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Okare omo oduduwa

It is time for Nigeria to part ways. Some parts are building Nigeria and earning us good names while a part is killing, maiming and promoting religion by violence.

O God set Nigeria free to their nations.

owobokiri:
Y'all finally found an answer to "The Father of The Internet" tag that irritated you guys for decades now?
Nice try tho..

You cannot lie of what you never did in science and get away with it. Vinton Cerf is the father of the internet. Robert Kahn is the father of TCP/IP . While Kunle Olatokun is the father of the Multicore and he invented a chip for it. What did the Phillips Emeagualis invented? Stop calling him a father of the internet as internet came of of the DARPA military research from the USA.

owobokiri:
Y'all finally found an answer to "The Father of The Internet" tag that irritated you guys for decades now?
Nice try tho..

Nice response.

🌺

Not that our youth are useless,its just that there's no support from the government

If you have talent and there's no one to sponsor you trust me that talent is useless until you sponsor yourself...

Omoluabi

Who will follow me to go and read it from Reno Omokri's page first.

owobokiri:
Y'all finally found an answer to "The Father of The Internet" tag that irritated you guys for decades now?
Nice try tho..

The father(s) of the internet is(are) not a Nigerian

Difrent:
Its been Philip Emegwali and nobody dey drag am with him

This here is father of Processors, not internet. Different things

He is not the father of the internet.
Though he made other relevant contribution to computer

Ironfaceman:
Nice response.

lol he was never the father of the internet...Such claims have been disputed by the scientific community.

akigbemaru:
You cannot lie of what you never did in science and get away with it. Vinton Cerf is the father of the internet. Robert Kahn is the father of TCP/IP . While Kunle Olatokun is the father of the Multicore and he invented a chip for it. What did the Phillips Emeagualis invented? Stop calling him a father of the internet as internet came of of the DARPA military research from the USA.

E still dey pain you, abi?
Pele oo

Who between these 2 people is truely the father of the internet: Vinton Cerf and Philip Emegwali?

Determining the "true father of the internet" is tricky because the internet's development was a collaborative effort involving many brilliant minds over decades. However, let’s look at the contributions of Vinton Cerf and Philip Emeagwali to clarify their roles.

Vinton Cerf is widely recognized as one of the key architects of the internet. In the 1970s, alongside Robert Kahn, he co-developed TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), the foundational protocols that allow computers to communicate over interconnected networks. This work, funded by DARPA, was critical to creating the internet as we know it—a global, scalable network of networks. Cerf’s contributions are concrete, widely documented, and directly tied to the internet’s infrastructure. He’s often called a "father of the internet" for good reason.

Philip Emeagwali, on the other hand, is a Nigerian computer scientist known for his work in the late 1980s on supercomputing. He used a massively parallel computer (the Connection Machine) to solve complex computational problems, like modeling oil reservoir flows, and won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for this achievement. While impressive, this work built on existing network technologies rather than creating them. Claims that Emeagwali "invented the internet" stem largely from self-promotion and misinterpretations of his contributions. His work was more about advancing computing power than designing the internet’s core architecture.

Between the two, Vinton Cerf’s role is far more directly tied to the internet’s creation. The internet existed as ARPANET by 1969 and evolved through TCP/IP in the 1980s—well before Emeagwali’s supercomputing work. Cerf’s contributions were foundational; Emeagwali’s were not. So, if we’re picking one, Cerf gets the nod based on historical evidence and impact.

That said, the internet doesn’t have a single "father"—it’s more like a village raised it. Cerf himself would likely credit Kahn, Jon Postel, Tim Berners-Lee (for the World Wide Web), and others too. But between these two? Cerf’s the clearer choice.

eepeepook:
I will run his name through Google. Nairaland is not a source for reliable news.

You may Leave

Slytiger:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/04/meet-british-born-nigerian-scientist-kunle-olukotun-who-created-first-general-purpose-multi-core-cpu/

Not new invention... Qual core cpu as been in existence over decades now

This one go soo die of accidental pussy poisoning

Yet, this "answer" is as dubious as that previous "father of the internet" nonsense. The man has probably done well for himself, but this hyping will embarrass a true innovator.

owobokiri:
Y'all finally found an answer to "The Father of The Internet" tag that irritated you guys for decades now?
Nice try tho..

owobokiri:
E still dey pain you, abi?
Pele oo

Na the blockhead people wey believe Jubril of Sudan dey believe Emeagwali. They are less developed humans with victim complex and a constant unrequited desire for acceptance.

eepeepook:
I will run his name through Google. Nairaland is not a source for reliable news.

I don't need to, on my part.

I know his family.

Just one look at that face.......I know 3 guys (brothers) that bear that same surname and look like him (2 of them look almost identical, so no argument).

I'm sure because I went to school with 2 of them.

All brilliant fellows. 1 Engineer and 2 Medical Doctors, their Dad also an Engineer.

OkoYibo:
Na the blockhead people wey believe Jubril of Sudan dey believe Emeagwali. They are less developed humans with victim complex and a constant unrequited desire for acceptance.

"Less developed humans" that have pratically trashed you in every field where merit is the yardstick in your on homelands.., in your own backyards! Abi?
Kwantiniu

shinaola21:
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Not that our youth are useless, its just that there's no support from the government

If you have talent and there's no one to sponsor you trust me that talent is useless until you sponsor yourself...

This grey-haired professor can scarcely be called a "youth".

He's middle-aged, just that in Nigeria, we have 50 year-olds calling themselves "youths" wearing face caps on their bald heads when their mates in the West are already grandfathers.

Very impressive achievement.

That is a true ambassador of Nigeria. Not all these mad people Tinubu is about to appoint as ambassadors

lordwoz:
lol he was never the father of the internet...Such claims have been disputed by the scientific community.

Get it being the father doesn't mean he single handedly invented it. We are talking about revolutinalizing it.

owobokiri:
Y'all finally found an answer to "The Father of The Internet" tag that irritated you guys for decades now?
Nice try tho..

You no dey tire

OkoYibo:
If it's tech, leave it for Yorubas

But if it is inventors of isiewu, fathers of Nkwobi, ambassadors of beer, importers of fake items, we know where to look.

Tech Don’t be ridiculous. How many Yorubas own patents for inventions in STEM fields? Among Nigerians in the US, the Igbos have the highest number of patents for inventions in STEM fields. Use the “freedom of information” privilege to make your enquires.
Yorubas are mostly into African studies, history and humanities.

Fact check: IBM developed multicore processing.

IbnB:
You no dey tire

Not when I'm on 🔥 🔥 🔥

OkoYibo:
You must wail sha.
Good news, you cry.
Bad news, you weep.

Primary school, Obi didn't build single one in 8 years. But you're celebrating him today.

You want to blame the Nigerian government when your legislators in your region building latrines and calling it Tech hubs. See what others are doing in other regions and see the nonsense you celebrate in your place.

You’re clearly m*d

AdolfHitlerxXx:
Kai... Yorubas should leave some achievements for the rest of Nigerians.

Haba. If there was an Oduduwa Republic, it will be like Wakanda.

Omo, Biafur0ans will be praying to God to grant them Oduduwa Visa

Yamleggrs are already struggling, fasting & praying to be impregnated by Yoruba guys.

Their c0ward chestb3aters don do soapy tire, dem dey manage our leftovers, dey wife them with 30 page bride price lists

D*lusional lukumi boy

akigbemaru:
You cannot lie of what you never did in science and get away with it. Vinton Cerf is the father of the internet. Robert Kahn is the father of TCP/IP . While Kunle Olatokun is the father of the Multicore and he invented a chip for it. What did the Phillips Emeagualis invented? Stop calling him a father of the internet as internet came of of the DARPA military research from the USA.

IBM actually developed multicore processing

SmartPolician:
Well done, Kunle Olukotun. You have played a key role in transforming the tech industry.

The day Nigerian government will start investing in research and innovation, the world will start taking Nigeria seriously.

For now, let's continue to play politics with everything while other countries make genuine progress.

THEY HAVE STARTED.

WHO TOLD YOU NIGERIA IS NOT INVESTING?

DO YOU FOLLOW ANY NEWS?

DO YOU RESEARCH ANYTHING??

IDIOTS.

JUST THE OTHER DAY THE FG STARTED BUILDING AFRICA’S FIRST AI UNIVERSITY.

DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

OF COURSE NOT.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF NASENI AND THEIR INNOVATIONS, FROM SATELLITES TO HELICOPTERS?

OF COURSE NOT?

STUPID THINGS CURSED TO BE NEGATIVE AND IGNORANT.

eepeepook:
I will run his name through Google. Nairaland is not a source for reliable news.

If it was a white man would you “run his name through Google”?

Stupid air head.

this man is not given the awards he deserve just like DR Omalu