Nkan mbe!

You can’t locally produce the reinforced steel bars needed to complete the factory grounds for years but want to “build and assemble” cars ?

GTkester:
Afonjaz getting it hot here. You people think it was in the old days when Ndigbo weren't interested in the game of gotcha your ancestors were playing. No, times have changed!

You either tell the truth or you just keep shut. For every lie you put out there, you get hard smacking that would rupture your brains!

lol who cares what you want or try to beat around the bust about

You are at best like the annoying crow perching on an eagles back. Annoying at best but won't stop the eagle from being, you know..... an Eagle that it is.

GTkester:
But on a more serious note, taking a second look at this list and reminiscing on the history of Nigeria made me sad for some few moments.

To be honest, the afonjazees have messed up Nigeria. So when it comes to hardwork, diligence, knowledge and almost every other important positive HDIs' the Igbos and Yorubas are almost always on the top. But instead of the yorubas to merge together and develop a unified vision or mission with the Igbos in Nigeria, they chose to sabotage the Igbos and at the same time play a second fiddle to the fulanis whom they are in every way better than.

What yorubas Muslims have done to the great Yoruba nation is honestly unpardonable!!

I already kind of knew from the start that your main grouse with the news is not that this achievement isn't newsworthy, but rather the composition of the achievers.

But back to your fallacious post, if you are a real student of history then you would have known that for most of Nigeria's existence starting from the first republic- Yorubas have always been in the opposition, while the Igbos and Hausa-Fulanis have always been bed partners. But the good thing is that you can't hide the truth, especially when It is glaring. Let's look at the timeline of those who have ruled Nigeria since independence


1960-1963 — Azikiwe/Balewa
1963-1966 — Azikiwe/Balewa
1967-1979 — Civil war/ Military Rule
1979-1983 — Shagari/Ekwueme
1983-1999 — Military Rule
1999-2007 — Obasanjo/Atiku
2007-2010 — Yar'Adua/Jonathan
2010-2015 — Jonathan/Sambo
2015-Date — Buhari/Osinbajo

Now look at the list and tell me when this "Yorubas playing second fiddle to the Fulanis" fable became a thing among you people? Azikiwe in fact neglected Awolowo's handshake across the Niger and instead chose to go play second fiddle as a ceremonial president to prime minister Balewa who had the real power. He also frustrated Chief Awolowo's plan to include the secession clause in the constitution.

On the issue of Southern Unity, did you know that Chief Awolowo picked an Igbo running mate. Yet, the Igbo voted en masse for Shagari, an illiterate Northerner to spite Awolowo and the Yoruba. In fact, the Igbo wanted Abacha to continue ruling, matter of fact, the [Youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha (YEAA)] campaign was led by an Igbo man, by the name Daniel Kanu. They even voted against Abiola who had wide acceptance across the board in Nigeria, including huge swathes of the North, and instead chose to support Tofa the Northern candidate whose collabo partner was an Igbo vice by the name Sylvester Ugoh who also happened to be the defunct governor of the central Bank of Biafra (shame). Abiola won in only 1 out of the then 4 Eastern states

—The Igbo had no problem with collaborating with the North when they supported Atiku and Peter Obi or in all previous occasions. They only have issues with Northern collaboration when they aren't the bedmates and someone else is doing the 'collaborating'

And the man behind it all, school principal, Mr Dayo Olukoshi

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Standing in front of a plaque of students list who have made it in the school's famous Oxbridge programme.

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Friends, Esther Oloyede, Ebunoluwa Adebanjo and Venus are all off to top league UK schools.

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In 2019, Victor Olusola Idowu who got straight A* grades was off to study Medicine at Selwyn College, Cambridge.

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Esther Oloyede - Cambridge

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Blessing Eloghosa Omorodion - Medicine, Oxford

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Dorcas Mosunmola Shodeinde - Oxford

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Mgbeike Anthony - London School of Economics

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Adebimpe Mary Adepeko - Durham

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Liam Ogodo-Avbara - Medicine, Kings

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Ayoola Jaye - Medicine, Kings

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More Nigerians

Chinedum Okolo - Cambridge

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Adamma - Ahuchogu - Warwick

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Oluwafunto Masha - Cambridge

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Gbemileke Salami (Enoch) - Warwick

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Adobi Chike - Cambridge

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The Nigerians really did well.

Emmanuella Chioma Jadesola Akindele - Cambridge

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Deborah Oluwatoniloba Ogunnoiki - Oxford

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Daniel Babalola - Cambridge

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Oluwafeyidamilola Ojomo - Warwick

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Christabel Oziomah Oparah - Warwick

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Angel Chichebe Dim - Cambridge

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Ammiel Enahoro - Durham

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More students

Oreoluwa Pelumi - Imperial

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Morenike Akinnawonu - Oxford

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Mary-Grace Yetunde Oludoyi - Warwick

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Habib Orekoya - Oxford

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Below are the Nigerians A-level students of the school that secured admission into UK top league universities this year.

Olayinka Sterling-Badmus - Cambridge

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Quham Adefila - Oxford

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Bolaji Temitope - Cambridge

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Oluwatosin Olusoji - Oxford

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Princewill Uduak Ukpeh - Imperial

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This school was all over the news last year, and they have done it again this year.

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It was all joy and smiles for the 51 A-level students of Brampton Manor Academy in the East Ham area of London who had secured university admissions into the U.K's most prestigious universities known locally as the "Ox-bridge", a portmanteau of the two oldest, classiest and richest universities to study competitive courses. Meanwhile, more than 100 received straight A and A* GCSE grades for a third year running in the same school. Many of these students are from ethnic minority backgrounds, and Nigerians especially seem to stand out. The performance is sterling says executive principal Dr Dayo Olukoshi: "These offers reward the academic brilliance and dedication of our students", he added

Other pupils are heading to Russell Group universities including Warwick, King’s College London, Imperial College, London school of Economics, St Andrews and Durham, taking up places on courses including law, economics and biomedical sciences including medicine. Graduates from these schools hold 61% of all UK jobs that require a university degree, despite being only 17% of all higher education graduates.

Perhaps the most distinguishing factor of the Brampton manor academy is the fact that it is a state run school situated in one of the lesser privileged areas of town, and yet, the school's success bests the admission rates of some of the top-performing private schools across the UK. The school's academic policy is "Getting the students to shake off the idea that Oxford and Cambridge are just for an “elite” couple of students and encourage everyone to apply.’ And that seems to be working very well for the previous couple of years. In 2014, one student received an Oxbridge offer and in 2018, that had grown to 25 - For the current year, the number stands at 51, a record. The school’s success comes after figures revealed that state school pupils have been offered 69 per cent of the undergraduate places at Oxford – a record high.

The school Principal, Mr Dayo Olukoshi who has since taken the institution to heights never attained before joined Brampton Manor as the Principal/headteacher in 2008, having previously worked as a teacher and senior leader in various UK schools since 1992. He has been awarded an OBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for Services to Education.

The school has the best student performance and highest rank in Newham East London, and has been ranked as one of the 50 best secondary schools in the United Kingdom for the fourth year running.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2019/01/18/inside-super-state-schools-getting-dozens-pupils-oxbridge/
https://www.channel4.com/news/proportion-of-students-getting-top-a-levels-drops-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade

Bkayyy:
Incase you don't know, the difference between the current "Bini" people and Esan is that unlike the Bini people that were mentally subjugated by the new Yoruba Oba system that caused hostilities between Idu and their neighbours, the Esans never fell for the Yoruba Oba and as such Idu was divided and the elements of Idu persisted in Esan where the four market days introduced by nri migrants are in full practice, Esan maintained the Nri sacred and spiritual system thus making now Yoruba accultured Bini people to see them as fetish and witches

Yeah, right.

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lalasticlala

LegendHero:


LIAR!

PROFORCE Nigeria is Nigeria owned.

This is BAIC listing Innoson IVM G80 as their car brand which showed Innoson just reassembled their cars.

Choooiiiii— !

This thread was indeed nice.

Replace Kano with Kaduna.

Brooklynsouth:
Yoruba whether he did that or not I will vote for obaseki ....you Yorubas should mind your business

Aren't you shameless?
Making Edo state election about Yoruba people...Lmao...!

Besides, even a toddler knows that you are from nowhere near Edo state.

..

jagorinho:

So Tb Joshua is not a global brand? a guy given the highest honour in Paraguay and Peru? a guy cities submit their keys to pray on it, a guy that has more views than Jakes.....you deserve to be arrested whenever you speak in public, your utterances can cause a pandemic, by the way TD Jakes is not Igbo, from land grabbing you have upgraded to human grabbing, are you not contented with the chinedus and obinnas?

Laugh wan kill me die!!!

This Lekan (Laycorn) is actually fucking smart.

iyapont:
Op u forgot to add Fola EVans Akingbola https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fola_Evans-Akingbola

Added.

She is a good actress. saw her on Black Mirror.

IamPlato:
oga they Are Not Yorubas Or Nigerian, and They Will Never Be.


They Are British And Americans, you Dont Have To Accept The Bitter Truth.


Call Them Yorubas Is Like african Christians Calling Themselves Children Of Israel

You are still not getting it are you?


Some of the people on that list are some of the proudest Yorubas you can ever meet.
People like John Boyega or Agbaje.

Being Yoruba is undeniable. It is not a nationality it is their DNA. Being Nigeria however can be a choice.... I dunno if they give a f about Nigeria, heck, one of them is even Ivorian! But they are surely all proudly Yoruba.

IamPlato:
many of those people you mentioned are not nigerians, many of them will not even wish to be here, some dont like nigeria. because their parents were from nigeria doesnt make them nigerian.


they are foreigners


by the way, now that you showed us that they are nigerians what should we do with it?


will this info change my life or improve my current state or mood?



na god go punish all of una posting foreigners and calling them igbos and yorubas...

They may hate being nigerian but they surely can not hate being whom they are as Yorubas.

What is there to develop in South East again?
They already claim to be the Dubai of Africa kwa.

LMAOOO

So that sign post has been there since like 1990?

Holy juju!

Ayo8:


Yeah...she's from rivers...thought the thread was abt stars with Nigerian descent.

All this tribal thread sef...I don tire!

Eeeehya don't get tired.
Nigeria is a tribal confederation not a country.

GBOKASINCHA:
they forgot to add NAS as they usually do ..., how can a classic Yoruba diaspora thread be without NAS...make I help them NASIRU OLUFEMI ABIOLA from osun state..

Painment masked with lame ass comedy..
I can see your tears rolling down from here..

Ayo8:
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Jumbo should be a rivers name, and that is probably where her Nigerian side comes from.

Damson Idris

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Film
2016 - City of Tiny Lights as Hakim
2017 - Megan Leavey as Michael Forman
2018 - The Commuter as Agent Denys
2018 - Astral as Jordan
2018 - Farming as Enitan

TV
2013 - Miranda as Commuter: "A Brief Encounter"
2015 - Casualty as Leon James: "Heart Over Head"
2015 - Doctors as Krispin Northcote: "Surrogate Dad"
2017 – present as Snowfall Franklin Saint
2019 - The Twilight Zone asDorian Harrison: "Replay"
2019 - Black Mirror as Jaden Tommins: "Smithereens"


Isaach de Bankolé

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Film:

2005
Manderlay as Timothy
Stay as Professor
The Skeleton Key as Gas Station Owner
Before It Had a Name as Waiter
L'évangile selon Aîmé as Aîmé

2006
Casino Royale asSt even Obanno
Miami Vice as Neptune
5up 2down Hunter
The Unit General Togar

2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Laurent
Battle in Seattle asAbasi
The Fifth Patient Captain Mugambe

2008
The Guitar as Roscoe Wasz
Machetero as Jean Dumont
24: Redemption asPresident Ule Matobo

2009
White Material as The Boxer
The Limits of Control as The Lone Man
24 as President Ule Matobo

2010
I Am Slave as Bah
Getting High! as Hunter

2011
Oka ! as Bassoun

2012
Désordres as Vincent

2013
Mother of George as Ayodele Balogun
The Ordained as Mr. Obiku

2014
Calvary as Simon
Run as Assa
Mirageas Francis
Where the Road Runs Outas George
White Collar as Luc Renaud

2015
The Last Witch Hunter as Max Schlesinger
The Good Wife as Larry Oliver

2016 - Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Jacques
2017- Double Play as Ernesto
2018 - Black Panther River as Tribe Elder
2019 - Shaft as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
TBA - French Exit as Julius

Fola Evans Akingbola

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2014 - Youngers as Reanne
2014 - Holby City as Amaani Qalanjo
2016 - Death in Paradise as Rosey Fabrice
2016 - Game of Thrones as Moro's Wife
2016 - Dawn as Pakalan
2017 - An American Exorcism as Angelica
2017 - Assassin's Creed: Origins Voice Talent (voice)
2018 to present - Siren as Maddie Bishop (TV)
2018 - VS. Makayla
2019 - Black Mirror as Mariella - Episode: Striking Vipers

David Ajala

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David Ajala is an actor and producer, most known for:
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Star Trek Discovery 2017
Night Flyers (2018)

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Falling Water (2016)
The Break (2016)
Law and Order Uk (2013)
Black Box (2014)
Brotherhood (2016)
Emulsion (2014)
Kill Command (2016)

Tosin Cole

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2010 - The Cut as Noah Achebe
2010–11 - EastEnders: E20 Sol Levi
2011–12 - Hollyoaks as Neil Cooper
2012 - Hollyoaks Later
2013- Holby City as Keith Potts
Gone Too Far! as Razer
Second Coming as Troy

2014- The Secrets as Anthony
2015 - Lewis as Djimon Adomakoh
Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Lt. Bastian
2016 - Burning Sands as Frank
2017 - Unlocked as Amjad

2018–2021 Doctor Who Ryan Sinclair Main role (Season 11–Season 12)
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series (2019)

Charles Babalola

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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Mary Magdalene (2018)
Gretel & Hansel (2020)

Yetide Badaki as Bilquis in American Gods is Yoruba. Born in Ibadan, Oyo state.

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Filmography

Films -
2003: Expiration as Naomi
2017: Cardinal X as Anita
2018: Chasing the Rain as The Woman
2018: The Long Shadow as Sissy Leblanc
2019: The Buried Girl as Alex
2019: Precipice as Morena Short

TV series-

2008: Lost as Narjiss
2013: Criminal Minds as Maya Carcani
2014: Sequestered as Keira
2014: Masters of Sex as Nurse Williams
2015 : NCIS: New Orleans as Felicia Patrice
2015: Aquarius Rita Carter
2016: K.C. Undercover as Penelope
2017–present American Gods as Bilquis
2018: This Is Us as Chi Chi

Video Games
2016: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as Ebele Yetide

Pepi Sonuga
Pepi Sonuga is one to watch on both the big and small screen. The Nigerian-American actress was born in Lagos, Nigeria & moved to Los Angeles California at 10 to begin pursuing a career in entertainment. At 15 years old, she won the title of Miss Jr. Teen Los Angeles in a local pageant & then began modeling for brands such as Hot Topic, Forever 21, Skechers & many more. She attended Culver City High School & began studying theater arts, improvisation & script writing in a drama class.

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Film
2009 - Weigh Money as Lena
2013 - Life of a King as Michelle
2015 - Cheerleader Death Squad as Ursula

Television

2013 - General Hospital asTaylor DuBois
2015 - Mortal Kombat X: Generations Jacqui Briggs
Filthy Preppy Teen$ asKadelyn
2016 - The Fosters as Sally Benton
Lab Rats: Elite Force as Crosbow
2017–18 - Famous in Love as Tangey Turner
2018- Leprechaun Returns