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Celebrities / Re: Is Josh Osho The Cutest And Most Talented Nigerian Singer? by HiiiPower(m): 3:08am On Sep 11, 2014
Celebrities / Re: Is Josh Osho The Cutest And Most Talented Nigerian Singer? by HiiiPower(m): 3:06am On Sep 11, 2014


Celebrities / Is Josh Osho The Cutest And Most Talented Nigerian Singer? by HiiiPower(m): 3:05am On Sep 11, 2014
Born in South London in 1992 to Nigerian parents. He attended Graveney School in Tooting, South London where he found himself good at English as well as being a keen footballer. He began writing songs from an early age, when one of his mother's friends threw out a guitar, which he then started to learn. Osho was brought up religiously, accompanying his mother to church twice a week.

Osho was soon brought to the attention of Island Records and signed in mid-2011. Osho's first single "Redemption Days" was released on 4 September 2011 and featured Ghostface Killah. In December 2011, Osho performed an acoustic cover of Adele's "Someone like You" for SB.TV.

In early 2012, he toured with Rizzle Kicks as their support act. In April 2012, while touring with Emeli Sandé, Osho released his follow-up single "Giants" featuring Childish Gambino. He performed an acoustic version of the song for T4's Freshly Squeezed. In May 2012, after performing "Redemption Days" on Later... with Jools Holland, Osho's music started to become noticed by mainstream media. "Redemption Days" became Record of the Week on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1Xtra as well as being added to the B List of all three major stations. On 8 June 2012, The Sun reported that Osho was to write a single with Tom Jones after the pair met backstage at the final of The Voice UK. Osho soon confirmed this via Twitter. On 15 June, Osho performed his track "Redemption Days" and a cover of "Too Close" by Alex Clare in Radio 1's Live Lounge. On 22 June Osho performed "Redemption Days" on CBBC programme Friday Download. He played his first headline gig to a sold out Jazz Café, Camden Town on 25 June to coincide with the release day of his album L.I.F.E (Learning Is For Ever). On 1 July 2012, Osho joined Tom Jones on stage at his Hammersmith Apollo gig to perform a surprise duet. On 13 July, Osho supported Jessie J at her Warwick Castle gig. Through summer 2012, Osho played a handful of headline gigs around London before beginning a festival tour including T4 on the Beach, Wireless Festival, T in the Park and V Festival. On 3 September 2012, Osho released an extended play entitled "The John Doe EP". The seven previously unreleased tracks were made available for free, via Soulculture. Later that week, he joined The Script for four dates of their UK Tour, including a night London at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on 12 September. On 21 September, Osho appeared on the programme 'BBC Four Sessions with Sir Tom Jones', performing a cover the song "Black, Brown & White" by Big Bill Broonzy with Jones and his band. In mid-November 2012, Osho toured with Gabrielle Aplin across England and Wales.

On 13 January 2013, Osho's third single "Imperfections" was added to the BBC Radio 2 A Playlist, peaking at number 40 on the UK Airplay Chart. Osho is set to direct the music video for the song. On 18 February, Osho premiered the music video for "Even in War" from his most recent release "The John Doe EP". As of March 2013, Osho had been dropped by Island Records. On 7 March, Osho played his first gig of 2013, supporting Ne-Yo at Under the Bridge in London. He is currently planning a second album and headline tour.


Education / Re: The Ten Most Educated Countries In The World. by HiiiPower(m): 11:01pm On Sep 06, 2014
glitest:

Hahahaha!!..... Neither of us are in need of Rehab, cos I don't drink, neither do I do drugs...You on the other hand, you do not need rehab, cos you are simply crazy...You need to ask your mother for help, cos you are in need of either a thorough deliverance session, or an exorcism..... Or better yet, be shot...it could be the fastest way to help put an end to your madness.

A toff will always look crazy to an
alky serf. So I understand how playing catch up to someone superior got you confused like a daft apeth. I understand.

I don't do mother banter. All I do is educate the uneducated, to make their mothers happy. I'm bored now. undecided
Education / Re: The Ten Most Educated Countries In The World. by HiiiPower(m): 10:44pm On Sep 06, 2014
glitest:

I get into online fights with trolls, but not with mentally retarded cases such as yourself, who are in need of sedation.......I might not sound educated, but you aren't one to talk, when you simply can't use a (comma).

If you are highly educated, you should know excessive use of punctuation marks in short sentences is absolutely unnecessary. Another proof that you're an educated sod.

Is that why you're using 4/5 dots, instead of the standard 3 to join clauses, phrases, and short sentences together? cheesy Olodo like you; please ask for a refund from your school. And if it's either the wacky backy or pints of cider, go to rehab before it is too late. I'm a toff and you're a tosser, Ms. Potty. undecided
Education / Re: The Ten Most Educated Countries In The World. by HiiiPower(m): 10:21pm On Sep 06, 2014
glitest:

Anyone who's read your previous comments and post, can't simply deny the fact that you are in loss of a few screws loose. So you can rant a you want...You are not getting your wish....Cry more.

Still not impressed, Ms. Potty. undecided

And you still don't sound educated. You sound like a shitfaced wobbler that is about to take a waz by the roadside. I cry I cry but you need Jesus and good education.
Education / Re: The Ten Most Educated Countries In The World. by HiiiPower(m): 10:05pm On Sep 06, 2014
glitest:

Effing gormless??.......After reading just one post, which was unfortunately about your disdain for Nigeria girls, I realized its not worth getting into a confrontation with a mentally unstable person, such as yourself; This isn't how I intend on spending my evening......You need a tranquilizer.......I also realized you made that topic, with the Intent to get a rise out of the females on NL, but your plan fell flat. So you are simply trolling around for any female, who can give you the attention you crave............So as my gormless self would say...Bye Felicia.

Au fait. Tried to impress and sound half-baked, to undo what is telling in your post history but came up short and still uneducated. Olodo like you.

It seems you have gone barmy like the obviously deranged donkey that just back from a bender, you exemplify with your below average IQ. Tried too hard but failed again. I cry I cry.

Ms. Potty, you can go starkers for all I care and I won't stare at you twice. My preference in women is my preference, and whoever I choose to dig my todger into is none of your business. Effing stroppy uneducated azz sounding like a slob high on excessive wacky backy.

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Education / Re: The Ten Most Educated Countries In The World. by HiiiPower(m): 9:47pm On Sep 06, 2014
mistermahn: you bloody fowl are you not a Nigerian . you are now making yeye noise. my dad is british and my mum is Nigerian but i feel more Nigerian than British. not to talk of you stupid idiot that has probably never left Nigeria or you are probably an illegal immigrant abroad. My brother you are Nigerian deal with it

Tales that hurt and I cried. The truth is bitter. So when you see the truth missile coming your way, better bury your head in the sand.
Education / Re: The Ten Most Educated Countries In The World. by HiiiPower(m): 9:07pm On Sep 06, 2014
glitest:

I'm shocked that UK made the list, and more shocked that Nigeria didn't make the list.

I just opened ur post history and you are the reason why Nigeria didn't make the list. Effing gormless olodo like yourself that can't spell nor make a remotely intelligent sentence/comment suggesting about being shocked one country that should be at least number 2 made the list; and another one that shouldn't be top 50 isn't there. Isn't the avg IQ of Nigerians 70?

The only country that shouldn't be there is America. The ignorance in this country is alarming. Cuba, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Australia are better educated than them. Poland should also be higher on the list, top 7 maybe.
Celebrities / Re: Joan Rivers Is Dead by HiiiPower(m): 9:09pm On Sep 04, 2014
Old witch said death to Palestinians and ended up dead like a rat afterwards.

Ugly heffa.

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Religion / Re: "I Serve A God Who Answers Prayers" - American Doctor Cured Of Ebola by HiiiPower(m): 12:30pm On Aug 24, 2014
GODWINGODSON:
no he does not he was a jew but he loved the samaritans and gentiles

But the jews and gentiles stopped worshiping his holy name
and the samaritans are now his biggest followers
yet he only save the jews and gentiles.

what about the samaritans who happen to have black skin and are domiciled in africa?
jesus must either be a racist or a partial saviour.

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Religion / Re: "I Serve A God Who Answers Prayers" - American Doctor Cured Of Ebola by HiiiPower(m): 12:24pm On Aug 24, 2014
Jesus only saves white people!

Look at Africa and compare it to the west, then you should know whose side Jesus is on.

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Politics / Re: British Aristocracy: The Only Two Nigerians In The British House Of Lords by HiiiPower(m): 4:33pm On Aug 23, 2014
4Play:

How is this person of Nigerian heritage?

17. Professor Lola Young (b. 1951)
Academic
‘My motivation for participating in this kind of work is that we are not simply discussing a series of comforting or disturbing images but attempting to discover what might be read off about a particular moment in a culture of society from the way in which these (meta-) narratives are constructed and disseminated, and the impact on social relations of these representations and the cultural forms in which they appear’.

Born to Nigerian parents in the UK in 1951. Studied drama at New College of Speech and Drama in London and after acting experience in the theatre and television, attended Middlesex University. Continuing with post-graduate courses, she began teaching and cites her greatest achievement as being one of the very few black women appointed as a university professor in the UK. Lola Young is Professor of Cultural Studies at Middlesex University.
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Politics / Re: British Aristocracy: The Only Two Nigerians In The British House Of Lords by HiiiPower(m): 1:48pm On Aug 23, 2014
Name: Baroness Margaret Omolola Young.

Ethnicity: British Nigerian

Party: Crossbench

Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey



Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, OBE (born Margaret Omolola Young, 1 June 1951) is a British actress, author, and Crossbench peer.

Young was educated at the Parliament Hill School for Girls in London and went then to the New College of Speech and Drama, where she received a diploma in dramatic art in 1975, and a teaching certificate one year later. In 1988 she graduated from Middlesex Polytechnic with a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Cultural Studies.

Young worked as a professional actress from 1976 to 1984, and had been a residential social worker in the London Borough of Islington from 1971 to 1973. Her most prominent role as an actress was in children's sitcom Metal Mickey which ran from 1980 to 1983. In 1985, she became co-director and training and development manager at the Haringey Arts Council, a post she held until 1989.

From 1990 to 1992, Young was lecturer in media studies at the Polytechnic of West London. In the following she was lecturer, senior lecturer, principal lecturer, Professor of cultural studies and in the end Emeritus professor at the Middlesex University. In 1995 she published Fear of the Dark: Race, Gender and Sexuality in Cinema.

Young became Project director of the Archives and Museum of Black Heritage in 1997, she was Commissioner in the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts in the years 2000 and 2001, and Chair at Nitro Theatre Company in 2004.

Young was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours.

From 2001 to 2004 she was head of culture at the Greater London Authority, following which she was created a life peer on 22 June 2004 taking the title Baroness Young of Hornsey of Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey.

Other public appointments have included English Heritage’s Blue Plaques Committee, membership of the board of the Royal National Theatre, the South Bank Centre, and the board of Governors of Middlesex University, chairing the Arts Council’s Cultural Diversity Panel, and membership of the board of Resource, the Council of Museums, Archives and Libraries, and a commissioner on the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. She has also chaired the judging panel of the Orange Prize for Fiction.

She takes an active interest in ethical issues in international trade, particularly the garment industry , is a Trustee of the Aid by Trade Foundation and is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society

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Politics / British Aristocracy: The Only Two Nigerians In The British House Of Lords by HiiiPower(m): 1:42pm On Aug 23, 2014
Name: Baron Victor Adebowale

Ethnicity: British Nigerian

Party: Crossbench

The Right Honourable, The Lord Adebowale, CBE

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Adebowale was born to Nigerian parents Ezekiel & Grace Adebowale and was educated at Thornes House School, Wakefield and the Polytechnic of East London. He began his career in Local Authority Estate Management before joining the housing association movement. He spent time with Patchwork Community Housing Association and was Regional Director of the Ujima Housing Association, Britain’s largest black-led housing association. He was Director of the Alcohol Recovery Project and then Chief Executive of youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. Adebowale was a member of the Social Exclusion Unit’s Policy Action Team on Young People and was Chair of the Review of Social Housing Co-ordination by the Institute of Public Policy Research.

Adebowale joined Turning Point as Chief Executive in September 2001. Turning Point is a care organisation providing services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with a learning disability. In addition to providing direct services, Turning Point also campaigns nationally on behalf of those with social care needs.

Adebowale has been involved in a number of taskforce groups, advising the government on mental health, learning disability and the role of the voluntary sector. He is Co-Chair of the Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health National Steering Group and is a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. He is a patron of Rich Mix Centre Celebrating Cultural Diversity, a patron of Tomorrow’s Project and of the National College for School Leadership. He is a member of the National Employment Panel, the New Economics Foundation Board and the Institute for Fiscal Studies Council. He is also on the policy advisory board of the Social Market Foundation, and on the board of the National School of Government. He is a Director of Leadership in Mind organisational development consultancy, a non-exec of the health IT consultancy St Vincents and a member of the Audit Commission and has advised governments of all parties on Employment, Housing, Poverty and Public Service Reform.

Adebowale has an honorary PhD from the University of Central England in Birmingham, an honorary doctor of letters from the University of Lincoln, an honorary PhD from the University of East London and most recently an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford, where he is involved with their Centre for Inclusion and Diversity, in December 2007. He is an honorary fellow of London South Bank University and Honorary Senior Fellow in the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from Lancaster University.

On 12 December 2008, Adebowale was installed as Chancellor of the University of Lincoln. Adebowale has a Post Graduate Diploma From the Tavistock institute and an MA in Advanced Organisational Consulting from the City University London.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:09pm On Aug 21, 2014
Femi Oke

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Femi Oke born 30 June 1966 is a British television presenter and journalist. Femi was born in Britain to Nigerian parents of theYoruba ethnic group. She is a graduate of Birmingham University where she received a bachelors degree in English literature and language. She used to appear as a daily newscaster, contributor and interviewer on Public Radio International/WNYC’s morning public radio news program, The Takeaway. Currently. she hosts The Stream on Al Jazeera English. She is also the sister of Fumni Oke, a teacher. Oke is a former anchor for CNN International‘s World Weather service at the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She presented weather segments for the programs Your World Today and World News. She also regularly hosted Inside Africa, now fronted by Errol Barnett, a programme that looks into the economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa.

Femi began her career at age 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom’s first talk radio station LBC. During 1993 Femi worked for a cable station called Wire TV, this was pre-Janet Street Porter’s L!VE TV. Femi presented several shows for the station, including the popular Soap on the Wire on a Saturday afternoon, with soap opera expert Chris Stacey. In the early 1990s, Femi presented the BBC’s flagship educational science programme Science In Action and was also a presenter of Top of the Pops. She has also worked for GMTV, London Weekend Television, Men & Motors and Carlton Television. She joined CNN in 1999, and worked there until 2008. She has accepted an invitation to teach on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization in Buenos, Aires, Argentina, conducted guest lectures forEmory University in Atlanta and been a guest speaker at the United Nations, addressing the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:08pm On Aug 21, 2014
Sophie Okonedo

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Sophie Okonedo, OBE born 1968, is a British actress, who has starred in UK and US productions. In 1991, she made her acting debut in the British coming-of-age drama, Young Soul Rebels. She has received an Academy Award nomination for her critically acclaimed role in Hotel Rwanda, a Golden Globe nomination for Tsunami: The Aftermath, and BAFTA nominations for Criminal Justice and Mrs. Mandela. Her other film roles included Aeon Flux, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Dirty Pretty Things, Skin and The Secret Life of Bees.

Okonedo was born in London, the daughter of Joan (née Allman), a pilates teacher, and Henry Okonedo (1939–2009), who worked for the government. Her father was Nigerian, and her mother, an Ashkenazi Jew, was born in the East-End, to Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Poland and Russia. Okonedo was brought up in her mother’s Jewish faith. When she was five years old, her father left the family, and she was brought up in relative poverty by her single mother (“but we always had books,” she has said).

Okonedo was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Okonedo has three children, from a previous relationship. They live in Muswell Hill, London. On her heritage, Sophie says, “I feel as proud to be Jewish as I feel to be black” and calls her daughter an “Irish, Nigerian Jew”. Her father Henry died on 22 July 2009 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:05pm On Aug 21, 2014
Hakeem Abdul “The Dream” Olajuwon

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Hakeem Abdul “The Dream” Olajuwon born January 21, 1963 is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In 2008, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (but closer to 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) by his own admission), Olajuwon is considered one of the greatest centers ever to play the game.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Olajuwon traveled from his home country to play for the University of Houston under Coach Guy Lewis. Olajuwon emigrated from Nigeria to play basketball at the University of Houston under Cougars coach Guy Lewis. Olajuwon was not highly recruited and was merely offered a visit to the university to work out for the coaching staff, based on a recommendation from a friend of Lewis who had seen Olajuwon play. He later recalled that when he originally arrived at the airport in 1980 for the visit, no representative of the school was there to greet him. When he called the staff, they told him to take a taxi out to the university. His college career for the Cougars included three trips to the Final Four. At the time, he spelled his first name Akeem. Olajuwon was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the first overall selection of the 1984 NBA Draft, a draft that included Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton. In Houston he was nicknamed “Akeem The Dream” for his grace on and off the court. He combined with the 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) Ralph Sampson to form a duo dubbed the “Twin Towers”. The two led the Rockets to the 1986 NBA Finals, where they lost in six games to the Boston Celtics. After Sampson was traded to theWarriors in 1988, Olajuwon became the Rockets’ undisputed leader. He led the league in rebounding twice (1989, 1990) and blocks three times (1990, 1991, 1993).

Raised as a Mulim, Olajuwon became more devoted to the faith during this period and changed the spelling of his name from Akeem to Hakeem. Despite very nearly being traded during a bitter contract dispute before the 1992–93 season, he remained in Houston where in 1993–94, he became the only player in NBA history to win the NBA MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP awards in the same season. His Rockets won back-to-back championships against the New York Knicks(avenging his college championship loss to Patrick Ewing), and Shaquille O’Neal‘s Orlando Magic. In 1996, Olajuwon was a member of the Olympic gold-medal-winning United States National Team, and was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He ended his career as the league’s all-time leader in blocks, with 3,830.

Olajuwon was born to Salim and Abike Olajuwon, middle-class Yoruba owners of a cement business in Lagos, Nigeria. “Olajuwon” translates to “always being on top” in Yoruba. He was the third of six children. He credits his parents with instilling virtues of hard work and discipline into him and his siblings; “They taught us to be honest, work hard, respect our elders, and believe in ourselves”. Olajuwon has expressed displeasure at his childhood in Nigeria being characterized as backwards. “Lagos is a very cosmopolitan city…There are many ethnic groups. I grew up in an environment at schools where there were all different types of people.”

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:04pm On Aug 21, 2014
Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon

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Alon Abisola Arisicate Ajoke Olajuwon, better known as Abi Olajuwon born July 6, 1988 is an American female basketball player. Olajuwon is the daughter of former NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon. Olajuwon’s full name means “born in wealth and loved by all”. Born in Houston, Texas, Olajuwon played varsity basketball for her Californian high school, Marlborough School, and helped her team win three consecutive Southern Section titles. Olajuwon was a 2006 McDonald’s All-American, and was one of the most prized recruits of the 2006 graduating high school class. She played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma, and ESPN basketball analyst Nancy Lieberman stated before the 2006–07 season that the addition of Olajuwon would help propel the Sooners into contention for the NCAA championship. Olajuwon has played abroad for the Romanian club CSM Satu Mare, signing a 4 months contract at the start of 2011. In 2012 she also signed with Ourinhos Basquete in Brazil.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:03pm On Aug 21, 2014
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel

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Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel known by his stage name Seal, is a British R&B and soulsinger-songwriter. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, Grammy Award’s, and an MTV Video Music Award, Seal is known for his numerous international hits, including “Kiss from a Rose“, which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1995 film Batman Forever. He has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is a coach on The Voice Australia.

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born on 19 February 1963 in Paddington, London, England to a Nigerian mother, Adebisi Samuel, and a Brazilian father, Francis Samuel. One of Seal’s middle names, Olusegun, means “God is victorious” in the Yoruba language. He was raised in a district of the City of Westminster in inner London by his foster family. He received a two-year diploma, or associate’s degree, in architecture and worked in various jobs in the London area. Although there have long been rumours as to the cause of the scars on his face, they are in fact the result of a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematosus – a condition that specifically affects the skin above the neck.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:02pm On Aug 21, 2014
Olubowale Victor Akintimehin

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Olubowale Victor Akintimehin born on September 21, 1984, better known by his stage name Wale (Pronounced Wah-Lay), is an American Rapper from Washington D.C.. He rose to prominence in 2006, when his song “Dig Dug (Shake It)” became popular in his hometown. Wale became locally recognized and continued recording music for the regional audience. Producer Mark Ronson discovered Wale in 2006 and signed him to Allido Records in 2007. While signed to that label, Wale released several mixtapes and appeared in national media including MTV and various urban magazines.

Wale, a Nigerian American, was born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin in Northwest, Washington, D.C. on September 21, 1984. His parents are of the Yoruba ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and came to the United States from Austria in 1979. Wale’s family first lived inNorthwest, Washington, D.C before moving to Montgomery County when Wale was 10. He is the cousin of actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, best known as Chris Partlow on HBO’s The Wire and the British producer Maleek Berry.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:01pm On Aug 21, 2014
Hakeem Seriki

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Hakeem Seriki born November 28, 1979, better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment. Chamillionaire was also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin’ Click until the group split in 2005. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Chamillionaire has an estimated net worth of $15,000,000.

He began his career independently with local releases in 2002, including collaboration album Get Ya Mind Correct with fellow Houston rapper and childhood friend Paul Wall. He signed to Universal Records in 2005 and released The Sound of Revenge under Universal. It included hit singles “Turn It Up” featuring Lil’ Flip and the number-one, Grammy-winning hit “Ridin’” featuring Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Ultimate Victory followed in 2007, which was notable for not containing any profanity. In early 2011, he left Universal Records, which would lead to his would-be third album, Venom, to go unreleased. Seriki’s stage name Chamillionaire is a portmanteau of “chameleon” and “millionaire”

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 8:00pm On Aug 21, 2014
Oludayo Okeniyi

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Oladayo. A. Okeniyi born June 14, 1988 is a Nigerian-born actor, popularly known for playing the role of Thresh in The Hunger Games. Dayo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and has five siblings. His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria, and his mother is a Literature teacher from Kenya. In 2003, he moved with his family to Indiana from Nigeria and later moved to California. He earned a bachelor’s degree in visual communications at Anderson University (Indiana) in 2009. Prior to being cast in The Hunger Games, Okeniyi worked in local theatre and in film shorts.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:59pm On Aug 21, 2014
Donald Adeosun Faison

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Donald Adeosun Faison born June 22, 1974 is a Nigerian-American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC (formerly NBC) comedy-drama Scrubs (2001–2010) as a leading role, and as Murray in the film Clueless(1995) playing a minor role (reprise in the subsequent television series of the same name). He is a star of the TV Land situation comedy The Exes.

Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans (2000), Uptown Girls (2003), Something New (2006), Next Day Air (2009) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013). Faison was born in Harlem, New York, the son of Shirley, a talent agent, and Donald Faison, a building manager. His parents were active with the National Black Theatre in Harlem. Faison was married to Lisa Askey from 2001 to 2005. After six years of dating, Faison married his second wife, CaCee Cobb, on December 15, 2012. The wedding was held at the home of Faison’s former Scrubs co-star and best friend Zach Braff, who also served as a groomsman. Serving as a bridesmaid was singer Jessica Simpson, for whom Cobb formerly worked as a personal assistant. Faison has five children: son Sean (born 1997), from a previous relationship; son Dade and daughter Kaya (fraternal twins, born 1999) and son Kobe (born 2001), with Askey; and son Rocco (born 2013), with Cobb.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:58pm On Aug 21, 2014
Akbar Gbaja-Biamila

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Akbar Oluwakemi-Idowu Gbaja-Biamila born May 6, 1979 is a former Nigerian-American football defensive end, who currently works as a sports analyst for NBC and NFL Network. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played College Football at San Diego state. He currently works forNBC Sports as a college football analyst. During the football off season Gbajabiamila heads Rush the Passer a comprehensive defensive line training program preparing college/professional defensive linemen to elevate their skills. Gbaja-Biamila has also played for the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. He is the younger brother of former Green Bay Packers defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila.


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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:57pm On Aug 21, 2014
Radoillo:

One: I'm nobody's brother.

Two: I went followed the link and saw only 20 names.

Three: I don't do insults. Too old for that.

Four: You need to calm down.

You saw only 20 names there but link says '50 influential' loser.

dumbo link here http://kimberlyakinola./page/2/

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:55pm On Aug 21, 2014
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila

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Muhammed-Kabeer Olanrewaju Gbaja-Biamila born September 24, 1977, nicknamed “KGB“, is an American football defensive end who played nine seasons in the National Football League(NFL). He played College football at San Diego State. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and played his entire career for the Packers. He was a Pro Bowl selection in 2003. Gbaja-Biamila attended Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California and was a student and a three-year letterman in football and track and field. In football, as a senior, he was named the Central City Defensive Lineman of the Year.

While attending Crenshaw High School, Gbaja-Biamila was a student-owner of Food From the Hood, an organic food company that sprang from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Food From the Hood eventually went on to launch a line of salad dressings that appeared in all major Southern California grocery chains as well as on Amazon.com. For their work, Food From the Hood received the “American Achievement Award” from Newsweek, which featured both Gbaja-Biamila on its cover. On November 1, 1994 Prince Charles paid a visit to Crenshaw High School, upon an invitation from Food From The Hood.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:54pm On Aug 21, 2014
Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje born 22 August 1967 is a British actor and former fashion model, best known for his roles as Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns, Nykwana Wombosi in The Bourne Identity, Mr. Eko on Lost and Simon Adebisi on Oz. Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London. His parents are Nigerian , of Yoruba origin. He has a law degree from King’s College London and a Masters in Law from the University of London.

His best known acting roles have been as the imposing convict Simon Adebisi in the 1990s HBO prison series Oz, and as Mr. Eko on ABC’s survivor drama Lost. He was also in an episode of New York Undercover. He has numerous film credits since he began acting in 1994 and has appeared in many top films, including The Bourne Identity, in which he played a deposed African dictator, Hitu the police officer in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Lock-Nah in The Mummy Returns, and Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2009, Akinnuoye-Agbaje told MTV that he was in talks with Marvel Studios to play the superhero Black Panther in aa proposed film of the same name. When asked, the actor replied “…it’s about time we have a black superhero, isn’t it? He’s from a fictional village in Africa and the timing is so right for that kind of character to come through… And while I’m in my prime, this is the time. We’ve got [U.S. President Barack] Obama, now we need something onscreen to represent, so… ‘Panther,’ man I would love to see that happen [...] I think it’s all about campaigning, I’m going to keep knocking on their door.”

Akinnuoye-Agbaje has also stated that he will be directing a film about his life story. More recently, he guest starred in the second episode of season 8 of Monk, and played Derek Jameson in the 2011 film The Thing. He portrayed Kurse in the Marvel Studios filmThor: The Dark World. Akinnuoye-Agbaje is a Buddhist and a member of Sōka Gakkai International.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:53pm On Aug 21, 2014
Adelaide2:

Does this person live in the US? What does the title of the thread say again?

Does Phina Oruche live in the US?

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:51pm On Aug 21, 2014
Radoillo: For some people everything just has to be tribalized. The blog the names came from is even owned by a Yoruba.

The blog said 50 but your brother picked out 20 who are Ibos. Are you too dumb to understand?

I am also posting from the same blog.

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:49pm On Aug 21, 2014
Kehinde Wiley

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Kehinde Wiley born 1977 is a New York-based Portrait painter, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of people with black and brown skin in heroic poses. Kehinde Wiley was born in Los Angeles, California in 1977. His father is Yoruba from Nigeria, and his mother is African-American. As a child, his mother supported his interest in art and enrolled him in after school art classes, and at the age of 12, he spent a short time at an art school in Russia. Wiley did not grow up with his father, and at the age of 20 he traveled to Nigeria to explore his roots and meet him.

He earned his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1999 and his MFA from Yale University, School of Art in 2001. Wiley’s painting style has been compared to that of such traditional portraitists as Reynolds, Gainsborough, Titian and Ingres. The Columbus Museum of Art, which hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007, describes his work with the following: “Kehinde Wiley has gained recent acclaim for his heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture.”

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Celebrities / Re: 50 Influential People in America and UK You Wouldn’t Know Are Nigerians by HiiiPower(m): 7:48pm On Aug 21, 2014
Omaroseonee Manigault

Omarosa born Omaroseonee Manigault, February 15, 1974 is a reality game show and reality show personality.She was a contestant on the first season of Donald Trump‘s original American version of The Apprentice. She later returned for the TV series sequel, Celebrity Apprentice, and the All-Stars edition of the show. TV Guide included her in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. Omarosa was born in Youngstown,Ohio; her father is of Yoruba Nigerian descent. Omarosa’s father was murdered when she was seven years old. In 2011, Omarosa’s brother, Jack, was also murdered. On August 13, 2010, Omarosa confirmed that she was dating actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who she had met in the produce section of a Whole Foods supermarket.In July 2012, she found that Duncan was suffering a heart attack and attempted to perform CPR. It is unknown if Duncan regained consciousness from her CPR or the efforts of the EMS. He never fully recovered from the heart attack, and died on September 3, 2012, after having spent two months in the hospital.

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