mediachirps:
we don't want to know what it means, we want to know why is written in Arabic language.

Chilax,bro! It is not arabic language but aramic...just do a google search for the word 'aramic'

opey25:
English Language also contain Arabic and Persian words. The motto of UI and UNILORIN are pure Latin.can we also ask Nigerian authorities to change it to English since we don't speak Latin in Nigeria.Latin is linked to the roman catholic church.

My dear, your point is baseless in the sense that if you open your english dictionary, you will see thousands of Latin and Greek words there together with their meanings.
So, my questions are:
Who wrote the dictionary?
How many Arabian and Persian words are in the english dictionary?
Are the words Biology and Mathematics originated from english words?
Thanks as I await for your answers.

Souljaboi1:


Pay no attention to the clown.

Yes the military is part of the civil service.

selfemployed:


why not write it igbo, or yoruba language? does the nigerian army belong to arabs?

Ihejirika, johnathan and obasanjo were there and could not corect all these rubbish
is it buhari and elrufai that will correct it?

Please remind me. I thought it is Buhari / Osibanjo that's in power maybe I thought wrong

nwaanambra1:


you are economical with the truth!

THAT INSCRIPTION TRANSLATES TO "ONLY ALMIGHTY ALLAH CAN GRANT VICTORY - ONLY ALLAH!"

LIKE THE OP. MY QUESTION IS - IS ARABIC PART OF OUR LINGUAL FRANCA?


WHY NOT WRITE IT IN ENGLISH??



THIS IS WHY I SOMETIME WONDER IF THIS COUNTRY WAS REALLY MEANT FOR ALL OF US!


FEW DAYS AGO ONE MOFUKA PUBLISHED LIST OF CIVIL SERVANTS BY STATES BUT FAILED TO ALSO GIVE US LIST OF OUR MILITARY, PARAMILITARY AND OTHER SERVICES PERSONNEL BY STATES OF ORIGIN!

HIPOCRISY!!

mr dumpy, they ask for translation.

yogun:


Y is it not written in English? For easy understanding

It is not about the language it is written on ma.it is about how effective our military is.even if it is written in english some people will still complain why is it not written in hausa or igbo.This is not only our institution that have a foreign language on it.FGCs motto is 'pro unitate' a latin language.why also not in english?

amtaken:
Why wasn't it written in English? Is Nigeria an Arabic country?

Why is the motto of federal govt colleges written in latin 'pro unitate'?.why wasnt it written in english? is nigeria a latin country?

walexwalata:
everything to some people is politics in Nigeria. what is wrong in us having the logo what it is? If you think with your religion, you must have your way in everything in Nigeria, then you are not fair and you cannot realize your expectation. How would you see it if the Muslims too ask for holiday on Fridays to allow them go to mosque like you people do on Sunday? You diplomatically argue, mend and manipulate issues to favour yourselves rather than allowing God to have His way. We understand the basis of your question. ''no be today''

Muslims are the best of mankind!

tanx 4 d excellent contribution,some people just love misleadin people with there ignorance on certain issues and ulterior motives

I think buhari may have been presenting nigeria as a muslim country, to other nations.

I read in the news last night that mali has been declared as a muslim country by their president. What happens to the christians in mali? Same faith i believe, awaits nigeria in the near future.

Me thinks we nigerians should be very concerned/worried about this issue

ajufinz:

...which leads us to another question. Which God?

The God you worship.

I love the army

chai... dts nt d n.a logo and most of u alre alredi jumping on conclusions

walexwalata:
everything to some people is politics in Nigeria. what is wrong in us having the logo what it is? If you think with your religion, you must have your way in everything in Nigeria, then you are not fair and you cannot realize your expectation. How would you see it if the Muslims too ask for holiday on Fridays to allow them go to mosque like you people do on Sunday? You diplomatically argue, mend and manipulate issues to favour yourselves rather than allowing God to have His way. We understand the basis of your question. ''no be today''

Muslims are the best of mankind!

yes! Every thing is politics, look! If you understand how politics works, you will know that every thing is involved in politics ok!, from the food on your table to the shiite in your toilet, yes! Everything is and should be politics. Because politicians will use every aspect of living, object, even an arabic inscription written on nigerian army logo. Believe me i know! Politicians even use their kids, wives, parents to try and win elections.

Mogidi:
Everything in Nigeria is Islamic, check the inscription in our currency also.

illeteracy is a disease. Dont comment on what you dont knw. D inscription dat is on our currency is in ajmi i.e itx written in arabic bt itx nt arabic itx in hausa 4 example on #100 note itx naira dari. Nigeria is not a single religion cauntry if u can check population statistics the muslims are more populated than the christians. What wil happen if we decide to reject everything dat ix written in english?

otiigba1:
I think buhari may have been presenting nigeria as a muslim country, to other nations.

I read in the news last night that mali has been declared as a muslim country by their president. What happens to the christians in mali? Same faith i believe, awaits nigeria in the near future.

Me thinks we nigerians should be very concerned/worried about this issue

Gambia not Mali bro..

walexwalata:
everything to some people is politics in Nigeria. what is wrong in us having the logo what it is? If you think with your religion, you must have your way in everything in Nigeria, then you are not fair and you cannot realize your expectation. How would you see it if the Muslims too ask for holiday on Fridays to allow them go to mosque like you people do on Sunday? You diplomatically argue, mend and manipulate issues to favour yourselves rather than allowing God to have His way. We understand the basis of your question. ''no be today''

Muslims are the best of mankind!

Guy, there is no justifiable reason for it except for the Islamic dominance and bigotry prevalent in many spheres of our national existence. English is our lingua franca not Arabic.
You asked about holiday on Friday forgetting that even your Quran doesn't prescribe holiday (or rest) for you Muslims on your day of worship. I've heard an Imam preach on it before. Apart from that, our colonial masters gave us the kind of system they operate in their country, and since it was convenient for you Muslims, you keyed into it. It wasn't because you guys only wanted peace, but simply because there was no basis for raising up dust there.

insecticide:

Gambia not Mali bro..

yes, thanks for the correction, i thought i was the only one who read it. And a lot of people don't seem to notice/worry, as i ve asserted nigeria could be heading towards that direction

janykute:
Islamic republic of Nigeria.

Hmmm! I like that...hope i no offend some pips

selfemployed:


why not write it igbo, or yoruba language? does the nigerian army belong to arabs?

Ihejirika, johnathan and obasanjo were there and could not corect all these rubbish
is it buhari and elrufai that will correct it?

Gej removed it from the naira notes and it was used against him as anti islam. It was a sermon in every mosque in nigeria; how an infidel is fighting islam , hence should not be voted for.

nwaanambra1:


you are economical with the truth!

THAT INSCRIPTION TRANSLATES TO "ONLY ALMIGHTY ALLAH CAN GRANT VICTORY - ONLY ALLAH!"

LIKE THE OP. MY QUESTION IS - IS ARABIC PART OF OUR LINGUAL FRANCA?


WHY NOT WRITE IT IN ENGLISH??



THIS IS WHY I SOMETIME WONDER IF THIS COUNTRY WAS REALLY MEANT FOR ALL OF US!


FEW DAYS AGO ONE MOFUKA PUBLISHED LIST OF CIVIL SERVANTS BY STATES BUT FAILED TO ALSO GIVE US LIST OF OUR MILITARY, PARAMILITARY AND OTHER SERVICES PERSONNEL BY STATES OF ORIGIN!

HIPOCRISY!!

Chai! No wonder this country is so backward. The name "ALLAH" is your headache I'm sure. But Allah is the Arabic word for God. Ask your Christian brethren in the north. Even in their churches when they are praying or worshipping, they use the word Allah for God.

Open your mind bro. I also advise you leave your obscure enclave and travel to other parts of the country. It wld help your orientation.

from work proceeding to jummat from there to weekend rest is not enough....dat colonial leaders also come up with office work, so plan workdays according to de situation around them, lets rest on friday come to work on saturday and rest again on sunday

Why make a mountain out of a molehill? The Latin alphabet that we and many other peoples of the world have adopted as their writing system is not the only orthography available to write a language. Many institutions of learning, from primary school to university, write their motto not only using the Latin alphabet but in Latin language. Meaning you, as a responsible and curious student, are expected to LEARN what the "mysterious inscription" means.

And if we're to unnecessarily complicate the issue we would argue that Latin as an ancient language is synonymous to Christianity. Should we then jump to the conclusion that any institution that uses Latin inscriptions for whatever purpose is religiously biased?

Moreover, the so-called Muslim or Arabic inscription is written using Ajami, one of the writing systems in the northern and eastern parts of Africa. It's not uncommon to have a single language codified using different writing systems. So, next time you want to label someone an illiterate, ask yourself how many writing systems can YOU READ. Writing down a language does not start and end at using the popular A B C.

Am not here to quote any one. But my question is: why is it so hard for you people to understand simple explanations given to you ehn!. Let me remind you
1. It not Arabic but its anjami Hausa's ancient Language.
2. Why all the ruckus when it comes to Arabi/Islam; some popular slangs we used everyday is in Latin, French et al, no complain about that huh?
3. 3/4 of the population speaks Arabic every blessed day, and you com to tell its not our ligua franca. Is lingua franca itself English?.


Get some sense wailing wailers

They should have written half with Roman Lang ,hence Nigeria's multi religious and we can't write either with Igbo,Hausa or in Yoruba Lang ,we too the follow follow

bigeagleeye:

Excellent reply! But then it is not to mean I know any of such insignia..please just inbox me with some to be guided myself!

Above is the coat of arms of the state of Colorado in the united states of America and below is that of Allied Canada



These are two countries in whose formation the use of Latin as a spoken or official language is historically absent, however in all their official texts Latin is very much present.

Ferebiekun:
Why make a mountain out of a molehill? The Latin alphabet that we and many other peoples of the world have adopted as their writing system is not the only orthography available to write a language. Many institutions of learning, from primary school to university, write their motto not only using the Latin alphabet but in Latin language. Meaning you, as a responsible and curious student, are expected to LEARN what the "mysterious inscription" means.

And if we're to unnecessarily complicate the issue we would argue that Latin as an ancient language is synonymous to Christianity. Should we then jump to the conclusion that any institution that uses Latin inscriptions for whatever purpose is religiously biased?

Moreover, the so-called Muslim or Arabic inscription is written using Ajami, one of the writing systems in the northern and eastern parts of Africa. It's not uncommon to have a single language codified using different writing systems. So, next time you want to label someone an illiterate, ask yourself how many writing systems can YOU READ. Writing down a language does not start and end at using the popular A B C.

his knwledge is only A B C, then why wld he argue on smthng dat he dsnt knw? To me, datx d defintn of illeteracy, The inscriptn on d NM logo is nt in ajmi itx one of the verses of the holy Qur'an which translates victory is from God alone...

Stevez32:



Yes the military is part of the civil service.

what a contradiction. The opposite of civil is military

nwaanambra1:


you are economical with the truth!

THAT INSCRIPTION TRANSLATES TO "ONLY ALMIGHTY ALLAH CAN GRANT VICTORY - ONLY ALLAH!"

LIKE THE OP. MY QUESTION IS - IS ARABIC PART OF OUR LINGUAL FRANCA?


WHY NOT WRITE IT IN ENGLISH??



THIS IS WHY I SOMETIME WONDER IF THIS COUNTRY WAS REALLY MEANT FOR ALL OF US!


FEW DAYS AGO ONE MOFUKA PUBLISHED LIST OF CIVIL SERVANTS BY STATES BUT FAILED TO ALSO GIVE US LIST OF OUR MILITARY, PARAMILITARY AND OTHER SERVICES PERSONNEL BY STATES OF ORIGIN!

HIPOCRISY!!

most of d people who wear that can barely translate it.. all they know is wear me my dress...

Hmmm, the Muslim haters av taken this to another level. Arab is a language like English. Some even av an headache with the Arabic translation of 'Allah' being 'God', na wa o
If it were Latin no one wld cry abt using a language tht has nothing to do wt Nigeria or our lingua Franca