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She's white. As in pure white.

Hmmm

The "Amen" in bracket.

Lol

Deputy governors don suffer... So he's just a spark plug. One at that!

Fantastic idea...

It's good to take our culture to our people in the diaspora.

In fact, I hope this model is adopted by other African tribes.

A reverse cultural orientation of some sort.

I know the people of African heritage (and even the whites) there would, no doubt, be interested in knowing what the village is all about.

That interest would lead them to Africa one day

Fantastic concept!

What an entertaining read.

What comes to mind is R. Kelly's song- "Did you ever think?"

einsteino: Thanks y'all, i was arguing based on my knowledge. at least i have learnt something new today

Good attitude. You will go far in life.

einsteino: @OP it is Cardinal Francis Arinze not Francis Cardinal Arinze. Cardinal is a title/rank

Don't say what you don't know. It's Francis Cardinal Arinze.

For a long time she was the only Nigerian public figure I could look up to.

She was truly a shining star and a point of light for many.

She will never be forgotten.

This really works. It's actually how I learn- by reflection. Be it academic, social or religious. You can even learn anything by reflecting on it, from dance moves to complex formulae.

anathemiamia: 5 years huh? i hope i'm able to say the same thing soon. Tired of struggling for everything

Amen to that. Everything is possible. Even More!

Great speech by Mr Fashola. The problem with our politicians is not lack of knowledge; it is the purposeful and malicious de-democratization of the polity by bringing in ethnic, regional and religious sentiments in order to sway the voters.

Personally, I would have preferred this speech without reference to apc or pdp. Merely bringing the comparison on board belittles the message; turns it from one people should reflect on to one people would begin to take sides on.

There is grace in subtlety. He didn't have to be explicit. Atimes you communicate the message and allow the listener/reader to reflect. You achieve more with this than explicitly stating "facts".

Great speech though.

God bless Nigeria.

SLIDEwaxie: I am a hater, but not part of mynd's gang...

If these cars won't go for N1,000,000 per new one, then its useless setting up plants here.

I hope you will not scream foul when Nigerian workers at the plant are paid 5,000 Naira per month.

Lagos!!!

Please just package this complaint with evidence and submit it to the consumer protection council (CPC).

They will beg you to collect your money.

Thank God the driver is not hurt. It could have been much worse.

Best way to handle the monsters of the road is to avoid them and stay away from their radius of impact.

Don't play with your life. be warned!!!

Interesting read... Nothing here is beyond reality or fiction.

Can only shake my head in shame.

What a country!

This is basically :

- The OP said the newspaper said the brother of the former wife said that the neighbor of Dino Melaye said the new wife had moved out.

Phew!!

Woged2005: You are already losing the fight by giving in to fear. what the crap is "he attends amorc and he's also a buccania"? Stand your ground please. By the way AMORC is a book club founded in USA and based in San Jose USA. In those days (before internet) amongst other books their members had exclusive access to ancient mystic books and stories. Today those books are widely available to everyone now on Google. They made us believe in Africa in those days that they have some special powers - poo! Absolute lie! In terms of mystical power they will rank #500 compared to the catholic church, and the type of ancient books stored at St. Basilica's library. If he is stupid, he is stupid not bc he's amorc or catholic, or pentecostal, or white beret, etc. He is simply obsessed, sick and need to be strengthened up by real men.

Please do not let anyone instill fear in you with poo! Stand your ground and shun him. If it takes non-violent confrontation, do it.

Thank you jare.

More so, 2 can play that game.

There must be people that he listens to- village meeting, office colleagues, his siblings. This kind of shameless man must be addressed shamelessly and in public too.

What he has been doing should be brought out for the world to see. He should be confronted in the work place, at his village meeting, everywhere. No matter how evil he is, when his deeds and threats are brought out in the open, he will be shamed. You don't treat madness with civility.

And the whole world will know that whatever happens to you or your husband, the man has something to do with it.
Involve your family members too. Go to the police. Go to court if necessary.

No matter how much threat he poses to your husband, spiritually or physically, your husband needs to act. This is what he signed up for. A woman that is spoken for must not be harassed like this without her man doing anything. It is just wrong. What is a man living for if he cannot stand up for the mother of his children.

AMORC ko, CIROC ni. Nonsense!!

From the (body) language of our president and former president, this might be the time to begin converting your savings to dollars.

na_joke: ^
DID GEJ SAY ALL THESE IN THIS SAME LETTER OR U R SAYING IT FOR HIM .......this is the diff btw OBJ and GEJ.........GEJ needs to be bold and say it the way it is and not somebody from nairaland saying it for him

Then you don't know tugbim!! You really need to start again. From breast feeding.

Interesting letter from Iyabo Obasanjo.

Her father deserves this and I have no pity for him.

Yet, let us keep our eyes on the ball. Focus!!!

The land is corrupt and bleeding.

Uncertainty plagues our industries amidst the decay.

Whether it is said by OBJ or the devil himself does not change the truth to falsehood (Apart from corruption and uncertainty in Oil sector , all other issues raised by OBJ are unworthy of mention).

We, as a people, must focus on these issues and not this episode of "The Obasanjo family Saga".

We don see drama, e don tey. Now all we want to see is good education, good economy, social investment and death of corruption.

That's the focus!

Sal C: Luke 1V48 said "all generations will call her blessed"

All generation did not start and end within the nine months span of her pregnancy,

It's just amazing how people have chosen to be blind about Mother Mary.

All the verses are contained in their bible too.

Macelliot: That's absolutely incorrect.
If GOD says, 'You are blessed.' that means you are blessed forever.
Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but the WORD OF GOD shall stands forever.

This thread should have closed when you said this.
God bless you a million million times over.
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I use one.
It's a very good car.
I advise you to buy if it checks out.

Have a listen to a remix here: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/11/something-youll-never-forget-pol?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+xlr8rnews+(XLR8R+News+%26+Features)

In 2005, David Byrne’s globe-trotting label Luaka Bop—after investigating the sounds of Brazil, Cuba, and the like—released World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's A Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa. Along with the likes of the breathtaking Éthiopiques series and Strut’s relentlessly funky Nigeria 70 set from 2001, the compilation helped spur a revival in African music from the continent’s “Golden Age,” that time in the 1960s and 70s when European imperialism was for the most part eradicated, artists and culture flourished, and before many of these nations’ leaders turned despotic. That renaissance has continued on into the present moment, from the work of imprints like Analog Africa, Soundway, and Awesome Tapes from Africa (to name just a few of many active reissue labels), even as Africa’s embarrassment of riches has turned into a glut of sorts, a decidedly First World problem to have.

In those intervening years, Luaka Bop tried with little success to track down William Onyeabor, whose “Better Change Your Mind” appeared on both their comp and the Nigeria 70 set. Little info could be found about the man, though the reports varied wildly: he studied cinematography in Russia, he self-financed his own movie, he was a titan of industry in his native Nigeria with a flour mill, he had business interests in Sweden. About the only thing for certain was that Onyeabor self-released eight albums from 1977-1985 at an annual report clip, before disavowing music for Christianity. Since then, Onyeabor’s music has been bootlegged while original copies can go for upwards of $500 online.

Previous decades have led to re-appraisals of the likes of King Sunny Ade, Ali Farka Touré, Youssou N’Dour, Salif Keita, and Fela Kuti, and Luaka Bop’s handy new set Who is William Onyeabor? (the first legitimate reissue of his music) posits the man for a 21st century audience, where his sonic sensibilities seem best suited. While those aforementioned African icons gained renown on the world music circuit for their guitar work, their distinct voices, their rhythmic innovations, Onyeabor favored an instrument rarely heard from the African Diaspora, the analog synthesizer.

An array of keyboards can be seen on the cover of Onyeabor’s final album Anything You Sow and across the man's discography, they evolve from serving as accompaniment to becoming the primary instrument. “Something You Will Never Forget” features a crisp backbeat, Afrobeat horn skronk, and Onyeabor’s organ in roller rink mode, the most conventional song on the set. But on opener “Body and Soul” (a longtime dancefloor staple) Onyeabor tickles the keys then warps them until they sound like an inter-dimensional portal in the midst of the song’s slinking groove. It happens again five minutes into his biggest “hit,” “Atomic Bomb” a heavily wah-wah’d keyboard doing its best Bernie Worrell when-the-Mothership-lands impression.

All but one of the comp’s nine tracks comes in under six minutes (with three topping the 10-minute mark), and most of the songs are structured similarly, at times making the set feel same-y. A steady, boxy drum rhythm (some utilizing drum machine), smatterings of guitar, a bevy of female back-up singers doing call and responses with Onyeabor’s naïf yet endearing English lyrics, but central to each track is Onyeabor’s synth work. The closest comparison to this set might be that of Indian guitarist-turned synth enthusiast Charanjit Singh’s 1982 album Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, which no doubt sounded like a rinky-dink curio during its time, but in hindsight was revealed to have anticipated acid and techno by a number of years so that by the time of its reissue it sounded downright revelatory to 21st century listeners. Similarly, Onyeabor’s strange use of the synthesizer as embellishment presages that of any number of outsider electronic music producers by three decades. It’s little wonder that the likes of Four Tet, James Holden, Caribou and more have already been buzzing with their accolades for the man and the weird funk of “Fantastic Man” could easily be mistaken for a modern Dam-Funk track.

Whereas Sunny Ade’s singular guitar tone could be as mighty and rippling as a river and Fela Kuti and Tony Allen’s Afrobeat was a force of nature, Onyeabor’s music often times sounds warbling and flimsy, economical and tinny. Some of this might come from the set drawing on vinyl sources rather than master tapes, but knowing of the man’s imminent Christian conversion, it’s not a stretch to see parallels between Onyeabor’s organ tone and those of private-pressed religious records. Onyeabor’s sound is as homemade and insular as anything on last year’s Personal Space compilation, as strange and extraterrestrial as that of Sun Ra. Who is William Onyeabor? doesn't provide any answers its own posited question, but the mystery and wonder of the man’s music remains intact.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18732-william-onyeabor-who-is-william-onyeabor/

MOD please could you send to front page to know if we can find out about this Nigerian enigma.