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obynzo:
There was one research into history I carried out on how education started in Nigeria. I know people will contest this but I don't care. Education started in the Western Region of Nigeria and they were leading until the late 40s when Eastern region overtook them in Primary and Secondary school enrollment. Even in 1955 Awolowo introduced free education to bridge the gap with the Eastern region. It still didn't bridge the gap, it was the civil war that made the states that make up the Eastern region to lose pace in Education funny enough after more than 40 years later. The gap has been bridged and overtaken.

Yeah hope you guys bring the same energy to the Top 10 best results in Jamb and top Universities in Nigeria.

Mrkindness:
your people are beat in selling agbo and doing road side mechanics now.

I don't see the same energy on the top 10 best results in Jamb. Yoruba dominated the list

What is wrong in doing roadside mechanics, if there is no roadside mechanics how are you going to repair your cars?

No wonder you people full Indonesia and India prisons, always reasoning backward.

Truthdeypain:
Which Ado shey na Ola oluwa muslim grammar school, Christ school, Mary hills, New model, Seed of grace, Christostom, Ansar U deen etc even with your alarming regimented malpractices, majority of your native students are touts and yahoo apprentices. Na only noise wey dem sabi make for that una language. Awon agbero eleribu na to dey shout awa la ni professor ju upandan, most will hardly be able to translate that into proper grammar sef, tok more back it up in class. All they do is threaten, intimidate and harass brilliant students from other regions wey dey smash with their animosities and wicked envy. Typical Agberos! Ekiti and their mythical achievements of professorships and education.

The only card they ever bring to the table, even when you dey you own jeje dey jack, dey smash for class dem no go free you, I guess the can't just fathom why Omo ina should be leading all their Omoluabi asses year after year. No be dem fault sha, las las exam, olympiad etc we sabi demography wey dey smash pass, after we go represent the fools we go still come back with trophies and medals even sometimes beating our own kinsmens, for what only to come back hostels to loud and shameless chatters of Omo ina, Omo Igbo, tribalistic discourses and targeted intimidations and gaslighting. Wicked souls!

Their hygiene, development and cognitive abilities is also a sharp decline from these their education myths. I always wondered how people who claim to be so woke will be able to all but chew shit in their mouths, very disgusting!


Anyways theres nothing surprising here, everybody knows the only surprising thing is that all eastern states should be there. Empty barrel lo ma kpariwo, we no dey make noise, but the results are evident. To ally igbo folks everywhere keep making us proud.

Expect more envy and jealousy. Don't expect any compliments from your counterparts, I am sure their hatred has been rekindled afresh, they are already cooking up rebuttals with their brainwashed mythical statistics to debunk these obvious facts. I expect their teachers to fish out brilliant Igbos in class to debunk and distort their results to make them look bad and less performing, all these and more we personally experienced in sec school but we scaled thorough unscathed. Typical Igbos. Their hate and loathe will always be our fuel and motivation, we will continue to defy the odds and obstacles.

I can feel your bitterness and frustration, it is call inferiority complex.

How come I didn't see all these when Yoruba dominated the Top 10 best results in Jamb, or that don't count ?

patrickcollins:
And how many of ur names have made best graduating from East or South Universities, u think it ends at ur door step, ur analysis was wrong

Go and check the top 10 best results in Jamb this year, Yoruba dominated the list

We have the best institutions in our backyard, so don't expect our best to come to your region to school. Yoruba excelled in Europe and National exam, don't be surprised that the best waec Results could be a Yoruba's result

I'm sure he is one of the "Lagos is a no man's land" crooner, he believe he can do whatever he like in Lagos.

shugaboy6102:
Obasanjo does not play tribal politics. Look at ooni supporting this old man what a shame. Osinbajo is 100 times better than this Tinubu that should be resting if not for greed and wickedness.

Where is the Ooni supporting him?

That man in the picture in white clothes is not Ooni of Ife

Abujaexpress:
This Oni of Ife just dey waka upandan like a school child

You must be seeing things there is no Ooni of ife in the picture

Falopeabimbola:
I'm from Ile Ife and currently in Ife for my younger sister's wedding. I carried out a social experiment and I was shocked.

They are voting PO.
You think I be Igbo? Then make yourself happy

Lol keep deceiving yourself

The same ile ife APC narrowly won in the last governorship election

Gadafii:
The urchins seun employed here won’t push this to front page

There are so many positive threads and posts about Obi on frontpage in fact on some occasions there were hardly any positive thread about Tinubu, but you Peter Obi supporters are the only people that abuse and insult the mods on this forum. I have never seen any Tinubu supporter curse or insult the mods for negative threads about Tinubu or cry of any bias, it is always you Peter Obi supporters trying to blackmail the mods to do your bidding.

How is it any different?

He referenced to what someone said, he believed it himself and also boasted about it.

He is not yet a president and he is already not current with major happenings in Nigeria what if he now become president?

People like me even Know Lagos state university and other states universities are not on strike, it is not difficult if you are current with the news so it should not be an excuse for a man that claimed he is ready to face the myriads of problems facing the country. So many red flags

Mrkindness:
Kwara state is a northern state OPC a Yoruba terrorist organization have no right to invade another region except they are looking for war.

Let the people of kwara decide where they belong to

Coolsperm:
Most of the dead are local Yoruba Muslims, fly wey no de hear word de follow corsps enter grave

You know that from the corners of your room
4 dead Fulani dung sniffers

GerogeI:
Tiniubu is a mini god in Yoruba land, his position is naturally expected by Yorubas, they are used to being given fiat directives. Even Hausas have not repeated the pre-independence Monarchial leadership, but Yorubas are repeating Awolowo in Tinubu.

As for Igbos, nobody can point finger and dethrone a sitting Governor. Not even the Orjis who managed to perpetuate Abia state Government in their family for 4 terms. They will always be challenged.

Which directive is he giving?

You are believing the Propaganda online, if he is such a Dictator he would have been ousted a long time ago.

He just support people with his influence at most he can't dictate for them.

GerogeI:
Thats how they teach you people false history.
Biafra was declared by the Eastern House of Assembly, not Ojukwu. Biafra name was proposed by a Cross River Representative and adopted by the house. OJukwu was apppointed as the country leader being the most Senior Military Officer, at a time we needed Military defence. We are unapologetically republicans. Even today, thats why a Tinubu-tin god can not happen in our land.

In case you do not know. Nnamdi Azikiwe was born and raised in Zaria, he thinks like and has northern interest. He is an Igbo man mainly by name, spent most of his time growinh up outside Igbo culture.

Third, unlike your monarchies in the North, or gerontocracy in the Southwest, who rule by fiat, which both sides keep trying to fiist of the rest of Nigeria in the guise of democracy. Our political leaders cannot tell us what to do, they like everybody else are entitled to their opinion. Whether that opinion succeeds depends on how many people they can influences to buy into it. Nnamdi Kanu is not elected,not appointed, but has been apple to sell his Biafea vision to many. Hence he has people power. Any western democratic leader will admire and respect that anyday anytime. They just do not want to give up the oil control, and we are not interested in denying them oil benefits either. At some point, they will understand that and the Biafra will stand.

Nnamdi Kanu is a mini God in Igbo land even with more hardcore followers and blind loyalist than Tinubu

Tinubu is just a powerful politician in South west like so many other politicians in Nigeria like The Orjis, ekweremadu, Wike, James Ibori etc.

GerogeI:
When did westerners see you, to tell you all this?
Your foolishness is glaring.

Nobody can be a dictator among Igbos, not Ojukwu, not Azikiwe, and not Nnamdi Kanu, simply because we are traditionally Republicans. One man does not speak for us, hence the reference 'Oha na Eze' in all our expression of political interest and laws. Meaning 'The People and the King'. Notice that it is the people before the King. And still we have no Kings, just psuedo kings in the boarderlands.

Western countries know this more than you think. Britain knows this more than you, having fought endless wars with us, when they thougth they had made a backdoor deals. They also know that one man cannot decide for us, which is why they maintain one Nigeria, so they can force unity on us in the face of other tribes.

They have seen how the One Nigeria failed, apart from throwing up Nepotic leaders like Buhari, with ethnic supremacy agendas against international multi-social orders, it is brewing both endless immigrants and Islamic terrorists for them in their own country. They are currently wotking hard, trying to avert the ethnic cleansing that is likely to befall Fulani's on Buhari's exit as you can see fromm the infamous BBC documentary.

So the truth is that western countries cannot wait to see Biafra actualised. They are only trying to persuade their bussiness community who have investments in the oil industry. Hence, Biafrans are doing every thing to give them confidence that their investments and contracts will be safe and carried over to the Great Biafra!

Igbo might be traditionally republicans before the colonial Era but not after it even Ojukwu was a Dictator, how could he single handedly started the Civil War otherwise? Azikiwe that was also an Igbo leader told him back then not to start the war but he did not listen, that's exactly how Dictators behave.

Western countries promote democracy and hate communism or any Dictatorship forms of government to the core.

Nnamdi Kanu has become a mini God to his followers, everything he says is true and unquestionable his words are laws and orders.

If Biafra is achieved today there is a chance Nnamdi Kanu may become a mini Puttin of Russia or chairman Mao Zedong of China , in charge of every hands of government.

Westerners see a lot of Dictatorship tendencies in Biafra Agitation, if they portrayed themselves as true democrats and peaceful they may actually be able to get significant support internationally but choosing the violence route and attacking the government has totally destroyed that chance.

Only Dictatorship or communist countries like China, Russia, Turkey, Iran etc can easily support Biafra agitation without any qualms but Biafra agitators must also be ready to bring a lot to the table like valuable resources or any of those countries must have interest in breaking up Nigeria but then the west won't allow it to happen easily.

Knowing how to speak and write multiple languages in Nigeria can be life changing and a good source of income but it is not easy to master any language, Despite the fact we have English as our official language in Nigeria you will still see people that can hardly speak or understand English.

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hatakekakashi:
Population plays part too. We're the most populated in Africa, it's expected we have more athletes.

So that's justification for Ghana not to have a single medal at common wealth game?

Babalola spoke about her journey into multilingualism, the many doors of opportunities it opened for her, and her plans for the future.


Prosper Oluwafunmibi Babalola is a 400-level student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan. She is a hyperpolyglot, culture enthusiast, writer, and entrepreneur. She is popularly called ‘Prosperlingua’ for her exceptional polyglottal skill.

In a chat with Tijani Abdulkabeer, Babalola spoke about her journey into multilingualism, the many doors of opportunities it opened for her, and her plans for the future.

Tijani Abdulkabeer (T.A.): How did you become multilingual?

Oluwafunmibi Babalola (O.B.): I think it’s just interest that keeps me going. There is no explanation for it. It’s my life. I love languages. I am passionate about it. It just happens. I hear a language, and I pick it up.

(T.A.): How long did it take you to learn these languages? Mention the languages you speak fluently.

(O.B.): I have been learning languages since I was a kid. I remember I did French and a bit of Latin in Primary school, and I used to buy language books. Since I have been old enough to read and write, I have been learning languages.

I speak German, Spanish, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Twi, Zulu, Russian, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch, French, Latin, Hangul, Italian, English, Hausa, Yoruba, Egun, Egede, and Igbo, among others. 24 languages.

(T.A.): Tell us about your achievements due to the many languages you speak.


(O.B.): I have achieved a lot in languages. It has opened unimaginable doors for me. You know, people’s expressions when they know you can communicate in different languages. And the recent achievement is my tweet which went viral. I only made a careless tweet to sell myself, but before I knew it, my phone started making funny sounds. Too many notifications from several people across the world; [People from different races] were sending messages to offer me jobs. I have had so many interviews and live videos. Celebrities I have always looked up to were following me, sending DMs. Everything was just crazy.


Before now, there were times I used to go from church to church to present God’s name in different languages. Hausa particularly has helped me get suya, free rides, and more on several occasions.

I did many freelance jobs for primarily private individuals and organisations. Something big is also in the pipe, but I can’t disclose it until the organisation unveils me. I will definitely share it when the deal is official.

(T.A.): As a medical student, what are some challenges you faced in attaining mastery in these languages?

(O.B.): There are a lot of challenges. Veterinary school is very crazy. We have classes from 8 am – 5 Pm daily. And you have to resume early so as not to be locked out. But when it’s about learning languages, I am abnormal. I know how to strike a balance. For instance, I have used Duolingo consistently for about a year without missing out on a day. So, how is this possible? It’s consistency. It’s just like a fun activity to me. It’s like an escape from Vet school for me. I see it as fun, not hard work.

(T.A.): What motivates you?

(O.B.): Well, I can’t remember any day I wanted to quit but there are days I felt tired to carry on. You know there is a saying that goes thus – ‘I have come too far only to quit.’ Like, it has been part of me. It has been my life. So, why is it now that I am going to quit? I can’t just quit. The passion keeps me going too. Anytime I am tired, I remember how much I love languages. How much I can’t do without languages and so reminding myself that giving up is not an option.


(T.A.): How big of a role do you think languages can play in fostering unity in Nigeria?

(O.B.): Languages can play a huge role because one of the significant problems we have as Nigerians is the fact that we are divided in terms of the tongue. People don’t understand each other, and they don’t get to. So, if we can find common ground to embrace one another culture or learn each other’s way of life, we are going to get that much-needed unity.

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And in a situation where that is not possible because it’s a popular belief that when you learn other people’s language, you are gaining a window into their life. You are seeing the world from another perspective. So, if there can be a language exchange program, we are gaining ground in people’s lives, and then we are going to understand, appreciate and love them. And speaking from experience now, there is no way you would learn other people’s language and not love them. When there is love, it is like a pointer to development.

(T.A.): How do you think technology can help make the process of learning languages easy?

(O.B.): Using technology will give us exposure to comprehensive applications that can speed up the process of learning languages. I can tell you that the major problem I have had, trying to learn some local languages, was because they don’t exist on the Internet. For instance, Egbiri, I googled and googled, yet I couldn’t find any resources online. Now, I have to meet people from that tribe for personal coaching. And it was very hard getting them to teach me at my own pace. But when there is an application, it speeds up the process.

(T.A.): Is being a hyperpolyglot a skill or a talent?

(O.B.): Well, I feel like it’s mostly an innate ability, but of course, it can be acquired. That is, learning, but for people that have the talent, they just find it easy.

Although I have a personal belief that you can learn anything in the world, of course, there would be a distinction between someone that knows it naturally and another that goes and learns it. But being a hyperpolyglot is more of a talent, but if you are hardworking and consistent, you can acquire it as a skill.

(T.A.): What’s your dream career?

(O.B.): My dream is to be a billionaire. [Laughs]. A billionaire in any career path I eventually choose.

I have big plans to implement my language skills. I want to connect people to an endless world of possibilities that learning languages can bring to them. I also intend to incorporate these languages into filmmaking. Very soon, I would go into making YouTube videos to tutor people in these languages. Then make money and impact.

I am already focusing on them, but the bigger plans are still something I want to keep private for now.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/547257-meet-oluwafunmibi-babalola-ui-hyperpolyglot-student-who-speaks-24-languages.html


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Lalasticlala

Mynd 44

To those guys that always put Nigeria down and denigrate Nigeria at every opportunity they get, I wonder if there are no athletes in Ghana, no Sports facilities or their government doesn't invest in sport at all?

So far Ghana have zero Gold medal in common wealth game 2022, Nigeria that I believe is going to perform woefully is currently topping every African countries on the medal table.

Ghana have one bronze medal so far.

07kjb:
Why do your likes hates LIBERATION?

VOTE L.P FOR LIBERATION

Keep deceiving yourself

Peter Obi that couldn't liberate Anambra, how is he going to liberate Nigeria?

Nigeria problems did not start during APC regime alone, it will take several generations with good mindset to repair Nigeria.

Portraying Peter Obi as a Messiah can only fool gullible and naive people.

Toneypen247:
Support Peter Obi to get it done.

He will beat Peter Obi next year In South west, save this comment

I am 100% sure SDP will beat Labour Party in South west, in next year Presidential Election.

February 2023 is not far away


Enjoy your propaganda while it last



If APC don't win Lagos with overwhelming votes next year call me a bastard, We will know how many Igbo in Lagos then.

akinade28:
Hahaha, you mean APC won by buying vote. APC thinks people are still dumb. Don't worry next year will shock you all.

So it was PDP that did not buy vote?

Everyone that reside in Osun know it was both PDP and APC that bought votes, PDP even outspent APC in vote buying.

It is you that next year election will shock

The Imo government says the claims by Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company 0ver N2.5 billion debt are “distasteful and cheap blackmail”.

Declan Emelumba, commissioner for information and strategy in Imo state, said this in a recently released statement.

The government said the company’s claims are half-truths and intended to tarnish the integrity of the current administration for ulterior motives.

On Friday, Innoson Vehicles filed a lawsuit against the Imo government over N2.54 billion debt.

It said the state government had purchased various IVM vehicles — including the parts which it manufactured, sold, and delivered — worth N2.54 billion and refused to make payment “despite repeated demands and appeals”.

Countering the claims, the commissioner said the government bought vehicles worth over N5 billion from Innoson Vehicles and has paid N3.5 billion to the company.

According to him, the said N2.5 billion was the balance due from the original value of the purchase.


Emelumba added that the vehicles supplied worth over N5 billion — and the government has been servicing the debt.

He said contrary to the claims, the management of Innoson Vehicles breached the contractual agreement with the state government regarding the sale and maintenance of the vehicles.

According to him, the purchase agreement stipulates that the company would set up a maintenance and mobile workshop in Owerri.

He noted that despite the breach of contract by the company, the state government has been servicing the debt and still maintaining the vehicles, adding that more than 70 percent of the vehicles have already broken down.

“It appears the company is out to rubbish the integrity of the government, otherwise it would not have twisted the facts of the case and published the same concerning this honest business transaction, even when it failed to show the public the terms of the contract and the clauses the government breached therein,” he said.

“The whole thing smacks of mischief and bad faith.”

Emelumba added that Innoson Motors had not exhausted all means of negotiation before threatening the government with a lawsuit.

“The mischievous resort to media trial has confirmed that the company is more interested in compromising the integrity of the government rather than being paid its outstanding balance from the contract sum,” he added.


The commissioner noted that the state is yet to receive any court process.

https://www.thecable.ng/innoson-breached-agreement-imo-government-counters-n2-5bn-debt-claims/amp

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Mynd 44

Lalasticlala

akinade28:
Ile-Ife

APC won all the local governments in ile ife during the Gubernatorial election although with a slight margin even despite the fact that PDP emerged the winner and you want to tell me Labour Party is going to win in ile - ife next year? not even PDP. Keep deceiving yourself

akinade28:
I also live in Osun state. Among people I know personally, those that hate Tinubu are more than those that like him. 2023 will shock you people, Yoruba are no fools who will vote for anyone just because he Is from their tribe or town. We are tired of the APC government, enough is enough.

Which part of Osun are you from?

Few Yoruba Obi supporters on Facebook now means all Yoruba?

Peter Obi showed up for the mega rally in Osun guber election but Labour party scored 2500 votes out of almost 1 million votes casted at the end, Acord Party without any online and media attention and no notable politician got 5700 votes, that should tell you the popularity of Obi in Osun, at least if Obi is really popular in Osun Labour Party should have gotten nothing less than 50,000 plus votes in that election.


You guys were also having orgasm on the thread some Igbo youths erected Peter Obi Bill board in Osun, the truth is any party can erect Billboard in any part of Osun and because no party see Labour Party as a threat nobody care about it, same reason Tinubu Bill board was removed by PDP boys in Osun after they won Osun election, they see Tinubu as a threat.

PDP won Osun election with just 28k votes and you guys think all the votes APC got will just disappear like that in next year election, in fact the reason APC got that much votes was because of Tinubu and next year he is going to get more votes even from Adeleke home town in Osun.


I can boast 100% my street in Osun is on lock down for Tinubu next year, keep peddling cheap propaganda on social media but don't cry that Yoruba people betray you next year when reality dawn on you guys.

PointZerom:
Ok

Cheap propaganda no road that look like that in Iragbiji

Obidient4life2:
Being in a wheel chair is not mental disability. Tinubu is mentally disabled

I am sure if Roosevelt was a Nigerian nobody would nominate him or vote him for anything.

He is paralyzed, sick, weak and bla bla would have been the main vocal point of opposition in order to demarket and campaign against him and they would eventually missed the chance to picked a capable man.


I am not really supporting Tinubu but if you want to campaign against him, talk less about the age and health status, policies and ideas should be the main vocal points.

PresidObi:
Tinubu is older than Roosevelt with a whopping 48 years.

Could 48 years Roosevelt move around like Tinubu?

Was 48 years Roosevelt healthier than Tinubu?

Infact it was his sickness that almost paralyzed him but I am damn sure he was more intelligent than Tinubu.

If Americans thinks like you people in Nigeria, nobody would have had voted for Roosevelt or nominated him for Presidency in the first place.