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The one word on mind - FICTION! Pardon me if your story is real but I find it difficult that in this age it will be that hard to connect two friends in the space of atleast a year.

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Onegai: Okay, so I'm going to have a rant here, because this is my specialty.
No, they shouldn't return it. We don't deserve them.
Almost all the families I know with artefacts keep them under lock and key (mine included). Because Nigerians (Africans and Blacks too) are very backwards, sorry to say this.
Monotheistic Abrahamic religions came to China, Japan, Pacific Islands and Celts and Native American Indians and so much more. None of them went crazy, carried it on their heads and despoiled the works of their ancestors. Like Africans did.
As someone who buys artefacts (for preservation) and works to being a Historical art curator one day, I am ashamed of the Nigerian Gallery of Art and the National Museum. Whom are empty and filled with people who can't tell you an Onabolu from an Dale (both Nigerian). Even the private collectors are accused of being fetish-worshippers for trying to save our history.
If we return them, people will clamour for them to be destroyed because "my pastor said it is stopping my destiny from manifesting" or will sell them off for an ipad or Nokia Lumia. We Nigerians are not even INTERESTED in visiting them (you will see more whites asking me questions about Ife, Bini and Igbo-Ukwu than a Nigerian). So let people who can value this history (which btw is a great tourist attraction and would aid our broken economy) keep them.
And if you are interested in seeing a huge collection of them, please contact me. Or better yet, contact OYASAF.

skillet: If a man cannot properly take care of himself and loses his children, will you return his children to him without asking him how he hopes to forestall further incidences? I dont think so. These artifacts are just as african as the piramids. We are africans but the american illuminati have more claims to the piramyds than egyptians (lol). Art is all about cultural evolution. And cultural evolution is a world oriented subject. For example the nethandal was found in europe, but it signified the birthplace of man, thus does not belong to any country and thus resides in the united states.

@Onegai, Going by the reasons you gave up there which to some extent made a lot of sense, what do we (Africans) the rightful owner stand to gain by letting it remain with the people that acquire them Illegally? Don't you think a fraction of what is made from keeping the artefacts should go to the home country?

@skillet, The comparison you made up there doesn't apply to this situation. I guess it's easier relocating freed slaves to Sierra Leone because they will be more of burden than benefit

anonymous6: I agree, the question is will Africans appreciate it and maintain it or will the sell it to the highest bidder

Our ability or inability to maintain it shouldn't be an excuse. If the artefacts were not preserved by our fore fathers, there wouldn't be anything for them to steal in the first place. They should return the stuffs, then if our government decides to monetise some of them after consulting the appropriate sources, so be it. In that case, it will be clear to the world that they acquire it through the right medium.

Before any further investigation, the boy should see a psychiatrist. If he gets a clean sheet then the investigation can continue.

This shouldn't be a question to be answered by Africans, if the Europeans have any iota of integrity left in them and truly regret their past actions , they should return all the things they stole from Africa. Atleast the accountable ones. My take

Pathetic!

Please who knows what Robben is drinking or smoking , I want some ASAP

davidylan: another muslim going off on pure emotions rather than fact. Answer me this... the algerian players ignored the "poor" in Algier so go donate money to the "poor" 1,976 miles away. What is so special about these "poor"?

U mean Christiano Ronaldo that donated his golden boot to a similar course is also funding the terrorist? Get a cure to your one way thinking.
http://www.footballtarget.com/2012/11/cristiano-ronaldo-donated-his-golden-boot-worth-e1-5-million/

Lol

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whiskystan: Abi u wan sell the car in place of the drifta

Lol, sorry I uploaded the wrong pix. but you are fast sha

All stations with 3 sports stations available. Contact
works with laptop, tablets and phones.

The owner is a tech person, so am not really buying this explanation. It is an experiment gone bad. Though it is difficult to admit on the media.

Wizkid is really learning fast from the bosses. Use, dump, and pick the next one. where were they when there was no fame? The rule for the bad guyz is "sample a lot when you are in the limelight, cos they will disappear when it fades".

Thumbs up Michelle, hilarious though. Give those 2 five more minutes and they will steal a kiss. Oko won lode o

Yomieluv: Primary reason,be successful,and kaboom,ladies will fall over you..

dazz all

This is the reason I don't blame 2face, according to the op and his supporters get what they want to get their attention , play with them and dump them. it's that simple. In other words, your worth = your love. SMH

And they say love don't cost a thing. Lol

If it's not religion, it will be tribe and ethnic group wahala. When will Nigerians start looking at people's personality as the only important criteria for love? they have made their decision. HML Peter and Lola Okoye . Those that are not happy can get a bottle of honey.

season film. we are watching.

Merkki: So you telling me to dress like I have a watermelon sized bosom. what happens when he lifts up my dress to find a tangerine-sized bosom? that's fraud!

Lol, someone has a conscience.

Talk of picking the wrong fight just for the sake of an upcoming election. He did the right thing by reuniting the people with their family but using it as premise for an election campaign is just stupid. # game on#

If reason 6 is the only one on the list, I think it's worth the effort. The dumb ones are outnumbering the smart ones lately because people pay more attention to looks and superficial things instead of the content of the brain.

ERockson: Unemployment is a big issue in kwara state and little jobs there are for kwarans. She may relocate to where she won't be discriminated or start something herself. Her chance of securing a job in dat place is so slim as kwarans with xtian background are cryin of discrimination based on religion. She should go marry and not die in a strange land.

and it was also in the news that the Alhaji that saved her asked if she was a Muslim before doing so, right? people are so obsessed with some beliefs to the point of thinking in reverse mode and creating a problem where there is none.

signed.

I will advice you to take a break from those foreign methods you've tried and consult the wise ones in your family or your hubby's family. All you need is a ring and it is as simple as putting it on and taking it off . It is not being fetish but a solution that works without side effects. it's sad that we Africans have lost it all and thinks all solutions must come from the other side. As a single guy I belong to the #teamwithdrawal# when I get married I know how to handle issue like this.

I tried to download it from Google play but got a message that my device is not compatible. my device is SG tab2, 10.1, any hope?

pls I am also interested, pls send to oghenekay@gmail.com. God bless u

litetias: She will ask you herself abi? Just get ready to sleep for waiting room.

Bro if you are charming she will ask you for it, my first girl friend ( a virgin) gave it to me herself a night before I left for my N.Y.S.C scheme in the north. This was thesame person that gave me the no sex before marriage condition. So I am 99.9% positive she will.

If she is a virgin, we will wait till whenever. If otherwise she will ask me herself. I don't even need to pressure her.

I think my strength lies in my ability to " listen". I discovered that when you listen to people sincerely, they are ready to do anything for you in return.