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[quote author=bk.babe97y link=topic=576333.msg7435315#msg7435315 date=1293732376]Notice most Nigerians dont even know how to pronounce where they from!

Brooklyn Homie: Yo, son, where you from?

Ibo Man: I yam from [b]NINE[/b]geeriya!!!![/quote]@bk.babe97y
Your obsession with anything Igbo should be a concern to your loved ones if you have any.
BTW am not Igbo this is just an observation.

@lagbaja20
Why exhibit this inferiority complex amongst your compatriots?
You need help bro if your only contribution to national discourse is state of the English language.
I think you have too much time on your hands. Make yourself useful by getting a job that don't require excellence in spoken English.
What a newt.

@op
Please take kobojunkie and bkbabe with you thanks.

texazzpete:
You're talking of millitary prowess and you're using the likes of Sierra Leone and Liberia as an example. That doesn't make any sense, sorry. Faced with decent opposition, i wonder how the Nigerian Army will do in the field?

So why is America regarded as a great military nation when it only fights the likes of Afghanistan and Iraq but refusing to face "real" opponents like the North Koreans?

Good

KnowAll:
[b]Jonathan has committed a diplomatic faux pas by proclaming military action so early on. How do expect Qatarra to take over a city he is d minotry, it is like a PDP Govt forcely impose herself on d people of Lagos. And to add salt onto d injury d PDP goverment would now be based in Lagos. How do u even win a war in enemy territory.

Nigeria should have pushed for another re-run which would be monitored by all sunder with renewked vigour and intensity making cases of electorial fraud almost impossible. Perhaps open ballot can be used in d disputed areas where election results were cancelled.

But this gung-ho attitude does not make sense.[/b]

Being an Ecowas member, Nigerian can only follow what has been agreed by our partners. We didn't take this decision unilateraly.

@lagbaja20
You're the biggest "Ode" on this site, you never post without insulting someone.

@lagbaja20
Why are you derailing the thread, are you tired of the tribalism section.?

I feel the above sentiment but its not practical. We can hardly get Nigeria to work not to talk of several "nigerias".
Great idea if it were to work, I mean Europe has merged to one union to counter China, India and the USA.

Over all a great idea not withstanding.

Shame PhysicsQED has left and am off too, the inmates are taking over the asylum called nairaland. 

@omongbati3
Wishing you a happy New Year.




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koruji:
@omongbati3
Count me out of the mad gibberish you 've being spewing over here for the last few days. You don't want to go there. Ok!

@Tippy Top
Happy marriage to your friend omo-to-fe-je-igbati. At first I thought you could read and write. Didn't realize you are one of those that eat in reverse. [size=14pt]According to you, if your name is john then john the baptist morphed (that is the word you used) into you[/size] - better hold a dictionary before you write or accept a mistake when you make one. Otherwise, you are in the garbage can like your new friend a-je-gbati-yo.

Haba chief
I have better use of my time than play with semantics.
About to have an intellectual debate with PhysicsQED. Now go to bed. (Don't forget your medication).

Aigbofa:
They are only trying to help you.

Oya go and take your medication and go to bed, (yes you) and please take your horde of loonies with you.

@PhysicsQED
Great insight but I shall get back to you.

omongbati3:
You are in for an uphill task dealing with straight-jacketed tribalists who bandy together and argue blindly together.

Meanwhile, do not let them derail the topic of this thread.  Your goal is to remind them that Oduduwa, the Yoruba progenitor, was a runaway Bini prince. Thus, Bini was superior to Yoruba

No mind these fools ja re. Lol!!

tpia1:
wow, such a daft statement.

I normally won't give you an undeserved requisite gravitas by answering you but hey, it's the Xmas season.
Now which statement are you actually refering to? Is it the quoted sentence or my attempt in explaining the quote?



PS
Is this where you tell me to go fukkk myself and yadayadayada?

koruji:
You appear to be the slow one. Otherwise read the quote again:

[size=14pt]"The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire".[/size]

Named after doesn't mean related to - otherwise all Nigerians with the name John, Jonathan, David etc are Jews. Get it?

You must be a fool if you can't discern why you're called what you're called. If you're called any of the names above it means your Father wants you to be like e.g John the Baptist. Why didn't your father give you a Hindu name? Why did he choose a Christian name rather than a Muslim name?

Every race under the Sun comes from Benin.

"When OSAN'OBUWA ( God, the Creator) finished creation, He decided to send his sons to live on earth. Before they departed, He asked each one to take along a talent or a gift. Among the talents were wealth, knowledge wisdom and an old snail shell. One of the sons chose wealth, another knowledge,and another wisdom. When the youngest was to choose, only the old snail shell and a couple of nondescript items were left. As he wondered which to take, a hornbill emerged and whispered to him to choose the dirty, old snail shell. What would he do with an old snail shell? But he obeyed the hornbill and told OSA N'BUWA he wanted the shell. They set forth on their journey, each in his boat. They arrived at their destination and found it was water. The boats could not berth. The hornbill appeared again and told him to pour the shell's content into the water. As he did so, the water solidified: land emerged and rolled forth into the distance. He anchored his boat and stepped onto TERRA FIRMER. OSA N'BUWA was impressed by the intuition which made his youngest son choose the shell. God named the land EDO and made him king over it."

From Benin Oral History.

Aigbofa:
The author did not imply anything like old Ghana Empire morphing into modern day Ghana!! That would have been more ridiculous than your initial gaffe!!

Can you read?

Are you this slow in grasping issues? My friend am going to let you keep what dignity you have left.  Is it necessary to debate technicality? If it is, then I shall really humiliate you by posting what you have posted. This thread is not several pages long so dare me at your indignity.

"The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire".

Aigbofa:
So you agree the connection between the old Ghana empire and modern Ghana is just as tenuous as the relationship between old Benin kingdom and present day Republic of Benin.

Why blow it out of proportion in the first place.

Trying to wriggle out are we?
The least you could have done is read your own link. Lol!!!

Aigbofa:
You are damn right, it could have been called Malaysia or Fiji, or even Mongolia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ghana

If you have a better explanation, please tell us before you peace out.

Did you read the article in your link? If you did you'd find the contradiction in your post.
This is the first sentence in your link.
"The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire".
Need I tell you the author of the above implies Ghana Empire  morphed into what is today the Republic of Ghana. Are you dumb?
I dey laugh!!!


                         
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QUESTION : "Are Nigerians Really Better Than Their Leaders".
In short No.






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Most employers won't risk their life for an employee.   May her soul rest in peace.
Does any one know if they caught the "Mammy Water" that did this? Just curious.







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Aigbofa:
Revisionist crap. Ghana is called Ghana despite having little or no connection with the old Ghana Empire, the same goes for Benin Republic.

Okay its a coincidence Ghana is so called.
Phew! it coulda been called Malaysia.

PS
My friend come back when you have historical facts to buttress your point.




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What I want to know is why do we Edo's vote for Yoruba party? I can understand the sentiment with Awolowo, but Awo has died and we should follow the National party so we divide the national cake equitably. Even Yoruba states are PDP states. My people wake up and join winners and forget sentiments or be left behind. PDP may be the devil's party but the devil's party is the ruling party. If you can't beat them join them.


PS
The Omo n'Oba, is a direct descendant of Oranmiyan, what does this tell you? Who said Oduduwa is Yoruba?
People forget the Bini kingdom in its hey days had influence as far as the Republic of Benin (Formaly Dahomey)
Dahomey is not called the Republic of Benin for nothing.
I laugh in Bini.



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ROSSIKE:
But I thought many people here keep saying Nigeria is the worst place to live in the world.

Strange to see all these other foreign nationals trooping in to the country.

Goes with the saying "You never value your property until it's stolen from you".

After putting on the weight you may be here asking how to take it off.

Kobojunkie wrote

Reminds me of a conversation I had some time ago with a conspiracy theorist pal of mine. She spoke of how scientists are working daily to control our lives with gadgets like the TV, the cellphone, computers etc and tried explaining to me how it would be best for me to get rid of all the gadgets and live without/off the grid as she does. While she was talking, she walked over the to kitchen to get out a pack of popcorn. She popped it in the microwave and could not wait for the corn to pop so she could munch on it. I then asked her why she was not serious enough to get rid of the microwave, she essentially ignored me. I knew then and then she probably had some nuts loose and likely best for me to move on. ROFLMAO!!

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-567854.96.html#msg7336558

I always knew Kobo had junkie friends. (Pun intended, fukk it)



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I have a feeling, there may be some history to it. That is, possible payments and back handers may have changed hands hence the silence.

Is there any evidence that this mask was sold by Oba Ovonramwen to the British?
If any one has evidence please share.