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He is an interesting player - short back legs.
Kaka' (literally, paternal uncle).
Senzo Meyiwa was just a young kid and was already becoming one of the best goalkeepers in Africa.
Nothing can shark the wheels or crush the spirit of a determined people, said Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
My joy knows no bounds ... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.
None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan.
They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!
It's not going to determine whether I will remain with Nigeria or not. I don't have a contract and I'm not depending on this match to give me a contract. So please don't think I will die in the Nigeria job.
Nigerians must have the dream, believe the dream, live the dream and work to build the dream
Lagos is a metropolis of almost twenty million people, with more energy than London, more entrepreneurial spirit than New York, and so people come up with all sorts of ways to make a living.
You could have just said Ngozi is your tribal name and Ifemelu is your jungle name and throw in one more as your spiritual name. They'll believe all kinds of shit about Africa.
Simba, You Are More Than What You Have Become
I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him.
Please don't speak Igbo to him,' Aunty Uju said. 'Two languages will confuse him.'
'What are you talking about, Aunty? We spoke two languages growing up.'
'This is America. It's different.
I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.
We had probably our best ever Player of the Year Dance last week. You elected Dennis Wise as Player of the Year. Dennis accepted his award mimicking Vialli, whereupon Zola shouted 'Speak English', Dennis switched to his normal Cockney voice only for Zola to shout 'You're still not speaking English'.
What does he stand for?
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
[Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]
Ngari-ngari - literally
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.
He said, 'Ifemelu is a fine babe bu she is too much trouble. She can argue. She can talk. She never agrees. But Ginika is just a sweet gil.' He paused, then added, He didn't know that was exactly what I hoped to hear, I'm not interested in girls that are too nice
It is my name for you. Amaka is a Nigerian name and it means beautiful.
Of the Sun, Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, The African Origins of Civilization
My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so.
Ogbenyealu is a common name for girls and you know what it means? 'Not to Be Married to a Poor Man.' To stamp that on a child at birth is capitalism at its best." Richard
We always looked forward to playing Aston Villa to hear him mangle Ugo Ehiogu's name. "Make sure you pick up Ehugu, Ehogy, whatever his name is."
If we ran Nigeria like this cell," he said, "we would have no problems in this country. Things are so organized. Our cell has a Chief called General Abacha and he has a second in command. Once you come in, you have to give them some money. If you don't, you're in trouble.
You know Alou's name spelled backwards is Uola? That sounds like a first name, Uola.
O'Baarni. He looked so frail and weak, like the starving
No guile?
Nay, but so strangely
He moves among us. Not this
Man but Barabbas! Release to us
Barabbas!
Yossarian!!!(?)!
Once Upon a Time in Afrika By Balogun Ojetade
We must see the new Nigeria The Nigeria We Want we must accept personal responsibility to build it
some evil old ruffian of a Dog-stealer
All glory to Adonai!
Great is thy love.
Great is thy mercy.
Great is thy faithfulness.
Donald - ruler Donovan
Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. Okoye
Ulick Norman Owen.
At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly; so his chi agreed.
No. How dare you . You were the guardian of throne and country. And now I, having cast aside my life for you, find the Dora Milaje and their capatain turned jambazi! What has come of you, Aneka? What of your oath to the nation? To me ?
Today, president Paul Biya is presiding over a nation where more than 80% of its physicians are abroad, where more than 90% of its doctorate degree holders are abroad, where Cameroonians invest abroad more than at home, where Cameroonians are voting against the system with their feet;
It could be ... Giant Baba!
Afrikander cattle.
What is his name?-- Jane Austen
To move Nigeria forward, we must define our interest in the Nigeria project
At the last minute, from what I can gather, either Emmanuel Adebayor or his agent phoned us after they had agreed a deal with City and then did the same with Chelsea. He was desperate to get to either Chelsea or us.
There is a man named Ovi Niit. He runs a comfort house in the soft quarter. I mean to take it from him.
Bin Nassib came last night and visited me before going home to his own house; a tall, brown, polite Arab. He says that he lately received a packet for Mr. Stanley from the American Consul, sealed in tin, and sent it back: this is the eleventh that came to Stanley. A
The only Aniimal with 2 ii's!
Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.
The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not An Economist, She Is A Demographer
I am I, I am he. We are, but I am I, first I am I, I will defend being I until I am unable to fight any longer. I am I, Atalia. Ego. Yo. A professional degree, an Argentine, a scarlet fingernail, pretty sometimes, big dark eyes, I. Atalia Donosi, I. Yo. Yo-yo, windlass and hawser. Funny.
My knowledge of Abuja is not as deep as my knowledge of Lagos.
meinstein n. My son, the genius.
The Duce will have Ethiopia, with or without the Ethiopians.
You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'
I love Nigerians becouse they're extra ordinary people they make impossible to be possible.
Governor Tinubu's criminal case is of international dimension.
It is as it is. Betren son of Bromwell Defender of Delmarath
Muhammad Iffat has an inflexible, Turkish mentality but a heart of gold.
And here's Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.
The precious ordinary. I
your uncle Geoffrey.
Ghana is like a lion without a head
Akagi, the man named Akagi Shigeru. Money, fame, power... all the things that most people desire... he never set his sights on such things. All he ever was, was himself.
What bosom beast not in his country's cause?
As accomplished as Aboujaoude?" "He was accomplished and humble. You, my son, are ambitious. And proud. And your feet smell strongly of dung, if I am being perfectly honest.
It's time to end the brain drain and move to brain gain. It's time for a great mind of Nigeria to return home. You're the mind we need, Doctor.
Our audacity to rise from our losses makes Nigeria the number one footballing nation in Africa!
I wish to note that the level of discourse in Nigeria is abysmally low, and, usually, garnished with character assassination. We allow our personal frustrations to becloud reason
There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.
Taleenoi olngisoilechashur.
I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis.
When you see a Sudanese walking on the street, there is a story.
My beautiful Ivey.
What is happening in Nigeria is an absolute atrocity,
Our friend Chewy doesn't speak much, but he chews a lot of tobacco so we call him Chewbacco.
Alas, Abdullah and Pari, Baba Ayub's days of happiness came to an end.
I felt sorry for Senzo Meyiwa family and for the people of South Africa because it's a shame we lost such a huge talent. In all the games he had played I think he didn't concede any goal.
The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
I am extremely proud to have the surname Ambani. I am proud to be a Gujarati, and above all, an extremely proud Indian.
Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name.
Elections in Nigeria Under My Watch Have Been Credible and Transparent
Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here.
Being an indigenous talent of the African race;
Why?' - Nasuada
'You know why' - Murtagh
Robin Einstein Sacrificial Lamb Varghese.
Cagliari central defender Comunardo Niccolai became celebrated for his ability to score bizarre own goals in the 1960s, so much that self inflicted problems in general are often referred to as 'Niccolai-like'.
Shema Israel Adonai Ehohenu Adonai Echad.
The south really wants Abyei; they have a core constituency who reside in the area who believe that Abyei belongs to the south. There are a number of those sons of Abyei in high positions of government in South Sudan, so it's pretty hard for South Sudan to just walk away.
The energies of Lagos life- creative, malevolent, ambiguous- converge at the bus stops
Why would you want to bring a foreign coach? Why? If you bring a foreign coach, you might as well bring foreign players, white players to play for Nigeria. If you bring a European coach, he should also bring oyinbo (white) players. That's how it is.
A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia.
The sacred preacher woman; Lailah Gifty Akita.
Friends, since when has irresponsibility become a Nigerian factor?
What is the male equivalent of Bimbo?
psychologist Timothy