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Africa Cup of Nations


4 times  Ghana 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982
2 times  Nigeria 1980, 1994

hmmm know what,  if I had been a footballer I’d rather football Olympic gold medal in my house than a hundred African cups. I like the idea of rubbing wazunga noses in it and i think deep down most Nigerians are like that.

Sammy107_d (m)

You wish

You misunderstood

soloqy

My points exactly. It just had to be Nigeria. Like I said earlier, when everyone is seeing us in a bad light, then its time to look inwards.

Again:

soloqy

Would also like to know the bad depiction in Phat girls.I believe thats what Seun was trying to ask.

The question is, why Nigeria if there is nothing terribly wrong. The list goes on:

Season 4 of Lost. It was Nigerian drug smugglers pretending to be priests, who crashed with their plane filled with drugs on the Island. And of course, Mr Eko who was depicted as a murderous drug peddler who later repented.

Things aren’t always that simple. Remember more people used to see the Jews in worst light and in the end, the only people forced to look inwards were the Germans.

Yep, looks as if “Nigerians” on this board do really despise Ghana and whish Ghana to fail because “Nigerians” see only the good things in Ghana, which is contrary to the “Nigeria” philosophy that assumes concentrating on bad things, and abusing self, leads to progress. . 

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RIP



On cursory glance, the advice Nigerians should behave themselves while in China, Malaysia or elsewhere seem like a solid one. On second and third glances, however, the advice seem  to morph on the page. Misbehaving and breaking the law are two different things entirely but have been wrapped up as one in the sentiment of the advice.  I feel that Nigerians should behave exactly as they want so long as they do not break the law. Politeness would be nice but rudeness, brashness or arrogance is not against any law I know. That it is reasonable to suggest to a man to take into account the nature of the people he deals with, goes without saying, but it is highly suspect to suggest that if he does not, and harm arises on account, he is at fault. In part, Laws arose to clarify just such grey arias of society. Human rights, especially in terms of commonsense notion, are complex issues since they are based on perspective. However, most humans would accept in this modern world that it is not acceptable for one individual to take the life of another because of a dispute much less organisations of the superstructure. When it does happen, the Courts deal with civil disputes that end in deaths and courts and international laws are supposed to do the same in the case of organisations of the superstructure. 

The flaw in the advice that Nigerians should behave themselves while in foreign lands beyond the call of law or they deserve all they get, arises largely because of two sentiments. The first is CONDITIONING and the second anti-Nigerian feelings.   The first, i base on the concept that many Africans have been conditioned by centuries of oppression to defer to a “higher” none African authority. A pertinent encapsulation would be this: “white/yellow/brown man good and deserving, black man not deserving”.  I mean that Africans tend to not judge other races by uniform standards. Instead, they make excuses for them and wag the finger of accusation at the black man.

Informed by this knowledge, the advice to Nigerians that they should behave themselves while in foreign climate begins to look incomplete. An amended advice should go something like this. While in China or elsewhere do not break the law. However, it is not enough not to break the law. Be additionally informed that the Chinese are a barbaric and primitive people who do not respect human life.



Apart from the above, I think I would advise Nigerians thinking  of  traveling abroad for the first time not to be fooled by the ideas handed to them by the media or misguided relatives who live abroad. People are no more civilised in Europe, America, Asia or china than in Nigeria, their societies are only better organised. In most instances, “civilised” just means more control and better detection. It is dangerous to go abroad with the idea that since they are more developed than we in Africa, my rights will be safeguarded and I will be safe. Nigeria is often a safer place to live in and perhaps because of our cultural softness we’re in many ways more civilised peoples.

Do not act subserviently because this is un-Nigerian, however try to be civil to your fellow human being whoever they may be.
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Would Nigeria have performed worst if they had just picked anyone from the streets and sent them to compete at the games?

I once read an article on Nigeria preparing their athletes for a major competition and the coach was at pain to point out how scientific was the preparation including the fact that everyone ate pasta and vegetables, which was all the rage at European clubs like AC Milan etc. Watching Nigeria continually perfume worst and worst  in Athletics, every year, I cant help thinking that they should return to eating  eba, ewa, yam,  and green plantains. Nothing good ever comes from copying what whites do. 


In addition, the athletes don’t seem to care. Maybe here is proof that we complain too much as a nation. Blaming government for everything furnishes people with a sort of already-made excuse so that no one need try anymore. In other words, no one will accuse me of not trying if I do not try because they will blame government or some other authority for my fallibilities.

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This post was originaly intended for the Libya thread.



I was going to apologise beforehand about going on and on about the stuff below but I believe the message must be rammed home repeatedly; We must stop! I know that it has become like a drug but we have to wean ourselves of it, go cold turkey, and emerge with new ways to criticise without falling into the trap of thinking outright abuse and racist stereotyping are the same as criticisms. Hell, I am not even ambitious; I am not calling for constructive criticisms but just for and end to self-abuse.

Things Nigerians say: 

We are thieves. We are the most corrupt people in the world. The Nigerian is the most evil and wicked person on the planet. We’re worst than Hitler’s Nazis. We’re demonic. Nigerian women are prostitutes (al-queda). That devils country. Nigerians are cowards. We are moronic individuals. Every single Nigerian person is corrupt: father, mother, daughter brother and even newborn baby. Nigerians practice bestiality. Idiotic nation. Nigeria is Hell.  we’re kleptomaniacs.  All Nigerians are liars. Nigeria is a dung-heap. .

Then there is that silly No-Records argument, which goes like this:

There are no records but if there were records, Nigeria would be the most paedophilic nation in the world. There are no records but if there were, Nigeria would be the nation that commits the most rapes in the world. There are no records but it there was Nigeria commits the most genocide in the world. There are no records but if there was, Nigerians kill and dump more street children on waste tips than does Brazil, Columbia or any other country.

In relation to this Libya story (true-or not) or the growing maltreatment of Nigerians worldwide, we’re all more responsible than the government‘s shortcomings for these actions against us. The government aren’t the ones going around legitimising fears and styrypes against Nigerians. 

Here’s a warning, the more we abuse ourselves publicly and for the world media, as we’re doing, the worst things will become. The truth” which is not convenient for some Nigerians because it is our chief accusatory weapon, is that when it comes to “corruption” Nigeria is an armature. Our condition of living in Nigeria although poor is so much better than in many countries and when we whinge publicly about our condition, peoples of other Nationality raise an eyebrow and inside their minds think we are show-offs. We are naïve people that come from a much safer environment than we realise. However, these other nationalities will listen to what we say and use it against us later because no one relay cares about other people problems or sympathise with them.

As I wrote before, we’re turning ourselves into the perfect victims. For century’s people who have shown the acumen that we Nigerians truly have, which is intelligence, hardworking and enterprising, such peoples have often been prosecuted. The Jews, the Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Syrians and so on. However, all these peoples have had their champions, but we Nigerians are different, we do not have anyone championing us. First, we’re black people. The world does not like or has not yet come to terms with black people who aren’t deferring. In America, such black Americans who were like us, they were called Uppity Blacks. Secondly, we have naively stereotyped ourselves, often subconsciously, appropriating the terms used by whites to stereotype black Americans in readiness to create laws to oppress them. Thirdly, we do not seem to have grasped the fact that most people in the world including blacks, are subconsciously influenced by white sentiments. For this reasons, they, fellow blacks, will be at the forefront of using those negative stereotypes against us. This is why you often hear blacks from elsewhere asking us Nigerians, “Why is it that nobody like you people?”

Finally, a warning to all those Africans that pretend to be Nigerians and go around spreading malicious rumours and underscoring racist notions.  Many West Africans use Nigerians passports, when it gets worst, as it is bound to get and Nigerians are executed on trumped up charges, acts legitimised by our own abusive mouths, many of you will be victims too. I bet it has happend many times already. When it gets worst, no African will be safe because any African person can be Nigerian (although we’re better looking) and a Nigerian can be any African. Next time it could be you!

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Thor

If you are correct that manure is more valuable than gold, Nigeria must be the wealthiest nation on the planet

What you stated makes no sense to me.

Manure is in fact more valuable than gold. Without manure, the world would cease to exist. Fact

Nigeria must be the wealthiest nation on earth because of manure. Makes no sense.

Thor

It is like comparing a gold bar to a pile of horse shit

You have the mentality of those primitives who on seeing white people for the first time handed over to them their children in exchange for the miracle of a looking-glass. You’re blind and have my pity.



Ironically, the value of gold surpasses that of horshsit because of this world of America and Europe, otherwise, in human terms, manure is more valuable than gold.