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This is a national emergency, if true

I mean this is literally what all women are born to do STAY IN THE FUCKING KITCHEN!!! and not try to compete with men high on testosterone

donbachi:
Using tribal marks to deface an already built beautiful face by GOD...na e u call standard of beauty.

Funny enough, there are no tribal marks on the sculptures

These sculptures below were the African standards of beauty before the Europeans came with their useless propaganda and said black=ugly, flat nose=ugly, thick lips=ugly, infact we decide what physical features will be beautiful and ugly. Bubble butt except on our women(example Kim K) will be considered fat and ugly, coloured eyes because we have them therefore=not creepy. And many Africans said yes master we agree.

Then they came with their golden ratio nonsense. Some times science in many ways is like religion.

DrayZee:
If peaceful protesters were murdered, what do you think will happen to those attempting treason?
The mistake made was voting Buhari, and the only solution is getting a better president as his replacement.

The cowardly solution, not the only solution.

DrayZee:
“Please be a good Nigerian wherever you are”
That’s the moral of everything written.

This your “overthrow the government” talk doesn’t follow.

I'm talking about removing that wicked man called Buhari from office.

DrayZee:
Men should overthrow the government?
Hmm.
How do you propose we do that?
Go to war with the military?

I don't know, you guys pride yourselves as the most rational and intelligent gender, figure it out.

Edusouls:
Not true, other races are more sexually appealing due to maintenance of shape, more loving attitude, more easy going, omo black woman come last everywhere, their wahala no dey here

Same thing a white man who is into Asians will say about white women

Litmus:
What will they have to say before you conclude that people that say such things are not black or African people?


..although I’ve noticed French West Africans are particularly scathing of black women, they have deep, deep inferiority complexes

How do you know

Black women representing.

Omo the inferiority complex on this thread is choking me, I need to leave before I die.

The same men that will be hailing a black man for dating or marrying a white woman are calling black women ugly gorillas

Omo black men really think they are something, if your women are ugly then you guys are ugly too

Activist001:
Nigerian men? The woman willing to offer N500 and N1000 as bribe, was she also a man? Oponu oshi.

Just one woman out of 5 billion men you choose to fixate on idiot!!

ThunderSwitch:
Good morning melanin king

Disgusting!!!

I've lost hope in the redemption of Nigerian men, they come here and rant about women all day everyday, yet see how they are representing us abroad. All their problems in this life is women, all the bad things in this world were caused by women. I literally can't even...

It's going to be a long read so brace yourselves.

Being Nigerian Outside Nigeria: An Extra Burden

Visiting Austria for the first time and realizing that the police officers are particularly interested in the same set of people: The Nigerians. I’ve been in and out of South Africa for the last five years. On my first arrival in Johannesburg, January 2014, I was welcomed at the airport by Fr. Terry Nash. He was smiling, I was smiling, too. I was in the company of six other guys who introduced themselves – from Delta State, Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Anambra, etc.

It got to my turn and I said IMO. Fr. Nash’s smile ripened into a giggle, “I have heard about Imo, I met many people from Imo State because I’ve been in prison ministry. Nigerians generally make up a high population in the prison here. And the Imo guys make the church in prison so vibrant, those guys are great”, he said, still smiling. My own smile had left me.

Years later I would find myself suffering what seems like a stigma that comes with being Nigerian. Every time I found myself in the airport, my identity as a Nigerian is a source of worry: being asked to step aside for extra questions, being delayed by extra protocol because I’m Nigerian.

Three years ago I was returning to Nigeria on holiday. There was small chaos at the airport: the noise of police whistles and the barking of police dogs filled the air, “get that man”, a chubby white policeman was screaming. “Somebody has been caught with drugs again”, an unknown Black man quickly hinted me, “it is these Nigerians”. I quickly became furious.

“You can’t be sure it’s a Nigerian”, I retorted. Well, the guy was caught. Behold, he had a strong Nigerian accent while he was begging the policemen, and had the angled shape of my head: Igbo, with a rosary on his neck. I gave up on defending Nigerians’ reputation.

I gave up because shortly after a Nigerian family volunteered to do clean up in a certain Catholic parish in Johannesburg, the police stormed into the church one day and found drugs hiding behind the terbanacle.

I gave up when a Nigerian asked by an immigration officer to step aside, was scolding the officer for delaying him and raining legal threats, “I know my rights, you can’t keep me this long”, only for the immigration officer to find that his documents had all been forged.

Once, on returning to South Africa from Nigeria I was with an old Yoruba woman who couldn’t speak or read English, her son in Pretoria had a newborn baby. She had been invited, they somehow succeeded in making her a passport and got her a visa. She couldn’t read anything or understand any information at the airport, so I helped her because my Yoruba is fluent.

When finally we reached Johannesburg the immigration officers had questions about some “strange” things in her bag. I told them those were cooking ingredients, I was the translator between her and the officers. Soon she became worried and whispered into my ear, “Eyi n di isoro. Fun won ni five hundred naira” (this is becoming a problem, give them five hundred).

“Won o kiin gba five hundred (they don’t accept N500”, I replied.

“Oya fun won ni one thousand” (then give them one thousand). She squeezed a wrinkled one thousand naira note into my hand. I told her they do not use naira here. “haaaaaah” her mouth opened. I expected that, I smiled.

Bribe is a Nigerian culture, even our old people believe it works, and that there is no other way of moving past an obstacle aside from bribe, there is no other means of progress asides bribe. Bribe is a Nigerian salvation.

Weeks later I had a Nigerian friend who was in dire need. He lived with me, he talked about his two million naira which he was expecting from Nigeria, with many proves of the availability of the money. So he borrowed six thousand rand from me.

My friend, it’s now more than two years, he never paid. He fled to someplace else and never returned my calls. I learned later he had borrowed also from a Kenyan who was our neighbor, and this neighbor kept asking where my ‘brother’ was. Until today he never paid, and it doesn’t prick his conscience.

It’s important for we Nigerians to ask ourselves serious questions. What is the most important thing to a Nigerian? What kind of factors in our childhood makes us desperate and dangerously competitive? Sometimes we are under the pressure of our parents and peers to “prove ourselves”.

When the average Nigerian travels abroad he doesn’t travel to merely make a livelihood. His plan is to outshine his peers. I do not find this common among South Africans. They’re usually satisfied, they just want to have what they need, they don’t kill themselves over what is beyond them.

The first time I had a drive to Durban with a senior brother from Mariannhill we saw a Nigerian suspiciously passing a tightly-folded bag from under the counter, then they made signs to each other, then he sneaked out. Another man entered and sneakily collected it.

The Zambian brother tapped my back, “drugs, they are your brothers”. The saddest thing is that those who choose to talk about this are attacked and bullied on social media, they are regarded as unpatriotic citizens. Because Nigerian morality ends with sex and marriage. Finished.

Talk about issues on human sexuality and you’ll see the bible-thumping Nigeria saying, “hellfire, Adam and Steve, weapons of the devil, it is not our culture”, but bribery is our culture. Everything else asides from sexual activity is survival, so it’s unofficially acceptable. Our mouths are sharp when HIV is mentioned, we often think we are very moral. What shall it profit a virgin who is a thief? Nigerian morality is faux.

“What is your brother doing in Malaysia?” “He is hustling”, that is all you can say. He’s just hustling. He comes back to Nigeria and does Thanksgiving and the priest blesses him with chasuble spread out. He pays his tithes and gives huge offerings, and his name is announced in church. But nobody notices that poor man at the corner of the church who is a gateman and gives his offering from the little he earned through honest work.

What is your brother doing in Dubai? You give random and vague answers: He’s trying to find something, we are praying he succeeds, please put him in prayer. You know that kind of prayer, right?

A South African Bishop once made a joke, “it is easier to trust a stone than to trust a Nigerian. You keep a stone on this table, you’ll still find the stone when you come back. Keep a Nigerian and come back later, the Nigerian is gone”. And yet we wonder why religious orders outside Africa are afraid of considering Nigerian applications. Our brothers who were admitted into American dioceses arrived at the airport and then ran away.

I visited a church in Johannesburg where I heard during the announcements that the guy who teaches the altar servers had been shot dead. A Nigerian. Later the circumstances surrounding his death did not match with a person who would teach mass servers how to serve Holy Mass.

It should make us ask questions about what we value the most as Nigerians: religion or integrity? Perhaps something is wrong with how we have been evangelized.

Back home in Nigeria, Nigerians who are not corrupt are seen as fools by their fellow Nigerians. Their wives mock them. Those Nigerians who studied abroad and now see the world differently, hardly ever come close to political offices in Nigeria, they just won’t fit in. And yet we love Jesus the most, we are the bastion of faith in Africa.

Do you know why your visa has been rejected many times? It’s because your passport is a Nigerian passport. Ask your friend from Tanzania, he’ll tell you how easy it is for him to get a visa.

Do you know why your admission into that European University is taking long? It’s because they’re still investigating your documents to be sure that they’re not fake. Ask your South African friend, he already got an admission.

Now that a new word has been added into the Oxford Dictionary “Nigerian Scam” (please google it) we can be sure that our position in the world is in the first place. Think Nigerian, but let it be that your reputation is important.

Identify as Nigerian, but make sure those who come after you are not denied privileges because of you. Because of those who represent us positively around the globe, because of the many Nigerians who work to earn their living, I am proudly Nigerian.

I am proudly Nigerian, because Pius Adesanmi was, Chinua Achebe was, because Anthony Cardinal Okogie is, because Chimamanda Adichie is, because Fela Kuti was, because of people such as Flora Nwapa, Ben Okri, Dora Akunyuli, Bishop Hassan Kukah, etc. There are many models you could choose from instead of adding to our dirty script. Save other Nigerians from stigma, be true.

Written by Dare Babarinsa who is a Renowned Journalist, Columnist, Historian, and Author.
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Please, be a good Nigerian wherever you are.

They'll come here now and call it hustling, stand up as men that you claim to be and overthrow this government, so that you'll leave a legacy for your children no they won't it's only to come here and blame women for your misfortunes.

dgudlyf:
Laycon was a content on his own without shipping himself or gbenshing anyone .....He carried d whole show on his back....just like Whitemoney is trying to do now...
Whitemoney is d only content dis season other are just came to mark register...

Good morning money geng

Because the person he wanted to gbensh with no gree

[quote author=Gbegirsoup post=104163205][/quote]Tears for you or Tatiana

ChristoBam:
Bisola
Cee c
Tacha(Arguable)
Erica.

These are the female housemates with the biggest fanbase each year. And they are all dark skinned. So what're you saying?

Erica and Tacha dark skinned?

Tranquility2345:
Intelligence brought Jay Z his fame and money? Are you high? Jay Z has been the best rapper since Tupac and Biggy died. Do you have to be intelligent to go to the studio, smoke some weed, drink some henny and spit a few lines?

His rapping brought him fame and fortune.
When you are the best rapper alive with a good management team, you don’t have to be intelligent to keep making money.

Jay Z is a very intelligent rapper, I didn't even know until recently when I was checking some videos, I came across one dissecting his rap lyrics and I was amazed.

majorbravo:
If you are a guy I will ask you one question. Would you marry SasKay?

Of course. She's very creative, smart and hungry for knowledge and she seems fun. Aside from that we'll surely have cute children.

majorbravo:
Apparently most of the people screaming that saskay is cute are ladies, guys have a different set of features we are attracted to. It's like guys expecting ladies to blush over Yerins. Cute face but zero sex appeal.

This was posted by a guy on my news feed. And people were simping for her in the comments. Only one person said it's not true, that it's Maria and it was a girl.

Tranquility2345:
The funniest thing be say her so called depression no be the kain suffer head type wey most Nigerians dey go through everyday. Her own na wayward child type. All those spoilt children wey no gree listen to their parents and then get rebellious and start talking about mental health

Oh really!!!
So because of that it's not valid?
Look, you don't have the right to invalidate other people's mental issues. I know she's talking about it a lot but that may be her own way of coping.

Many Nigerians still think poor mental health is a joke.

Seriously I don't have strength to argue, I just want to make enough money so that by the end of this year I'll see a therapist. It's not easy to be sane in this crazy country.

zicoraads:
TBoss and Ozo successful?

TBoss disappeared into thin air, mate. Only thing that made anyone remember she was still around was when she got pregnant and gave birth. All the noise she made about private jet owners ended up being mere imaginations.

As for Ozo, the only thing he knows is to either follow Nengi on any worthwhile appearance, or host a radio or TV show on sports. The only worthwhile deal he has is the one with Juventus Academy. Every other one is just in a bid to be seen as being successful and not missing out on deals. So anyone, no matter how basic it is, counts.

Only real success is Mike.

I hope you know success isn't just by being popular?

majorbravo:
Yousef shine your eye o. Peace may be short but she is not a secondary school girl.

Una too get mouth abeg

Samueltemi337:
pity or no pity come and join the gang


we nor plenty

I still dey observe am
He's doing me one kind one kind

Na so I go use pity stan Yousef

Boudiccao:
There is nothing you can write to school me. I am well aware of the problems some Nigerians with inferiority complex have with light skin people in Nigeria esp on this show.
Colourism does exist yet it is not a reason to disregard beautiful people and guilt trip fans just because they happen to be light skin.


One of the most beautiful girls in the house is Saskay and she is dark and people have been hyping her.
Maria and Nini are equally attractive to a lot of people but in your logic they shouldn't not be hyped because you have a problem with their light skin and it's your assumption that they are loved because of their light skin.

Nengi suffered this problem early on the show last year. It's like some of you Nigerians have developed a resentment of light skin and only black deserve the attention even when they are just plain.

Skin colour has little to do with physical appeal and popularity.
Let people support who they like without blackmailing them.
Waste of time my foot.

You sound like the kind of person who simps for high yellow girls. No offense but Nengi isn't facially pretty.

And I have to add, I'm a light skinned girl and I know there's something called light skin privilege, I've seen girls who are prettier than me being made to believe they are not just because my skin is lighter than theirs.

In my school I know two light skinned boys who could easily be migrants from Niger elevated to celebrity status just because they are yellow.

I'm tired of watching diary sessions, I'm hungry. What can I buy with N40 that will belleful me?

Every race of men is still rushing white women even when they are old LOL omo goals

Broobembem:
No matter the angle want to check it from.


Nini, Maria and Liquorose are prettier than Saskay.

You people should stop playing victim card with the color stuff.

Person wey fine, fine. No dey disturb us with black beauty lamba.

But when my eyes landed on Saskay goose pimples popped on my skin and this happens when I find somebody very beautiful physically.

Gbegirsoup:
Are you invariably saying Black/brown people are less beautiful?

No, why do say so?

Gbegirsoup:
Bia all these people saying being fair is bla bla bla..

So na the fault of the people wey dey fair sey Dem dey fair?

Abeg you people should allow people gravitate to where they want jor.

Instead of lamenting here about looks and all, why don't you write to Multichoice and ask them to stop bringing Half -caste or fair people...

As long as these fair people are Nigerians, they deserve to be loved.. Don't let racism cloud your reasoning...

At the expense of other black/brown people? NO

MamBi:
Does this mean the people who like Saskay are not Nigerians? Or are there no other fair skinned ladies that have been disliked?

Them Nengi and other light skinned ladies are human and can be liked by many people without it being because they are fair skinned.

Yes there are colourists but not ALL Nigerians are guilty.

be there deceiving yourself but in the history of BBN I've never come across a mixed race girl/woman that has never stayed for about 2 months or now 1 momth before leaving.

Lemme see.....Katrina was like Tboss but a dark skinned version and where did it take her?

And Gifty was so annoying but she was mixed race and voila she stayed in the house for a long time in fact too long my eyes started to water and itch anytime I see her on the screen.

tonididdy:
Oga it's not creepy.
Some students (girls mostly) crush on their handsome teachers and they go as far as expressing it (love letter, gifts, etc)

So he has to tell the story one billion times, guy that's creepy

This Boma should cover that his dry chest abeg, it's indecent and disgusting