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boyfwend:
Gosh! I wonder what pleasure you get when eating this thing.

You won't know until you eat it.
So keep wondering.

However, those who eat it, get the standard food pleasure.
People are hungry. If you can't give them any food, don't criticise them.

quinnboy:
And this made front page... SMH. Seun has lost focus.

The man in Amazon, Jeff Bezzoz, made more trillions by selling market for everybody. This makes Amazon.com and extremely popular website worldwide.

Seun has not lost focus. He is selling everybody's market.

beejhay69:
BRUTUS.

Your brother, BRUTICUS

Jerryembassy91:
Orthodox Jews rejected christ not Messianic

Uncle,
"Christian - Christ-ian" Person who follows the Man called Jesus Christ.
Person who believes in his teachings.
person who believes he is the way truth and life.
Person, who does everything he asked us to do, in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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Any Other English is NOT Christian.
You cannot be a follower of Christ and not be a Christian.
Maybe you are following another person. But definitely not Christ.
That person cannot lead you to heaven.
God told us, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to Him", when Jesus was Baptised in the Jordan.
You cannot be following God and rejecting Christ.
Well, your own decision.

Jerryembassy91:
Media keep misleading people..

Meanwhile to my Jewish friends happy Feast of Passover in Advance...shalom Pesach!!!

Do you know that Jews have rejected Jesus Christ and then whole New Testament?
By what other name cab anybody be saved again?

oshaosha2014:
They can only acquire they can’t maintain.

The man that use to ON it, is not arand!

9jaArea:
Read it again, this time do it slowly.

Oga, as it is a simulator, would it not have made us happier if they showed pictures of the INSIDE?
This just one of those stupid Nigerian things where you will hear, "The man that use to ON it is not arand"
Hence the equipment will remain OFF AND UNUSED because not this missing man.

uchefefe:
Hello!

For background, I was born to a Igbo father and a black American mother. I grew up in the U.S., and because my father didn't teach me anything about Nigeria, for the first part of my life I didn't even know I belonged to another culture. As I got a bit older I would question him about things pertaining to Nigeria; his response was "that's not important" or "don't ask such questions, focus on your book instead". At some point I asked him if he spoke another language. He confirmed that he did, but when I asked him to teach me he told me "no one speaks it, instead we just use English" and I accepted that answer.

I had a revelation one day in middle school when eating lunch with one of my friends. Like me she was born in the U.S., but had Chinese parents. We had gone to school together for nearly 10 years, so I was shocked when one day she picked up a phone call from her grandmother and spoke to her in fluent Chinese. When I questioned her on how she learned, she told me that her parents had been teaching her. That way, if she ever goes to China she won't struggle to communicate with her people, and if she chooses not to go she'll at least be able to talk with her grandparents that don't know English.

This impassioned me and that evening when my father came home from work I begged him to teach me Igbo, even though "no one speaks it". He agreed and taught me simple phrases like "kedu", "afa m bu", and "o di mma". The thing is, which it was nice to know these things I could not actually use them to communicate. I didn't understand Igbo grammar and my vocabulary was limited to basic greetings. When I began asking him the name of household items and chores he became angry with me. He told me I was focusing on Igbo and not my books (even though my grades were great), and that he'll punish me if I keep asking so I stopped.

Getting more so to the point, I'm now a graduate student in my early 20's. While I have tried my best to study Igbo, I have met many frustrations that have led me to investigate Hausa and Yoruba. At this point, it simply pains me that when I meet people from my country, I have no means of communicating with people from my country besides English. I plan on moving to Nigeria in the not-so-distant future, and when I go I want to be fluent is something.

Between the three major languages, the arguments I have for each are:

Igbo
As an Igbo person, it makes sense for me to prioritize my language. I don't want to just sit there confused and lost during family gatherings, I also want to be able to speak to my grandparents who don't understand English well. That's really the only positives of Igbo though, even excluding the past experiences mention above, I've over all become disheartened by the idea of learning the language for a variety of reasons.

Yoruba
One thing I like about Yoruba language is that Yoruba people seem to have put a lot of effort into developing it and teaching it. Most Nigerians I've met in the U.S. that speak a Nigerian language speak Yoruba, despite the fact that I've met mostly Igbo people. In addition, of Nigerians I've met also born in the U.S., only the Yoruba's are able to speak their language. Despite that, my family roots are in the South East. I may be able to speak with more Nigerians by learning Yoruba, but I'll still be disconnected from my family. Yoruba people might seem to have less of a "complex" when it comes to their language than Igbo people, but I have observed it's still there.

Hausa
I've only ever met one Hausa family in the U.S., but from what I've observed in Nigeria they seem to practice their language the most. In addition, it seems like Hausa is a lingua franca for most of the country, and many non-Hausas are fluent in the language. Hausa is one of the few sources I can find unadulterated practice of the language. It's also West Africa's most spoken indigenous languages. It still has the same problems a Yoruba though when it comes to connecting with my family. I also don't know how realistic it is to expect to live in the Northern Part of Nigeria as I have limited experience there.

Like I said, I want to move to Nigeria at some point and that's where I want to raise a family and start a career. When I have children I don't want them to grow up like me. I want them to be connected to their people and be able to communicate with them on a level no other group in the world can. I can tell my children to love and embrace African culture and languages when I know none myself.

I decided to come here for insight from other Nigerians as I have no one to talk to about this in real life. Given everything I've said what do you think I should do? At the end of the day I just want a sense connectivity and belonging among my people. I want to put my efforts into learning a language its speakers wholly embrace so I can pass it on to my children.

Also, I don't intend for this to be tribalistic at all. I would also appreciate if responses avoided tribalistic sentiments.

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KenModi:
So many blind fools on this forum and in Nigeria who can’t see that PDP is APC and APC is PDP....one and the same.

Problem is that people are given such bad education that they end up totally uneducated but 10000% convinced that they are. When you start correcting them, they won't believe you.

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Good skill.
Let him use it to act film.

frowland:
Good road more accidents ~ Its a fact. This pimped Ojuelegba road.

Our driving agencies are all compromised.
You don't given out driving license to people who have not been trained and tested repeatedly UNTIL they pass the test.
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I retrained in UK. I failed 2ce and passed the 3rd time before getting my driving license. Some old people I met, said they failed 6 or more times and just gave up. They don't drive at all.

But Naija, hmmmmm. Just na-na, person don enter road dey display madness.

Samuelight:
what should he have said?

This is called ghastly accident

That one is just nasty.

OP, that one is nasty accident.
The pics below is called ghastly accident.

1Sharon:
Can you be more clearer?

She have toto and breast outside But internally, no womb no ovaries.
Just internal balls and testosterone that will make her have gra-gra man attitude.
She cannot born. She won't even enjoy sex. It will be painful for her.

Something about XY chromosome is girl, XX is boy.
Everybody's chromosome divides very well as the person (foetus) is growing (expanding)
By the time the foetus has hand and leg, the chromosome would have divided well and given instruction to
the rest of the body to form small prick externally and balls internally or toto externally and womb/ovaries internally accrodingly.
However, on very rare occasions, the chromosome stuff does not divide well.
It will forget and tell the body "be forming prick O".... Then it will not form balls inside the persons body.
You now have a balless guy.
Or maybe in her case, it has formed toto (and breast), but not started forming balls inside her body...
No womb, no ovaries.

1Sharon:
I thought god doesn't make mistakes.

Anyway can't a genetic test determine her true sex?

According to science, the intersex of a thing happens at genetic level.
Something about XY chromosome is girl, XX is boy.
Everybody's chromosome divides very well as the person (foetus) is growing (expanding)
By the time the foetus has hand and leg, the chromosome would have divided well and given instruction to
the rest of the body to form small prick externally and balls internally or toto externally and womb/ovaries internally accrodingly.
However, on very rare occasions, the chromosome stuff does not divide well.
It will forget and tell the body "be forming prick O".... Then it will not form balls inside the persons body.
You now have a balless guy.
Or maybe in her case, it has formed toto (and breast), but not started forming balls inside her body...
No womb, no ovaries.
She will look like a girl but will be behaving gra-gra like a guy. Because of the balls inside her.

Kingubong:
What is so special about this FTC pls u guys should throw some light

The mechanism of this website is such that when you comment First on a story, everybody gets to read it.
If you comment later on, say position 200, it might not be read.
So even if you speak the gospel truth that can redeem the whole of the Human Race and end all wars,
not many people will read it, and "Like" it.
People seek much attention in this reading of their comment.
They then play a dirty trick by saying 2 or more statements in their comments. Hoping that you click the "Like" option
which shows that you agree with them on both statements. There by feeding their MASSIVE ego.
For example. A person might decide to comment on a story like this:

(Statement A) - Yes the woman should not have done it.... (A general agreeable statement to whatever story)
He then follows it up with...
(Statement B) - Burahi till 2175
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Now there's no way you can click like for the 1st statement, without agreeing to the 2nd bullSh1t as well.

So many people click the "Like" option and the persons head swells up more.
It's all over this site. 2 or more contrasting statements in the comment on first position.

Ass-ski-dent

izombie:
I still wonder why any right thinking person will join the Nigeria army. You get paid shiiiit money, the baracks are an eyesore, and when you are killed there is no appreciation. Na wao.

So the country should have NO army?
What do you think the purpose of Army is in this world? And why does every country have an army?
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Have you ever thought what will happen when the neighboring counties decide to cross your border, overtake your land and property and drive you out with nothing?
If America does not have army, what is stopping everybody in Mexico from migrating there and taking over their land?

Abi is it "Abeg Na!?" that you will use to ward off invaders to your territory?

Nigerian army are doing a job of making this nation remain THIS nation and nobody even thanks them for it. You will not have any economy or any naira of money to spend if you have no country.

Harrymig1:
My problem is not our government acquiring it but the drivers and our maintenance culture

There might not be much to maintain. Since it is electric, it will just be like your phone: charge and use.
No engine oil, nothing.

Neoteny:
Of what use are these kings and emirs and obas and igwes?

They're just another useless institution used as a conduit to feed fat off the nation.

A long time ago their word was more powerful than a governor's, but now they're ancient relics reflective of a long-gone era, men muffled by their impotence. The majesty has since crumbled to dust, therefore a symbolic husk bowing fealty to his benefactor is in the course of ordinary events.

Incidentally, why are women excluded from this royalty? I thought some people said we like in progressive times.

The thing tire me. Royalty that does not have army/soldiers... No royal police, no currency for its citizens to use. They all depend on the Nigerian nation to have a currency to spend (Naira) to buy food to eat. Kingdom that is not self sufficient, depending on Nigeria to share crude oil money before they eat.
If buhari doesn't give them, what can they do? Not to bow down and beg?

NaijaRoyalty:
First class king wey no know sey him be king .

Shameful

We can't be doing democracy with president etc and autocracy with King/Queen at the same be time.
The people cannot serve 2 masters.
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You might think we should us UK as example. They have only one King/Queen/tribe/Kingdom and everybody is under that, including their money.

one4GOD:
mostly pictures of yourselves than anything about the conservative. Nothing much though, been there, but was thinking I would see any much improvement from the last time I visited which is over 3years now.

The place is bush Na!? Conserved bush.
They should clear the bush and build house before you will be happy?
This Nigeria people sef. After you will go to bar beach and complain that the place is flooded.

forgiveness:
When will Nigeria start investing and entrusting their own engineers to build stadiums, bridges, railway, power stations, skyscrapers, refineries, etcetera?

The problem is software.
Typical engineering software like AutoCAD for drafting...costs in the range of $1000.
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In America, such software were developed by students and professors as computer science projects in universities. These were sold to industry and became industry standard. With proper management and licencing, the software was owned by companies and marketed to engineering companies. This has been on for over 40 years.
Bottom line, industry depended on scientific research (software modeling) of Universities to make a way forward.
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Not so in Nigeria.
We use AutoCAD. But 99.99999% use the pirated N150 CD. Also other software all pirated. This cuts us out of international conferences/seminars/forums. You can't attend. You can't market your company, you can't bring forth home grown Engineering research papers. So whenever it's time to face one engineering marvel, your Western counterparts will bid for it, request their fees and be backed up by all their national codes and standards.

You will be carrying THEIR OWN codes and standards to bid for your project against them?
It cannot work Na. You can't be a student in class and be competing with the teacher in front of the class.

We are still learning work.
Nigerian government will just select them straight! And look at naija Engineers like one disconcerted bunch..

Reference:
When we say restructure, you all say no..... enjoy...
My kids will attend the very best anywhere in the world...
I cannot sacrifice my generation to appease ethnic and religious bigotry....
Who have unity schools unified.... are their products not roaming about society like vermins. .. on forums like this making ethno-religious diatribes.

When I go abroad again as I did last time, I will do well to stay away from Nigerians. Infact, so far I know that Nigerians are in that place, I won't go there.

jericco1:
the government can no longer sustain its own

But we continue to elect same government over and over again.

handsomeyinka:
Am just thinking of the excuse I will tell my children once they grow up that I was mistakenly posted to Nigeria from heaven

You are prepared to meet God when you die and tell the Almighty face to face, that he made a mistake putting your in Nigeria?
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Think well before you answer.
I will suggest that you ask him (pray...) what his plan is for you in Nigeria.

(If I said pray now, you might misunderstand it to mean, shouting holololoololo in tongues which has neither content nor meaning).

nonye6194:
Approaching the entrance, we met so many cars parked on both sides of the road leading towards the place. One of us actually thought we are about to gate crash a wedding. I was seriously hoping she was wrong tho. Fortunately, she was wrong . The cars represented the number of folks who drove down to see the place like we came to.

Mental note: If you're not a crowd person, visiting LCC on weekends isn't advisable.

We proceeded to purchase our ticets from the ticketing officer. Each adult pays an entrance fee of N1000 to access any facility in the centre except for the canopy walk. You'll have to pay another thousand (N1000) for that. Since the canopyplans walk was in our plans, we paid a total of N6000 for the three of us. And here's where our adventure started.

Buckle up amigo.

They tagged you people like cows?

I no dey go. What nonsense.!

afroniger:
America and gun violence are like bread and butter.

All white Americans are decendants of Europeans. They crossed over from Europe to the new found land, America and decided to use guns in this new land as opposed to back home in Europe where guns are hardly used.
It is now their culture. It is a mill stone tied around their neck. It will kill all of them.

chukxie:
Most probably a black-on-black crime. African Americans keep killing one another for literally no reasons. What a shame.

Nigerians also kill each other for foolish reasons.

Oshotse21:
May God destroy all the blood sucking demons on our high ways

Uncle, go and repair your car, repair your brakes, tires, drop your phone and stop making and receiving. calls. Eat properly. Sleep well. Don't drive if angry. Do not drive if you are sick or taking medication.
These are all basic driving 101 rules.
People continue disobeying these rules.

Davash222:
Seems they’re transporting fuel.

No. Maybe palm oil.
If it was any fuel, petrol, kerosene or diesel, the entire vehicle would have burnt to ashes.