₦airaland Forum

Lastmankc:
What is the meaning of olaniyi? Or Ramuotu? Those names have funny meaning in ibo dialect

Olaniyi means "Wealth have Honour" in Yoruba


Ramuotu is a Muslim name from the Quraan

gregyboy:
What i said was it was adopted in the 1970 as general title to represent kingship in Yoruba in replacement of sir


Benin got this word oba to yorubas long time ago while conquering you lot

What is this one saying?

Oba means King in Yoruba Language but words like Ooni of Ife, Alaafin of Oyo, Owa of Obokun etc are all titles.

Sammy07:
If it means Bright.
I have two questions.


1. What does Obaseki means


2. Give me 5 Edo words that's has Oba in between, and tell me their meanings

Guy are you new on Nairaland?

Stop arguing about Yoruba and Edo, let them claim whatever they like

Tmb78:
WEAR YOUR GLASSES IGBO MAN
NO YORUBA WOMAN IS FINE O.THEY ARE ALL UGLY.THEY DON'T EVEN MARRY BECAUSE THEIR MEN ARE CONSTANTLY RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM.

Pls,maintain status quo,don't deviate from your usual rant.
Yeye

You must be referring to your Gorilla looking Igbo women with hairy body and Yam legs

Yoruba women don't marry but who are those getting married every Saturday across Yoruba Land? Very stupid Nyamirin

Kudos to Aketi

Tranquillity360:
Don't mind Ibos.

Even If we don't have money to throw owanbe party,we will just sell one of our land to chukudi.

We must continue partying

Like Chukudi the Gala seller have the money to pay for the Land tell him to pay his Yoruba Landlord first for his house rent

Tranquillity360:
No Igbo man will eat this shit...

But you can eat this shit, you call Nsala?

I know he must be a Yoruba man, Congratulation

Kudos to Lagos state government

Ezmans:
A tribe that have lost all there property to other tribe, mile 12 market to hausa, alaba int & trade fair to igbos, the only thing they get now is standing on the sun opening there dirty mouth & begging for 50 naira from motorist, shame on you people

Lost all their properties to other tribe but none of your generation is on forbes list

The same tradefair that was closed down last year and all Igbo were crying online before they opened it and an Iyaloja was installed in Alaba without Igbo consent.

delawal:
many industries there re,owned by igbos too

How many industries mention one?

BlastAfonja:
Go on twitter right now and instagram you would see the real beggars ajibola momoodi gtb 80878087, silas Akundele Acess bank 65768908, Simeon afolabi First bank 583682928. They are all running away from circumstances like this i know i dont really blame them.. it is so severe in Osun right now you people are finished..

So when you are looking for their account numbers you don't see the account numbers of your brothers there

BlastAfonja:
My friend you are constituting nuisance here, just take it that you people are the Almajiri of southern Nigeria, your usual lies and propaganda is immaterial at this time.. Eat your rat or die of hunger, your call Afonjizzy.

Igbo land is the new Alimajiri capital stop constituting nuisance here so that we can let you beg in peace, Ndidi Ayiyo

BlastAfonja:
Hehehehe you are late to the party mister and you are forcing my hand by force. Ebonyi is better than Osun and Ekiti poverty enclaves covered with brown roofs of all shapes and sizes Take your L in peace. Your NSC propaganda did not do so well this time.

Look at one of your family begging in the same Ekiti state you called poor

You are the loser here

BlastAfonja:
Afonja belarabe you are suffering period , what a life of rat consumption you and your goons have resorted to, the next is eating your newly born babies. E don red for una sorry this kind of poverty only God can help you rat consumers at this time ..

Osu Alusi so it is your people that are not suffering? E don red for your generation since a long time ago

Igbo Land is fast becoming the new Alimajiri Capital

You even went all the way from South East just to go and begged in Ekiti state you called poor

BlastAfonja:
Sorry You have started losing your head over something you have no power over, just take it that you people are lazy poor and suffering, like this corona virus has really exposed the level of suffering among you afonja, from eating rats to scooping palm oil from the gutter to jumping inside Osun river to commit suicide to forming one million gang and stealing people's pot of soup from their homes, When does it ever stop with Afonja almajiris. Chai hunger evil shaaa. Sorry

But the lazy and suffering people are the ones feeding your wretched generation that ran away from Igbo Land before hunger will kill them.

You can not even sell common Gala and meat pie in Igbo Land, I wonder who are suffering

Look at this idiot talking as if Corona virus is not affecting Igbo people, what about your generation ikpeazu was feeding Eba in Abia and your mothers raising yams like hungry goats or your brothers clashing with security officers out of frustration and getting killed?

BlastAfonja:
Thief like your assassinated ancestor Abiola you think you can drop comment and block my account and go free, you will see fire today.
Imbecilic Afonja okpari-Okpari calling Igbo man coward, its just like Cameroon calling Germany underdog in FOOTBALL MATCH. Funny enough Poverty does not obey propaganda, you people are suffering so badly in this Corona pandemic to the level of eating Rat and scooping spilled palm oil from the gutter.

Says by an hungry Osu Alusi

Nnamdi Kanu and Ojukwu your leaders were run away cowards which won your generation the greatest Cowards award.


Go and ask your mothers in South East why they were raising yams in this pandemic or why Ikpeazu was feeding your generation with Eba

BlastAfonja:
Kikikiki this thing touch you well well oo , hehehe chai sorry.
If you are pained take your L and go and sleep you people are up to no good in your SW hunger driven suicide enclave..

Here is the news of the Chinese illiterate, your heart is in pains ewedu man.

Even if it was true, it still doesn't prove anything

It was hunger that drove those Chinese away from their country like hunger drive Igbo away from their region, in case you don't know there is still a high population of poor Chinese.

We are up to no good but your people won't stop trooping to our region, the joke is on you Nyamirin. There are at least 5 Igbo in my street some of them are wheel Barrow pushers.

It is very obvious you are the one in Sifia pain Nsala man

BiafraforTrump:
Usual crap!, Ebonyi people are only doing business, just as your mother and almajiri sisters are hawking Agbo in Ebonyi

You can't compare that to how your Alimajiri brothers invade Osogbo with Wheel Barrows.

What is the logic in leaving rich Ebonyi state to go do business in poor Osun State? Idiot

So there are no Meat pie buyers in the whole Ebonyi to the extent you have to migrate to Osun just to hawk meat pie?

BiafraforTrump:
Ebionyi alone can feed broke Osun and Ekiti deal with it. This is not NSC statistics this is operation show what you got.
If you are tired of life you know what to do already..

Ebonyi alone can feed Osun and Ekiti but Ebonyi can't feed their wretched indigenes that are invading Osun and Ekiti with Wheel Barrows.

BiafraforTrump:
Keep quiet you keep repeating same trash over and over, Igbos are In Osun selling at least, they are not begging and drowning themselves in Osun river like our miserable mothers are doing. Mind you the Chinese are In Osun too mining illegally does that mean the Chinese are poorer? no they are just taking advantage of your dumbness. Ebonyi state is now ahead of Ekiti and Osun put together simple but bitter truth.

Idiot, People try to commit suicide all over the world doesn't mean the people in the location are poor even people try suicide in USA.

There is no Chinese in Osun State mining illegally but your Alimajiri brothers invading the state with Wheel Barrows.

Osun and Ekiti are poor but your Igbo brothers can't stop going there to hawk meat pie, push wheelbarrow and sell Fan yogo.

I wonder why they can't find ordinary meat pies buyers in your developed Ebonyi and rich Igbo Land

BiafraforTrump:
Osun and Ekiti are poor and i dont see any succor in sight for them sorry. Dem don drown finsih

Igbo Land is very poor and there is no miracle that will end that soon.

BiafraforTrump:
E pain you dearly. No we are more concerned about the level of poverty in Osun that has made most people jump into Osun river trying to end their Life. The Osun state that is so backward and brutally poor yet your brother that heads NBS said there is only 8% poverty rate in that state that's what we should be worried about, is this what he meant by that?.

Stop giving me that nonsense Ibadan has two shoprites, Imo has Shoprite and many others, we dont regard that nonsense.
Lagos belongs to all Nigerians dont brag with it please be warned, it is not your achievement alone.

Does that woman look sane to you?


Be more concern about the poverty in Igbo Land and Ebonyi that have turn Igbo people to Alimajiri and economic migrants of Nigeria

BiafraforTrump:
Ebonyi is young yet doing very well and the truth is they have surpassed Osun state in development with bigger malls and better road network, nobody will choose Osun over Ebonyi as it stands now, even Osun people would tell you that themselves. Stop this self deceit it will do you no good. The real people living in poverty are Osun and Ekiti people.

Go to Osogbo and see Abakaliki boys Hawking Gala and selling Fan Yogo


Abakaliki people have been choosing Osun over their state for a long time

BiafraforTrump:
To be honest Yorubas should be thanking their god everyday and night because of their proximity to Lagos state, else they would have been the most qualified almajiri of the Southern part of Nigeria.

You Igbo are all over every state in Southwest Hawking Gala and pushing wheel Barrows

You are the most qualified Almajiri of the southern part of Nigeria

BiafraforTrump:
Is that all? is that why they are rating Osun state even higher than Imo state??

Do you want me to count how many Universities in Owerri axis alone?..

My friend you yorubas should stop this propaganda and lies it is tarnishing your image and credibility in investigative journalism.

Osun is very poor and the gold you are talking about has not made Zamfara any better even though they have it in lager quantity let alone Osun.

Osun is very poor but Abakaliki boys are all over Osogbo Hawking meat pie and Fan yogo


Osun is very poor but you Igbo are all over the state

manchy7531:
Don’t disgrace yourself bra. I grew up in Ile ife and schooled in OAU. just pipe low before I take it from here.

Omo Nile ni mi.

You grew up in Osun but you are trash talking Osun why didn't you grow up in your Igbo Land that is more developed?

China's expensive bet on Africa has failed
Coronavirus crash in commodity prices has wasted $200 billion in investment and loans




Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

China's commercial activities in Africa, such as investments, infrastructure projects and bank lending, have long attracted scrutiny and criticism. Critics have accused Beijing of practicing a new form of economic colonialism to gain control of the continent's valuable natural resources by luring unsuspecting African nations into so-called debt traps.

While this perspective dominates the narrative about Beijing's economic ties with Africa, it likely exaggerates Chinese strategic foresight and overlooks the pitfalls of China's big bet on the continent.


As the prices of oil, copper and minerals found in Africa have plunged in the global economic meltdown, the prospects for China-funded projects look bleak. China is facing growing pressure to forgive the tens of billions of dollars of loans it has made to African countries since the early 2000s. The mistreatment of African residents in China during the outbreak has fueled cries of racism and prompted diplomatic protests against Beijing.

Even the crown jewel of China's economic engagement with Africa, the trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure program, is at risk. The coronavirus has dealt a body blow to the Chinese economy, with its economic output falling 6.8% in the first quarter.

It is doubtful that Beijing will have the resources to fund the BRI in the future. One telltale sign is the absence of references in the communiques of recent Politburo meetings of the Chinese Communist Party to BRI as a priority.

In retrospect, the unraveling of China's Africa project should not come as a surprise. Beijing's strategy has been based on flawed assumptions and was executed at the wrong moment.

Chinese leaders see Africa mainly as a source of natural resources. China's fast-paced growth since the early 1990s has generated a voracious demand for oil and subsoil minerals, and Africa appeared a perfect fit since dominant multinationals had a weak hold on the continent and Beijing could easily outbid them to gain equity stakes in mines and oil fields.

For unknown reasons, the Chinese government believed that, as an equity holder and creditor, it could better ensure secure access to critical raw materials there.

As a result, China has opened its checkbooks and become the most active nontraditional lender in Africa. According to the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, China loaned $152 billion to 49 African countries between 2000 and 2018. The World Bank estimates that, as of 2017, the value of China's loans to sub-Saharan African countries was $64 billion, or more than 60% of the stock of bilateral debt.

Besides showering Africa with credit, China has bet big on direct investments, mainly through its state-owned enterprises. Between 2008 and 2018, Chinese FDI in Africa rose from $7.8 billion to $46 billion, according to official data.

On paper, China may seem to have got its money's worth. Merchandise trade between China and Africa rose from $107 billion to $204 billion in 2018, based on data provided by the Chinese government.

But the question is whether China could have expanded its trade with Africa and maintained its access to raw materials without committing nearly $200 billion in bilateral loans and FDI in a distant continent full of political and economic risks.

In all likelihood, China might not have paid more for the same raw materials had it chosen to purchase them on the open market. Beijing's hope that direct or semi-direct control of resources would provide greater security is illusory.

For one thing, once China extended the credit or made the direct investments in mines, oil fields or roads, it was at the mercy of the recipients, Africa's national governments and political elites. China has no power to prevent the nationalization of its investments or defaults on its loans.


If supply disruption occurs because of conflict in Africa or along China's long sea lines of communication, the theoretical advantage of direct control will be worthless because China, at least for the foreseeable future, lacks the military capabilities to protect its mines and railways in Africa or escort its merchant ships on a sustainable basis.

China's gamble in Africa also flopped thanks to bad timing. Its foray into the continent coincided with the peak of the most recent commodity supercycle, skyrocketing prices of raw materials, this time driven by Chinese demand. As a result, Chinese companies paid top price for assets that most probably have lost huge value after the collapse in commodity prices.

Now that the coronavirus outbreak is about to devastate Africa's fragile economies and societies, China needs a pragmatic exit strategy. Beijing must realize that it is unlikely to recover most of its sunken investments or loans because of the economic impact of the virus on Africa.

The only sensible policy flowing from such a reckoning is to write off its loans as a humanitarian gesture. But this dramatic step will be a bargain since it will earn Beijing goodwill, with the money that it has no realistic hope of recouping.



https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-s-expensive-bet-on-Africa-has-failed



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Kwili1:
said by an Afonja cone headed Brown roof republic skull miners whose dead are even afraid to be buried in their region coz they won't allow them to rest in peace.
u mean Lagos that's no man's land or another Lagos.
it's not possible to deport the owners of d land.
we made Lagos what it is today. we came to Lagos bought d land and made u our tenant.

Typical trash from an Nyamirin Pig

Dead are afraid to be buried in the region but you can't stop trooping to the same region, where the only time some of you go back to your region is after you are dead and taken back to your region to be buried.

Igbo land is just a grave yard to some of you.

You made Lagos what it is today but you are crying online shamelessly and afraid to go back to your erosion ravaged region and make it better than Lagos.

Stop Hawking Gala in Lagos traffic first before you talk about buying Lagos, the only Igbo in meaningful position in Lagos is a Gutter washer.

Anambralstson:
Fashola deported Yoruba beggers and others to Onitsha in mid night, our noticed when it was morning and raised alarm, many of them were speaking Yoruba, and other languages , our people rejected them ,go through the list of beggers apprehended there is no eastern state on the list

There was no Eastern state on the list but you were threatening to sue fashola

007inc:
Mugu! But u will be the first to queue at the embassy for a visa to USA. How can u send away someone who have already bought the Lagos and other Amala states. If Tinubu names his price , my goons from Nnewi will buy his Burdillon villa in cash. We own Lagos. Meanwhile if u wanna sell ur father’s house, call me so I can give u some change to help ur life.

Says by a foolish pig from Anambra

Are you sure you are not one of the Anambra beggars that are online Millionaires?

If not for Yoruba people that are feeding your generation by patronizing your businesses in South West you won't be spitting trash like this.


Stop Hawking Gala in Lagos traffic first before you talk about buying Lagos and other South West states.

The only Igbo in meaningful position in Lagos is a Gutter washer, idiot