...Quotes pertaining to Nigeria and allusions offered by prominent Nigerians....

“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.”
Ben Okri

"I don't think I'll ever escape the fact that I don't belong anywhere in particular. I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality."
Hugo Weaving

"Nigeria's escalating problems are boosting prices. Nigeria puts almost 2.5 million barrels of crude into the market daily around 3 percent of global oil output."
Tobin Gorey

"Any language that has the cheek to leave its primordial shores and encroach on the linguistic territory of other people should learn to come to terms with the inevitable reality that it would be domesticated."
Chinua achebe

"As for me, I thank God I did not marry a Nigerian, they are too demanding and bossy, but a good oyinbo man will treat you like a queen that you are."
Kate Henshaw

....:popcorn:

:lol:

"As for me, I thank God I did not marry a Nigerian, they are too demanding and bossy, but a good oyinbo man will treat you like a queen that you are."
Kate Henshaw

....:popcorn:

:ohno::ohno:

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?
Marion Berry, former mayor of D.C

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Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources.
Philip Emeagwali

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?
Marion Berry, former mayor of D.C

:|

pfft the former president of USA opinion is more weightier :)

"Vice President mentioned Nigeria is a fledgling democracy. We have to work with Nigeria. That's an important continent."
George.W.Bush

:lol:

:D

“Your country is very important to the continent of Africa. It is very important because if things go right here, the benefit will permeate the entire continent.

If it goes wrong, then all of us will suffer untold problem. I think it is in the interest of the continent that things should go well here”

John Kuffour, Former President of Ghana on Nigeria's 2011 elections


[Nigeria] Is critical to the rest of the continent and if Nigeria does not get it right, Africa will really not make more progress.

Barack Obama, President of the United States

"Don’t mind him! He is always running after me". And "You guys (pressmen), you always say we don’t have mineral resource in Kano: we have Coca Cola, Fanta, Mirinda and a newly invented one Sipirit (Sprite)" - Bakin Zuwo

:rofl:

Nigerians dont panic, Terrorist attacks happens everywhere - GEJ



Barkin Zuwo (A Kano Politician):

When asked about student unrest: "How can they rest when they have to study for biology, english, etc"?

When asked money found at the statehouse after coup: "government money in Government house, what is the problem?"

When asked about keeping state funds in the bank: " I don't trust bank managers"

This guy :hilarious:

G.S.M (phones I believe) is not meant for the poor- Sen. David Mark

'Jonathan and Sambo is a good man' - Patience Jonathan, Current First Lady of Nigeria

If nigerian can buy a bottles of beer for 120 naira and eva water for 100 naira why can't they buy a litre of fuel for 100 plus - OBJ

I will rather kill myself than commit suicide- Patience Jonathan, Current First Lady of Nigeria

The south west is too important to be left in the hands of rascals - GEJ

"The worth of the life of a child born and bred in Kano cannot be compared to that of a child born and bred in the United States" -Yakubu Gowon, Former Military Ruler of Nigeria

I have no shoes - GEJ

Jesus could not conduct free elections in Nigeria- OBJ

"Nigerians like to move around too much. Now if you don't have somewhere important to go to, you'll stay at home" - Olusegun Obasanjo responding to the fuel price increase.

Damn :lol:

"Nigerians like to move around too much. Now if you don't have somewhere important to go to, you'll stay at home" - Olusegun Obasanjo responding to the fuel price increase.

Damn :lol:
:lol:

GEJ should've said this in response to the outrage after the fuel subsidy was removed.

"As for me, I thank God I did not marry a Nigerian, they are too demanding and bossy, but a good oyinbo man will treat you like a queen that you are."
Kate Henshaw

....:popcorn:

is that what they call prostitutes now, a queen. obviously she hasnt spoken to to the many nigerian women in the west with degrees and phds packing oyinbos shit in the west.

and look at whos talking about bossy. some nigerian women r so bossy and demanding its silly.