton or whatever? grin grin I'm not Igbo nor IPOB. I'm a proud Iwuruonha son from Isiokpo in Ali Ikwerre Rivers State, and I'm based in PH.
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 10:12pm On Jul 23, 2021
Newton85:
You mean the IPOB Uchasa guy is now claiming to be from Delta State? Lmao, I don't know the bloodiest liar between the dude and , lol.

When did I say I'm from Delta State in my post grin grin. Show me just one place!! just one!! Na people like you pay for dubs for WAEC, still fail. Olodo extra!!
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by dfrost: 10:15pm On Jul 23, 2021
Doubuzofficial:
No be ADETOKUNBO?

This name sounds somehow abeg

That's the name. It was because they couldn't pronounce it, so they used something related to that name.
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 10:15pm On Jul 23, 2021
Newton85:
There's no group of people in Nigeria shorter than Ngwa people, lol. Go and sleep.

Before, it was Calabar people, today is Ngwa, tomorrow it may be Egba. Werey cow grin grin
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 10:39pm On Jul 23, 2021
Uchasa:


So you easily believed that slowpoke called Newton or whatever? grin grin I'm not Igbo nor IPOB. I'm a proud Iwuruonha son from Isiokpo in Ali Ikwerre Rivers State, and I'm based in PH.
ok well I always wonder why igbos keep holding on to you guys my wish is for igbos living in rivers to work with ijaws against your interest

It is sad u guys promote animosity against igbos and yorubas in the name of fighting wazobia

From experience you guys never fight the (zo) part

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 10:48pm On Jul 23, 2021
Simbrixton:
ok well I always wonder why igbos keep holding on to you guys my wish is for igbos living in rivers to work with ijaws against your interest

It is sad u guys promote animosity against igbos and yorubas in the name of fighting wazobia

From experience you guys never fight the (zo) part

From your comments, I've deciphered that you're not Itsekiri, neither are you from the Niger Delta. You must be an Igbo or Yoruba clown in disguise. What is bad in saying we don't want you guys meddling in our business? Ijaw is spoken in parts of Ondo State, yet how many times have you seen Ijaws drawing claims to them there? Ibibio is spoken in parts of Abia State, yet how many times have you seen Ibibios drawing claims there? Infact, the cradle of modern day Igbo land--Arochukwu was formerly called "Ibom". The Igbos from Rivers know themselves, and Igbos know them. Apart from Oyigbo,Etche,Omuma,Ndoni, and Egbema communities mistakenly carved into Rivers State, no other part of Rivers has anything to do with the Bia Hegemony, that some of us speak an Igboid language does not make us Igbos. The same goes to Itsekiri, that Itsekiri people speak a Yoruboid language does not make them Yorubas, we are all Niger Deltans with ancestry from Benin. We have nothing to do with the arrogant and domineering WAZOBIANS, so know this and know it well.
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Ewedegubbler: 10:52pm On Jul 23, 2021
Let’s just settle this once and for all

His name is UGOCHUTOKUMBO
Yoruba and Igbo represented
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by theTranscriber: 11:00pm On Jul 23, 2021
zudozz:
Nothing to Trace..He is my first cousin!
for real?
Mother or fathers side?
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Ekaka1(m): 11:06pm On Jul 23, 2021
Yeahhhhh....it's a season of MVPs for NBA stars with Nigerian roots. Very recently...precisely last week, Arike Ogunbowale the Dallas Wings star won MVP in an Allstars vs the US women Oalympic team when she helped the Allstars team to beat the Olympic team in a warm up match
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by theTranscriber: 11:11pm On Jul 23, 2021
Uchasa:


That's your own thinking. Most Yorubas I've met are shorter and thinner than Igbos on average. Most Igbos are tall and huge as compared to Yorubas.
I was 6'3" when i left sec school
I'm approximately 6'5 now
everyone in my family including the girls are over 5'9

I am a pure Yoruba man
All the Igbo I've met are shorter than I am
I'm kinda thin though cheesy
Igbos generally have more muscle but height is a no no for igbos heaven4444

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by theTranscriber: 11:19pm On Jul 23, 2021
Uchasa:


Before, it was Calabar people, today is Ngwa, tomorrow it may be Egba. Werey cow grin grin
Egba people are one of the tallest in Nigeria
I am Egba
My whole extended family are tall

Lisabi was a giant man
Research
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 11:30pm On Jul 23, 2021
Uchasa:


From your comments, I've deciphered that you're not Itsekiri, neither are you from the Niger Delta. You must be an Igbo or Yoruba clown in disguise. What is bad in saying we don't want you guys meddling in our business? Ijaw is spoken in parts of Ondo State, yet how many times have you seen Ijaws drawing claims to them there? Ibibio is spoken in parts of Abia State, yet how many times have you seen Ibibios drawing claims there? Infact, the cradle of modern day Igbo land--Arochukwu was formerly called "Ibom". The Igbos from Rivers know themselves, and Igbos know them. Apart from Oyigbo,Etche,Omuma,Ndoni, and Egbema communities mistakenly carved into Rivers State, no other part of Rivers has anything to do with the Bia Hegemony, that some of us speak an Igboid language does not make us Igbos. The same goes to Itsekiri, that Itsekiri people speak a Yoruboid language does not make them Yorubas, we are all Niger Deltans with ancestry from Benin. We have nothing to do with the arrogant and domineering WAZOBIANS, so know this and know it well.
you even be bini sef mtchw
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 11:32pm On Jul 23, 2021
Uchasa:


From your comments, I've deciphered that you're not Itsekiri, neither are you from the Niger Delta. You must be an Igbo or Yoruba clown in disguise. What is bad in saying we don't want you guys meddling in our business? Ijaw is spoken in parts of Ondo State, yet how many times have you seen Ijaws drawing claims to them there? Ibibio is spoken in parts of Abia State, yet how many times have you seen Ibibios drawing claims there? Infact, the cradle of modern day Igbo land--Arochukwu was formerly called "Ibom". The Igbos from Rivers know themselves, and Igbos know them. Apart from Oyigbo,Etche,Omuma,Ndoni, and Egbema communities mistakenly carved into Rivers State, no other part of Rivers has anything to do with the Bia Hegemony, that some of us speak an Igboid language does not make us Igbos. The same goes to Itsekiri, that Itsekiri people speak a Yoruboid language does not make them Yorubas, we are all Niger Deltans with ancestry from Benin. We have nothing to do with the arrogant and domineering WAZOBIANS, so know this and know it well.
hehe I am busy watching joker abusing oba of ile ibinu when I finish watching I would come back to reply you
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by zudozz: 11:41pm On Jul 23, 2021
theTranscriber:
for real?
Mother or fathers side?

Both! grin
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by theTranscriber: 11:45pm On Jul 23, 2021
zudozz:


Both! grin
no dey joke day kin joke! angry

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 11:49pm On Jul 23, 2021
Uchasa:


From your comments, I've deciphered that you're not Itsekiri, neither are you from the Niger Delta. You must be an Igbo or Yoruba clown in disguise. What is bad in saying we don't want you guys meddling in our business? Ijaw is spoken in parts of Ondo State, yet how many times have you seen Ijaws drawing claims to them there? Ibibio is spoken in parts of Abia State, yet how many times have you seen Ibibios drawing claims there? Infact, the cradle of modern day Igbo land--Arochukwu was formerly called "Ibom". The Igbos from Rivers know themselves, and Igbos know them. Apart from Oyigbo,Etche,Omuma,Ndoni, and Egbema communities mistakenly carved into Rivers State, no other part of Rivers has anything to do with the Bia Hegemony, that some of us speak an Igboid language does not make us Igbos. The same goes to Itsekiri, that Itsekiri people speak a Yoruboid language does not make them Yorubas, we are all Niger Deltans with ancestry from Benin. We have nothing to do with the arrogant and domineering WAZOBIANS, so know this and know it well.
like ayiri I am half itsekiri half yoruba
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by einsteine(m): 2:19am On Jul 24, 2021
stevebond007:
Well done,
John Adesina Adetokunbo

Why you remove the Ugochukwu?
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by ayyoshert: 4:21am On Jul 24, 2021
favor914:
Tribalist what of Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon, & Anthony Joshua?
You don't need to answer the Olodo, he and his other siblings inherited that tall traits from their late father who was tall as well, the father should be around 6'5.

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by ayyoshert: 4:26am On Jul 24, 2021
favor914:
For your information Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon top 50 greatest NBA players grew up in Surulere Lagos, before he took over the basketball world, your talent will always make room for you to excel if you choose to.
Hakeem is in top 10, possibly dropped to 11 or 12 now as new records are made. Even O'Neal and Michael Jordan rate him greatest they have played against

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by ayyoshert: 4:29am On Jul 24, 2021
thorpido:
Short like Hakeem Olajuwon?
abi o, since people like Mr Ibu and Ngige are so tall

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Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by ayyoshert: 4:53am On Jul 24, 2021
Newton85:
What's the meaning of this in English. I know you're talking about God here, but I just want to know the meaning maybe I can find the equivalent meaning in Yoruba.
God bless him or something.
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Uchasa(m): 6:15am On Jul 24, 2021
theTranscriber:
I was 6'3" when i left sec school
I'm approximately 6'5 now
everyone in my family including the girls are over 5'9

I am a pure Yoruba man
All the Igbo I've met are shorter than I am
I'm kinda thin though cheesy
Igbos generally have more muscle but height is a no no for igbos heaven4444

Nice to hear that! All the Igbos I met are taller than all the Yorubas I've met, even here in PH it's the thesame. What an irony!
Re: NBA: MVP Antetokounmpo To Visit Nigerian, Set To Trace Roots by Simbrixton(m): 7:50am On Jul 24, 2021
Uchasa:


Nice to hear that! All the Igbos I met are taller than all the Yorubas I've met, even here in PH it's the thesame. What an irony!
ndi bini ��

Esan gbe edo

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