Abokina,
In Hausa language, the lingua Franca of Northern
Nigeria, it means my friend. It is
already turning white in some parts of the world and it is currently hazy here.
I wish you a beautiful Christmas in advance.
As a country, we have been battling Boko
Haram in the last few years and it has led to the death of...
16 Dec 2016
9 Dec 2016
FIRST HUSBAND vs SUBSEQUENT HUSBANDS
E káasan,
That’s the greetings of a Yoruba person which means ‘Good afternoon’. It has been some weeks that I last came this way but it is all for good! The tap is still gushing but the demand of this time makes it seems like it is seizing from my end. I am sure the wind...
8 Nov 2016
PATCH PATCH vs FOLLOW COME!
Mwanmin,
There
is no ethnic tribe where there is no word "friend" and that's
"Mwanmin" in Kulere language of Plateau State, Nigeria. It is always
a pleasure to have you as an audience for Versus Series
Today,
we have the voice of two people in a dialogue. An Igbo...
3 Nov 2016
PARALYSIS VS ELLIPSIS
Kowure,
This
is my special morning greetings to you in Kulere language of Bokkos local
government area of Plateau State, Nigeria. It is another good time to share
with you. Hope you are earnestly looking forward to the end of the year- the
most expensive and fun -...
19 Oct 2016
ETHICAL WORDS vs CONTRADICTORY ACTIONS
Nafmin,
I travelled down from Bokkos Local Government area of Plateau State, Nigeria and I just said ‘My people’ in Kulere language. Hope your week has been great thus far?
In this pervasive world where we live. There are many clergymen that had been accused of committing...
14 Oct 2016
UNSUNG vs SAMSUNG
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Matan Mwanmin,
How has been the month so far? I have not come to you recently but I am glad to sharing my thoughts with you today. I have come to you saying ‘Hello’ in Kulere language of Bokkos local government of Plateau...
21 Sept 2016
JUNGLE JUSTICE vs ANALYTICAL JUDGMENT
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Muli Bwanji,
It’s been wet in the city of Lagos in the last few hours, those on my social media would have seen the video on flash flood around Idi-Iroko; Ikorodu road. I have come to greet you in Bemba language of Zambia which means ‘Hello’.
As human,...
14 Sept 2016
ILÉSANMÍ vs JOYÈ
E ku ayo odun o!
As a Yorùbá man, we are renowned for having greetings for all occasions and situations. Well, our Muslim friends are in the mood of celebration and we wish them the best of the season.
Today, I would be discussing a very simplex (simple...
18 Aug 2016
FOREWARNING vs RESCUING
Muli Shani,
It is such a great opportunity coming your way again this week. Hope you have been making the best of this month? It's way more than half, what have we achieved so far? I am saying "hi" in Bemba language of Zambia.
I will be starting this edition with the post proverbial of a saying in Yorùbá language. *A forewarned crippled man...
10 Aug 2016
FRIVOLITY vs NECESSITY
Mai Shamwari,
I am excited coming your way
again today after some weeks break. I have been on recess but I am not
depressed. Life has different folds of challenges and I hope we are on top of
all the pebbles thrown at us. I am saying ‘My People’ in Shona language of
Zimbabwe....
11 Jul 2016
BLOATED EGO vs MASSAGED EGO
Makadini,
Last week was defined by a friend
as a ‘mid-term’ for workers, it was at the beginning of the second half of the
year so the holiday felt so good, so short and I felt like it should continue.
However, the economy suffered largely for it. I just greeted you in...
28 Jun 2016
WRITING vs BESTSELLER
Mhoro,
I have been hibernating for some
weeks now; however before I go into today’s discourse, I’ve come to you in
Shona language of Zimbabwe; that’s how far I can go to bring you greetings, ‘Mhoro’ means ‘hi’.
Today’s title is just metaphor of
any creative endeavour....
25 May 2016
MANAGER vs FOUNDER
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Otume,
I am
back from the Igede clan in Benue State and I am now with my friends from
Degema, Rivers State, saying "hello"
to everyone. May we always encounter favour as we anticipate a new month.
There
is a certain man who...
18 May 2016
GENERALIZATION vs INDIVIDUALITY
Anginyi Nyiam,
My affiliation with the people of
Igede in Benue State continues today. I have come to ‘My People’ just like they
call it. This week is bombarded with many activities and I am hopeful that it
will all end in praise.
Have you ever heard older people
talk...
11 May 2016
FAST FOOD vs HOMEMADE MEAL
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Gbe nor,
As I have always shown intention
to showcase Nigerian languages on this platform, I have come to you speaking
Ososo language in Edo State, Nigeria, saying, Good morning. Hope it is a
pleasant morning over there as it is here?
I...
6 May 2016
DISDAIN vs DEFERENCE
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Aligwu Nyiam,
Trust you had a great week? I am
still in solidarity with my Benue friends; I have come to you in Igede language
saying ‘my friend’. Let me
congratulate our Mothers; I am proud to be associated with different category
of...
28 Apr 2016
TATTOO vs LALI
Ior Av,
It’s a wet Thursday in Lagos, Nigeria and I am glad it rained. People
have been enduring the high weather temperature in the last few days. It is the
day of relieve and we look forward to more relieve as the rainy season sets in
fully. I have come in the...
21 Apr 2016
OUTER MOTIVATION vs INNER CONVICTION
Ior Av,
Despite all that is happening in
Benue State, not political though, I have decided to associate with them today.
I just said my people in Tiv language from North-Central, Nigeria. How it has
been a great day for you? Am trying to try (one of the phrases that I...
15 Apr 2016
WEAKENED NORMALCY vs STRENGHTENED STRETCH
Iniebinotu,
There is nobody who does not want
to associate with people who can speak their language and this is one of the
ways of being favoured. Interestingly, some people understand other’s language
more than their mother tongue because they are resident in those...
8 Apr 2016
BUS DRIVER vs CAR DRIVER
Mutane,
‘People’ that is my greetings
today in Hausa language. Hope it has been a great day thus far? Most especially
at this time, for those in Nigeria, when there is fuel scarcity! It has been a
great challenge commuting from one place to another. Imagine, Third Mainland
Bridge...
29 Mar 2016
FUMIGATION vs SANITATION
Otume,
That’s ‘hello’ in Degema language
of Rivers State, Nigeria. Hope you had a fantastic Easter. I had some
fun-relaxed and equally did some personal tasks. Welcome to the last week in
March 2016. Time flies so fast. The first quarter of 2016 is gradually coming
to...
18 Mar 2016
INTERNAL ENTRUST vs EXTERNAL ATTACK
E kaaro, Idobale ni mo
wa o!
The Yoruba boy in me will often
emerge. I have no option but to say ‘Good Morning while prostrating’! I consider my language an asset, at this
time, now that the spotlight is now on Africa and her languages. Be that as it
may, let’s...
14 Mar 2016
DESPERATION vs AMBITION
Iniebinotu,
I have come to address ‘My People’
according to the Izon (Ijaw) language of South-South, Nigeria. You know one thing
that has happened to Nigerian languages is the modification by Westerners
during the era of colonization. I still hold this opinion strongly...
29 Feb 2016
EXTERNAL ADVISORY vs IN-HOUSE ADVISORY
Iniekiowei,
If I were to be a singer, I would
have been able to prove my dexterity with all the languages that I have used in
greeting you; today I am fraternizing with my Ijaw friends from the Niger-Delta
region
by calling you, ‘my friend’.
There is a certain organization...
22 Feb 2016
UNSERVICED USAGE vs SERVICED USAGE
Ovre me,
Waking up on a Monday morning to
see a Police officer break the windscreen of a commercial bus popularly called ‘danfo’,
thereafter boarding a bus where a
passenger engage the bus driver and the conductor in a duel. This reminds me of
the song of the late...
15 Feb 2016
INDEPENDENT ADOLESCENCE vs PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Tubara,
As a true Nigerian, I have coming
in the similitude of an Ijaw man, I just said ‘hello’. Hope it has been a great
weekend? Hope the zeal to make great success is still burning in you for 2016?
Let’s not get tired from the first quarter of the year. Arise... for...
