₦airaland Forum

omohayek:
Yes, Igbos are the secret ingredient behind the prosperity of Stockholm, Vienna, Zurich, Sydney, Seoul and Tokyo. Without the Igbo presence, Beijing, Atlanta and Sao Paolo would all fall into ruin, while Tel Aviv and Shanghai would lie desolate! They must be special magical beings whose mere presence in a city is what determines the course of its economy - one wonders how cities anywhere in the world managed to thrive in the 5,000 years between the founding of Uruk in Mesopotamia and Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther's writing of the first Igbo book in 1857 ...

Yes, they are the one and only developers of this world, everywhere was a slum until they arrived and made places like Okoko, Alaba-rago, Ladipo a mini Tokyo.

Objectivist04:
So Saudis are observing pagan holiday ryt

Christmas is not a public holiday in Saudi Arabi. What other Saudis are you talking about? Even though there are Arab Christian’s and expats in Saudi, it does not recognize it as a public holiday.

We are still on Lagos matter. How we take reach Saudi.

kettykin:
I hav traveled a good part of the world, it is winter in London, people keep indoors during winter, my family is in united states and are celebrating a low key Xmas, parts of the US is having einter

Be it winter or summer o, any general holidays where all jobs observe it always leave the streets empty. It is just comot sense that nobody’s commuting to work but instead relaxing with their family.

It is only an unexposed naive person that will jump to the conclusion that the streets are empty because of their tribe. Very dumb comment.

vanbonattel:
I love the way I draw you out, so the people went home because they are pagans?

You drew yourself out. Christmas is an holiday across the globe in all countries that have a sizable Christian population.

Because it’s fixed as an holiday to celebrate Jesus don’t mean Jesus was born on 25th of December. Got it ? Go ask your pastor if 25th was Jesus birth date. Peace ✌🏾

vanbonattel:
Even Saudi Arabia was a ghost town. Jesus is reigning all over the world.

It’s a holiday that’s all.

Let's not involve Jesus abeg cos that’s another discussion on it own and Jesus wasn’t born on the 25th of December instead it’s white peoples pagan celebration date. Like I said before, that na another topic for another day.

omohayek:
What a lot of rubbish! London, Paris and Berlin also turn into ghost towns over the exact same period. Is that because all their Igbos went home as well? Or is it due to the simple reason that all businesses and commercial operations shut up shop over the Christmas period, and people take the time to meet with their friends and relatives?

The constant attempt to push this ridiculous narrative about Lagos being "dead" without Igbos smacks of a gigantic inferiority complex. The city would still look "dead" over Christmas even if not a single Igbo left town for the holidays - why would anyone be out on the streets with all shops and offices shut?

God bless you!

My city here in the US was a ghost town on Xmas day, I wonder if the Igbos also left here for their villages too.

These people can be so naive … their brain is fixated on proving nonsensical claims and must be tribal related.

Boya make them move their businesses over there and stay back. So Lagos can “suffer” without them.

This is weird but …

The husband is sick and in Nigeria, why is she still looking to go to the US on her own? Unless it’s truely a sham marriage.

And now she manage to fail again after given a chance to get her documents together 🤔 unless it’s truly sham. Immigrant visas take time but they are not usually denied.

If she tries again while husband is still in Nigeria she will be denied.

But when husband is okay and go back to the US, yes they can reapply.

They gave her a big chance by asking for RFE and rescheduling her. Next time she’s going, she should get all proof of their marriage.

If possible, marriage certificate, pictures from wedding, pictures of the couples prior to the marriage (dated, to show how long they’ve known each other), flight tickets of when husband have visited (recommended to be atleast 2 times before filing), with all these they should be fine.

Unpopular opinion, I always advice people to file fiancé visa K1 instead of direct green card. K1 is much faster, easier and less documentation for proof of marriage.

samunaka:
Look at this lunatic, foolishly comparing a man collecting few wraps of dollar bills and putting it into his pocket with a CBN governor who is ditching out millions of dollars in bullion van, acquiring 4 of the most established banks in the nation to be his personal property, you people are too sentimental

You should be ashamed for defending rubbish.

Wainey:
Ganduje putting currency notes in his agbada pocket and Emefiele who divided billions of dollars, operated more than 500 foreign accounts to keep stealing.

Only an idiot with faulty brain will compare these two.
You are high on H₂O₂

Yes Emefiele put us in this current economic situation but ….

You should be ashamed for defending rubbish and quantifying corruption.

Anybody that steals the common wealth should be given death sentence. $1 or 2m naira.

If his grand father didn’t migrate from Germany to poison the American blood, he won’t be there today standing as a former president.

And when he was president, what did he do to stop the inflow??

Obama was the last US president that was serious about immigration, and got support of the congress.

Since he left, both sides have been using the immigration situation to play politics, same as poverty and homelessness, also the gun laws.

One thing both sides will always agree on is Israel war, Ukraine war, and any other type of war. Throwing the tax payers money at a foreign country while it’s getting ugly at home.

The story no really straight. If he is British, he should go get a new passport from the British embassy na.

Wetin all these Lamba bayi! If he did not commit big crimes like terrorism or extremism… the UK will not withdraw service from the person.

Why he never go embassy to submit himself and beg a new passport ??

LagosG:
Someone said the brain drain of today will be the brain gain of tomorrow.

Dumbest thing I've ever heard.

80% of people wey dey Japa will be trapped in the system they are japaing to from debt. Even citizens of those countries are trapped in it too. This man's story get as e be so I won't comment directly on it.

I can’t speak for Nigeria o but it is sure working for Mogadishu, Somalia.

Debt don’t stop nobody from moving.

Pathokpo:
Which oil? I am more than sure the oil wen dey Niger no go fill Eva can. This is because I have lived there.

Because you lived there don’t mean you know anything about the place. Niger has proven oil reserves that’s over 150,000,000 barrels SMH

XAUBulls:
You're correct.

ASEWO/Ashewo is the Yoruba word for prostitute while the "Ashawo" is a bastardized or corruption of the Yoruba name by Niger Delta speakers who were based in Yorubaland which gained gradual use from the early 1980s in the hugely popular Wale Adenuga-owned erotic Ikebe Super magazine which sold all over Nigeria back in the day and I read the magazine featuring Dauda the Sexy Guy back then.

Of recent, the Yoruba word for roasted plantains called BOLI has also been annoyingly corrupted to "Bole" in the Rivers State area. Why not use the exact Yoruba pronunciation and spelling after all hamburgers are hamburgers, hotdogs are hotdogs, shawarma is spelled shawarma.

You nailed it! And Yoruba’s dominance of AfroBeats also helped popularize many Yoruba words though music.

I deliberately stop replying those arguing that it was Ibo than broken English lol

Funkyswagzz:
Who mentioned waist? Like is said any public transport should be sound will u be happy those refurbished vehicles suddenly break down as u are going to work. Please we need to be logical cos it will be a thing of shame the buses federal government provided is not effective. They should repair it sell it off to those interested to buy it.

1. I never said “waist”

2. Refurbish = returning something back to like new condition.

3. Again, somebody said up there that they belong to the state (FCT). Even if it’s FG, if they can be refurbished cheaper great, saved more money fo add new ones to the mix.

Your opinion is not logical, sorry! Why spend to refurbish only to sell it? Why the wastage ?

ericmor:
It's a good thing to invest in Nigeria but the problem is the government because they will over tax the investors and frustrate them all because of their own self interest and the masses will be the one to suffer it because those business will want to make profit and get their money back which they have used to settle

That’s why I said providing enabling environment for the investors.

Funkyswagzz:
Ok what happened to leasing or selling it off. So u are telling me that the federal government should repair our broken buses for transport. Why do they buy new cars every 4yrs and build a VP lodge and u find that ok?

Did you read the part where he said it is a state (FCT) project and they belong to the FCT?

Even if it belongs to the FG, what is the problem with refurbishing existing wasting resources if the cost of repairs is cheaper than new?

Also, about the govt officials getting new cars every 4 years, that’s a people’s problem… when we are ready as a nation, we will tell the politicians NO! Until then, let them continue to ride on the masses.

Ttipsy:
We need govt refinery

No we don’t. We need govt to provide an enabling environment for investors and remain regulators, period! Competition is all we need in that sector.

Funkyswagzz:
Dude are you serious? Buh wike want spent 15 billion on VP house. Common on bro

Let’s assume that guy was right, so are they supposed to leave those abandoned or salvage them and put them to use?

I know we’ve lose trust in these thieving politicians but sometimes, so many news can be unverified and they circulate way faster.

Lagos state: Land of the Developers!

And where is GRV when you need him .. he probably lost his voice😊

FOOTSOLDIER2:
So since we have gas in abundance and we can supply light to other neighboring countries, why can we supply ourselves?

Yes we have gas in abundance and that’s why we are currently building a gas pipeline to Europe to sell to them.

FOOTSOLDIER2:
The fattest lie ever told is that Nigeria supplies Ghana and Benin Rebuplic light. When in itself it doesn't even enough capacity to serve itself

Partially true and false.

1. Nigeria does not supply Ghana electricity but we supply Ghana gas for its turbines.

2. Togo and Benin have a joint electrical grid, and they buy electricity from Ghana and Nigeria to meet its need. Benin was working on its own independent power plant sometime ago, not sure if they completed it or not.

3. Yes, Nigeria also supply electricity to Niger.

Ogene001:
Pidgin words and expressions have tribal origins. Guy I hate pointless argument.
Pidgin Words like wahala, wayo, etc are Hausa. People who use it don't even know

You’re the one who’s arguing pointless here… read my comment again where I said broken English have local or tribal content to it. How’s that an arguement when you’re agreeing to it??

a4cube:
Bro Tim Horton don't serve Arabic inscribed bottle water. The agbadorian is probably in Arabic country. I have been to Tim Horton in Ealing W3 many times.

I’m assuming that you’re in the UK, but Tim Hortons is a Canadian brand with franchises in many countries including the Middle East.

agabusta:
With due respect, this is not making sense compared to the former submission you responded to.

How can you say "Ashawo' is a broken English word?? This should only be suggested by people without any knowledge of english and the origin of the word.

Can any English word be broken into Ashawo? Even the English man will wonder in confusion how an unknown word is said to be broken English.

Is simply a broken yoruba word infused into the spoken broken English.

Read again where I said it was derived from Ashewo which is a Yoruba word.

Broke English by definition = A type of English that has some element of local content in it. Broken English varies by accent and local content. It doesn’t not have to be derived from an English word. Words like commot … has got nothing to do with English language nor is it linked to any local language… those are broken English words that got adopted and accepted. The Carribean patio is constructed exactly like this too.

To reaffirm, the word Ashewo is a Yoruba word, borrowed by broken English and used across West African countries that speak broken English. In parts, this is accelerated by the fact that most Afro beats originated from Lagos which happens to be a Yoruba state.

Ire o!

Ogene001:
That broken version was created through "Igbonization" according to Igbo grammatical rules

Broken English is spoken across West Africa. It’s not an Ibo only English nor was it created or popularized by Ibo.

iammo:
Broke boy go and hustle

My Nairaland DP was taking abroad at a $15 coffee shop

Something anyone in your lineage can't afford

You think na to dey hide to troll be life

Poor soul

Tim Horton is a fast food spot, their coffee is less than $2 😂😂😂.

Why you dey oppress the guy with Tim Horton 😂😂😂

Ogene001:
Big lie, Ashawo' is "Igbonization" of Ashewo'.
Same way "Agbero" is ignonized to Agboro in Igboland.
This is because those Yoruba words did not obey the rule called "Ndakorita Udaume" (agreement between vowels) in Igbo grammar. In that Igbo grammatical rule, there are two groups of vowels, the A-group and the E-group.
In every typical Igbo word, two vowels from different group can never be found in one word unless the word is a combination of two different words and can be separated into it's components parts. A non Igbo word that disobey this rule, igbos pronounce it with a replacement of the wrong vowel.
Now, is Agbero, also called Agboro in pidgin Nationwide?

Agbero is a different word. I did not generalize “ALL” words. My comment was about the word “Ashewo” and Ashawo being a broken word not Ibo.

Ogene001:
Some borrow a word they have before and after sometimes the borrowed word become more popular. I'm not applying it to Ife/Benin wahala oo
For example. In Igbo language
Prostitute = Akwuna
But yoruba word Ashewo which is pronounce as Ashawo in igbo accent is more popular. Even Flavor's song "Ashawo' was a hit

I disagree sir!

While Ashewo is Yoruba word.
Ashawo is a broken English word, that was borrowed from Ashewo.

Ibos choose that word from the broken side of things. Yes broken English popularize Ashawo as the preferred word for prostitution. And broken English is not specific to Ibos, it’s spoken across west Africa. Even my Liberian and Sierra Leon friends use Ashawo without knowing its origin but know that it means prostitute.

Ire o!

The change begins with you OP. Start by accepting and obeying the rule of law, and stop wishing the break down of law and order because a politicain did not win an election.

Obidientsgirl:
A Nigerian national living in Pretoria, South Africa was shot dead at Laudium lastnight 24/11/2023 in an apparent hit. Reports gathered says it could be drug related.

Why are you covering their names? Are you one of their sympathizers? Facebook is a public space, they want the world to know and read it anyways, so why hiding their name?