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in oyinbo mans voice " whar dey hell is dar smell".

I know someone that trek from a papa wharf to mma airport in a day.it can be done

Mitsurugi:
Ialready signed an online petition against this guy! I feel he is already feeling the heat! Next time, people will think before they touch their keyboards to comment on social media. A word is enough... Walahi, the only reason most Nairalanders have not been indicted for hate campaigns of speeches is because of the near anonymous profile nature of the forum! See how a good career and lifestyle may just be flushed down the drain. God help you sir!

what concerns america with nigeria.

Freedom of speech is allowed

Dem don help una find chibok girls ? or give u equipment to fight boko haram?


if war start them go just broadcast am for CNN thats all nothing else


But the truth is

the moment you are acommodating and nice ppl will start taking you for a fool that is what is happening now

SEE EGYPT FEELING FUNKY

CAN HE NOT COME DOWN

Are nigerians not dealing drugs there? A lot of drugs are brought in by many national including nigerians.

When u r in another mans land do legitimate business

Why Did THEY Not Mention Ghana OR OTHER afric an countries.


No smoke without fire

wallflower:
Nigeria, “the giant of Africa” may be far from perfect but there are certain things we do much better than other Africans. Even though, these are facts, the reality on the ground is that Nigeria is way ahead of some African countries. With our pulsating entertainment scene and the economy growth – ( Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa ), we can make a case for ‘African exceptionalism”. Although, Nigeria is confronting some major challenges, we are still standing out in Africa. There is something special about Nigerians that you can hardly miss; it is just difficult to ignore us because we are full of life and drama at the same time.

Below are 10 things Nigerians are doing better than other Africans:

1. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Nigerians have good business culture. We are accustomed to developing with new business ideas, creating small and large business organizations, from technology to entertainment. We bring in diverse perspectives to Nigerian business methods, we know how to interact and connect with investors and business partners within and outside Nigeria, as we position ourselves for greater success. No wonder, the country is the economic power-house in Africa; it is a base for business innovation and distinction.

2. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD

Nigerians work hard, and play hard. If you are looking for people who work so hard and never feel the pain, talk about Nigerians. The beautiful thing about us ––we are smart. We know how to work effectively and get great results through short cuts. You must have heard a lot of myths about Nigerians, some of these stories are true when it comes to cutting corners. We like to hustle and wrestle our ways to success.

3. LIVING LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST

Even as the ancient may have retained its grip over the lives of Nigerians in terms of culture and tradition, many have embraced the future, maintaining a laissez-faire attitude toward living life to its fullest. Nigerians understand that life is to be lived once and they get crazy with gadgets, cars, partying and socializing. The fun never ends even during funeral services.

4. EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT SCENE - BEST IN AFRICA

Nigerians are good in producing the finest movies in Africa. According to Wikipedia, “Nollywood is the second largest film industry in the world” and of course, the largest in Africa. Gone are the days when Nigerians make movies that do not make sense in quality and storyline. Some of the current movies that are produced by Nigerians can compete with some Hollywood movies even though most of these movies may not compete favourable in budget and spending but they are just amazing.

5. NIGERIANS CREATE WEALTH FROM MUNDANE THINGS

There is hardly a niche in the world where a Nigerian does not have power and influence. The quest to be the best has always been the backbone of our successful story. A lot of Nigerians started their stories from nothing and ended up as gurus in different industries. We strongly believe in the slogan ‘No condition is permanent’ – We go make am one day!

6. WE LOVE COLLECTIBLES -WE KNOW HOW IT WORKS

Maybe you have not heard that some Nigerians are buying some of the most costly buildings on the world’s most expensive street in London -Edgerton Crescent. It is not only in London that this love for luxury properties can be seen. Nigerians love showing off and buying these expensive properties around the world is simply one of the ways of expressing this lifestyle. With all the education, hard work, risk taking and smart investing, Nigerians love to live large and enjoy the finer things in life. Spend it if you’ve got it!

7. REAL SURVIVORS

We are everywhere, from London to New York. You can see us on the streets of New York struggling to sell CDs to make sure that we send money home. There is hardly a harsh economic terrain in the world where a Nigerian cannot survive. It is one trait that makes us exceptional in Africa.

8. LITERARY GEMS

Should we start calling names? Nigerians have a lot of writers since the days of Chinua Achebe who made a landmark in the literary world. Nigerians have gifted hands like Wole Soyinka, Chika Unigwe, Chimamanda Adichie and Helon Habila who are making waves around the world. It is not that there no other African writers who are doing great, there are so many but sure Nigerians does the literary thing better. Not to forget the new trend of blogging. (We no dey carry last!)

9. WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN

Foreigners and other Africans give the thumbs up to Nigerians for always transforming dull and boring scenes to exciting ones. There is this thing about Nigerians that give them the ability to make things happen. From music, comedy to fashion, even our sense of humour is unique and that is why we are so different. Little wonder, thousands visit Nigeria during vacations or festivals to see and enjoy our exciting events and activities.

10. NIGERIANS TAKE THEIR DEMANDS TO THE STREETS

There is nothing that Nigerians would not protest these days, it is either they are fighting for the government to increase their salaries, demand for justice or cut down the fuel pump price. These protests always put our issues on the political agenda. The streets and the internet has become our warfronts and the pages of blogs are where we lash out their anger on anything displeasing. Nigerians have perfected the act of going for protest and they are never too shy to go public with their grievances.

You can see why we say that Nigerians can do certain things better than other Africans, the list is inconclusive and we would leave you to add to the list with your comments.


www.travelstart.com.ng/blog/10-things-nigerians-are-doing-better-than-other-africans/

Nigerians are not doing anything extra ordinary

SOme other countries have ppl in space, have stable electricty 24-7, good roads etc


We are not doing ANYTHING

Just empty chest beating , Nigeria has a very very long way to go but we will get there if and only if ppl are less greedy and love money more than their brother.

only then would we get there

crystalclear:
Number one fan?hmmm,i c,wit little or no info abt him though..........are u aware of his numerous investments?He has d money,jetting for d fame and he's getting it.He's nt doing bad at all.I mean,what else do u want from dis fella,to define ur meaning of success?

Bad belle people this guy is living his life some ppl dey complain on faceless forum like they are doing better than him.

Who know u ?

swedbase:
This dirty girl should shut up and face her useless married life with a dirty ofe mmanu. Imagine an efulefu advising the real Igbos
Why don't you go and advice the useless oba first since your married to them. Idiotic efulefu
Lagos is a no man's land. I spent 20m buying a property in Lagos, paying my taxes regularly which 75% of yoruba in Lagos can't afford yet you
want to see me as a foreigner but sees broke ass yorubas as the owner?. Nonsense stupid idiotic girl!

Shut up there u no get any money

If u like buy all d land in China it will not make u Chinese or give u any political right

No boxy is begging u for ur taxes u can carry ur taxes wherever u want.

U pay taxes reach coca cola ode

Y r u not proud of where ur from

Oil companies have bought so much land put there facilities in so much locations. Can they say the whole of niger delta is no man's land.?

Always boasting or chest beating about nothing ppl wey sell land r 2 blame.

by the time d film wey u dey cook start u go fit stand watch am?

NobleG1:
But threatening a whole ethnic group because of politics, makes him an I*diot!

na for internet u fit call am i.diot go and say it in his face if ur a man. if not then u be woman


some ibo ppl not all especially those wans that dont go to school and like trading they go to a place and after being accomodated they start acting stupid. this happens not only in nigeria its every where sa , thailand etc

make the sensible ibo talk to those ones wey not get home training.

have u seen that thai land police video?

unfortunately for u he is a first class king recongised in nigeria. you are at least 700 yrs late

SOME ARE ALREADY GOING TO GHANA AND SAYING GHANA IS AN ABANDON PROPERTY.


WHEN YOU LACK LEADERS YOU WILL BE ANY WHERE BELLE FACE

WE ARE ALL NIGERIAS LEARN TO RESPECT OTHER TRIBES CULTURE FOR PEACE CO EXISTENCE

People dont know how nasty it was in yorubaland. war after war (ijebu vs oyo) (egba vs oyo) (egba vs egbado) but christianity made that reduce.

the history is out there

if i say 2 u go and hug transformer if your really foolish will u go and hug transformer.


E ma soro ju ejo

italo:
Egypt was invaded by Arabs in the 7th century.

Oduduwas grandson, Eweka 1, was Oba from 1200AD.

Are you telling me that Oduduwa lived more than 500years before his grandson?

Also, what happened to Oduduwas Egyptian name? He lost it on the way from Cairo?

Yoruba, your lie doesn't add up.

mr man i said mohammedan attack in egypt are we not still witnessing mohammedan attack in 2015?

and when did i say oduduwa was born in 700AD?

pinardave:
Yorubas ... Always want to be slaves to one man. You didn't vote Agbaje because he seek the support of igbos showed highest level of insensitivity. As if he was not a Yoruba.. I pity you guys, keep bowing for Tinubu and let him be determining your faith every year.Tinubu will determine your faith in the next 24 years...guess what, the same set of people in his pipeline will be benefiting while the rest of you will be leaking his anus thinking you voted against the igbos. Agbaje is a pure Yoruba, he may have spread his campaign to get the Igbo votes, but guess what? the Yorubas in their primitive and tribalism voted against him..this is contrary to the education which they claimed to have acquired. Yoruba are slaves to Tinubu and will remain slaves!..stupid sets of people

being a rep of PDP simples. forget oba comment or no comment



We dont want PDP in lagos why is that difficult to grasp

jangola08:
Am very sure you didn't write this with a sane mind" you are under the influence of some cheap drug like_ tram, ref, swif....etc

Yorubas and stupidity... Always want to be slaves to one man. You didn't vote Agbaje because he seek the support of igbos showed highest level of insensitivity. As if he was not a Yoruba.. I pity you guys, keep bowing for Tinubu and let him be determining your faith every year.Tinubu will determine your faith in the next 24 years...guess what, the same set of people in his pipeline will be benefiting while the rest of you will be leaking his anus thinking you voted against the igbos. Agbaje is a pure Yoruba, he may have spread his campaign to get the Igbo votes, but guess what? the Yorubas in their primitive and tribalism voted against him..this is contrary to the education which they claimed to have acquired. Yoruba are slaves to Tinubu and will remain slaves!..stupid sets of people

even a senseless man knew apc would win lagos not after fasholas performance. Lagosians since begin of democracy in 1999 have rejected PDP why now. last time it was dosumu this time agbaje. PDP is a corrupt party for now unless they change.

So whos stupid now jump to a dumb conclusion shows how brainless u are

italo:
1. You have said that you dunno if you're correct about your meaning of Oduduwa.

We both know you're just trying hard to manufacture a yoruba meaning for it. 1. The intonation of "o dudu" doesn't rhyme with the way "oduduwa" is pronounced. I speak yoruba so I know. We both know. 2. There are many names in Benin that are similar to "oduduwa." adequate, omojuwa, uwagboe, uwaifo, because Uwa means wealth. You can't give ife names similar to oduduwa because he was a stranger. Give me Egyptian names like oduduwa...none.

Also tell me when oduduwa ruled, let's cross-check with history.



Oduduwas son was a Bini man who came to his homeland to assume his position as king.

Thats wat im saying because he was a stranger all they could say was o dudu--means he was very black which also tallys with the fact that egyptians were extremly black then. he was displaced from eqypt after egypt was attacked by mohammedans in a boko haram style


according to the story

Oduduwas son (oranmiyan)went to bini as a prince and on getting their seeing his regalia they made him king. he later left bini or was chased out by the bini ppl and move backed to oyo to become the first alafin.

He left one of his sons who later became the first oba of bini which is oba eweka

Oba Eweka was one of the wealthiest kings then from being a slave merchant and also oranmiyan left him with a lot of cowries thus he was able to fund the expansion of benin empire

italo:
It is from reading and thinking that I knew that Oduduwa is from Benin.

"Od'uwa" in Bini language means "road of prosperity."

Tell us: did Oduduwa fall from heaven? Around what year did he rule? What is the meaning of Oduduwa in Yoruba?

O dudu --meaning the dudu means black and it sounds means he was very black in yoruba or the very black man-- i dont know if thats correct

ODuduwa was from kermit in egypt and settled in ile ife

the first oba of bini was one of oduduwas first son and he arrived in bini in regalia and in a timely manner to coincide with oracle

Oba is a yoruba word for King

Just like we have names such as

Obafemi---which means the king loves me

Obasola; the king makes wealth

and finially

Obama--translate that one

but why that word touch some igbo ppl like this. una be women

BiHung:
Who da Bleep live in amuwo odofin...na wa o

na festac area

Steve87:
The Igbo's have been busy developing Lagos and today Oba Akiolu wants to let them know that " I am the land lord" ....

Is selling second hand goods development?

Hustling for your daily bread is different from visionary leadership

EroticAngelina:
RUBBISH!!!!! arrant nonsense!!!!
These Yoruba ppl are so selfish and pompous!

If not that Lagos was once the capital of Nigeria, It would have been a local minor state like every other state in this country!!
This discrimination towards Igbo people by yorubas is getting out of hand!
for starters, why on earth should that useless oba threaten igbos in Lagos?? Are we not free to vote whoever we want?? That oba and his supporters are sent to destroy the peace of this country!

What I really wanna understand is what exactly did Igbo ppl do to this man
This inhumane discrimination has been going on for a long time! As long as u are a citizen of Nigeria, u have every right to settle down wherever u want in Nigeria.

we don't discriminate against any tribe in igboland, so why should they? In case they didn't know, igbos also took part in developing Lagos. Igbos are the most hardworking ppl in Nigeria(and I'm not saying that bkus I'm Igbo, its the fvcking truth. just like everybody knows Yorubas like education and parties)

for Pete's sake, we are the same ppl, human beings. just like someone said, tribes are just created to give power, it doesn't differentiate u from others.

#peace!

the igbos need to talk to the 30% of them that is given them a bad name. not all are unruly and disrespectful. Especially those ones in the market

The real lagosians have been complaining for years Oba just voiced out what his subjects are saying.

Epe Ikorodu Ibeju Lekki are all in the so called Lagos state, they are anscentral homes of many people. This places are as local as any nigerian village where customs and culture is paramount.
Eko is lagos island and Vi which was the colonial trading post where lagos became popular for. Cotonu too is similar but less populated.

YOu can live anywhere you want be courteous to your hosts who knows your history and when your population started mass migrating to the SW

italo:
History of Lagos State


Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was originally called Eko, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp", by its Bini conquerors. History has it that the Oba of Bini sent various trade expeditions to Ghana where spices were traded and one of his traders complained about the way she was being treated by the Awori's. The Oba of Bini then sent a trade expedition by sea. Ironically, the leader of the expedition arrived in the evening at a time when the people who were predominantly fishermen were either wading into the water or getting into their boats to gather their catch. He declined to engage them further and returned to what is now called Benin City where he reported to the Oba of Bini that they were attacked. This prompted the Oba of Bini to constitute a war expedition led by Ado, a Bini Prince to go to Lagos and demand an explanation. This was over 650 years ago. However, on getting there, they were well received. The people were so enamored with Ado they asked him to stay and lead them. He agreed on the condition that they surrendered their sovereignty to the Oba of Bini to which they agreed. The Oba of Bini was told this and he gave his permission for the expedition to remain. The Oba of Bini later sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist Ado in the running of Eko. Till today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Kings in Lagos State and his status is different from other Oba's most of whom were later given back their crowns and staff of office only within the last 40 years and have various classifications. Suffice it to state that those who got their crowns back were the original land owners. These were Olofin's children. Moreover, modern day Lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or people can claim it even though the predominant language is Yoruba. The present day Lagos state has a higher percent of this sub-group who allegedly migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun river.
 

History has it that the Awori were actually from Ife the cradle of Yorubaland. The Awori people are a peaceful people initially not taken to warfare. Due to war, those from the hinterlands, like the Ekiti ran towards Isheri which at that time had more than one Olofin (Alafin)who were heads of probably respective settlements about 1400AD. With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of them scattered again to different places, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado, others to Ebute Metta i.e three landing places - Oyingbo, Iddo and Lagos Island (Eko). The Olofin that brought those who went to Ebute-Metta was Ogunfunminire later known as Agbodere. With the full commencement of the war about 2000 moved to the nearest island of Iddo, others to Otto Awori or Otto Ijanikin towards modern-day Badagry. Those from Ekiti Aramoko came to Ebute-Metta, Iddo and then Ijora. The Olofin was said to have 32 children. His own known children are Olumegbon, Aromire, Oloto, Oluwa, Oniru, Onisiwo, Onitoolo, and Elegushi. Ojora, Onikoyi and Mogiso were not his biological children. After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin became the name used to remember him while a title of Oloto was given to his seccessor. With one of his sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted ways to what is known as visible settlements in the present day Lagos. Aromire whose name means defeated the river or became the river's friend is likely to be the first to cross being said to have swam across the river. It is possible that his real name is not Aromire but due to the feat he became known as such.

Until the coming of the Bini's, Lagos's geographic boundary was what is known now as Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there though. The name Eko was given to it by its first King Oba Ado during its early history, it also saw periods of rule by the Kingdom of Benin.[1] Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. The Palace is called Iga Idunganran which, translated means Palace built on the pepper farm. Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin as well as some of the indigenous people who sought safety settled down in the southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko", Isale literarily meaning bottom, but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos).

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=8

What u clowns dont understand is EKO is lagos island, that was where the british establish trading post . Other areas like Epe , ikorodu, ojo, mushin, agege etc where never penetrated by british. Those places are 100% ancestral homes of ppl