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bakynes:

Modified I thought u said Sudan. Well it is a Yoruba thing in Nigeria and I guess that's where he copied his style from, besides the picture you posted of the Senegalese manwearing the bent cap, I don't think it's Aso-oke Cap.

North to South Migration theories are not peculiar with the Yoruba ethnic group alone.
No need going back and forth, let's disagree to agree.

bakynes:

The Agbada is common in many Western African tribes but not all but the Aso-oke cap that is bent that way like E-money did is exclusive to the Yoruba race. QED

I guess this below is what you meant? Surprise surprise!! Even the Aso Oke of a thing is not a Yoruba invention.... May be in Nigeria but these fashions are just the same thing, slightly modified by region.
In the image you can see that the cap is also bent, and it's from Senegal.

bakynes:
A lot of Igbos have been Yorubanized. You can never see any Yoruba man or Hausa man wearing the the Igbo attire except maybe he is to be given a Chieftaincy title in the East. But we see many Igbos wearing the Agbada and the Aso-oke Cap in different parties,functions and events.

That style of dressing is mostly a west African thing. From Senegal, Gambia, Niger, etc.. although it's popularised by the Hausas in Nigeria which I think was ed down south to the Yorubas through Islam.

I don't think they all abandoned him though. He revealed in an interview when he was alive that he produced a film to create awareness on diabetes, which is what he suffered from and all the actors who featured in the film (which were all A list) acted for free.
People should not blame fellow actors for not coming to aid of their colleagues, everyone has their challenges. Actors in Nigeria are not as rich as they portray in films or on social media.
Rather, the actors guild should make it compulsory for to have a health insurance so they won't need to rely on the public for funds when health issues arise.

Another group issued the quit notice, while another lifted it. Confusion here and there.

bkool7:






. .
"I am on my way"
means I am just about to start the
journey and "I am on the way" means I
am in the middle of the journey.

I don't think that is correct. The difference is just the possessive noun, 'me' and the definite article 'the'.

OP, if you could also instruct Nigerians to stop using 'am' in place of "I'm" or "I am", I would be very grateful.

Bad generalisations

Controversy aside. I always find FFK's write up so educating and informative. His style is so unique. He draws inferences from history, quotes that so fittingly describes the message he tries to across.
If only he is as good as his write ups! If only he doesn't talk from both sides of his mouth, he would have been the Nnamdi Kanu of Yorubaland because he is actually bold and intelligent. Two ingredients needed to make a great freedom fighter.
I have stored many of his wonderful essays and I read them for knowledge sake (I don't not necessarily agree with all he says).

fratermathy:


If we are talking about the worst type of English names, turn your eyes towards Ijaw. Ijaw people dey answer anything, I swear. Urhobo funny English name dey learn for Ijaw one.

You see Ijaws answering names like Pepper, Pepple, Goldwater, Heneiken, Wine, etc. These are not even their native names yet o!

Urhobos by far dwarf the Ijaws in funny native names though.



There is also one funny Igbo name I came across one time but I don't know if I it correctly:

Azubuike (back is front?). Am I right?

Lol..

Azubuike means, "Strength lies in the back" more like an anatomical explaination. I don't know if there is a deeper meaning to it though.

Efewestern:


urhobo are naturally funny, mere looking at any typical urhobo man you will start laughing.

some even bear photo, Olokpa - police

if I start to list urhobo name you go laugh tire.

True that! I used to think those comedians were being comical with their narrations but in truth, their narrations just explains a normal day in the life of an average Urhobo person. I saw it first hand. Funny lots.

RedboneSmith:
Tabansi is an Igbo name that literarily means Keep Eating Sh!t. But maybe it has a deeper meaning that isn't apparent to me.

It's more like "keep eating the sacrifices" "Nsi" here means, Sacrifice and not 'Nsi' (Shit) where the stress is much on the consonant, 's'.

Efewestern and Fratermathy
Urhobo people tend to bear very funny names whether the name is in English or Urhobo.
I've heard names like, 'America', 'Manager', etc
Very hilarious.

Also, some old Igbo female names in my region can be funny.

Like "Uzoaru", (the road to Aro)... ARO was revered as the spiritual capital of some Igbos.
Some tend to encourage gold digging.. the women takes pride in their future husband's wealth. May be thats why their men are forced to hustle.

Names like, "Oriaku(Diya/jiya)" (One who consumes her husband's wealth)
"Oyidiya" (One who resembles/matches/looks like her husband" or some modify it to "Oyiri"

"Ugbalu" or "Ogbenyealu" depending on the dialect (one who can't be married to the poor).

dailydolar:
Someone once talked about notary public in lagos thats is cheap please i need link if i can get ph own too anybody with should help out

You can try out the high court in Rivers state and check the Notary section. Try one out and make sure their stamping procedures meets that of German schools. You could also Google Notary publics in PH and call before heading there in person to know the price before hand. There are a lot on Vconnect.
I hope that helps.

Ifedee06:
So AM mail dropped today. Many many thanks to all the contributors on this thread.Like @ninered said, it's not that people don't want to contribute,the torture of waiting was something else. Besides,the interview questions were more or less same we've read on here.
Also conveying the wrong information to other folks based on one's personal experience wouldn't be appropriate. For example, I wasn't asked for the WAEC scratch card but my friend was asked to submit hers just last week.

For everyone that's still going through the process or has just begun,please read the pages diligently because there's so much to learn. Also, don't always take one person's comment as the only word. Try to gather as much information as you can and when you do go for your interview,go with all that is relevant.If they don't ask for it,you keep it.

Sorry for the epistle.

Interview on the 31st of July,
Funded on the 9th of August
AM mail 30th of August.

Testimonies already dropping.. Ngwanu...
As our customary line would go
"...Congratulations, come to Deutschland and succeed!!"

fratermathy:


Abraka speaks a simplified or reduced version of central Urhobo so it isn't hard to grasp. The problematic Urhobo dialects are Okpe, Ujevwin, Uwherun, Evwreni and Uvwie. Isoko, though considered a sister language to Urhobo, is even easier to understand than Okpe.

Yeah! I didn't mean that Abraka was difficult to understand, I just meant that it was kind of a different dialect from that of Ughelli.

Efewestern:
How Well do you understand other Dialect of your language?

URHOBO: The urhobo language is spoken in Delta State and Some part of Bayelsa. below are some dialect of urhobo I understand.

General Urhobo : This is the urhobo generally accepted by everyone

Uvwie : the uvwie dialect is spoken in Places like Ekpan, Effurun, Ebrumede e. tc, I clearly understand this dialect even thou am not that perfect, I can communicate clearly with it (Novice thou).

Dialect I Find Difficult to Understand;

Isoko: although the Isoko dialect is a language on it's own, it still remains a branch of the urhobo language.

Okpe: The okpe Dialect is like Spanish to some of us, even fratermathy can't decode it without counting the words , the dialect Is closely related to Uvwie and Isoko than general urhobo language.

Fratermathy and Sanchez01 how well do you understand other urhobo dialect?

Onuwaje, since itsekiri has one dialect, how well do you understand ondo and ijebu language?

when I was in Sapele/Oghara area although I didn't pick up much because most people were bilingual in pidgin English. The generally acceptable Urhobo was that from Ughelli. Closer to written Urhobo. People from Oghara/Mosogar/Jese tend to speak a certain dialect while Okpe(Sapele) according to many is an entirely different language. Okpe people understand spoken Urhobo but not so in reverse. I went to somewhere in Isoko with some Urhobo friends then and they conversed in pidgin with the natives. I think abraka is another area with a different dialect cluster.

Please, which channel can I watch this on mobdro?

12inches1:

Oga Park well. Even me that I've been living in the U. S for almost 3 yrs now don't think Lagos is Shalanga (or whatever you call it). I lived in Lagos for about 10yrs and after traveling around a bit I still consider it one of the most vibrant and fun cities in the world at least to me.

Oga! You lived in Lagos for 10 years I was born in Lagos and schooled there too. I have been to enough cities in West Africa and Europe to agree with the report! Lagos is a shalanga! Sometimes when I watch YouTube videos and news on Lagos, I just spit in disgust. Even we as a people are very dirty and disorganised. The disorderliness that has become part of the city is quite shameful.

goaldynboy:


Are you joking? Floyd May weather made about $100m in that fight! Tony Elumelu is worth $700m! There was a time Tony Elumelu made $123m in three weeks! Floyd Mayweather is not worth more than $300m!!

Oga! Mayweather made 100 million dollars guaranteed for the price money. The amount to be made from the pay per views, sponsorships, deals, etc are not added to it. while Mayweather is estimated to make a minimum of 300m at the end of the day, McGregor will make $100 million!

But the money Mayweather made from the fight of less than 1 hour is more than he has made in his lifetime. Life!

Lagos is a shalanga! If the rankings are based on healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Even our neighboring Cotonou is a far better place than Lagos!
Lemme expantiate further.
Healthcare: How responsive are the emergency ambulances to accidents and emergency health situation? What are the reputation of the hospitals? The ratio of quality doctors to the population? Is it accessible? Do people go to pastors and babalawos for healing instead of hospitals? Do you go to your quack "chemist" instead of seeking for medications through the proper channels?

Culture and Environment: What can tourist see? How are your museums? Your history? Your festivals? How attractive is it. Is Lagos a place where one can take a 'wow' picture? Your environment, how polluted are they? Is the environment litter free? How is your waste management? The water bodies? Are they "clean"? The number of dead cars on the roads polluting the air. What is the traffic situation like?
Education: For a population of over 15 million, 2 public universities serving the teeming youth is actually a big disgrace! What is the quality of the high schools? Which research institutes do they have?
Well, if you judge Lagos from the eye of a foreigner, you will know that Lagos is a shalanga, and yes, including the almighty Lekki!

claremont:


Out of experience, and I live in Europe.

Then try Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris As a transit to another country that is not Nigeria with your Nigerian port.

claremont:


This isn't true. Paris is a popular tourist destination for people of all colours, french people living in Paris are used to tourists and are very hospitable. Plus, there are a lot of french people from mixed backgrounds including African backgrounds. A Nigerian tourist going to Paris will be treated just like every other tourist from all over the world. My experience of the French when I visited Paris is different from yours, it felt just like every other major cosmopolitan city.

The EU law prescribes compensation for delayed flights emanating to or from an EU country, these Nigerians are entitled to receive it. It's there in the law and there is no debate over it.

Are you making assumptions or out of experience? The immigration officers and workers at the airport are mostly of french speaking African descents and some French natives them selves. Ask any Nigerian living in Europe who doesn't speak French going through Paris, they will explain better.

If you are a Nigerian and you find yourself going through the Paris airport, then you are in for it. If you don't speak French, triple punishment.
They will treat you like you have Ebola. They believe every black person should automatically speak French and even find it insulting if you don't. They speak and understand English but will never speak to you, they will subject you to a series of embarrassing questions and checks. Even though they are just the transit route to your destination.
The problem here might not be related to my rant above but I won't be surprised if they don't even send apologies for this situation.

Itzhak:
Whether is facebook, twitter, whatsapp instagram nairaland. The way most ipob or igbo are portraying the north as homicidal, murderers and every other derogatory words used to describe the northerners. U will know those are the ones that never left their hometowns or geopolitical zones. They only hype on what they re told, foolishly they believed. They've been taught to hate northerners from small. Their young one's or children may end up inheriting such grievances and hate for the children of the northerners. But the case of those igbos living in the north is different, cos they've been living there for years. There mind set is different, they've been neighbours friends to most northerners. We all have igbo friends here with us in the north we co-exist.hang out. So for those who vehemently believe and even saying igbos in the north will be harmed regardless of the quit notice in the north or it's withdrawal are either Shallow ,fools, uneducated despite their education ignorant bias for believing or even entertaining an iota of such thoughts

Lol.. I wish my uncle who died in the North in the 90s could agree with you. Or my friend who lost everything in Kaduna around 2001 too and her youngest sibling.
I don't disagree with you but I just wish these people and the thousands of others in their graves right now would.

SirJeffry:
This is a long story and I've been awake exchanging emails with the dude since night(can't talk on phone for now), it's past 5am, haven't slept.

He lives in Canada, kinda religious (born again but I doubt the seriousness) met the wife on Facebook, a Unilag medical student then, dated online for awhile, went home, did introduction and bride price along with statutory wedding so as to file immigration documents.

The lady in question had a sugar daddy who was taking care of her needs (I don't know if he paid her school fees too) but introduced him to my guy as late dad's best friend and her mum was in the know. Papa even participated fully during the statutory wedding, even signed as a witness in one of the court affidavits.

As her visa was approved, my guy went home again, did church and trad weddings, took his bride and returned to Canada.

Two years later, Iyawo turn born again after one of the church programmes, came home and confessed her sins to the hubby.

Hubby learnt that even after the bride price, her sugar daddy was still sleeping with her and even advised her not to open legs again for my guy until after church wedding. The Papa punished her for sleeping with her husband and forcefully gave her anti pregnancy pills incase she took in for as she told him she slept with him without rubber.

Story plenty but dude is trying to keep "born againism" aside and threatening divorce. He's my immediate senior in secondary school and he initiated the mail to warn me to be careful.

I never knew Aristos have such power over young ladies , I'm still in shock.

True Story.

Since she confessed the WHOLE TRUTH, I plead that the man forgives her.

But it's foolishness to marry someone without knowing the person. You must know everything about the person you are about to marry, if she doesn't provide enough, go deep and research do everything within your powers, then when all is before you, you can then judge if you can handle it because when you get the truth from somewhere else or when you are deep into the marriage, and information comes out later, the effects can be devastating.

Unilag is my alma mater but I will never in my wildest dreams marry someone from there because of what I witnessed, even if I do, the person in question must come out clean.
I don't know why our Nigerian girls are so greedy, they date for money even in cases when they are comfortable.
The woman did the right thing, the truth will always come out one day!

Belmot:
This is how olodos fail exams, internet usage simply means more people are connected to the internet than and uk not necessarily means more data usage. Just typing long meaningless epistle full of rubbish.

Efiwe, thank you sir.. what I also meant was that, "the number of s" is not an end in itself. But volume, rate, quality and penetration. The report dealt with just number as if that's the most important thing.

Thanks for your input still.

FunkyAlhaji2015:
Bros! Pls read again. The report is based on the number of Internet s not on the volume of usage. Nigeria has about times the population of or England, so it's only natural that they have a higher number of Internet s. Pls be reminded that Nigeria is no longer that third world country, we have improved tremendously in some certain areas. I personally use about 7.5GB of data a month on my mobile phone and so do my friends.

Ok. However, number of s alone is not the most important information. What is important is percentage of s and volume.

However, you use 7.5GB a month right? I have used over 25 GB this month and still have 3 days left from my smartphone and I don't really use it half as much as my tablet or laptop. I don't even consider myself a heavy .
Thanks for pointing those things out all the same.

Ridiculous!
This data is very ridiculous. So I should believe that Nigeria uses more data than and UK?
Do you know that most people only stream movies online and don't ? ing from many websites are illegal and one can be fined so they stream!
Check out their YouTube channels and check the number of views. Even for Nigerian songs, the number of views are geared up by foreigners and Nigerians living abroad because data over WiFi is cheap and in many cases free. I get free WiFi whenever I get to my bus stop. At home the WiFi is unlimited at a very cheap price. you cant function without the internet, checking your transportation schedules, looking out for the weather (Yeah! Very compulsory), etc.
I doubt the evaluation methods used, may be they are judging by the number of phone s or Facebook access which by in any case is a reflection of the population and not necessarily how much internet data each country uses.

Nigerians and zombism.

Any one with enough cash can meet any association to get the title of a "Honourable citizen" of the city. As far as the organisation applying on your behalf can provide proof that you have contributed FINANCIALLY or in kind to the development of the city but we all know how these things work!
You can check out this link:
https://www.atlantaga.gov/i-want-to/obtain-ceremonial-documents
There is no legitimate university in Atlanta called "University of Trinity", the private university in Texas called University of Trinity has only 2100 students or there about.

What Nigerians do to make themselves look good!! Phew!!

Josh4wod:
Hello
As an undergraduate
Undergraduate transcript is required for an undergraduate degree in
Is there a particular GP required?
What GP?

cc: : Eke40seven ,dolpaz , Cahnellven, TheDreamChaser , futurewise11 , UncleJudax ,

Not really.