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Nowenuse:
I think you are wrong.
Go and study the different dialects of chinese and you would observe that although they sound the same, majority of them have no mutual intelligiblity.
When am talking of dialects here, i do not mean the Mandarin and Cantonese which are the only 2 major dialects in China today. Am talking of older dialects like the Native Shangai dialect and many other native dialects which are on the verge of extinction.

It is on record by linguists that Shanghainese (the native dialect of Shanghai people) for example is completely unintelligible with the official Beijing dialect (Mandarin). Both dialects are as different from each other as Igbo and Yoruba, but to a non-chinese like you, they appear the same because they sound the same, exactly as the average Chinese person sees most African language (to sound the same).

All the Chinese did was to force Beijing dialect (Mandarin) on the whole country as the official unifying language and all other language speakers had to drop their own native languages. Expect this to work as a communist country that China is. That was how Russian afterall was forced on all Soviet states and till date, the elderly and middle aged people of former soviet states have equal command in Russian as in their own native tongues and Russian even started infiltrating their own languages to make it look like their own original native languages and Russian were very similar.

The Hindi speakers have been trying this method to unify all of India with Hindi language, but as usual in a non-communist entity like India, the minority language groups all have their say and rejected Hindi as their unifying language.

All Africans have to do is pick the most powerful language in the continent and make it the overall official language and everyone learns it and overtime we all become native speakers, but this can only happen in a unified nation and most likely to work in a communist settings where people are forced to do things.

And what would that "most powerful" language be? Bear in mind that to impose a general language, you have to subjugate those you're imposing it on. And, let's face it, no African nation, no matter how small or impoverished would willingly give up their native tongue in favour of another's in the name of unification. Despite the Russians being the dominant force in the soviet republic, virtually all the former member states have reverted to their default native tongues since the soviet republic crumbled. Picking an external language like English, French or Portuguese would be counterintuitive - we're trying to show ourselves to be uniquely equal so why would we adopt their language?

And the soviet republic is even an example to illustrate how hard it would be for a unified Africa to work. One country or a particular group of countries would always want to be dominant, be more equal than the others and the first sign of disunity is inequality. The smaller countries would begin to feel aggrieved and, with time, those cracks would show, widen and eventually divide the unified entity.

First off, Rossikk, ignore that pant called Niger Delta Avengers. It's only seeking attention.

Second, great work you and Horus are doing on this thread. Right now, I'm not so much bothered as to the sources and truth values of all the art works you guys have posted. I just need my fellow Nigerians and Africans to lose this inferiority complex and look upon themselves with pride and consider themselves as equal to any other race on earth.

Most importantly though, I saw certain places you've referred to the Chinese reemergence and how it can apply to the African continent and I have certain concerns about their feasibility. To start with, China is one nation. The Chinese people have a shared heritage which includes their history, culture, traditions and language. There may be minor variations in dialects and inflections and traditions and cultures amongst various subgroups in the Chinese nation , but by an large, a Chinese person understands another Chinese person. But in the African setting, the highest likelihood of finding two African nations that speak similar languages is very low and where you find those, the countries in question are usually neighbors or close to each other. Unfortunately, Africa is a large continent. You don't even need to go to another end of the continent to find a people that speak a completely different language and have completely different cultures. Heck, you don't even need to go across a subregion to find such. A subregion might even be too large an entity; within countries, you would find subgroups of completely different cultures and languages. I mean, look at Nigeria. How many tribes do we have with how many unique cultures, traditions, ideals and languages? With so much diversity (to the point that some of us think there should even be further division), how can we create a united Africa? While I personally don't believe that language, culture or even skin color should be a barrier to unity, I can't deny that they play important roles in keeping us united. So, if we want to create a unified African nation/state, under what banner are we uniting, considering differences in culture, traditions, languages and even skin color and religion?

Next tin na another givernment oficial will come and say it's a lie o, that government has been planning to increase fuel price since last year.

And she stays with him in the name if marriage. I don't blame her anyways. I blame a society that makes a woman endure a marriage that's killing her physically and emotionally because we believe that women can't survive on their own

Shafiiimran99:
What about fast food, shops etc that we do build in filling station?

You realize that more people congregate at places of worship than in fast foods or shops. Also, people spend less time in fast food outlets or shops as compared with churches or mosques. This move is to reduce the time it would take to evacuate people from the environment in case an emergency like a fire outbreak occurs.

Not a fan of Fayose but this one is a no-brainer. Who builds a mosque or church in or around a petrol station? It's simply not safe. Some Nigerians though....government does something to safeguard you from possible danger and you're complaining. Like those idiots that complained in Lagos after Fashola demolished houses under power lines. What would have happened if one of the cables fell? Gone to glory? Even God would not have mercy on the person that was stupid enough to build a house under a power line or a place of worship in a petrol station.

Few things piss me off like people talking from both sides of their mouth. You're too old to be governor. What stops you from retiring tomorrow morning if you're too old? That's when you'll hear excuses like "I'm just trying to groom the younger generation to take over". Grooming that would take two terms of eight years then still go to the national assembly to groom another set. The one that pisses me off the most is former public servants saying " we were corrupt" or "we could have done the right thing" or "we could have done things better". What stopped you from not being corrupt or doing the right thing or doing things better? If you know you benefited or are benefitting from something, do NOT talk like you don't want it because if you didn't you would refuse it. I generally like El Rufai but if he did say this, it's a huge gaffe.

Now the fake lawyer would need a real lawyer

mavinc4u:
Thanks. The phone was/is never stolen nor refurship. Despite buying the phone from a reputable supplier, I always follow due diligence of checking with the company that manufactured the phone or using imeidata.net just to be sure of the product. The return window was 7days on konga, even my personal 1 month I give to customers had also elapsed. More than 20 of this phone has been sold without issue of missing imei of which 13 were sold on konga, hope you understand what I mean.

The Asian guy I spoke on phone at the HTC head office said the lady was either trying to flash or root the phone but got it all messed up and wiped the imei. Even when I told him to check the imei for me which I copied from the sticker on the back of the phone, he was sceptical about it but later accepted and checked. He informed me of the company the imei is assigned for any repair and said the lady should restore the imei first before they will accept it there for any repair. If it was a case of refurbish or stolen then it would have been pointed out by them.

I have personally messed up a phone like this while trying to unlock a phone with a software which would flash the phone in the process, the poor network in addition to continuous try messed up my phone. However, I didn't run to my supplier saying that they sold a phone without imei to me when I knew what I did to the phone, I only respected myself; disassembled the phone and sold them as parts.

My sister, once the returns period has passed, you're basically cleared of responsibility for ANYTHING that has happened to the product. That returns period is a buffer to allow buyers test the product for faults or defects, and if they are not satisfied, they can return it. Not returning it within that period is basically saying "I am completely satisfied with the product and I take full legal responsibility for it". Even if the product has a manufacturer's warranty coverage period that's longer than your returns period, it is not your responsibility to get the product to the manufacturer once the returns period has expired - it's the buyer's. So you're not even the one to take it to HTC, it's the lady that's supposed to do that. I understand you wanting to help out as an after-sales add-on but I usually reserve that privilege for buyers I have a personal rapport with.

Please, take note of all correspondence between you, the lady and Konga as it would come in handy if you decide to take a legal stand on this issue. Wish you the best of luck.

udemzy101:
imei disappear?
send me the link of where u got ur research from

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857054

That's one

Aaaactually, it's possible that a phone's IMEI could get spontaneously deleted. I'm talking from experience here. I've twice bought phones that after two weeks stopped getting network coverage and on running a minor diagnostics app, I found out that the phone's IMEI was gone. I hadn't rooted it or installed a custom ROM or recovery or anything. It just disappeared like that. I did a bit of research and found out that it usually happens with refurbished phones or phones that have been reported stolen.

Anyway, that's by the way. As a Konga merchant, all products have a return policy. Now I don't know what the return policy you set for the phone is (I personally don't set it over a week), but if she's still within the return period then she has grounds for returning it. However, if the returns period has passed, my brother get a lawyer and sue 'cos Konga done effed up.

I have just one question:

Did anyone actually see her fall from the sky or transform from a bird into a human?

But honey cannur work with garri and groundnut na. Infact, anything other than sugar with garrison, groundnut and cold water is a sacrilege!

But what if someone presses "s" by mistake.....and has only answered three questions....na the end be DAT na. It's much likelier to mistakenly press a key on the keyboard than to click something by mistake.

I like the face that JAMB are constantly looking for ways to improve but I'm skeptical about this one o.

Did Jagaban just shade Fashola?

Hope they won't drive these things like danfo. I saw one of the white ones that are barely three years old and I wondered if the policeman driving it had been using it as a taxi part time. Even uber cars are cleaner. My own sha is they should maintain these things properly.

So long as the other lady is of sound mind and health and of age and also testified that it was consensual, I don't see a problem.

I don't like all these "our sources said that [insert random number] top managers and executives have been arrested..."

Name names and shame the devil. Tell us who they are!

Finally!!! This was what the apostle and his legal team should have done since 1993, not all this drama with the girl's mother and releasing pictures every two days with his wife like pre wedding shoot.

And they should allow this case to be public and let it run it's full course. I don't want to hear that the apostle has suddenly withdrawn the case "in the spirit of forgiveness and out of the goodness of his heart". If Steph is lying, she should start looking for how to pay up - maybe turn oloshoing to 9-5 full-time job with overtime. But if she's speaking the truth....well I would have said the apostle should start packing his bags to move his ministry to Gambia full time but this is Nigeria where the congregation have shorter memories than a goldfish and worship spiritual leaders more than God so it would just be business as usual for him.

ZarZar:
YOUR girls Besides you can't be fat & choosy You seem to be taking my comment personal, wassamatter?

emulsion paint!!!!

It's incredible that the police decided to interrogate them together. Don't they now that if they are both culpable, one could be formulating his lie as the other is giving his testimony? Interrogate the separately and compare their testimonies for similarities and disparities and you would have a clearer picture of what happened, instead if this method that gives either or both of them the opportunity to tailor their testimony to the other person's so it can sound plausible.

Nigerian police really need to learn how investigations are conducted.

Look at him. He looks like the criminal that he is.

Whoever made the cake......on point

plaetton:
I recently travelled by road through the Southwest, South South and Southeast , something I hadn't done in a long while.

Aside from bad roads, four very consistent images or memes that bogged me throughout my travels were dirtiness, poverty , dilapidated schools and big Churches, as if the four were interlocked in a four-way symbiotic relationship.

In a country where every poor village or Hamlet proudly showcase their big, shiny, well-maintained Churches side by side with dilapidated primary and secondary schools, there surely cannot be a good and bright future for such a country.

While this is certainly the truth, we can't fault religion for it. Religion did not refuse to fix bad roads - people did. Religion did not refuse to fix crumbling schools - human beings did. Religion did not even ask for these shiny buildings, neither did it erect them - again, it's the product of human minds and hands.

I think why religion takes so much precedence over rational thought and hard work in this country is because, let's face it - it's much easier and we are an incredibly lazy AND hypocritical bunch. It's easier to go to church to pray that God makes our leaders do the right thing than to hit the streets and actually demand for better leadership. It's easier to ask God tp help you get good grades than to study hard and learn. It's easier to believe that God did tell that pastor to tell us to bring money for a private jet than to confront the pastor and his ostentatious lifestyle. It's easier to believe that some people in our villages our manipulating our destinies and are the reason for our failure than to admit that we've done a lot of things wrong that are causing things to go wrong in our lives. So for the average Nigerian, subconsciously, religion is the easiest option as against rational thought, planning and real hard work.

I'll finish with a little case study I've observed: some pastors in church programs I've attended would come on the pulpit and say God said that s certain number of people should bring a certain amount of money and in one week, God will return that amount to them tenfold. Of course, like MMM, people would troop out. Who doesn't want more money for doing basically no work at all. Come meet our god, the money doubler! I found it curious that of all these situations, not one of these people have come back to testify that God indeed doubled their money or returned it tenfold. Does it say God does not have the power to do that? No, but if I were God I wouldn't double their money either because I can tell that almost all of them are giving because they want huge returns without doing any actual work. Till Nigerian stop being greedy and treating religion like a ponzi scheme, these scenarios would continue to happen.

I wouldn't exactly blame religion for societal depravity, especially in Nigeria's case. It's not like religion is a human being that monitors what you do and physically punishes you when you err. It's more of an abstract concept than a physical entity. The question should be - how much of an impact does religion make in the life of the average Nigerian. The answer? Very little. We're a nation of unrepentant hypocrites. I can't talk about the other countries the op mentioned because I'm not a citizen of those countries and neither have I visited them. But I can definitely speak on the case of Nigeria.

I remember a usual quote our teachers used in back in school: "pass through the school and let the school pass through you". Well the same is applicable in religion. The problem with Nigerians is that we pass through religion by adhering to it's traditions and being a part of it's events but we don't allow religion to pass through us and transform us. So the fault is not with religion. It's just that we have a peculiar societal disorder that makes most of us hypocrites of the highest order. So while we claim to be religious, we are only religious at our own convenience.

yommen:
E be like say you no know say na the bribe for prepaid meter bypass sure pass! Unna go come nairaland start throway baldadash. What percentage of PPM do you think is not on by-pass in Nigeria?

What other bribe is there for prepaid meters other than a bribe to get it in the first place and have it installed? Once it's installed, you have no business with any human being except if the prepaid meter is faulty because the entire system is automated.

Of course, all the Discos would be reluctant to supply prepaid meters because they know that their estimated billing system is a huge fraud. My dad has been trying to get prepaid meters for all the flats in his building in Lagos but the EKEDC guys keep giving aimless excuse after aimless excuse do they can continue sending people bills of over 50-100k per month. And we think it's only the public sector that's corrupt. Even the "footsoldiers" that come with ladder to cut light don't want you to get prepaid meters cause they they know the bribes they would get from when they come disconnect would be gone.

deji68:
Hallucination ...why should a VC put his Job on the line for DIno ??

Errrr, money, influence and/or the school's reputation.

Pavarottii:
OP! Ur message has been passed. It doesn't stop him from being d best president ever or the onlly man that will redeem us from dis suffering.

GEJ!
Our Hero.
God bless you.

Only man to redeem you biko. There's lots of more capable and competent people in this country.

sunshyne20:
Since you are being logical, why not ask why Festus is only interested in otobo? How about those others?
Does she even have the money to hire him? Or is he not charging her but helping?
If so, what's his gain?
So many dots aren't connecting, and finally the police is charging her, meaning preliminary investigations have being made, and they concluded she is blackmailing etc.
Why not be senile to allow the court decide who is right and wrong. Give room for fair hearing.
PS. media made us believe the President was dead, but they lied. These news agencies all are in it for the money, not credibility, even CNN.
Have a little patience, you would soon know what has happened.

Well nobody is stopping these "others" from approaching Mr. Keyamo for legal representation. We've not heard that anybody approached him in relation to the case and he turned them down. As regards payment - well, we don't know what deal he has cut with Stephanie. It's between both of them. You, like me, would have to wait and find out

HomoDroid:
Libel and/or defamation of character are mostly torts (civil offenses), which mostly results in awards of compensation and possibly an order to retract the libelous objects.

It would be an exercise in futility for a person of the apostle's status to sue a very 'low level' person for such compensation which will hardly materialize. The better cause is to establish a crime for which such a person will do time!

In any case, it would be highly risky for the man of God to pursue the course of libel where it may be possible he may have had untoward dealing with the lady in question or any other extra-marital affair whatsoever! Even if this was not so, a trial for libel will afford the lady an opportunity to dig up more dirt and focus public scrutiny of the gentleman, which is bad for his image or those of his associates.

Whenever one is challenged to a fight by a pig, the reasonable man should take a decoy! You have nothing to prove by falling the pig on its back!

While the apostle doesn't have anything to gain financially from the lady in question by instituting a libel suit against her, he has a lot to lose by doing nothing. She is damaging his reputation and the reputation of his ministry by extension and at the very least, extracting a retraction from her would staunch that. Doing nothing tells us that is he possibly guilty if her accusations and that opens up a world of possibilities regarding what else he might be guilty of. Except he's willing to make the trade off, he HAS to have her charged with libel.

eyinjuege:
Blackmail is a criminal offence, and would be taken up by the law enforcement.
Libel is a civil case, and would be taken up by private lawyers if the person involved so wishes to press charges.
Nothing says Suleiman will still not file a libel suit once this criminal case is over. Its one at a time.
Don't forget, the criminal case came forth before the accused started singing like a canary meaning she was arrested for blackmail even before she came out that Suleiman promised her marriage

And you don't find it curious that he has yet to file a libel suit despite his lawyers having threatened to do so severally? She being the subject of a criminal case doesn't mean the lawyers can't file a libel suit against her pending the resolution of the criminal case especially as they are not the public prosecution charging her with blackmail.