2dillu2:
why must you wail over everything
By the way @op the transliteration is NASRUNMINALLAH
Which means victory is from Allah alone

As if Nigeria is an Islamic State!

sweetgala:


And which of the ancient languages apart from Arabic and Latin do we have any connections with. Latin has never been spoken in any Nigerian community.

It looks great and I like it the way it is. Cry me a river if you don't like it

Am not complaining, I don't really give a hoot about it all, it's only funny the way you folks try to rationalize the jihadi antics of your forebears.

Wow! I did not notice this. So, they had the plan to islamize us all; if not why arabic and not English.

I know they must be working towards the realisation of the plan. Non muslims, beware!

salisy:
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi has its motto written in Latin and reads: Doctrina mater artium. Is Latin lingua franca of Bauchi or Nigeria? why not Hausa or English?

We wasting time over inconsequential issues and that's what's killing us

better Latin or any other language than arabic

dahaz:
'Victory is from God alone'

Victory is from Allah alone.

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!

Pls wake up! U are in a dream!
Your comparison on this subject matter is not the same at all!
Saturday and Sunday is declared by most as a day of rest in order to prepare for the working days!
On Fridays some muslims put all work on hold in order to go to pray! even on Sundays, they now have one function or the order.
Do you even know that they now have vigil?
Nobody is marginalizing any body.
What I am saying is that Nigeria is a secular State and does not belong to any religion!
It should be treated as such!
Must U be a fanatics in National issues?

2kris:
i thought the called gej clueless when he changed the one on hundred naira note

The clueless GEJ did not see it throughout his tenure.

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?

To correct that thing alone fit cause war.

meforyou1:
you are taking this your ignorance too far.
Federal Civil Service Commission employ civil servants. And that was the break down that the DG gave. Other public institutions like CBN, NNPC, PENCOM, FIRS and so many others employ their staff themselves and are called public servants. Police Service Service Commission, Customs, Immigration and other paramilitaries employ their staff themselves. Nation Assembly Service Commision employ staff of the National Assembly. The Army, Navy and Airforce employ their staff themselves. And their own is Military Service.
So there is a great difference between civil service, public service and military service.

you need help, because an agency of government has its own HR department means the agency is on its own, abi you want a civilian to recruit an army personnel, are you that dump.

Go to ministry of interior and defense and find out, don't come here and embarass yourself.


you want a civilian to organize recruitment for military, you need deliverance …

marwanafrica:
it means VICTORY COMES FROM ALLAH, or do u want the NA to say it comes from you?

Why not in English?

mahyowah:
yea. Arabic is a language like English.

Lolz! If that is the case why do we need people to translate it before we understand?
why does the Muslim attend special classes for it and even graduate?
Arabic is not our lingual franca. In this country with all due respect it is peculiar to the Muslims.

omosi81:
my problem is if it was written in english the muslim association will come out n protest and claim they are been cheated

Is English not the official language?

opey25:
perfect response for the bigots.some universities(eg University of Ibadan ) in Nigeria have Latin as their motto. We muslims didn't complain that Latin is one of roman Catholic languages.

If this is true..
Then the latin should be removed as well..
Our lingua franca is ENGLISH not Arabic, Latin or Greek.

Mightymanna:
there is nothing wrong with it. after all we've been using latin and greek inscriptions.e.g aluta continua victory acerta but some people think that everything arabic is Islamic

there is everything wrong with it because Hebrew as not been used.
Nigeria is a polarized country.
to maintain peace, it's either we stick to English alone or use all languages related to each religion & belief of Nigerians in our national properties

TolaOluwatosin:
you need help, because an agency of government has its own HR department means the agency is on its own, abi you want a civilian to recruit an army personnel, are you that dump.

Go to ministry of interior and defense and find out, don't come here and embarass yourself.


you want a civilian to organize recruitment for military, you need deliverance …

continue to wallow in ignorance, u should know there's difference between civil service and military service. Do civil servants carry gun and go to war?

TeamSimple:

If you think God is for the christians,then I think we should also remove GOD from the first stanza of our anthem

'O God of creation' and also from the end of our pledge 'so help me God' because Nigeria is not a christian nation.

Is the word God a Christian word? It is simply an English word which is Nigeria's official language.

walexy30:

Why not in English?

what happens to it in Arabic

Siddeek:
christians,they would always want to do anything to bring down anything related to islam. Enemies of islam never succeed. Go check history. You can only dislike us but,theres nothing you can do about it.

What does any sane man like about terrorism? More and more muslims are converting to Christians.

sweetgala:
It is one of the languages we speak. On many of the insignia worldwide the Latin language is used even when none of them speak Latin and never did as a nation.

guy, call a spade a spade ps...that arabic writing is nonsense....this country tire me...that coud have been written in English...not arabic.

You can imagine if that was writtten in Jews...this country is sick...built on faulty foundation

2dillu2:
why must you wail over everything

By the way @op the transliteration is NASRUNMINALLAH

Which means victory is from Allah alone

in other word HELP comes only from ALLAH

amsad19:

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?

Are you saying Christianity is synonymous with English Language only?

Zaikon:
nd you failed to understand that Allah means God

guy be it that alah means god or not, that sentense should not b written in arabic....u know the truth...stop hiding it...that should b writte in engish abeg...we can press for change biko...this country is not arabic nation..im so vexed right now

ODUBEZE:

Lolz! If that is the case why do we need people to translate it before we understand?
why does the Muslim attend special classes for it and even graduate?
Arabic is not our lingual franca. In this country with all due respect it is peculiar to the Muslims.

however, Arabic isn't bad, and lemme even correct the notion that only Arabs use Arabic, Christians in the middle east use same. Mr. Itk pls learn to respect other people's religion if you must succeed in a mixed religious nation. aslong as the inscription didn't mean boko haram, I am fine with it and FYI my dad is a soldier and I am Christian and I am proud of all Christians & Muslims in the Nig. Army

laykhorn:

how myopic? Arabic is a language. Everything Arabic isnt Islamic, just the same way every English isnt for a Religion.
Stop the Ignorance.
It means ''Victory is from God''
The inscription from the currencies 'tells' the amount for those that can read in the Language and it isnt even Arabic, its some Transliteration. Just like I could transliterate English to Arabic, I could write Arabic and you'll read it as English and it would be meaningless in that Arabic.
BTW, I also see no reason for that inscription to be in Arabic when English is the Lingua Franca but I'm not sure thats our Army logo

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is Arabic Nigeria adopted language?

imhotep:

^ Very good question

Main reason why we are not progressing in this country. Must we confuse ourselves with different languages. My own must feature syndrome

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

check our constitution, no where was Christianity ever mentioned. but you can find Islam and sharia in many instances and mentions.
we've islamise for long bro

it means "victory is from God alone"

otiigba1:
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

That's not possible in Nigeria. It was easy for Gambia to do that because 95% of the population are musims.

Mightymanna:
there is nothing wrong with it. after all we've been using latin and greek inscriptions.e.g aluta continua victory acerta but some people think that everything arabic is Islamic

Good!!!! You are understanding.

We must complain about every thing.
The government secondary school I went to in Port Harcourt had used Latin for it motto and no body is complaining. It's the meaning that should matter to us.

Here we go again....



OP, I hope some Naira has landed into your account for this your inciting post?

Arabic or not, does it matter? How has English benefited us as a country. And we use English basically in all facet of our national life. In the University, you even study local languages in English.


Abeg, who English don help?

Mind, I'm not a muslim.

econity:
We must complain about every thing.
The government secondary school I went to in Port Harcourt had used Latin for it motto and no body is complaining. It's the meaning that should matter to us.

Latin and Greek have contributed so much to policics, science, inventions etc worldwide. So, they have nothing to do with religion.