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 Culture / Re: Question About The Yoruba Language: by omosoji: 1:16pm On Jun 11, 2011 |
Within our Yoruba etymology we don't have share the concept of what constitute a 'Spirit' Mind - okan Soul - emi (the 'e' is pronounce as the 'he' in 'hell') Heart - emi (the 'e' is pronounce as the 'he' in 'hell') Lightning - ara Electricity - mona mona (the 'o' and 'a' are both pronounced as the 'o' in orange) Fire - ina (the 'a' is pronounced as the 'o' in orange) Iron - irin Metal - irin Water - omi Skin - awo (the 'a' is pronounced as the 'a' in 'apple' while the 'o' is pronounced as the 'o' in orange, wh) Animal - eranko (eran oko = animal of the bushes) Animal - erangbo (eran igbo = animal dwells in the thick forest) Animal - erangbe (other Yoruba dialect = animal dwells in the thick forest) Living - mi (breathing) Grip - it depends on which context you mean Explosion - ya tuka True (like real or genuine) (otom, gangan) Pride/Vainglory - ígberaga - "Soul" (Or is that the same word as "Spirit"?) NO - Blast - Punch - gba (ma gba e - I will hit/punch) - Blade - - Gift - ebun - Roar - duun - Wood - igi (igi is also tree) - Wind - ategun (the 'a' is pronounced as 'a' in apple, the 'e' is pronounce as the 'he' in 'hell' while the 'gun' is pronounced as the English word 'goon' that mean an aggressive or violent young criminal) - Guardian - still thinking for the precise word, if you can be definite you can help us to help you because Guardian of knowledge would be different from Guardian of life or a temple, and don't ask for the meaning of certain word like 'angel' or 'satan' or 'devil', etc because they are semitic theological concept that was brought to us during the slave and colonial periods. So word were coined for them, some are erroneous but has stayed on the lips of so many. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: Do Nigerians Read/Buy Comic Books? by omosoji: 9:05pm On Jun 10, 2011 |
Oh! Jeeeeeeez, nairaland.com can't upload more than 200kb, I shall post a link where I will upload it for anyone interested to download, they are approx 2mb each |
| Literature / Re: Do Nigerians Read/Buy Comic Books? by omosoji: 9:02pm On Jun 10, 2011 |
I wanted to post this message using my O.M.3.G.4. username on nairaland, but forgot the password I used for my O.M.3.G.4. user name: Nigeria of today has degenerated to such an anomic state that today's kids don't even know how to appreciate comics. Stupid me, what am I even saying - as if comics are now easy to come across, even back in the 90s thru 2000 it wasn't that easy to get, it was like hunting for the extinct 'dodo'. Despite it scarcity I stalked and stacked comics to the extent that friends would ask 'do i eat them' and my mum would say in Yoruba 'they might survive long enough for my kids to read them'. Usually whenever am send to run long distant errands such as to carry faulty VHS videomachines to the radionics for repair I will keep the transport fair I was given and trek from Tejuosho to Lawanson and back enduring great hunger, just so I can save for one or two comics most especially those expensive 'Spawn' comics that had that beautiful pin-up poster. Even during trying times I would steal that N100 off my folks to add to my N50 just to buy that comic I spotted. The only time I devise a trick to buy 5 comics at once, which after selecting the most interesting and eye-catchy five will surreptitiously insert other I had already placed aside without the seller knowing, I was caught despite he was talking to someone else. After paying him the money for the 5 he just ask me to hand them over for him to see and just dropped the ones I have inserted inside the 5 I paid for. He giggled, I was so ashamed and felt sad, I was around 15 or 16 then. But now, I still can't believe I would one day stop scouring for comics. The last time I bought a comic was in 2009 for N450 very expensive see!. It was even late when my hunger finally stopped because so many of my pals had lost flare for it since. Mine lasted because I not only read, re-read them, I ponder as to how they're beautifully drawn. Most of my friends that shared interest in drawing later lost their appeal for both comics and drawings. If my favorites weren't available I buy any sought I can find so far its going to be interesting. My best read are: (DC Comics) Any Batman issue (especially The Legend of Dark Knight) The Bloodlines Outbreaks series (especially that involved Batman) Panic in the Skies series (Superman and the JLEA) (Marvel) Morbius - The living vampire Nightstalker Ghost Rider & Spirit of Vengeance Blade (Valiant comics) Eternal Warrior Turok (Image) Spawn I bought Superman, Xmen, Spiderman, Captain America, etc too but they weren't that common especially a follow up to the available issues. These are the question I have: Who's richer? Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark My answer is Bruce Wayne because technically his parent owns the 80% of Gotham City, while Tony makes bulk of his money from private commission and government military contracts. Who's the most intelligent/brilliant in terms of Science and tech? My answer is both of them. Or they can't be compared, BUT if I am forced to chose one, it will be Bruce Wayne. Who's more dependent on gadget and gizmos? My answer is Ofcourse its Tony Stark, Batman to some extent too depends on hi-tech stuff but he also knows martial art which Tony lacks. I will like to know your answers At online poster: If you want to do anything on comics regarding our own myths and legends, especially the Yoruba's, I am the right person to contact. I have gone beyond researching stuff up, friends call me RESEARCH, I am even trying to prove to one of my big bros of mine in Abuja (One of the few who haven't lost touch with comics and stuff) that most of Greek mythologies were borrowed from Yoruba's. If you want to know more on that information just let me know, I will like to enlighten you up regarding my immense research. I hate this country for so many reasons, one of them is people here still fail to appreciate creativity and our so called entertainment industry still lack core creativity and originality. If they can't afford to pay for quality stuff they prefer to lift/copy/plagiarize already established concept/theme from the West. I know what am saying. I have been asked to do certain stuff for people that up till now I haven't been paid for. And the one's who want to, are lukewarm-like to pay or will offers such a ridiculous and discouraging amount. I started drawing by tracing comics and magazines, then later I evolved to draw whatever I can fix my eyes on, then gradually I started self-practicing drawing from my imagination, eventually I now not only draw off-hand or is it off-head? Whatever ja re! I now can draw seamlessly using the mouse or touch pad via Corel draw14/15, and if I like paint with photoshop. I am still practicing how to 'digital paint' using Phostoshop. I wow at what some people has achieved with Photoshop. Photo-realistic digital paintings. Here are some of my works: ONE CHANCE A BDSM comic I was drawing from a script I failed to finish. I decided to stop this project due to moral issue and other personal reasons. I needed money desperately back then, seeing the opportunity the nature of the work initially didn't bother me. The nature of this work doesn't define who I am because its totally adult stuff of extreme nature. Let me quote the proverb "the hood doesn't make the monk". I had to suspend this project because the foreign company who sells stuff like this on their website promised I would get paid as soon as I have it completely finished, without specifying as to which amount or range of amount which could help me determine how intensive I should commit myself/input to it. They didn't even provide a script, they just wanted me to write up a BDSM story, draw it, color it, submit it and they would decide how much the work is worth, later after doing it to a certain extent I realized this wouldn't pay me because I realized how much I was putting into it without an inkling of how much I should be expecting, that fact became totally unacceptable for me, so I temporary stopped it given the moral repercussion its having on my psyche. I later resumed and eventually decide to stop when other job came up. I am only posting it so anyone can see how manipulative is CorelDraw; A great vector drawing graphics software. If you feel offended by adult stuff, please don't download it, just go to the next one which is YOGHURT RAIDER A comic I was commissioned to do for A May Childeren's Day kids magazine which was supposed to be a 4page, but because I wasn't given a premise or story to base what they needed on hence the story I could come up with can only be fitted on a 10 page and by that they declined to pay me. I didn't give them though, Imagine? an adult heading a Kid department in one of this huge christian church asking me to draw a comic that they weren't even ready to publish in their kiddy magazine, what happened was that; this head said they can't afford the amount I was asking which to me was an impress-first-time-customer amount, so we both reached an agreement to squeeze whatever I am going to be conceiving onto a 4 or 5 pages so that the amount can be reduced per page. At the end - they just neglected the whole thing. I am posting it for you guys to see how creative and good I am. I am not claiming to be the best o!, I know there are far better skillful guys out there, Please don't copy, or resell without the expressed permission of me, my name is on it. If you violate Artist Protection Act/Right under subsection 302 of the Yoruba Constitution, I will sue the living daylight out of you if I get you. In fact I won't do that I will send either Shango or Ogun to play with you. LOL! (Just joking) Just enjoy it sha! but don't attempt to make money of it because I know how SOME of my Nigerian peeps think. CURRENT PROJECT: I am trying to perfect a script that will ultimately involve a cataclysmic battle between Kratos of God of War versus the incredible Hulk, something I promised to do just to convince some guys including that my big bros in ABJ why Kratos is the finest warrior. FUTURE PROJECT: I have sworn never to have sex until I do a superb almost Walt-Disney type of animation regarding one of our legendary story. And I intend not to break it. That's how extreme I could decide to be. I am self-learning ToonBoom; a software for making such animation at a low-budget level. But this NEPA wahala gon sef too much. I am the alpha and O.M.3.G.4. that started the thread regarding that flopped KAJOLA movie, you can drop any comment there if you wish: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-493091.32.html 1 Like |
| Politics / A Joke Called Nigeria by omosoji: 5:19am On Apr 03, 2011 |
A Joke Called Nigeria This may seem unpatriotic, treasonable even. But it is real. Nigeria is joke. The key to surviving this farce is not to take the country too seriously. If you did, you face the risk of sustaining a heart attack. Leaders of this country are clowns. That bears stressing. I wondered where they were in the days of the theatre of the absurd. Everywhere you turn to, the farcical nature of Nigerian leaders confront you. Our educational system, for instance, must have been created in hell. It has suffered so much back and forth from policy inconsistencies that foreigners wonder if our leaders are not clowns. Every now and again, some bright-eyed minister would come up with an idea, and bingo! It is done. Nigeria’s education was once a pride of the continent. Citizens of sister African countries used to come here to study. Not anymore. Those who studied abroad, especially America, were derided. Now they are celebrated. There is a newspaper in this country which goes ecstatic at the sight of a foreign degree. Three years in a row, less than five percent of the total students that sat for NECO and WAEC score five credits. Those who take Nigeria seriously wonder if we have not lost the future. They wonder out of ignorance. They only need to see the clowns calling the shots as leaders to know that this country is a huge joke. With education in tatters, our circus clowns move on to destroy other sectors of national life. Because our universities churn out semi-literate graduates, the process of leadership recruitment becomes a do-or- die affair. We all know for instance, that a certain former senate president didn’t contest an election but he was shoved down the throats of our not-so- ‘distinguished’ senators- most of whom have skeletons to fill the size of a five year old cemetery! There was the story of a federal legislator (now late) who was an international scammer. He got elected into the legislature and manouvered to be chairman of the police affairs committee. The judiciary is no different. I remember a certain High Court judge (also now late), who had a penchant for issuing interim injunctions in the night for a fee. And the police? It is better not to talk about the police. We once had the head of police giving cover to criminals involved in all manner of sleaze and crime. Presently the ruling party willingly subverted its own constitution to accommodate the aspiration of a president who lives in denial. As I write, the same party is busy ordering a rerun to weed out those the people voted for. The story is no different in other political parties. Everywhere one is confronted by the seeming rascality of the elite. People are kicking the imposition of candidates. But those clowns and comedians don’t give a hoot. Basketmouth, Julius Agwu, Clint ‘da drunk’ and Ali Baba are known comics. The last especially is a grandmaster in the art of rib splitting humour. He towers above all the dozen or so of the Nigeria’s burgeoning tribe of comedians. And mark you, the nations’ comics could hold their own anywhere in the world. But Ali Baba’s amazing gift to make light of a heavy matter places him a shoulder above his nearest competitor.But compared to Nigeria’s leaders,these guys are upstarts. I recall an instance this pure genius called Ali Baba, in the theatre of the absurd performing on stage. Before the imperial presence of ‘Baba Iyabo’ himself, Ali Baba was at his artistic and caustic best. He secured a place for himself in the hall of fame of comedians by that performance. He derided the president maximally in his unique comical ways demonstrable only by masters of clowning. He was unsparing of his ministers too. He began taking poke shots at President Obasanjo with the story of the contract of erecting his life size status in Ota. During an unofficial visit to Ota, according to Ali Baba, , an obviously impressed Obasanjo asked the supervising minister, Jerry Gana how much it was going to cost to the national treasury. An obviously excited Gana promptly responded ‘N300 million, sir!’ ‘What!’, a not too pleased Obasanjo asked, ‘N300 million?’ Give me the money and I will stand there!’ Ali Baba went on. Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC), the world was beside the US sharing in her grief. Expectedly, world leaders were calling President Bush to commiserate with him and other Americans. Suddenly there was a call from Africa on the direct line of President Bush. Presidential aides knew that the caller must be a fellow president but which country from Africa, they couldn’t tell. They were certain the caller must be an important African leader. So they handed the phone to Bush. The first thing the caller uttered after clearing his throat as he is wont to was ‘Boosiii’. Ali Baba so mimicked Obasanjo that everyone burst out laughing, including Baba Iyabo himself. So tell me is this country not a joke? http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/ns/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24295:-a-joke-called-nigeria-&catid=126:my-view&Itemid=257 |
| Politics / Re: Is This Nigeria? I Was Moved To Tears By These Pictures by omosoji: 5:17am On Apr 03, 2011 |
A Joke Called Nigeria This may seem unpatriotic, treasonable even. But it is real. Nigeria is joke. The key to surviving this farce is not to take the country too seriously. If you did, you face the risk of sustaining a heart attack. Leaders of this country are clowns. That bears stressing. I wondered where they were in the days of the theatre of the absurd. Everywhere you turn to, the farcical nature of Nigerian leaders confront you. Our educational system, for instance, must have been created in hell. It has suffered so much back and forth from policy inconsistencies that foreigners wonder if our leaders are not clowns. Every now and again, some bright-eyed minister would come up with an idea, and bingo! It is done. Nigeria’s education was once a pride of the continent. Citizens of sister African countries used to come here to study. Not anymore. Those who studied abroad, especially America, were derided. Now they are celebrated. There is a newspaper in this country which goes ecstatic at the sight of a foreign degree. Three years in a row, less than five percent of the total students that sat for NECO and WAEC score five credits. Those who take Nigeria seriously wonder if we have not lost the future. They wonder out of ignorance. They only need to see the clowns calling the shots as leaders to know that this country is a huge joke. With education in tatters, our circus clowns move on to destroy other sectors of national life. Because our universities churn out semi-literate graduates, the process of leadership recruitment becomes a do-or- die affair. We all know for instance, that a certain former senate president didn’t contest an election but he was shoved down the throats of our not-so- ‘distinguished’ senators- most of whom have skeletons to fill the size of a five year old cemetery! There was the story of a federal legislator (now late) who was an international scammer. He got elected into the legislature and manouvered to be chairman of the police affairs committee. The judiciary is no different. I remember a certain High Court judge (also now late), who had a penchant for issuing interim injunctions in the night for a fee. And the police? It is better not to talk about the police. We once had the head of police giving cover to criminals involved in all manner of sleaze and crime. Presently the ruling party willingly subverted its own constitution to accommodate the aspiration of a president who lives in denial. As I write, the same party is busy ordering a rerun to weed out those the people voted for. The story is no different in other political parties. Everywhere one is confronted by the seeming rascality of the elite. People are kicking the imposition of candidates. But those clowns and comedians don’t give a hoot. Basketmouth, Julius Agwu, Clint ‘da drunk’ and Ali Baba are known comics. The last especially is a grandmaster in the art of rib splitting humour. He towers above all the dozen or so of the Nigeria’s burgeoning tribe of comedians. And mark you, the nations’ comics could hold their own anywhere in the world. But Ali Baba’s amazing gift to make light of a heavy matter places him a shoulder above his nearest competitor.But compared to Nigeria’s leaders,these guys are upstarts. I recall an instance this pure genius called Ali Baba, in the theatre of the absurd performing on stage. Before the imperial presence of ‘Baba Iyabo’ himself, Ali Baba was at his artistic and caustic best. He secured a place for himself in the hall of fame of comedians by that performance. He derided the president maximally in his unique comical ways demonstrable only by masters of clowning. He was unsparing of his ministers too. He began taking poke shots at President Obasanjo with the story of the contract of erecting his life size status in Ota. During an unofficial visit to Ota, according to Ali Baba, , an obviously impressed Obasanjo asked the supervising minister, Jerry Gana how much it was going to cost to the national treasury. An obviously excited Gana promptly responded ‘N300 million, sir!’ ‘What!’, a not too pleased Obasanjo asked, ‘N300 million?’ Give me the money and I will stand there!’ Ali Baba went on. Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC), the world was beside the US sharing in her grief. Expectedly, world leaders were calling President Bush to commiserate with him and other Americans. Suddenly there was a call from Africa on the direct line of President Bush. Presidential aides knew that the caller must be a fellow president but which country from Africa, they couldn’t tell. They were certain the caller must be an important African leader. So they handed the phone to Bush. The first thing the caller uttered after clearing his throat as he is wont to was ‘Boosiii’. Ali Baba so mimicked Obasanjo that everyone burst out laughing, including Baba Iyabo himself. So tell me is this country not a joke? |
| Politics / Re: Nigeria Spent N45trn In 12 Years by omosoji: 5:17am On Apr 03, 2011 |
A Joke Called Nigeria This may seem unpatriotic, treasonable even. But it is real. Nigeria is joke. The key to surviving this farce is not to take the country too seriously. If you did, you face the risk of sustaining a heart attack. Leaders of this country are clowns. That bears stressing. I wondered where they were in the days of the theatre of the absurd. Everywhere you turn to, the farcical nature of Nigerian leaders confront you. Our educational system, for instance, must have been created in hell. It has suffered so much back and forth from policy inconsistencies that foreigners wonder if our leaders are not clowns. Every now and again, some bright-eyed minister would come up with an idea, and bingo! It is done. Nigeria’s education was once a pride of the continent. Citizens of sister African countries used to come here to study. Not anymore. Those who studied abroad, especially America, were derided. Now they are celebrated. There is a newspaper in this country which goes ecstatic at the sight of a foreign degree. Three years in a row, less than five percent of the total students that sat for NECO and WAEC score five credits. Those who take Nigeria seriously wonder if we have not lost the future. They wonder out of ignorance. They only need to see the clowns calling the shots as leaders to know that this country is a huge joke. With education in tatters, our circus clowns move on to destroy other sectors of national life. Because our universities churn out semi-literate graduates, the process of leadership recruitment becomes a do-or- die affair. We all know for instance, that a certain former senate president didn’t contest an election but he was shoved down the throats of our not-so- ‘distinguished’ senators- most of whom have skeletons to fill the size of a five year old cemetery! There was the story of a federal legislator (now late) who was an international scammer. He got elected into the legislature and manouvered to be chairman of the police affairs committee. The judiciary is no different. I remember a certain High Court judge (also now late), who had a penchant for issuing interim injunctions in the night for a fee. And the police? It is better not to talk about the police. We once had the head of police giving cover to criminals involved in all manner of sleaze and crime. Presently the ruling party willingly subverted its own constitution to accommodate the aspiration of a president who lives in denial. As I write, the same party is busy ordering a rerun to weed out those the people voted for. The story is no different in other political parties. Everywhere one is confronted by the seeming rascality of the elite. People are kicking the imposition of candidates. But those clowns and comedians don’t give a hoot. Basketmouth, Julius Agwu, Clint ‘da drunk’ and Ali Baba are known comics. The last especially is a grandmaster in the art of rib splitting humour. He towers above all the dozen or so of the Nigeria’s burgeoning tribe of comedians. And mark you, the nations’ comics could hold their own anywhere in the world. But Ali Baba’s amazing gift to make light of a heavy matter places him a shoulder above his nearest competitor.But compared to Nigeria’s leaders,these guys are upstarts. I recall an instance this pure genius called Ali Baba, in the theatre of the absurd performing on stage. Before the imperial presence of ‘Baba Iyabo’ himself, Ali Baba was at his artistic and caustic best. He secured a place for himself in the hall of fame of comedians by that performance. He derided the president maximally in his unique comical ways demonstrable only by masters of clowning. He was unsparing of his ministers too. He began taking poke shots at President Obasanjo with the story of the contract of erecting his life size status in Ota. During an unofficial visit to Ota, according to Ali Baba, , an obviously impressed Obasanjo asked the supervising minister, Jerry Gana how much it was going to cost to the national treasury. An obviously excited Gana promptly responded ‘N300 million, sir!’ ‘What!’, a not too pleased Obasanjo asked, ‘N300 million?’ Give me the money and I will stand there!’ Ali Baba went on. Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC), the world was beside the US sharing in her grief. Expectedly, world leaders were calling President Bush to commiserate with him and other Americans. Suddenly there was a call from Africa on the direct line of President Bush. Presidential aides knew that the caller must be a fellow president but which country from Africa, they couldn’t tell. They were certain the caller must be an important African leader. So they handed the phone to Bush. The first thing the caller uttered after clearing his throat as he is wont to was ‘Boosiii’. Ali Baba so mimicked Obasanjo that everyone burst out laughing, including Baba Iyabo himself. So tell me is this country not a joke? |
| Politics / Re: Who Truly Is A Patriotic Nigerian by omosoji: 5:16am On Apr 03, 2011 |
A Joke Called Nigeria This may seem unpatriotic, treasonable even. But it is real. Nigeria is joke. The key to surviving this farce is not to take the country too seriously. If you did, you face the risk of sustaining a heart attack. Leaders of this country are clowns. That bears stressing. I wondered where they were in the days of the theatre of the absurd. Everywhere you turn to, the farcical nature of Nigerian leaders confront you. Our educational system, for instance, must have been created in hell. It has suffered so much back and forth from policy inconsistencies that foreigners wonder if our leaders are not clowns. Every now and again, some bright-eyed minister would come up with an idea, and bingo! It is done. Nigeria’s education was once a pride of the continent. Citizens of sister African countries used to come here to study. Not anymore. Those who studied abroad, especially America, were derided. Now they are celebrated. There is a newspaper in this country which goes ecstatic at the sight of a foreign degree. Three years in a row, less than five percent of the total students that sat for NECO and WAEC score five credits. Those who take Nigeria seriously wonder if we have not lost the future. They wonder out of ignorance. They only need to see the clowns calling the shots as leaders to know that this country is a huge joke. With education in tatters, our circus clowns move on to destroy other sectors of national life. Because our universities churn out semi-literate graduates, the process of leadership recruitment becomes a do-or- die affair. We all know for instance, that a certain former senate president didn’t contest an election but he was shoved down the throats of our not-so- ‘distinguished’ senators- most of whom have skeletons to fill the size of a five year old cemetery! There was the story of a federal legislator (now late) who was an international scammer. He got elected into the legislature and manouvered to be chairman of the police affairs committee. The judiciary is no different. I remember a certain High Court judge (also now late), who had a penchant for issuing interim injunctions in the night for a fee. And the police? It is better not to talk about the police. We once had the head of police giving cover to criminals involved in all manner of sleaze and crime. Presently the ruling party willingly subverted its own constitution to accommodate the aspiration of a president who lives in denial. As I write, the same party is busy ordering a rerun to weed out those the people voted for. The story is no different in other political parties. Everywhere one is confronted by the seeming rascality of the elite. People are kicking the imposition of candidates. But those clowns and comedians don’t give a hoot. Basketmouth, Julius Agwu, Clint ‘da drunk’ and Ali Baba are known comics. The last especially is a grandmaster in the art of rib splitting humour. He towers above all the dozen or so of the Nigeria’s burgeoning tribe of comedians. And mark you, the nations’ comics could hold their own anywhere in the world. But Ali Baba’s amazing gift to make light of a heavy matter places him a shoulder above his nearest competitor.But compared to Nigeria’s leaders,these guys are upstarts. I recall an instance this pure genius called Ali Baba, in the theatre of the absurd performing on stage. Before the imperial presence of ‘Baba Iyabo’ himself, Ali Baba was at his artistic and caustic best. He secured a place for himself in the hall of fame of comedians by that performance. He derided the president maximally in his unique comical ways demonstrable only by masters of clowning. He was unsparing of his ministers too. He began taking poke shots at President Obasanjo with the story of the contract of erecting his life size status in Ota. During an unofficial visit to Ota, according to Ali Baba, , an obviously impressed Obasanjo asked the supervising minister, Jerry Gana how much it was going to cost to the national treasury. An obviously excited Gana promptly responded ‘N300 million, sir!’ ‘What!’, a not too pleased Obasanjo asked, ‘N300 million?’ Give me the money and I will stand there!’ Ali Baba went on. Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC), the world was beside the US sharing in her grief. Expectedly, world leaders were calling President Bush to commiserate with him and other Americans. Suddenly there was a call from Africa on the direct line of President Bush. Presidential aides knew that the caller must be a fellow president but which country from Africa, they couldn’t tell. They were certain the caller must be an important African leader. So they handed the phone to Bush. The first thing the caller uttered after clearing his throat as he is wont to was ‘Boosiii’. Ali Baba so mimicked Obasanjo that everyone burst out laughing, including Baba Iyabo himself. So tell me is this country not a joke? |
| Politics / Re: Evidence Of Danger Ahead Of Us by omosoji: 5:12am On Apr 03, 2011 |
A Joke Called Nigeria This may seem unpatriotic, treasonable even. But it is real. Nigeria is joke. The key to surviving this farce is not to take the country too seriously. If you did, you face the risk of sustaining a heart attack. Leaders of this country are clowns. That bears stressing. I wondered where they were in the days of the theatre of the absurd. Everywhere you turn to, the farcical nature of Nigerian leaders confront you. Our educational system, for instance, must have been created in hell. It has suffered so much back and forth from policy inconsistencies that foreigners wonder if our leaders are not clowns. Every now and again, some bright-eyed minister would come up with an idea, and bingo! It is done. Nigeria’s education was once a pride of the continent. Citizens of sister African countries used to come here to study. Not anymore. Those who studied abroad, especially America, were derided. Now they are celebrated. There is a newspaper in this country which goes ecstatic at the sight of a foreign degree. Three years in a row, less than five percent of the total students that sat for NECO and WAEC score five credits. Those who take Nigeria seriously wonder if we have not lost the future. They wonder out of ignorance. They only need to see the clowns calling the shots as leaders to know that this country is a huge joke. With education in tatters, our circus clowns move on to destroy other sectors of national life. Because our universities churn out semi-literate graduates, the process of leadership recruitment becomes a do-or- die affair. We all know for instance, that a certain former senate president didn’t contest an election but he was shoved down the throats of our not-so- ‘distinguished’ senators- most of whom have skeletons to fill the size of a five year old cemetery! There was the story of a federal legislator (now late) who was an international scammer. He got elected into the legislature and manouvered to be chairman of the police affairs committee. The judiciary is no different. I remember a certain High Court judge (also now late), who had a penchant for issuing interim injunctions in the night for a fee. And the police? It is better not to talk about the police. We once had the head of police giving cover to criminals involved in all manner of sleaze and crime. Presently the ruling party willingly subverted its own constitution to accommodate the aspiration of a president who lives in denial. As I write, the same party is busy ordering a rerun to weed out those the people voted for. The story is no different in other political parties. Everywhere one is confronted by the seeming rascality of the elite. People are kicking the imposition of candidates. But those clowns and comedians don’t give a hoot. Basketmouth, Julius Agwu, Clint ‘da drunk’ and Ali Baba are known comics. The last especially is a grandmaster in the art of rib splitting humour. He towers above all the dozen or so of the Nigeria’s burgeoning tribe of comedians. And mark you, the nations’ comics could hold their own anywhere in the world. But Ali Baba’s amazing gift to make light of a heavy matter places him a shoulder above his nearest competitor.But compared to Nigeria’s leaders,these guys are upstarts. I recall an instance this pure genius called Ali Baba, in the theatre of the absurd performing on stage. Before the imperial presence of ‘Baba Iyabo’ himself, Ali Baba was at his artistic and caustic best. He secured a place for himself in the hall of fame of comedians by that performance. He derided the president maximally in his unique comical ways demonstrable only by masters of clowning. He was unsparing of his ministers too. He began taking poke shots at President Obasanjo with the story of the contract of erecting his life size status in Ota. During an unofficial visit to Ota, according to Ali Baba, , an obviously impressed Obasanjo asked the supervising minister, Jerry Gana how much it was going to cost to the national treasury. An obviously excited Gana promptly responded ‘N300 million, sir!’ ‘What!’, a not too pleased Obasanjo asked, ‘N300 million?’ Give me the money and I will stand there!’ Ali Baba went on. Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC), the world was beside the US sharing in her grief. Expectedly, world leaders were calling President Bush to commiserate with him and other Americans. Suddenly there was a call from Africa on the direct line of President Bush. Presidential aides knew that the caller must be a fellow president but which country from Africa, they couldn’t tell. They were certain the caller must be an important African leader. So they handed the phone to Bush. The first thing the caller uttered after clearing his throat as he is wont to was ‘Boosiii’. Ali Baba so mimicked Obasanjo that everyone burst out laughing, including Baba Iyabo himself. So tell me is this country not a joke? |
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