NewStats: 3,264,924 , 8,185,101 topics. Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 07:49 PM 54m49

shymmex: This the topic Nigerians at home and in the diaspora should have a discourse about. Let's leave countries we have no stake in alone, and focus on our continent..

My hypothesis:

Till we rid Nigeria off retards - and uncle toms, we would continue to be the most disappointing country on this planet... Nigeria has so much potentials - but nothing to show for it... Most of our so-called 'educated' people are clowns with herd mentality who can't think critically... Nigerian educated class are also notorious of having low self-esteem..

Obviously, South Africa is more developed because of the oyinbos there! Our time will come eventually. You can't force development on a people; they have to grow into it and adapt it to suit their style. On the other hand, you can't stop a once developed country from sliding into decline. Take Greece for example, once the most developed in the world and has been declining for decades. The Euro debacle is just the latest stage in it's slow painful decline.

Throughout history, civilization and learning has been foistered onto peoples through colonization and being conquered. Egyptians on Greeks, Greeks on Romans, Romans on British, British on West Africans etc. Unfortunately, the Romans only came down as far as Libya centuries ago. Mosquitoes and Tse tse flies must have impeded them. If they had succeeded in reaching west africa, then the story most likely would have been different.

Anyways, the british came to us and all we need to do is remain in Nigeria and dig it out, rather than seeking easy money abraod.

From my personal experience, the pretty girls who are vain etc., are the ones who've been pretty right from when they were little and maintained or even improved in adulthood. They are the type when told they are pretty will so "I know".

On the other hand, you have the late bloomers. The ones who were ordinary as kids then suddenly bloomed in their mid to late teens. They look really fyyyynne, but inside they're still ordinary. Sometimes they wonder what the fuss is all about them being pretty. Such girls are generally nicer and more homely.

From the comments I see on NL, its very easy to see why Nigeria has the type of leaders we have. A people deserve the leadership they get. Nigerians are the indeed very vile, evil, selfish, unpleasant and wicked people. Never will you come across such blind, unwarranted and unprovoked pure undiluted hatred, as is displayed on a daily basis. It's almost subhuman. God forbid!

OK. I'm not a GEJ hater, but I place all this squarely at his feet. Like WTF!! Does this man really understand what's going on in the security forces? Why do we still have an acting IG, and why is he who he is? At this rate, if GEJ doesn't sit up, they'll be parading him on camera and in handcuffs as a suicide bomber!

He actually did - No 9 in the Uk. Congrats!!

http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/

He actually did - No 9 in the Uk. Congrats!!

http://www.officialcharts.com/singles-chart/

If that's Uche Jumbo, then what's wrong with her marrying a Spaniard or Latino or Arab or whatever Naija guys have been marrying women from all ovewhr the world for various reasons for decades! So not content with destroying ourselves with tribalism, we want to up the ante on SEXISM?!

bittyend:

How can you even compare fake durag, usher wannabe twins with Dbanj and wizkid

Their ibotic accent piss me phuck off.. Tell them twins to start acting their age...

Wizkid is doing sold out big arena concerts in the UK, by himself... P-square ain't even on that level yet...

Ok, this bittyend guy is a joke and a straight time-wasting Igbo hater, so nothing reasonable can come from him. It looks like you've got a huge hard-on for Igbos so much that once you hear the word 'Igbo' (or the sekzy accent ), it get's your blood rushing.

I've got a solution for you. Grab a large tub of vasiline and,... wait for it... Igbo, Igbo, Igbo, Igbo, Igbo, Igbo, Igbo, Igbo. Oya, u know what to do with the vasiline.


That's my good deed for the day. I'm outta here

bittyend:

Fool, Rita Ora is NOT NIGERIAN!! And Tinie was featured, the record don't belong to Tinie... FYI, Rita Ora is signed to Roc nation, and she's Rihanna's replacemet, so she would have made number1; with or without Tinie.




You guys are claiming oyinbo people as ibo too??

Omo you need to slow down o! Or cant u read properly. U r so deeply biased that you cant even read straight again. I bet you're even foaming in the mouth as u type.

Let me repeat myself bwouy so that mans like u can understand. There are two NIGERIANs involved in the singel (1) Tinie Tempah who was featured and (2) Nneka whose song was sampled.

Let me know if u r still confused. Also please note the operative word, NIGERIANs

bittyend:



Even Nneka had to ride on Fela's tail to get big.. How many times is she going to name drop Fela??

I rate Nneka, but she's isn't that big..

...And that's my point here!! What's wrong with a NIGERIAN riding on a NIGERIAN's tail to move 4ward?

Can't u get that into your thick biased skull

bittyend:

Fool, is Tinie Tempah on Dizzy's level?? Dizzy's dad is Yoruba, and he grew up around Yoruba dons... Danny Shittu, the naija footballer is his don, and I know Danny Shittu... Skepta is doing his thing, and lowe that thrash pop Tinie is dropping...

Has Tinie ever made a tune by himself without featuring people?? Dizzy has done that bare times, and Skepta made himself... Man like Skepta, is a don... Dizzy is like a god to Tinie...

Don't ever compare Yoruba music legends to ibos, that's like comparing a midget to a basketball player...

Yoruba culture is music itself, don't get me started.

Really son! What's Dizzy's real name then?? Go sleep jare, Dizzy is Ghanaian, if anything.

There you go again dropping these strange names, who in phucks name is Danny Shittu?

Skepta needs to ' the mic', he's trying too hard. He's done grime, hip hop, pop everything and he's just barely hanging in there. He's big in Tottenham though

Mr. Globe:
Presently, NO Nigerian Artist is bigger than the pretty Nneka internationally. None. She is getting her weight up internationally while others are using fake hype to decieve ignorant Nigerians.

As we type, there are two Nigerians involved in the current UK no.1 single, Rita Ora ft Tinie Tempah - R.I.P. The song contains a sample from Nneka's song 'Heart Beat' and Tinie Tempah is Nigerian.

bittyend:

Shirley Bassey's dad is Efik, you retard...

You named average newbies, and Patti Boulaye who's not on Sade Adu's level.. She was also born in Ibadan....

For every Tinie Tempah - I'll give you Dizzy Rascal and Skepta. I rate Nneka, but she's not on Asa's level, or the Afro-German girl(I can't her name) whose pops is yoruba..

I'll give you Chamillionaire for Chiddy b.ang lol. Even my boy Phil Ade is better than Chiddy Bang lol.

As for Lemar, Dele will outdo him soon.



[size=14pt]Enjoy PHIL ADE - always there[/size]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hd3li3wsxA

You must have your head stuck deep in your nether regions. Your depraved bias can't even let you think straight. I gave a list of other NIGERIAN's who have made a mark musically abroad and your are telling me that Shirley bassey's dad is efik! Of course he's efik. Are you well at all??

Dude, Tinie Tempah and "Old man" Skepta are not on the same level at all. Tempah's had about 6 numbers 1's (solos and features) in the UK. What has Skepta done? Dizzie rascal aint Nigerian Period. What level is Asa on? Please don't make me laff here! Chamillioniare - that washed out has been!!! And who the Phuck is Dele

Mogten: Dbanj signs Davido...., Igbo boys vexing at the Killer combination!

Dbanj signs Davido...., Igbo boys vexingIgbo boys are on stand-by at Alaba with blank CD's waiting for " the Killer combination " to drop the first single so that they can chop again

~Bluetooth:


Are these ones Nigerians ? :O

Pleassse, don't pretend like you don't know who they are. Oh I forgot, they aint Yoruba, so they nothing to you

hectorswag: the new record label is called Def Jam Africa. Formed by Dbanj himself!

If it's "Def Jam" Africa, then it has to be a subsidiary of Def Jam USA. From the way Dbanj was talking in that his infamous six-spliffcigarette-smoking-interview, I could tell he was angling for the Def Jam Africa role. This na serious business sha!

afam4eva:
Dude, Majek Fashek is from Edo state.

That's what I thought.

bittyend: Why all the hate? Someone is trying to break the ceiling, and make afrobeats bigger, yet you guys want to hate him because he isn't from your tribe.. Must everything be about tribe?? If Don Jazzy made D'banj, let him make another D'banj, simples... Only time will tell if he can make another one because people love D'banj not only because of his music, but because of who D'banj is..

To be honest, if it's a tribal thing, you guys should leave it.. Yoruba people make the best music in Nigeria, period... All the musicians who have brought fame to Nigeria are mostly Yoruba, you just can't hate on what's God given...

Roll Call:

- Fela Kuti.
- Femi Kuti.
- Sade Adu.
- Seal.
- Wale.
- Majek Fashek.
- King Sunny Ade.
- Lighthouse family..

The list is endless... Let the guy be, and let him enjoy his fame. He wasn't born with fame and riches, he achieved it.. Rather than hating on the guy, why can't you just acknowledge what he's doing?? At the end of the day, none of you guys buy his records; leave those who pay to see him and buy his records to be the judge... You haters should be more concerned with those politicians looting your national wealth, than a guy who hasn't taken anything from you..

Leave D'banj the phuck alone, I would love to be in his shoes...

The nuclear reactors in Japan still need a lot of hugs, you can do humanity a favour by hugging them if you hate a hardworking guy achieving greatness mofos.

Never knew that Majek Fashek was yoruba

bittyend: Why all the hate? Someone is trying to break the ceiling, and make afrobeats bigger, yet you guys want to hate him because he isn't from your tribe.. Must everything be about tribe?? If Don Jazzy made D'banj, let him make another D'banj, simples... Only time will tell if he can make another one because people love D'banj not only because of his music, but because of who D'banj is..

To be honest, if it's a tribal thing, you guys should leave it.. Yoruba people make the best music in Nigeria, period... All the musicians who have brought fame to Nigeria are mostly Yoruba, you just can't hate on what's God given...

Roll Call:

- Fela Kuti.
- Femi Kuti.
- Sade Adu.
- Seal.
- Wale.
- Majek Fashek.
- King Sunny Ade.
- Lighthouse family..

The list is endless... Let the guy be, and let him enjoy his fame. He wasn't born with fame and riches, he achieved it.. Rather than hating on the guy, why can't you just acknowledge what he's doing?? At the end of the day, none of you guys buy his records; leave those who pay to see him and buy his records to be the judge... You haters should be more concerned with those politicians looting your national wealth, than a guy who hasn't taken anything from you..

Leave D'banj the phuck alone, I would love to be in his shoes...

The nuclear reactors in Japan still need a lot of hugs, you can do humanity a favour by hugging them if you hate a hardworking guy achieving greatness mofos.

What a load of crap!!!

If your gonna go that way and add people who've never touched the shores of Nigeria and don't play NIGERIAN MUSIC, then what about -

- Tinie Tempah
- Lemar
- Shirley Bassey
- Chiddy b.ang
- Nneka
- Patti Boulaye

You biased SOB!!!

bittyend: Why all the hate? Someone is trying to break the ceiling, and make afrobeats bigger, yet you guys want to hate him because he isn't from your tribe.. Must everything be about tribe?? If Don Jazzy made D'banj, let him make another D'banj, simples... Only time will tell if he can make another one because people love D'banj not only because of his music, but because of who D'banj is..

To be honest, if it's a tribal thing, you guys should leave it.. Yoruba people make the best music in Nigeria, period... All the musicians who have brought fame to Nigeria are mostly Yoruba, you just can't hate on what's God given...

Roll Call:

- Fela Kuti.
- Femi Kuti.
- Sade Adu.
- Seal.
- Wale.
- Majek Fashek.
- King Sunny Ade.
- Lighthouse family..

The list is endless... Let the guy be, and let him enjoy his fame. He wasn't born with fame and riches, he achieved it.. Rather than hating on the guy, why can't you just acknowledge what he's doing?? At the end of the day, none of you guys buy his records; leave those who pay to see him and buy his records to be the judge... You haters should be more concerned with those politicians looting your national wealth, than a guy who hasn't taken anything from you..

Leave D'banj the phuck alone, I would love to be in his shoes...

The nuclear reactors in Japan still need a lot of hugs, you can do humanity a favour by hugging them if you hate a hardworking guy achieving greatness mofos.

What a load of crap!!!

If your gonna go that way and add people who've never touched the shores of Nigeria and don't play NIGERIAN MUSIC, then what about -

- Tinie Tempah
- Lemar
- Shirley Bassey
- Chiddy bang
- Nneka
- Patti Boulaye

You biased SOB!!!

..... Meanwhile, una go dey there dey argue dbanj versus mavin, don jazzy & dbanj go divide anoda money for this song head. Laffing all d way to d bank for dem, I say. How much for all u ers & haters? ZERO!!!

This one is definitely a grower. By the time its finished, and if its released, it'll be played over & over & over & over again until it drives you mad or you accept it in defeat. Add to that the countless kokolets who will be rushing to the dance floor each time its played - tell me which dj doesn't want a packed floor? Thats music biz for you!

Nice one and congrats. Confirmed or not, it doesn't matter. The fact that he's even in the running means loads.

babsjnr: Afro beat is getting there. The british community are really into afro beat music now... uk radio &tv station, white or blacks clubs play afro beat even jamaican love afro beat. Big up to dj tim westwood white geezer promoting black music

And rightly so, which makes a stunt like this absolutely ridiculous!!!

~Bluetooth:

MOST CRITIC OF DBANJ ARE ALL FROM THE DEFUNCT EASTERN REGION BECAUSE JAZZY HAILS FROM THERE.does that makes you feel better ?

I always feel good bro.

So what has don jazzy's area of origin have to do with people criticizing him on nairaland? Do you really believe that everybody thinks like you?

grafikii: Congrats Bro

http://www.shazamers.com/shazam-pre-release-chart-uk/


https://twitter.com/#!/eLDeeTheDon/status/201023935922438144

While I acknowledge the fact that it's not easy to be No.1 in any chart (even if its groundnut seller’s compilation charts), why mislead nairalanders by posting an obscure chart from shazam (Shazam New Release Chart UK) and presenting it as an official UK urban chart?

I personally want to believe that Dbanj is too clever to want to be associated with such a desperate poorly thought out stunt that has resulting in animals like Bluetooth cussing Ibo's for nothing!

grafikii: Congrats Bro

http://www.shazamers.com/shazam-pre-release-chart-uk/


https://twitter.com/#!/eLDeeTheDon/status/201023935922438144

Actually, what chart is this?

~Bluetooth:

Na so ibo people come despise dbanj ? Bunch of sicktards !

What has Ibo got to do with all this? So anybody who criticizes dbanj is Ibo? What type of warped thinking is this? If you are not getting paid for this (through increased traffic on nairaland due to tribal bashing), then you must be a very sick and depraved person. If I was Dbanj, I will be distancing myself from such a distasteful frustrated person as you obviously are.

Well done Dbanj - Osinanwata buru ogaranya 1 of Amafor Ishingwu!! (Oya bluetooth, go and hang yourself!)

[size=18pt]Terry G - the Mic mehhhhhn![/size]

I'm afraid this topic is a bit of a red herring!

It's simply a case of Nigerians wanting to buy quality products at decent prices. I've seen people coming to shop in London with budgets ranging from a few hundred pounds to hundreds of thousands of pounds. They want a good deal and want to be sure of what they are buying. Apparently, these things are way overpriced in Nigeria ( where they are available & quality can be guaranteed ). If every American who wanted to buy quality products had to come to London, then they'll probably be outshopping Nigerians 100-1!

obo_man: The first reason I'm gonna give is climate.. Yes differences in climate could be the reason why africa is backward. Is it a coincidence that most of the most developed and innovative countries are temperate regions of the earth?

My reason for giving this reason is because temperate regions produce less social activtives that could hinder innovation. Eg, the long winter periods europeans experience every year makes them stay indoors, which in turn makes them innovative, because with serenity, quietness and tranquillity comes invention and creativity.

Whereas, in the tropics (of which africa is situated), there are noisy and sometimes chaotic activities,which most often have less time for ourselves to think and get creative..warmth as we all know encourage such actitivies.

My second reason for giving climate are diseases..it is a fact that there are more tropical diseases than temperate diseases. If malaria no kill u for africa,other tropical insects go kill u.. These diseases place our creativity @ disadvantage, because time spent in doing other creative things, our system, brain and selves use it to fight tropical diseases.

Finally, let's look at rate of decay in these two regions. A caveman in stone age that has jus hunt a deer is better off than an african in that same period.. The caveman need not worry about rot, nature serves as Freezer for him.. This enables him to do other productive things with his time, instead of worrying about his meal or going regularly to hunt like his african counterpart.

In summary, time you save, you use it to invent, get creative and you then these skills to your next generation.
Africans have never been socially backward compared to their european counterparts, the only place we lagging behind are in science, advanced medicine and technology. Socially, they not any better, they fought two senseless wars that almost killed 150 million people, yet there are places in africa that has been peaceful for 500 years.

I'll also have to disagree with you here too. The Indian sub-continent is also very hot, and in some areas, even hotter than places in West Africa. They were however, still able to come up with a form of writing and counting, and also make some very reasonable forages into philosophy and medicine before the white man arrived there.

I strongly believe that it is the negative aspects of our culture that has held us down throughout our history and is still affecting us now.

OzReal:
3. The effects of colonialism still reverberates in Nigeria, and all around Africa. As much as I believe that we are our own greatest enemies and cause of most of our problems, the 'invisible' hands of the colonial masters cannot be dismissed lightly. We all know the saying that: "He who pays the piper, call the tune"; in the case of Africa, this is very true. We already know that our continent possesses vast resources and all, but we also know that we are in a very weak position against the West and if I might add, China. This weak position has put us in a situation whereby we cannot easily dismiss or go against their(powers that be) vested or potential interests in the continent, otherwise the results of doing so could be more devastating than they already are.

These are some of the reasons I believe that Africa is in a backward state.

I have to disagree disagree with u here as u are missing the point entirely. Don't u understand that is this deficient culture that kept us in such a state that, when the white man came, we were practically defenseless? Didn't we appear on this earth before them? So how come they were so ahead of us when they came that they took us so easily and cheaply? Or are u trying to say that they are naturally more intelligent than us?