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TeamLeader:
Madrid 1 United 2. Watchout

This is one game that won't be a contest. You can take that to the bank. The only quality in the Man United team is David De Gea. We are talking decent teams, you're here predicting Madrid - United. We don't eat soups, let alone a draw one

Smoothie01:
I'm yet to understand how the north "feeds" the country...a large percent of my native food is grown on our family land

I believe you're naive. Would you badly say that your family has not been to the market to buy either peppers, tomatoes, onions, yams, beans or some other edible foods apart from rice?

The North is a huge problem to the country, yes, but true, their agricultural products feed almost the entire country if not all. We just have to come to terms with this.

It's a shame that no one could ask the most important question of all even as the struggle for who dishes the best advice is on.

OP, sorry about your severe acne. It's a skin disorder at this point and would be corrected if you see a dermatologist. DO NOT GET ANY OF THE RECOMMENDED CREAMS, NEITHER SHOULD YOU FOLLOW ANY PROCEDURE THROWN AT YOU HERE.

Your skin type might differ from that person's and it could be problematic if you heed to their counsel. Please see a dermatologist, and have him or her find out what your skin type is
before latching on to what is recommended.

Stay clean as well. Truth is, that the pillow thing has being one of the factors responsible for acne is not true and had long been debunked by mythbuster. Well, that is not to say you shouldn't maintain a perfect hygiene.

Ishilove:
An owl is a bird

Iro, àparò ní

lofty900:
Give honor to whom honor is due. Afonjas if e pain una abeg goan faint

The double standard is just nerve wrecking. When Yemi Osinbajo demonstrated an act to which her culture believes to be signs of respect towards Buhari, you all called her a slave as 'the great Igbos bow to no one'. The tide turned now and Afonja is all that comes up as always.

Perhaps you would do well to explain the picture below.

Ishilove:
Long eared dog

Modified: a perched bird

Owl

seeniorboy:
Bro, i don't mean any tribalism in asking that question but the way you just typed yoruba up there ehn, me sef no fit. And most of your comments here have proved you support one Nigeria. But i use to look u as a deltan.
And if am not mistaken, are you not that Madrid fan guy

I'm multilingual. And yes, I'm Deltan. And again, yes, I'm a Madridista.

seeniorboy:
Bro! Sorry 4 asking this kind question o
Are you a yoruba or ND

I'm a Nigerian. Why do you ask?

Ishilove:
3 is not that hard. Just keep adding three to each figure

And you say this one is not hard. I just tried reciting it while adding 3 before I get to the next. I stopped at 3*6=18. I was trying to use my hand to count the next three after 18

Ishilove:
Lmao! I don see person wey worse pass me. I didn't even know that was possible

I know 2,3, 10 and 11 multiplication table

Kai, I feel like a maths guru

I know 11 too . 3 is hard

Ishilove:
Okay. The only basic maths I know is Mode, Median and Mean

Till date I don't understand Pythagoras theorem.

I do understand BODMAS though

God knows you are 'Efiko' where I am. You even know Mean, Median, Mode. Choi!

I could remember when I wrote my WASSCE then. I noticed everyone flipped to the middle of their answer sheets, where the graph sheet is and started plotting God knows what. I stared at the questions but couldn't see any that asked us to plot a graph so I summoned courage, stood up and walked towards the invigilator. What came out was crazy. I said, 'Ma, could you please indicate the question asking us to plot a graph?

Craziest part was, she thought I was a SPECIAL STUDENT because she went 'awww, sorry, your principal should have mentioned that there was a special child in the school, and we asked her severally but she said no'

She was an external invigilator and was a kind hearted one. Last last, she obliged and asked someone to explain to me but what followed next was hilarious.

My Maths teacher who had advised his father to switch to apprenticeship in mechanical works walked in almost an hour later to find out how we were faring and the nice invigilator decided to gossip about my life. She was like 'Oga, I don't understand this your school o, there is a special student here and none of you are paying close attention to him.' My Maths teacher was stunned because he understood that the school does not admit special students as such. So he asked who the person was and the woman pointed towards my direction. The mumu man just hissed and said 'Olodo ma ní ọmọ yẹn. Ọpọlọ ẹ ò sí s'iwe.' (Ignore the boy, he is a dullard. He is not built for school ).

I wasn't humiliated in any way because it was Maths and there was nothing special about it.

The only place I get comfortable with when it comes to buying today is when I shop in malls. I know they would only deduct their exact amount from my account. If it is the regular markets. My phone is always on calculator mode. Life is short, biko.

Ishilove:
Sanchez01, come and see maths o!!

Lord knows I HATE maths

It took fasting, prayers and 'giraffing' to pass Mathematics in my SSCE. Before then I scored F9 in maths in my GCE

No matter how hard I try I just can't grasp it. I understand the problems when I'm being taught, but once I study them on my own everything goes blank.

I hate maths!

Maths isn't for everyone. I cannot come and go and kill myself. I don't just hate Mathematics, it hates me as well and I respect the fact that the feeling is mutual.

But what pains me is the fact that I can't sum monies . Your own is even better, at least, you can boast of a topic or two. My strength is the multiplication table, specifically 1, 2 and 10

I could remember one of my teachers in secondary school way back who got frustrated to the point that he advised I quit formal learning for mechanic. The man explain tire but even no enter

0b100100111:



And Efe is busy mixing noise in the studio!

Dude does not even have the looks to model for common Alabukun or Sniper!

Just when I thought I had seen all forms of savagery

I just finished reading the previous article and can authoritatively tell that the sensationalism adopted by IPOB and MASSOB would end up impacting Igbos who are on the fence.

While I condemn the threat of the Northern youths in its entirety, I'd be quick to add that the effect of the aggressive and insultive nature of some Igbos towards the North in particular is what the Arewa youths have exhibited. You don't go about fanning unrest while claiming to be innocent.

IPOB+MASSOB+The Northern Youths are nothing but ragtag groups championed by educated but unlearned folks.

Igbos in the North should start relocating to save their lives. Chances are that the attack would start earlier than that since IPOB and MASSOB would continue blowing hot without considering the consequences.

Should their be a massive homecoming, unemployment would skyrocket and the tension would rise higher than it is since most would be forced to forfeit their ventures in the North. Make peace, be tactful and diplomatic they said no. They call everyone coward, now it's about to happen. I just hope that the IPOB and MASSOB are storing foods in silos to salvage the exodus.

malton:
Abeg o.

Not between the North and South, but between the core north and the rest of us.

I'm sick and tired of them as hell!

Core North, side North, the North is North. They are bound by culture and language and should remain as one. It's disheartening that they have turned out to be the leeches of the country.

Truth is, the agitation would have made a whole lot of sense if a more rational, calm-headed-led Igbo group championed the Biafran cause. Like I mentioned on a thread sometimes back, IPOB members and so-called Biafrans keep burning bridges rather than foster relationship and ties. They are quick to insult who speaks against their ideology and claim they are not needed, when in reality, it is the other way around.

Worse still, you read how some people are planning on calling for referendum in Urhoboland. How Just like the Ijaw Youth Council stated yesterday, we totally support the Biafran struggle but do not align with it. It would have made a whole lot of sense if the land grabbing and history digging is laid to rest.

The IPOB as a group has done a whole lot of harm than good to the Biafran struggle. Had the senator not spoken up, it wouldn't have changed the fact that we know where we stand.

BininKingdom:
Why the Arabic abi na Islamic background?

I HATE ISLAM

The Arabic isn't the issue. I was wondering why she had not long been buried since Muslims bury their dead immediately.

Nigeria should be spllit between the North and South.

angels09:
it's like fidelity Bank eyeing First Bank....mere dreams. The money of swindled Glo Data subscribers will not allow his wicked thoughts come to fruition.

In the industrial world, there is no such thing as impossibility, particularly when one of the said parties is swimming debt waters.

Etisalat Group is not interested in bailing the Nigerian teleco and would eventually be open to selling what is left rather than have the banks take over the company.

Rexnegro:
this for me is the best and the biggest football club in the world and in history.... #UseGoogleToCheck... barca is the club with most major trophies won. and now we at 2nd richest? United we shall dethrone You soon.

Wrong. That would be Real Madrid.

jimcollins136:
Dear Melaye, SR has authoritatively hacked your phone.
To my aspiring 2019 contestant, be careful what you say on phone except on a secured line.

There is no such thing as a secured line in Nigeria. All call logs are with the respective telecos, however, SR seem to have hired hackers to bring Dino down at all cost. With the ongoing rate of things, another leak would be out in less than two months time.

SalamRushdie:
You obviously have not heard the audio because if you did you will know the headline is completely misleading and the Senator was only narrating how far the case had gone to a friend

Apparently, you didn't listen to the audio. It was all planned and their main target was Edward Onojah whom they framed perfectly. It was not only about how far the case had gone as you claimed.

cococandy:
We talk about how white people hate blacks
Asians are worse.
Evil set of people

Is this the point? Asians are worse, true, but does it not make a whole lot sense to stay away from what would make a fellow man dehumanise and reduce you to nothing? Most importantly, is it not wiser to avoid their countries?

If the best way for them to purge their land is by killing offenders, then whoever plans on committing crimes should stay away from them. It is that simple.

Kbanka:
Pleading for drug traffickers is going to send the wrong message to those that intend to spoil our country's name in future with similar offences. Rather, they shud emulate them and introduce the death penalty for serious crimes like pedophilia, rape, theft of more than 1000usd, etc.

I'm telling you. I was fuming while reading through the piece. We are staunch criminals in the eyes of the world because a few of us choose to tow that path. I pray Indonesia turns down the request and go ahead with the execution.

We are so motivated at committing crime, particularly drug related because our law is to weak to tackle it. If a child refuses to be trained at home, he would be trained by strangers.

baby124:
Nothing like Old Yoruba being Oyo. The Lagos Yoruba is most similar to OYO Yoruba. Older dialects exist, which are much more complicated and diverse. Oyo Yoruba became more used because of the OYO empire. Let's not get into Yoruba history. This is a Urhobo thread.

I can't believe someone just said this. The Oyo Yoruba is regarded as the real Yoruba language and the Lagos Yoruba is regarded as perverted with some slings that are considered unorthographic, according to the Yoruba orthography of 1967.

I was born in the South West and dedicated a whole of my time into studying the Yoruba language at some point in time. And before you bring up a rebuttal, you need to listen to the likes of the late Gbenga Adeboye who shared the typical Yoruba in his comedies.

Opharhe:
Oniovo Mathy I think disagree slightly here. After the Aka(Benin) connection, and then the Ijaw mixing associated with the migratory journeys, Urhobo and Isoko people to me have more to do with Igbo than Yoruba in my assessment.

There are Urhobo and Isoko Clans today who trace their history directly to Igboland... Evwreni(with Igbide and Enwhe) is a classic example. Infact, many Isoko clans, a good number of them, claim Igbo origins.
Let's leave stories and look at what we have now... Check out the Urhobo and Isoko dance steps, see our pre-colonial political systems, look at our traditional worship systems and symbols, check out the foods we have, look at the dressing, check the attires of maidens(Epha), of our preists and warriors etc. Look at them and do some comparison and contrasting with Igbo on the one hand and Yoruba on the other hand and you'll understand my point better.
We kobiruo Oniovo.

Your made a whole lot of point but then historical backgrounds does not necessarily reflect in dressings, foods among many other things. Truth is, we share some similarities with Igbo folks but then, you would notice some sharp features in these similarities.

For example, if you take a good look at dance steps between both, you would realise that it is not similar and you would also find out that the we do more of movements and invest more energy into those movements, far more than the Igbos do.

Food, well, the only similarity there is is our Amiedi and their Ofe akwu. I hear Ofe means soup in Igbo but then you would never see them use eat it with any morsel fashioned meal, rather, with rice. The first time I saw it in Enugu, I suffered a culture shock and told my friend it was disrespect to our signature meal. The Igbos eat leaves than we do. As a matter of fact, we don't do leaves at all, no. Also, almost all our meals are potash driven.

On dressing, our women don two wrappers just as Igbo women. And interestingly, almost every ethnicity in the South South dress in this manner. Therefore, it would be wrong to assume it is a thing that started with the Igbos. And one outstanding feature in our dressing is that unparalleled love for beads. Igbos don't use half the beads we use. Our thirst for beads is the same as that of the Itsekiris, the Edos and the Ijaws.

On taboos, we share a striking similarity with the Edos here. Their are certain practices I have come to learn about the Igbos that I find strange, largely because it is absent in our culture.

There is a huge gap in the practice of our political systems. I mean huge gap. The same applies to our mode of worship and deities.

A major aspect wherein we share something with the Igbos is language. We share common words, though not much.

I'm not sure we share a single practice with the Yorubas. I understand their practices and their culture quite well. However, the same cannot be said about the Edos.

Efewestern:
I think you are forgetting our itsekiri neighbors, no present day urhobo family without link to itsekiri, we married itsekiri more than edo and Yoruba, mind you urhobo sees edo and yoruba as diabolical people. (no beef to my edo peeps)

but of all the tribe in Nigeria, urhobo seems more comfortable with those tribe when it comes to marriage and the rest.

my ranking

1. Itsekiri

2. Edo

3ijaw

4. Yoruba.

urhobo hardly get married to Hausa and igbo, don't know why, but hardly will you see such.

You're very correct. However, I was pointing at unions outside of the Delta. No doubt, unions between Urhobos and the Itsekiris cannot be compared to others. Other than the language, dress sense and food is almost the same.

About the diabolical thing, well, I just had a good laugh. Sadly, but true, Urhobos are wary of charms and fetish but it still hasn't reduced the intermarriage between us and the Edos. Funny, really.

Hausa is a huge no no. I'm not sure I've heard of an Urhobo person who got married to an Hausa man or woman before. About the Igbos, oh well...

baby124:
Language always evolves. Even Yoruba's of today speak an easier Yoruba than the old Yoruba's. Remember they must have gone through the Benins, the Ishans to get to where they are. So they picked up different languages and fused with their own. Even in genetic tests, Yoruba and Ishan are often classified as the same.

The old Yorùbá rests with the people of Oyo and is still being spoken till date. The present day Yoruba is a blend of slangs and language, and it is common in Lagos than in other Yoruba areas. Others are marked by dialect.

Afam4eva:
This doesn't mean nothing. The ability to speak a language or marry Yorubas is not an evidence of sharing a history with a people. Anybody can have the ability to learn any language.

Personally, I'm not convinced about the said shared history with the Yorubas. Most of the journals around seem distorted and none seem convincing enough to drive home the point.

And if indeed Urhobos of old came in contact with the Yorubas, then it must have been through Bini.

For most Urhobos who are bilingual, the present day Benin language and Yoruba are the most adopted. This best explains our open mindedness towards marrying from these places, mostly, than from other areas.

Why the why might not be readily available, I'd make bold to say it is an unconscious act at mingling with people from the aforementioned areas. I have over five relatives who are inter-married with people from Benin and Yorubas. Fathia Balogun and the late Henrietta Kosoko comes to mind. Rachael Oniga is one as well.

What a piece!

I almost choked laughing. Religious folks would eventually still come here to demonstrate or give a glimpse what the Nigerian god thinks.

It's so sad that there are more religious folks than godly ones in Nigeria. Bless you, Efe!

baby124:
They definitely have or had some contact or connection with Yoruba but it was a long time ago. Some of their titles like Olori and Olorogun are clearly Yoruba titles. Lol. But separation must have taken place a very long time ago. They were a bit isolated so must have kept their genetic makeup much better even if their language evolved.

True this. I have come to notice that Urhobos fast latch on to Yoruba as a language and are often open to inter-marriage with the Yorubas.

The genetic make-up remains a wonder and I wish the language was guarded in that manner.

Kirigidi:
Urhobo migrated from "AKA" not "EDO". At the time Urhobo left, the Kingdom and land of the Ogisos was then known as "AKA". The terms "EDO" and "BENIN" are recent names which came into use only after the collapse of the Ogiso Dynasty and the subsequent emergence of the Oba Dynasty. The collapse of the "OGISO DYNASTY" and its replacement with "OBA DYNASTY" brought a change of name from "AKA" to "EDO". In fact, the name EDO was believed to have been introduced by Oba Ewuare the Great to immortalized a certain servant who saved his life during his struggle to ascend the Benin royal throne.

I understand you perfectly but my response came off as one who wasn't interested in dating back to history.

Thank you though.