presido1:

But he still associate with NAS is our universities today. If you doubt i can post a picture of him with Seadogs in one of our universities.

NAS a.k.a Pyrates Confraternity is non-existent in primary, secondary or tertiary institutions in Nigeria and indeed anywhere in the world as they were proscribed in June 1985 on all university campuses. Get your facts right! And which "our university" are you talking about if I may ask?

Prof. Wole Soyinka is a living legend/member of the Original Seven of the Pyrates Confraternity a.k.a (NAS) and not "One Of The Founding Fathers of Cultism".

For the ignorant few; here are your answers.

Introduction To NAS
National Associaltion of Seadogs (NAS) is a Nigerian charitable and humanitarian organisation and is the registered name for the group also known as the PYRATES CONFRATERNITY.

The origins and growth of NAS is narrated in detail on the History page. It began as a University campus confraternity in the premier university, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and has grown into an international organisation with branches in 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory, South Africa, UK, Republic of Ireland, USA, Japan, The Netherlands and Canada.

The organisation is dedicated to humanitarian and charitable endeavours within Nigeria and whatever society the members find themselves.

Philosophy
The Pyrates Creed- The Pyratical aims of fighting all social ills and conformist degradation within and outside our midst stand supreme. These are translated into the creed which is supposed to act as a guide to our acts and thoughts and to the solutions to dilemmas that may face us in making choices in life. There are four compass points whose function is to give us founding principles upon which to direct our lives: The following quotes are from the NAS handbook

Against Convention

Convention means Complacency, Conservatism and Stagnation. It is anti-INITIATIVE, anti-IMAGINATION, anti-CREATIVITY. "This is how our fathers used to do it" is the unthinking excuse of the lazy, unadventurous mind. Bribery or "cola" is also Convention. Land grabbing, land speculation, land monopoly in the midst of the landless masses is also Convention. Acquisitiveness, "Propertymania", "O-wanbeism", is also Convention. Down then with Convention. Raise the banner of REVITALISATION.

Against Tribalism

Which goes also for what went under the camouflage of the Party System. Wherever Party = Partisanship = Tribalism = Clannishness = Statism = Atavism and all other forms of narrow throw-backism. FIGHT it! Stand outside it as an independent unit and march with ideas, which cut across petty alliances.

For Humanistic Ideals

No slave to dogma. Simply placing Man at the centre of word, thought and deed. Thinking and acting for the community of man - village, city, school, college, nation, continent-wide. Refuse to be blinded by slogans, dissecting what are hidden behind seductive formulae. Asking instead: what's in it for Man? For him and the community of his kind? Ask what you can do to raise that community to the highest level of fulfillment.

For Comradeship and Chivalry

It means that sense of obligation, moral, communal, humane which makes the strong, the privileged, the informed protect the weak, the under-privileged and the uninformed. Not: "My Mercedes is bigger than yours , so get out of my way!" My Kawasaki is the ultimate in machismo, so watch me "buzz" the mini-scooter into the gutter and scatter men and fowl alike!" "I control a student journal, show me fear or I'll show you hell!" "As for women, surrender to me or I'll libel you with my fantasies!" "Dig man. AM I NOT GREAT?" ANSWER: COMRADESHIP AND CHIVALRY reject: " To him who hath, more shall be given" and proclaim instead "TO HIM WHO HATH NOT, ALL SHALL BE PROVIDED" . Thus we move to destroy ELITISM!

http://nas-int.org/about-nas

Does our so called Mr. President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan actually hear her wife make these regular gaffs without as much as placing her under permanent (home/domestic) house arrest?

Enough of these headache inducing loose cannons, abeg, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, First Lady. E don do. Kilo de?

Na by force to attend public functions, abi na by force to speak Queen's oyinbo sef? just yarn in pidgin English and all will be forgiven Mrs. First Lady. No wahala, opari, shikena.

Classical P*ss taking by the British. They'll go to any length to protect their own interests without giving a hoot whose horse is gored. Kudos to the minister of aviation for this dignity restoring gesture. Once you let them know, that you'll not be taken for a fool, they promptly sit up and accord you the respect you deserve.

Who is responsible for this nonsense from the Brits? Our leaders and gullible fellow citizens with their inferiority complex about anything foreign being superior to our locally produced, goods and services.

Who'll feel the heat the most? BA of course, as the Nigerian routes, that is, Lagos/Abuja - London routes, with their contemptuous and degrading treatment of Nigerians are their cash-cows and the goose that lays the golden egg, profit wise. They milk Nigerians to subsidize other less profitable routes elsewhere, in Europe/America, with better treatment in terms of service and comfort, to boot.

I really feel proud for once that my beloved country is standing up to the bully-boy tactics of the British. Lets rip the BASA agreement to shred. Thank you Minister of Aviation, God bless you, God bless Nigeria. Never again must we be made fool of by the British in whatever guise it comes.

Thank you.

[b]djustice
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Re: Olusegun Obasanjo. Like Or Loathe Him, Is The Greatest Living Nigerian.
« #1 on: Yesterday at 11:52:58 PM »
Without a shadow of a doubt. But expect the sheep in 3-2-1, they'll start bleating as usual, without any proof beyond the same old tired rubbish, Odi (soldiers were killed, their colleagues retaliated), power (sabotaged by the Northern power clique, led by Yar'Adunce), $16b spent on power (debunked time and again by people who know better), power probe (the man replied, they scattered, turned out it was a shake-down, led by the lead investigator himself, with the approval of Yar'Adull).

Obasanjo almost single handedly squelched apartheid and negotiated Mandela's freedom (says Margaret Thatcher), sent the military back to the barracks and kept them there, got rid of the odious debt inherited from idiots like IBB, Shagari and Abacha, brought back the dead middle class, sorted out telecoms, strengthened the banks, got us R-E-S-P-E-C-T from the international community, so tey even Gaddhafi, who intimidated Abacha in this same Nigeria with his guards, was made to behave himself by small Fani-Kayode!!

He put our aboki friends in their place, and demystified them completely, freeing the Middle-Belt and Nigeria as a whole from their grip in the process. He almost single handedly installed Jonathan with that famous statement to the comatose but concealed Yar'Adua that the cabal was using to torment all of us:"Yar'Adua should do the honorable thing and resign"! That's the statement that set off the noisemakers like awon Save Nigeria, and gave Dora Akunyili the courage to set the chain of events rolling that would eventually see Jonathan installed as Acting President. First time a Southern Minority, first time an Ijaw Man, the people feeding Nigeria with their oyel, would become President!!!

Stopped Atiku, IBB and the murderous Buhari dead in their tracks with some correct political maneuvering that left them dazed and gasping for breath. They're still gasping!!

On top of it all, the man still actually works as a farmer, daily!!! At his age, !! IBB, the younger man, has ALL his(our) money abroad in France, servicing the comatose French economy, instead of bringing it back here to help our own economy.

Atiku is busy collecting mansions all over the world. If it's not Potomac, it's Dubai. Buhari is busy building a private Boko Harmy and bomb us all to death, all this while Obasanjo feeds the nation!!

Yes indeed. Obasanjo IS without a shadow of a doubt, the most influential, powerful, patriotic, detribalised African alive today.
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Thanks @djustice for your well articulated response.

The only meaningful and most insightful response so far. Analytical, sensible and bereft of any silly, infantile and jaundiced name-calling contributions.

You only have to agree/disagree with my point of view with well-thought out responses please.

Fellow Nigerians, I have sat, thought and pondered over our current crop of leaders that are still alive and wondered who to recognize, and bestow the singular honour of being called the greatest living Nigerian but found no one worthy of it other than, Retired General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo. Crude and controversial his ways and idiosyncrasies might be to some; his patriotic love, vision, unity and the achievement of greater things for our beloved country Nigeria is unwavering.

Right, before anyone start posting insults and such unsavory words, I neither work for nor have any connections with the person of the retired general,  just sheer observation of his achievements in trying to foster all that is good for the country and Africa, so far, till date, I believe qualify him as the greatest living Nigerian.

Failed ayeta, may Baba Kazeem's soul rest in peace.

Lesson for everyone, do not use yourself as experimental guinea-pig whatever the assurances given by any human soul. Life has no duplicate.

@ Grown Man, I wrote the one you just added flesh to on that linked-website, Jimmy Sonde's blog, while not logged into Nairaland. It's just un-imaginable nonsense from her really. See my up-to-date version above. Thanks a lot, grown Man, my fellow sensible Nairalander. Please pray for the nonce.

Irunmole.

[b]"Someone wrote this on Jimmy Sonde's blog,

A big fool you are. Can you bear to listen to the garbage coming from your own mouth? "My father has the money to bury me. So, why are they talking about it"? They are talking about it because you're not intelligent enough to know the ill-effects of smoking. Also, you do not sound as smart as you make yourself believe, as no father/mother would like to use their hands, or spend their hard-earned money to bury their child. Parents pray to be buried by their children not the other way round. What a daft silly low-life with over-inflated feeling of deluded self importance.

Very shallow way of reasoning.

Somebody please knock some sense back into her porous brain.

All the above PLUS THIS

Tonto, a movie star has responsibilities to those who follow her. Misguided children may one day repeat what you are saying. I wonder? would you like to pay for your child's burial? Though sadly, I won't be suprised if you think thats okay sha,  I go dey pray 4 u".[/b]

Global warming don reach Naija be that.

A big fool you are. Can you bear to listen to the garbage coming from your own mouth? "My father has the money to bury me. So, why are they talking about it"? They are talking about it because you're not intelligent enough to know the ill-effects of smoking. Also, you do not sound as smart as you make yourself believe, as no father/mother would like to use their hands, or spend their hard-earned money to bury their child. Parents pray to be buried by their children not the other way round. What a daft silly low-life with over-inflated feelings of deluded superiority and non-existing self-importance.

Very shallow way of reasoning. "Most Africans  are not exposed" my Ar$e, simply because you're earning some few kobo from acting silly on screen and speaking gob-sh1t from your twisted mouth.

Somebody please knock some sense back into her porous brain.

My primary school teacher at Ereko Methodist School, 35 Berkeley Street, Lagos, MR FUNSHO ADEYIGA. He was such a sadistic fellow who relished flogging us, his pupils at the least excuses. His red blood-shot eyes were enough to send you to an early grave. Never imparted any knowledge in me and indeed those of us whose parents never sucked up to him. He was just sheer terror. I jubilated when I passed out of his class in pry six, many moons ago.
Ereko Methodist School, brilliant and wonderful school then with 100% G2 and common entrance score. God bless our able and competent then headmasters, namely; Mr. Otubaga, Mr Banjo et al who made school fun then, thank-you wherever you may be.

FUNSHO ADEYIGA was one evil and sad person who almost killed my interest in education at an early age, save for God and my parents for me turning out to be who I am today.

Get real!!! Methink you should be flogged to bring you back to your senses.

Warri, aka Wafie city.

The simple answer is that  for every sensible guy/lady out there, there is also an army of mugs/mumus  with more money than common sense which is not common. Gold-diggers are not born as gold-diggers, they are made, by the gullible and weak-willed fools in our midst. There you go.

She's better off staying where she is. What's the point in coming to join a bunch of clueless and vision-less lot, only to be used and tossed aside like a piece of useless rag.

There is no God, just beings and entities, living or dead.

I hate EBA.

Second daughter - 4th July.

Former girlfriend - 4th July.

Fhemmmy:

some scary diet u got there

Oloye, Otunba Femo, that scary diet works wonder with your anus after a bout of diarrhoea, total blockage ni, in combination with those other ones mentioned in my previous post. Na di bobo ask question about drinking too much garri na im I kuku give am some more advise from my boarding house experience.

Make im go perform the experiment with the diet come tell us.

Yes, if you have experienced an eye-watering and energy-sapping bouts of diarrhoea. Drink garri with little amount of water. You may then top-it-up with dry bread. For added effect, eat roast corn for dessert. Wash the whole lot down with a glass of water. Try it and then come back here to give us feedback.

Snake (Python)

Frog (Akere)

Cattle Egret (Lekeleke)

He-goat (Ikori). The aroma is enchanting, especially with Ukodo and unripe plantain, Ogwo-evwri and starch.

Crocodile meat. Tastes like chicken.

Pigeon.

Turtle-Dove (Oderekoko). Countless victims of my sharp-shooting catapult skills in those days growing up in Lagos.

Smoked monkey (Afinoto), especially when cooked with Amiedi laced with crayfish and periwinkles in a small earthenware pot known as Efre in Urhobo.

Smoked/fried Beetle larvae (Odon), with kpokpo-garri.

Camel meat (Rakunmi). National Youth Service Corp days in Sokoto. Cheap in Kasuwa compared to Shanu (Cow meat/beef) but took ages to cook.

Drew the line with dogs and cats when offered by friends. We had a well-loved dog then and could not imagine myself in my minds-eye eating our family pet.

Love is nothing but glorified infatuation at the altar of irrational thinking.

A glowing example of the calibre of our so-called leaders. Spineless, incompetent, unprincipled weakling. Same as previous leaders, same usual recycled dregs and rubbish.

World Cup 2010: Nigeria 'drops team ban threat'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8790094.stm

FIFA only eye-balled him and he blinked first. All talk and no balls. I would have expected him not to be bullied and cowed into submission if the two year ban will be the much needed tonic and remedy in reversing our fast dwindling reputation and fortune in local/world football. If it's going to act as a tool for critical self-examination, wholesale re-organisation and positive way forward, so be it. The two year ban, as announced by Mr President Goodluck Jonathan, had he the guts to follow it through, to put a two year halt to the putrid stench that Lulu and his cohorts had turned Nigerian football to would have been the best panacea to our ailment and chronic loss of face, reputation, and respect in the world of football.

I cannot envisage a George W Bush of old or a strong Tony Blair reversing a well-publicised decision which, in their opinion is not in the interest of the American or British. I doubt it if they'll allow a non-governmental body to dictate and issue deadlines and ultimatums to them.

The hallmark of a strong leader is one that is able to make and take incisive decisions and stand by them, based on his principles and convictions. No so this fool who has succeeded in making a laughing stock of Nigerians, leadership wise. He is a joke. It is "Not Yet Uhuru" for football in Nigeria. With wishy-washy leaders and decisions like this, getting to our football promised-land will remain but a pipe-dream and a mirage.

@snowdrops

snowdrops:

Hate as much as you like, i repeat it does not change the fact that he is the least of the problems amongst the Abuja honourables. Direct all you venom to the looters, the Biro thieves, the silent destroyers in the assembly.

This guy is a passionate person. You cant deny that. His mode of communication is immaterial in this context. Last i checked his constituency are not complaining. They have elected him FOUR times to represent them at various levels of governance.

And mind you dont insult the people of Edo state by insinuating market women are a reflection of the ordinary person.

How many market women at Uselu market, Benin, Edo state understand the rubbish that he churns out in the name of grammar. He is egotistic and attention-seeking.

1. Hate him, I do not. And as you rightly pointed, he is part and parcel of "the biro thieves, the silent destroyers in the assembly."

2. Passionate, no doubt. His mode of communication in this and past contexts rankle.

3. His constituents are not complaining and have elected him because of the peculiarities of poverty, and relative low level of education among the populace in Nigeria in relation to politics and representation in governance.

4. He may have been elected four times. Under what circumstances? In the unclean and fraudlent electoral system in Nigeria?

5. At no point in my response did I insult the people of Edo State.

6. How many market women at Uselu market, Benin, in Edo state of which my grand-mother is one understand, or are able to unravel the mega-rubbish he spews in the name of grammar when he speaks. The market woman in Edo State is just a sociological sample of the population used mainly for statistical purposes, it has no derogatory connotation whatsoever. PS, see above reference to my grand mother.

6. Who needs "big grammar" when you speak these days, especially, in such a public place as the National Assembly? Simplicity is the key thing these days.

Irunmole.

chaircover,

Providence, that word, providence has brought them back into each others path, and love which they say conquers all has been rekindled, surely, as the saying goes again, better late than never should ring true. My take would be that it was meant to be hence they came acroos each other, time I believe is

chaircover:

No.

If you were meant to be, then you wouldnt have lost contact for 15 years.

Grass always looks greener on the other side but ask those who ventured accross the meadow and they will tell you that there are a lot of dry yellow parched patches on the other side too.

just but an abstract.

Irunmole.

This is the scenario - My very adamant cousin's plight and dilemma. He is willing to leave his wife and three children for his long-lost but recently found first true-love.

You were in love with someone, who more or less is your true first-love, every thing you ever wanted in a man or woman. You dreamed of being husband and wife someday, however, through no fault of either one of you, you lost contact only to come into contact with each other through providence, at a stage later in life. From the first meeting, and after years of such time lapse, memories of the good-times that made your relationship such a wonderful and blissful one comes flooding back to the both of you, love gets rekindled.

My question is, after these many years, say 10-15 years absence, both of you being happily/unhappily married to your respective partners, would you be prepared to leave or divorce your husband/wife for a more lasting and satisfying happiness, (Utopia) with your long-lost first and true love? 

Irunmole.

I've heard and seen him speak some of the pointless, useless so called grammar that he spews in the House of Rep on AIT, NTA and other media outlet, cannot but marvel at the utter tosh and garbage that comes out of his mouth. He may be knowledgeable but tries to hide some of his failings as a communicator with his use of over-blown, self-indulgent and unnecessary grammar that are peculiar to him and his mini circle of circus clowns. Simple, clean, plain English as spoken by the likes of Mamora, Gbajabiamila and others clearly endear me to them and make me want to listen when they speak, not this egotistic buffoon.

How are the market women from his Edo state constituency expected to make any sense from the dross that comes out of his mouth week-in week-out, at the House of Rep?

Time was when it was in vogue, in the medico-legal professions and in ancient times, when you tried to use exotic and esoteric words and language to create an air of superiority around yourself, not anymore. I just hate the sight of him when he goes into such silly mode with everyone laughing at, and not with him.

Notify the bank of this error as, if you spend it it would be deemed as stolen by yourself despite the circumstances surrounding how it got credited in to your account, albeit erroneously. The bank in this case will be within their absolute legal right to chase you to the end of time for it, make no mistake about it. You should not aim to reap where you have not sown. You may even be rewarded by both the bank and the account holder, for your selfless act of human honesty in the face of temptation and instant financial gratification in a climate of pervasive, brutal, energy-sapping, soul-rendering economic hardship.

How would you feel if you were in the other person's shoes?

Tempting as it seems, honesty, personal integrity and common-sense should be allowed to prevail at this point

Idowuogbo = esu lehin ibeji. The devil born after a set of twins. 

Idowuogbo:

a lie irunmole=Gods of d land
u 2 lie

For your information, my name is simply Irunmole on Nairaland. Olurotimi, to friends and family. Solid name, no shaking.

Olurotimi = The Lord/God is behind me. He is my pillar/strength or support.

Irunmole = Irunmole were spirits sent by Olodumare to complete various tasks, often between Orun (the invisible realm) and Aiye (the physical realm). Some were acknowledged as Orisha for their accomplishments. The orishas help to create and maintain order on earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion#Irunmole.

Irunmole are known as the primordials. These were the first beings given specific tasks to complete by Olodumare (God) and it's also important to know that the Irunmole are not human beings. They are pure spirit/energy. Each Irunmole was assigned a specific duty by Oludumare and should not be considered gods.
By (Awo Fasina Falade). http://www.destee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42705

Keggites Klub or Egbe Elemu. The breeding ground for drunks, alcoholics and lay-abouts.

Olurotimi - The Lord/God is behind me. He is my pillar/strength or support.

Isoko and Urhobo, we be one, no difference. Food, greetings, culture, world-view, dressing, attire, etc, are the same. Visited a friend's grandma at Ile-Ologbo, she spoke to me in Isoko, believing I was one. Had no problem understanding every single word that she said in Isoko, replied her in Urhobo language which she understood effortlessly. I love the language, with its penchant for laying emphasis on its actions and intended outcome, e.g., omo te na, mi ke kwe we kwe we. How is that for getting the message across loud and clear?