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Car Talk / How Much To Clear Lexus ES 350 2007? by PweetyMj(f): 5:47pm On May 06, 2019 |
How much to clear Lexus ES 350 2007? |
Politics / Imo Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, Visits Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri After Fire by PweetyMj(f): 7:02pm On Apr 08, 2019 |
IHEDIOHA STANDS FOR RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT The Pro-Active Imo Governor-elect of Imo state, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha was at Sam Mbakwe Airport less than four hours after fire gutted the Airport Terminal. The Governor-elect was taken round by the Airport officials as he inspected the level of damage. Indeed Imo people have bargained for a responsive governor who responds timiously to issues of governance and public interest. Imo is safe with Ihedioha as Governor. #RebuildImo Credit Kissinger Ikeokwu
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Travel / Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri On Fire by PweetyMj(f): 4:58pm On Apr 08, 2019 |
Breaking: Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on fire. Check on your people around the airport.
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Politics / Re: Is This President Buhari's New Ministers List? by PweetyMj(f): 8:23pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
Politics / Is This President Buhari's New Ministers List? by PweetyMj(f): 8:22pm On Apr 07, 2019 |
Buhari’s Alleged First List Of New Cabinet Members Is Out! No 13 Will Leave You Asking Questions After What He Did In Adamawa, Allegedly A State House source not wished to be referenced affirmed a rundown of names to make President Buhari’s bureau in his second term in office The Names Are As Follows: .Kayode Adesola(Ogun)~labour & Employment 2.Rotimi Amaechi(Rivers)~ Transportation 3.Chris Ngige(Anambra)~ Communications 4.Hadi Sirika(Katsina)~State Aviation 5.Akinwumi Ambode(Lagos)~ Budget & national plan 6.Abdulrahman Danbazau(Kano)~ Interior 7.Fatima I Gambo(Taraba)~ Women Affairs 8.Ogonnaya Onu(Ebonyi)~ Science & Technology 9.Abubakar Mallami(Kebbi)~Justice 10.Ahmed Mohammad Kwarra(Nasarawa)~Industry,Trade & Investment 11.Barnabas Bala Bantes(Kaduna)~State Education 12.Audu Ogbeh (Benue)~Agriculture. 13.Mohammed Binddo Jibirlla(Adamawa)~F C T 14.Halima Babayo(Yobe)~State Foreign Affairs 15.Adebayo Adelabu(Oyo)~Finance 16.Godswill Akpabio(Akwa-Ibom)~ Niger Delta Affairs…. Daily Times 1 Like 1 Share |
Car Talk / How Much Is 2009 Toyota Camry Foreign Used? by PweetyMj(f): 9:46pm On Apr 02, 2019 |
How much for non-accidented US used Toyota camry? |
Politics / Emeka Ihedioha Picks Certificate Of Return As Imo State Governor-elect by PweetyMj(f): 12:13pm On Mar 27, 2019 |
Imo State Executive Governor-elect, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON and Deputy Governor-elect, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona and the members-elect, Imo State House of Assembly, have been issued their Certificates of Return by INEC this morning. https://ourdailygist.com/2019/03/27/emeka-ihedioha-picks-certificate-of-return-as-imo-state-governor-elect/
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Music/Radio / Why Did Cardib Win Grammy Before Nicki Minaj? by PweetyMj(f): 8:52pm On Feb 11, 2019 |
Cardi deserves her award but I am just wondering why Nicki hasn’t been blessed with a Grammy award way before Cardi? Now we know Cardi B to be a very proud bitch. This would boost her ego to wanna take shots at Nicki in her songs or any other platform. Trust me, Cardi B would do this! You will remember I said this when it happens. The only reason why Cardi B won a Grammy before Nicki Minaj is only because of the Era. Nicki was competing with Male Rappers that are beast in the game during her prime. Cardi B right now is only competing with trap rappers calling themselves new skool. https://ourdailygist.com/2019/02/11/why-cardib-won-grammy-award-before-nicki-minaj/
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Car Talk / Re: Toyota Sienna Needed by PweetyMj(f): 4:25pm On Nov 30, 2018 |
dpsalmist15:How much is it |
Car Talk / Re: Toyota Sienna Needed by PweetyMj(f): 11:23am On Nov 30, 2018 |
TPound:Toks |
Car Talk / Toyota Sienna Needed by PweetyMj(f): 9:47pm On Nov 29, 2018 |
Need a Toyota Sienna 2007 or later model. Full option and clean title. |
Culture / Re: Is Igbo Language A Dying Language? by PweetyMj(f): 4:29pm On Aug 17, 2018 |
LadySarah:Nwanne dalu, jisi Ike. I bu ezigbo nwafor 2 Likes |
Culture / Re: Is Igbo Language A Dying Language? by PweetyMj(f): 5:30am On Jul 05, 2018 |
@SlayerForever I get your drift, but you at least you can't deny that the message of the post has not been passed. |
Culture / Re: Is Igbo Language A Dying Language? by PweetyMj(f): 9:56pm On Jul 04, 2018 |
SlayerForever:Which points are BS? |
Culture / Re: Is Igbo Language A Dying Language? by PweetyMj(f): 9:55pm On Jul 04, 2018 |
sassysure: You are right. But are you aware that most Igbos born and bred in places like Lagos don't feel comfortable speaking Igbo? |
Culture / Is Igbo Language A Dying Language? by PweetyMj(f): 9:29pm On Jul 03, 2018 |
If proverbs are the palmoil with which words are eaten (Achebe), then words are the sustenance which gives life, so why are we (Ndigbo) killing ourselves by killing our (words), our language? Travels to Nigeria and to Igboland suggest that we are raising a generation of Igbos who – in addition to not speaking Igbo- are not fully articulate in any other language as to be said to be truly unilingual. One year, in Enugu, I met a 5 year old, born to Igbo parents, of whom I was proudly told, “she speaks only English” when she could not respond to my “Kedụ?” An Igbo child growing up in the heartland of ala Igbo could not respond to the very basic, “Kedụ?” Let that sink in for a minute because it illustrates just how deep the problem is. I switched to English. “How are you?” “I yam fine.” “ “How old are you?” “How old yam I is one years old, how old yam I is two years old…” And on she went in a sing-song voice until she got to 5. I tried to have a conversation with her in the only language she understood and could ‘speak’, but her spoken English was only marginally better than her non existent Igbo. She could not name simple animals, got her grammar and tenses wrong. It was a depressing experience. That same week , I went to church in Enugu and was alarmed (and disappointed) to hear almost every child present- in this working to middle class area of town- speaking (with varying proficiencies) in English. Like the 5 year old I had met earlier, some of them were not fluent in the only language they “spoke.” Some spoke a mixture of pidgin and standard English, some spoke a mélange of pidgin, standard English and Igbo. For instance, I overheard one ask another, “What time dis church is going to ….” He stopped and sifted through his mind for the right word but not finding it, gave up and said, “What time dis church is going to gbasa?” ‘Gbasa’ being Igbo for ‘dismiss.’ I found it both funny and heartbreaking at the same time. The next year when I was in Port Harcourt for a book festival, I bought a few books written in Igbo from an already limited choice. One of them was a novel whose title I forget now. Instead of celebrating Igbo language and culture (as one would expect from a book written in Igbo by an Igbo writer), the author denigrated both. The protagonist’s spectacular rise in status was summed up at the end by “ọ na-asụzi bekee ka ndi ocha. Nwa ha anaghi kwanụ asụ Igbo. Sọsọ bekee ka ọ na-atapiri“: (She spoke English like the English. Their child spoke no Igbo. She spoke only English).The protagonist’s wicked uncle’s family, on the other hand, (naturally) fell on hard times and their daughter who spoke only Igbo could only stare wide eyed, envious, uncomprehending as her cousin spoke English all day long (Ha!Ha!Ha!). The End. A friend told me the story of being at a shoe shop in Nnewi (I believe) when a man came in with his young son. This man consistently spoke in English to his son, telling him to “tight your leg in the shoe.” My friend, intrigued (and I suspect irritated), asked the man “Ọ na ọha anụ Igbo?” The man proudly answered in the negative. His son did not understand Igbo. My friend asked if they lived in Nnewi (Yes). If both parents were Igbo (Yes). The man did not find anything wrog with how he had chosen to raise his son. As far as he was concerned, it was a sign of upward mobility. English is no longer the preserve of the upper class whose children have access to holidays abroad and “good schools” where students were punished for speaking in the “vernacular” but is available too to the children of the working class. I understand the impulse for parents , especially parents on the lower social strata, to want a better life for their children, and in a country like Nigeria to see being proficient in English as a means to getting that better life. What I do not understand is why it must come at the cost of our own language. Sometimes , when I ask why our children growing up in Igboland (especially) do not speak Igbo, parents say, “What will they do with Igbo in the future?” They fail to understand that ‘what they will do with it” is not as easily quantifiable as one might seem to think. Pride in one’s culture of which language is one, is not as easily quantifiable as economic gains for instance. Of course, this denigration of our language (and culture) did not start today. O tee go. When the Europeans came as traders, missionaries and colonial administrators and took over Igboland by force, English language was introduced and imposed through the Education Codes and Ordinances. The new elite – the kotuma , the interpreters, and the colonial administrators carried out all their business in English. Igbo became a second class language, irrelevant for anyone wishing to get/stay ahead. We are still living with the consequences today. According to UNESCO, of the nearly 7000 languages in the world, one dies every two weeks. That is a sobering thought. More sobering when you realize that although Igbo isn’t dead yet, it is classified as an endangered language. One of the 3 major languages of Nigeria, with over 25 million native speakers, is an endangered language. Let that sink in…And then let us get to work to turn the tide. Taa bụ gboo. Chika Unigwe Source 3 Likes |
Crime / IMSU Student Killed By Armed Robbers (Graphic Photo) by PweetyMj(f): 6:11am On Mar 13, 2017 |
REPORT COMING FROM IMO STATE UNIVERSITY BY VITUS NDUJI !!!! Aladinma Owerri popularly known as Imsu back gate is at it again... This young man lost his life this night.... Robbers attacked Obama hostel... Shot him Just yesterday some security men caught some guys with guns at item Street ikenegbu... I was really impressed with the intelligence of those Prison officers... My people let's be careful... Once they ask for your phone... My brother, My sister give it to them for peace to reign... Onye di ndu will buy another phone. .. I and my brother Obi Bright Chinweuba are living witness to this... R. I. P bro. God will fight for u... http://www.ourdailygist.com/2017/03/imsu-student-killed-by-armed-robbers.html 2 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Acting President Yemi Osibanjo's Mum Turns 84 by PweetyMj(f): 5:48pm On Feb 17, 2017 |
The mother of Nigeria's Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo turns 84 today. Drop your wishes... Source http://www.ourdailygist.com/2017/02/acting-president-yemi-osibanjo-mum.html?m=1
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Politics / See What Recession Has Done To Nigeria’s Coat Of Arms by PweetyMj(f): 5:38pm On Feb 05, 2017 |
Recession has hit Nigeria so bad we have replaced the Horses in our Coat of Arms with baby Camels!!!
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Religion / Bishop Akan Weeks Still Went Ahead With Ordination After Building Collapse by PweetyMj(f): 10:35pm On Dec 11, 2016 |
Reports reaching us is that Bishop Akan Weeks of Reigners Church still went ahead with his ordination at Abak after the church building where the ceremony was supposed to be held collapsed killing close to 200 people. How can a supposedly Man of God be so unfeeling and uncaring? www.ourdailygist.com/2016/12/bishop-akan-weeks-still-went-ahead-with.html
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Investment / Open Letter From MMM Founder To The Nigerian Govt by PweetyMj(f): 10:26pm On Dec 11, 2016 |
The past few weeks have been full of uncertainty and a certain level of panic for participants of the popular money doubling program, MMM. This coming on the heels of the the crash of the website of another copycat scheme, Ultimate Cycler, and repeated warnings by Govt agencies and mainstream media about the imminent collapse of the MMM scheme. This has prompted many participants to become skeptical of the system and to withdraw their money out of it. "Open Letter from Sergey Mavrodi to the Nigerian Authorities Honorable authorities, So far MMM has come under a constant attack from you. In this regard, I would like to ask you a few simple questions. Since you are concerned with the interests of millions of your fellow citizens, I hope that you would be so kind to answer them. 1. What are you trying to get? Do you want the MMM System to collapse and millions of people to suffer? Who will support them then if now MMM is their only means of livelihood? Will you? You even don’t pay wages to people? Or might you not care about them? Might you be using a trendy topic to make a good name for yourselves? What will you say to a mother who will have no money to buy food for her child? Will you let her child die for the sake of the higher interests of the economy? 2. You say that MMM is a scam. What is the scam here, if all members are warned in advance about all the risks, the possible and impossible ones? They know there are no investments at all. The warning is a red text on a yellow background placed on most prominent place of the website. 3. You say that MMM is bad. Why? Yes, it produces nothing, but nothing gets out of the country either. The money is just redistributed among the citizens of Nigeria. It gets from those who are richer to poorer ones, in this way restoring social justice. What''s wrong with that? 4. You have repeatedly stated that "it should be investigated!.. researched!.." It means you know nothing about this System yet; you even haven’t understood how it works. Isn’t it completely irresponsible of you to make all these allegations and play with the lives of millions of ordinary people? 5. And finally. If you know what is right for people, why is the life so bad in the country? Sincerely yours, Sergey Mavrodi P.S. As for your statement that "everything will collapse soon". The system has been working in Nigeria for a year, and according to your estimates, the total number of members now is about 3 million people. In Nigeria the population is approximately 195 million. Can you calculate? Will it be “soon"? :-))" www.ourdailygist.com/2016/12/open-letter-to-nigerian-government-from.html
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Health / Re: Tomcat: The Dreaded "Electric Ant" by PweetyMj(f): 4:33pm On Nov 24, 2016 |
Paederus does not bite or sting, but accidental brushing against or crushing the beetle over the skin provokes the release of its coelomic fluid which contains pederin, a potent vesicant agent. The morphology and location of the dermatitis change from case to case but usually resembles the accidental dropping of a caustic or hot liquid. The electric ant (also known as paapa or skirt and blouse) releases the toxin on anything it touches, especially human skin. Direct contact is not needed to experience skin discomfort or irritation however. That is because the toxin can be left behind on your towels, furniture or other things in your house. Secondhand contact might not cause the same level of irritation as direct contact, but it is still wise to be precautious especially if you have seen them hanging around your house as of late. Electric Ant 1 Like 1 Share |
Celebrities / One Direction Star, Niall Horan, Turns +1 Today by PweetyMj(f): 10:36pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
One Direction star, Niall Horan is a year older today. The music superstar is celebrating his 23rd birthday today. Source
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Politics / Re: State Of Gov Rochas Okorocha New Tunnel In Imo State After The Raind by PweetyMj(f): 10:14am On Aug 29, 2016 |
jmoore:Mini tunnel? |
Politics / Re: State Of Gov Rochas Okorocha New Tunnel In Imo State After The Raind by PweetyMj(f): 7:54am On Aug 29, 2016 |
Tunnel before the rains.
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Politics / State Of Gov Rochas Okorocha New Tunnel In Imo State After The Raind by PweetyMj(f): 7:46am On Aug 29, 2016 |
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TV/Movies / Re: Watch These Comedy Skits By A Nairalander by PweetyMj(f): 10:17pm On Aug 28, 2016 |
Nice one |
Celebrities / Re: Check Out This Cute Pen Drawing Of Idris Elba by PweetyMj(f): 12:50pm On Aug 15, 2016 |
cruzita:He is a very popular actor. |
Celebrities / Check Out This Cute Pen Drawing Of Idris Elba by PweetyMj(f): 7:21pm On Aug 14, 2016 |
Isn't this pen drawing of Idris Elba beautiful? [url=movinglanes..com.ng/2016/08/this-pen-drawing-of-actor-idris-elba-is.html] Source [/url]
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Celebrities / Throwback Picture Of Banky W And Wizkid by PweetyMj(f): 6:33pm On Aug 14, 2016 |
Banky W and Wizkid back in the days. [url=movinglanes..com.ng/2016/08/throwback-picture-of-banky-w-and-wizkid.html?] Source [/url]
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Food / Crazy Price Of Tomatoes At Shoprite by PweetyMj(f): 6:56am On May 24, 2016 |
Nigeria, which way...4 tomatoes N1,881 http://ourdailygist.com/2016/05/24/you-wont-believe-the-price-of-tomatoes-at-shoprite/
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Forum Games / How Many Numbers Can You See? by PweetyMj(f): 7:01am On Apr 26, 2016 |
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