somegirl1:


You didn't insult but your sample size was too small and there was a hint of bias in your submission. It was almost as though you saw what you wanted to see.
Also, there were contradictions like open-mindedness and preferring to stick with one's own, in one sentence. It would have made a good read if it was simply about your mates and not about entire groups.
But hey, it's your observation and opinion and you shouldn't be crucified for it.
Best wishes for the future.

The experience was about my mates and they are yorubas and igbos, though the sample size was small but I can't be mentioning their names and attributing their doings alongside. And it was not about seeing what I wanted to see, if I had written everything I witnessed maybe I would have been slaughtered here tonight. Just wanted to be sincere with the two tribes moderate strength and weakness. THANKS.

oboy3:
I AM IGBO

i am the exact opposite of most of the things you described about my People, pls next time, try not to generalise a tribe of 10+ millions of people with few peeps you met

Thank

Bros I did not generalize, just an observation from a year experience, and I could not have been mentioning names like chike did this, nneka did dat so that was why I narrowed it that way. And I tried not to insult any tribe. Seriously if I had known it will result to this I would not have bothered!

gbosaa:



You didn't answer the question. Someone playing pranks and jokes is a friendly person. Nothing in your post suggests any form of malice or mischief from your Igbo colleagues.

You are very judgemental. "Once you interact with them, you would know"!! What's that supposed to mean. What form of interaction differentiate the two groups?

Bros answer the question yourself! Seems no one can satisfy you not even yourself. I'm I also judgemental with my assertion that igbos are creative, open-minded, fun to be with etc. Even the yorubas that I observed to be notorious are not launching attack. Kindly satisfy yourself whichever way.

babyfaceafrica:
oga the problem wiith you is that you are naïve...small things like this generate into tribal wars,that is why I don't post some topics on NL.there are people here who sleep and eat on tribal bashing.You made an honest mistake,next time just share general NYSC experience and don't mention tribes,lots of kids here,I do agree with most of your observation,but NL bigots messed up your thread..sowei

Why I'am amazed is that I never insulted any tribe or call them names that was why I was bold to mention tribes specifically in the post but one mentally deranged dude just came and started spewing thrash that I'am after igbo women. Thanks bro. Your advise is noted.

MrsPhyno:

Lmao, I'm an Igbo "woman" and I respect ur answer

Sis believe me the dude is just annoying! As a guy from the middle belt I just felt I should share my NYSC experience and he started insulting! Infact I just registered with nairaland today for the purpose of this thread. I've been a visitor.

gbosaa:


Can you tell us the type of trouble these Igbos normally cause in camp, how could you differentiate the Igbos that grew up in their region and the ones that didn't spend much time in 'their region'?

I said "looking for trouble" not causing trouble. The looking for trouble I meant is not related to violence. And I said they like look for trouble jokingly which could be in form of pranks or seriously which could be in form of just disturbing intentionally. And how to know the ones that grew up in their region or not: once you interact with them you would know. Hope I've answered you ?

NIGHTMARE007:

yes coz ur post is filled with biasness... Very very onesided..iy shows U are a yoruba man.. The commet that really sold u out is wen u said OUR WOMEN RUN AWAY FROM US.. ;Dhahahah Coz dats d typical mentality of an average yoruba man.... Giving demselves false beliv to raise their lowself esteem towards igbos.

Alright.

NIGHTMARE007:



Hahahha our women running away from us.

Oya go to east to pick a gal and see if u can get one u only get urface whooped

AFONJA

So out of all the things I wrote up there the only thing that struck you is about igbo women ? And beside, I don't need to convince you about my identity because you are simply looking for someone to ridicule and I just checked your previous post on nairaland and all I can say is I've wasted my time engaging you in an argument. BYE!

NIGHTMARE007:


Thank u brother u took my words out from my mouth.
I dnt kno why they keep consoling themselves dat igbo gals love them.
Dont be suprised ops judgement might be from one instance of igbo gal and yoruba guy discussing then he concludes....hahaha
Let him go to east and tell a gal dat hez a afonja and wana marry her.... and see wat he gets..
THIS OUR WASTERN NEIGHBOURS SEF.

Now I see why your women are running away from you! Kindly share your won experience if you have any issue with this thread! Must everything result to a tribal war ? Bros you get problem o.

OILSOUP:


Very Pathetic! Stop talking trash!

U are a yoruba oloshi that opened this thread 4 the soul purpose of propagating falsehood.

Igbo women are beautifully raised by their igbo family, go and raise ur yoruba women to be beautiful as opposed to the animals u consider them to be.

It is important u know igbo women are married in every tribe in Nigeria and abroad by other blacks and whites, the largest number is with igbo men which is about 95%.


Get dat into ur head, igbo women 4 igbo men.

Noted. Are you now happy ?

somegirl1:


This isn't quite true especially of the ones who grew up in the West.
Even abroad they speak their language and are surprised that you don't understand it, as though Yoruba is a lingua franca of Nigeria.
They however get suspicious when you speak in your language and request, albeit playfully, that you translate.

Noted.

Maxcollins042:

Like seriously? You are judging a tribe with few persons? Oga take time o.

Bros I'am not Judging, just speaking from what I observed.

sinkhole:
Hmmmm, sincerely speaking, typing 16yrs actually shocked me too, but it looks like yesterday and my only joy is that I have achieved quite much since that time! The only advice I can give you is to not always think that next year is 365 days to come but that next year is tomorrow; as somebody said "differ not till tomorrow, what today can achieve"

Noted. Thanks for the Advise bro.

Doxie69:
Nonsense observation

Thought Metallurgy students are intelligent! You just proved otherwise

sinkhole:
You are very correct, then Fayose's behaviour should not be entirely strange to you

Not at all, his attitude is not strange. There is a guy among the ekiti corpers we do call fayose. Lol... Stubborn guy!

sinkhole:
I served in the north some sixteen years ago I mixed very well with my brothers from the east; there was no NLand then and nothing much to create and spread hatred in the minds of the young ones.
It is same everywhere; a typical northerner who was born in Katsina, schooled in Maiduguri, served in Sokoto and is working in Abuja will be far more hostile than the one who is born in Gombe, schooled in Jos, served in Port Harcourt and works in Lagos

Bros 16 years no be beans o! Nigeria was still united then naw. But now our youths has abused the relevance and importance of social media with hate messages. May God deliver us.

TheEastActivist:


Don't mind the guy abeg, he equally do not know what sample means.

He didnt know one can use ten random items from a given population of 1M to observe your data and draw your conclusion perfectly.

Stat 101.

But baba how do you know or come to the conclusion that Igbo's that didn't grow in the east are not tge one troublesome but otherwise...

Chey you wan divide us abi?

Bros no be like that o, I no wan divide una o. But that's what I observed during the 3 weeks orientation camp. Igbos that are based solely in the east also mixes with other people but they prefer to be with their people most times, but the ones that are based in other region does better when it comes to that. Thanks bro.

sinkhole:
@OP, mpandevee (I don't know if you are TIV? I am Yoruba) You seem to have done some good research during your service. Most of your observations are quite correct but some can not be generalized!
As for the Ekiti people; The Ekiti and the Ijesha are generally very stubborn among the Yorubas (consider Aregbesola (Ijesha) and Fayose (Ekiti)), they are not criminals but they are very stubborn, they can quickly degenerate argument into a fight

I know they are not criminals but they argue a lot and they like raising their voice.

YorubasAreStupid:
NONSENSE

If you don't like other people's story. Write your own - Chinua Achebe

Liberty101:
This if funny, using less than 10 people to judge an entire tribe of more than 10million.

Not judging anyone bro. Just an observation.

sinkhole:
@TooEasy. May I ask, are the Igbos and Yorubas always at dagga drawn, as they are here on NL, in your camp?

Not really bro. Except if an argument comes up. But what I also observed is: the igbos that mixes well and that are less troublesome are the ones that never grew up or did not spend much time in their region. How was it in ir camp ?

It has been a great experience serving my fatherland. I was posted to Edo state to serve. By the way, I'm ezekiel from benue state, I'am graduate of history from Ahmadu Bello University. Fast forward to my PPA: my first day at my PPA, we were warmly welcomed and entertained lavishly by our senior corpers, so I decided to stay in the corpers lodge because the place is nice and well equipped. Though I was the only one from benue state among the corpers staying in the lodge, the population of yorubas and igbos were almost even, and we had 2 hausas. So life began with all the 3 ethnic groups living under thesame roof. So straight to the point.

WHAT I OBSERVED ABOUT THE YORUBAS.

1. Yorubas prefers to communicate in english most times when they are aware they have someone from another listening to them, at least one would know they won't sell him/her. Lol...
2. Yorubas are very good with constructive arguments, they argue with points without insulting and believe me, before you can win a yoruba man in an argument, you have a lot of work to do.

3. Yorubas are so difficult to predict! I think that's where their strength lies, you can't really know their mind especially if you've offended them before.
4. They are romantic! Its only a yoruba man you would see in our lodge that helps the ladies to loose their hair, watch their boring korean film with them even if they don't like it, stay with the ladies most times in the kitchen when cooking etc.
5. Yoruba guys and igbo girls have flair for each other: we always see them play, gist, party together. Some of them even dated. They are just kind of connected.
6. Its like Ekiti people (yorubas) are naturally notorious, I served with 3 of them, they are the ones that causes trouble in the lodge.

7. They like social activities like parties, sports etc.
8. And lastly they are naturally nice, accommodating and always ready to take up responsibility.

WHAT I OBSERVED ABOUT THE IGBOS.
1. Igbos does not know how to hide feelings. When they are angry you would know they are, and if they don't like you it means they don't like you.
2. Igbos are too predictable, you can easily know or guess what they would do.
3. Igbos are fun to be with. You would just be laughing whenever you are around them
4. Once an igbo woman loves you, it means she loves you and she does not bloody care about what people will say! "Mehn igbo women sabi love o" they are also attracted to yoruba guys!

5. Igbos like looking for trouble either jokingly or seriously. Lol...

6. Igbo men are not romantic: too serious, rigid and not flexible.

7. Igbo language is difficult to understand, mehn I tried my best but I could only grab few like gaanu koma, ndeewo etc.
8. And lastly, they are creative, open-minded and associate more with themselves. All I have to say is thank God for keeping my alive to witness another milestone. To all my NYSC friends: Rasheed, Japheth, Kosi, oliseh, okey, timilehin, I love you all.

It has been a great experience serving my fatherland. I was posted to Edo state to serve. By the way, I'm ezekiel from benue state, I'am graduate of history from Ahmadu Bello University. Fast forward to my PPA: my first day at my PPA, we were warmly welcomed and entertained lavishly by our senior corpers, so I decided to stay in the corpers lodge because the place is nice and well equipped. Though I was the only one from benue state among the corpers staying in the lodge, the population of yorubas and igbos were almost even, and we had 2 hausas. So life began with all the 3 ethnic groups living under thesame roof. So straight to the point.

WHAT I OBSERVED ABOUT THE YORUBAS.

1. Yorubas prefers to communicate in english most times when they are aware they have someone from another listening to them, at least one would know they won't sell him/her. Lol...
2. Yorubas are very good with constructive arguments, they argue with points without insulting and believe me, before you can win a yoruba man in an argument, you have a lot of work to do.

3. Yorubas are so difficult to predict! I think that's where their strength lies, you can't really know their mind especially if you've offended them before.
4. They are romantic! Its only a yoruba man you would see in our lodge that helps the ladies to loose their hair, watch their boring korean film with them even if they don't like it, stay with the ladies most times in the kitchen when cooking etc.
5. Yoruba guys and igbo girls have flair for each other: we always see them play, gist, party together. Some of them even dated. They are just kind of connected.
6. Its like Ekiti people (yorubas) are naturally notorious, I served with 3 of them, they are the ones that causes trouble in the lodge.

7. They like social activities like parties, sports etc.
8. And lastly they are naturally nice, accommodating and always ready to take up responsibility.

WHAT I OBSERVED ABOUT THE IGBOS.
1. Igbos does not know how to hide feelings. When they are angry you would know they are, and if they don't like you it means they don't like you.
2. Igbos are too predictable, you can easily know or guess what they would do.
3. Igbos are fun to be with. You would just be laughing whenever you are around them
4. Once an igbo woman loves you, it means she loves you and she does not bloody care about what people will say! "Mehn igbo women sabi love o" they are also attracted to yoruba guys!

5. Igbos like looking for trouble either jokingly or seriously. Lol...

6. Igbo men are not romantic: too serious, rigid and not flexible.

7. Igbo language is difficult to understand, mehn I tried my best but I could only grab few like gaanu koma, ndeewo etc.
8. And lastly, they are creative, open-minded and associate more with themselves. All I have to say is thank God for keeping my alive to witness another milestone. To all my NYSC friends: Rasheed, Japheth, Kosi, oliseh, okey, timilehin, I love you all.