who is a legend?

Silverbird Group Nigeria, the owner of Rhythm 93.7 and Silverbird television has been running a programme(Opinion poll) on both their radio and TV stations for the search for “THE FIVE GREATEST NIGERIAN LIVING LEGEND”..
Nominees announced (even though the criteria for choosing them was not made known) include pastor Adeboye of RCCG, pastor Oyedepo of Winners Chapel, Olusegun Obasanjo, Gowon,Anthony Okogie, King Sunny Ade, Kanu Nwankwo, Pat Utomi, Onyeka Owenu, chinua acehbe, Philip imeagwali, balarabe musa, akeem olajunwo, chuwkwuemeka ojukwu,dora akunyili, david davinon, wole soyinka e.t.c( 20 of them actually)

These names are generating a lot of controversies because a lot of people are wondering if some of the pastors and individual who made this list can, then others deserve to be on the list as well..what happened to Olukoya of Mountain of Fire,TB Joshua ,Chris Oyahkilome and others that you can think of? NO notable Islamic Leader even make the list. As at this morning, it was in the news that pastor Adeboye was leading the poll with some 48. percent of total vote cast. Is this not a pure reflection of emotional attachment based on the fact that RCCG actually boast of the largest congregation in the country? Is it that an Islamic leader cannot be a legend?

What can they achieve with this poll? Who actually is a legend? Would it not be better if it was categorized into groups like SPORT, RELIGION,MUSIC,POLITICS e.t.c.? Is this just another ruse to rip people off their hard-earned money? After all, sms cost 100naira per person.
I’m hoping you will find some minutes to air your views.
Thank you.
NOTE: This short article is written with good intention and not to castigate ANY RELIGION or Individual.

my posting friend, shut your off and dont be a fool or whats wrong if adeboye wins it at the end of the day...........i am not a member of his, but i appreciate what the good Lord has done through him.

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Originally Posted by bcgeorge

Silverbird Group Nigeria, the owner of Rhythm 93.7 and Silverbird television has been running a programme(Opinion poll) on both their radio and TV stations for the search for “THE FIVE GREATEST NIGERIAN LIVING LEGEND”..
Nominees announced (even though the criteria for choosing them was not made known) include pastor Adeboye of RCCG, pastor Oyedepo of Winners Chapel, Olusegun Obasanjo, Gowon,Anthony Okogie, King Sunny Ade, Kanu Nwankwo, Pat Utomi, Onyeka Owenu, chinua acehbe, Philip imeagwali, balarabe musa, akeem olajunwo, chuwkwuemeka ojukwu,dora akunyili, david davi

These names are generating a lot of controversies because a lot of people are wondering if some of the pastors and individual who made this list can, then others deserve to be on the list as well..what happened to Olukoya of Mountain of Fire,TB Joshua ,Chris Oyahkilome and others that you can think of? NO notable Islamic Leader even make the list. As at this morning, it was in the news that pastor Adeboye was leading the poll with some 48. percent of total vote cast. Is this not a pure reflection of emotional attachment based on the fact that RCCG actually boast of the largest congregation in the country? Is it that an Islamic leader cannot be a legend?

What can they achieve with this poll? Who actually is a legend? Would it not be better if it was categorized into groups like SPORT, RELIGION,MUSIC,POLITICS e.t.c.? Is this just another ruse to rip people off their hard-earned money?
NOTE: This short article is written with good intention and not to castigate ANY RELIGION or Individual.

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seems biased to me

This is an open forum where people who care to visit it contribute to a topic of their choice and air their views. Their is no need to disrespect anyone by asking them to 'shut...' whatever up.

@bcgeorge has a valid point how can you nominate people across: Sport, Religion, Music, Politics and Education/Academic and pick one person as a Legend? It is best if you have a legend per category you can then compare orange with orange and not pitch apple against pawpaw!

@clericuzio - does anybody know who you are or care which church you go to, to be telling us "i am not a member of his, but..." open your eyes and mind to logical presentation may be you will learn one or two things about impartiality.

@ the other contributor - how can a suggestion to split nominees into different categories be bias? WAKE UP NIGERIANS!!!

the other contributor has a name
Anyway from the tone of the write up it seems bcgeorge has a problem with the nominees. Category blah blah was just an after thought (as far as am concerned)

Write ups have tones and these determine our individual interpretations.
Yours seems rude.

If you are gonna pass comment on what someone has said, do so without going personal.

Learn to read between the lines.

God Bless
TBABY

Pls let it be stated here that irrespective of how many post u have made or how long u hv been a member,we all hv the equal right of airing our opinions.I know some of us were born 60yrs ago.But if not,we could take a dive into history to find out about the Universal Declaration of Human rights and its tenets. Please,let us respect the opinions of others,it doesnt cost a dime to do so.

@bcgeorge The truth of the matter is that hakeem olajuwon was the first Nig to be drafted into the NBA & also won gold with d dream team.Adeboye has the fastest growing church in the world,P.Emeagwali designed the worlds fastest computer and so on.So these are some of the criteria that are being used. But to be frank,they should hv given us the freedom of choice on this issue on whom to nominate.

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Originally Posted by felixodeli

Pls let it be stated here that irrespective of how many post u have made or how long u hv been a member,we all hv the equal right of airing our opinions.I know some of us were born 60yrs ago.But if not,we could take a dive into history to find out about the Universal Declaration of Human rights and its tenets. Please,let us respect the opinions of others,it doesnt cost a dime to do so.

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now this is a super biased remark
i do not see the relevance of this to whats being discussed here
Am not about to let this go yet
Its time pple learn to be objective in this forum

@T-BABY (I refused to be dragged into this) so long as I hv a peace-keeping role in this issue,i will not radiate any word of antagonism & besides i wasnt referring to u when i made the post or maybe u were taking it personal cos i do know very well that a man's (oh sorry woman's) best judge is his (oh sorry her) conscience. U dont tell a wise man (oh sorry woman) the whole story. Remain blessed my friend.

Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!,

This kind of trends kind of lifts my spirits up.

@Felixodeli,

I tot by now you should have being used to how to treat the 'weaker sex' (Perhaps in ur dealings with me), U should easily see that T-Baby was not in a good mood, you shouldm't add insult to injury by your remarks, and like you said everyone has a right to their opions but not at the detriment of other members, if you think what you have to say will be misinterpreted (Biased) then pls don't say it, (Unless of course you like making trouble, like ME).

So please.

@T-baby,
I don't know you and our paths has not yet crossed on this site yet, but i cud see you've been around for a long time (longer than me, by the way), and you were popular for some time (Sammie testified to that), but u were absent for some time, glad you're back.

This site is a very intersting site, but i've gotten to learn something from it - letting some things go, at least i've had scrambles(permit me) with almost all of the popular members in d site (sammie, coolguy,dawaskee, felixodeli, SOME-MORE you name them, even my dear friend jeanie), but it just does not lead anywhere, people began to take me as a troublemaker.

I had to give it up cause it was not worth it, i tell you, people were begining to act biased to me and read meanings to every of my words.

So please i beg you, for the sake of womanhood (Lest they take we women as -------), just let this go, i know how it feels but please, you hear?

Thank you all.

ONE LOVE.

@florafab thank u very much for mediation. Actually i never knew it was going to be taken 4 something else.The strength of the weak is a strong temptation to the strong. Some of us here are senior members but its not a licence to look down on junior members as we were once like them.If u want to knw the true xter of a man,give him power.For crying out loud,we all the inalienable right to air our opinion and it was even dis issue that brought me here.anyway there wasnt any anger nor bias in me when i made the post(i even wowo b4,if i come vex again,then that one na crises o). florafab thanks once again,i appreciate. @T-BABY am sorry if my earlier posts had any inflamatory contents,it wasnt intentional. All miscontrued contents duelly regretted. -odeli felix.

i tire oo
wetin una dey talk about? ???
I was referring to the topic at hand and Mr Odili your comments were direct. There is nothing you can say to change that in my mind. Didnt know there was war in this house. Good luck with the peace keeping efforts

sho ??? so popularity dey this house?

I know some pple just say anything they like on this site, some are not just worth commenting on cos am sure they did it out of mischief. But some are very aware of what they are doing and i believe they are not idiots. Someone like Mr Mustaqueem whose posts so far on this site if full of cynicism and criticism. My posts are always objective. I say things the way i see it and i do not think i have ever degraded anyone with whatever i say.

Clericuzio post was not even worth commenting on as far as am concerned cos there was nothing in it.

My moods are always good and Sammie77 good luck with spreading tales bout me.

Anyone can take this as whatever they like, who no like MY views can take a dive in a well.

Flora dear, i dont like to be known. I just wanna come here, do what i wanna do and go.
i think i have said my piece, now i can let it go. :D
But hey am still willing to discuss this topic so we can all see the rationale behind this award. i no be silverbird staff o

God bless
TBABY


felix, pls no hypen in my name :)

@TBABY sorry 4 the addition of the hyphen to ur name but as u know,one good turn deserves another.Pls my surname is odeli & not felix,b4 dem go start take me 4 a relative of d former gov of rivers state(lol).

Someone is visiting my other Posts/contibutions on this Forum and adding childish comments - all because I posted a contibution to this particular post.

I blame it on the owner of this site wey de award people 'Senior Member', 'Global Moderator'. In a typical Naija fashion this title don go into some peoples head.

I am not here to make frivolous comments to notch up 366 posts and become 'international moderator.'

I am 'mustaqeem' and my twin sister abi na brother be 'mustaqueem' but yet to contribute to this forum! We are identical twins but unique in our own different ways and have a DIFFERENT TAKE ON EVERYTHING!!!!

My original post was in agreement with @bcgeorge and someone thinks @bcgeorge is biased and I asked why - now he or she is turnning this into some war of attrition by reading my contibutions on other topics and adding some silly comments.

Even if na you own this site you go label this site private so nobody else go come visit and air their opinion. Abeg make you cool am O, abi na wetin!!!

You are very good at reading between the lines, so when I tell you my other half is tall then you read between the lines and think may be he or she is short! So when I come to you with palm oil on my lips you go automatically read between the lines that I just had egusi stew for lunch?

@bc george threw a question to the forum 'Would it not be better if it was categorized into groups like SPORT...etc? I was in agreement with this line you then read between the lines and Hey! Presto! there is other motive!

Abi you get 'crystal ball' when you dey read posts to see what we all had for lunch? Abi na how you know say @bcgeorge get other motive?

Muhammad Ali is a legend in sport but in the category of Boxing, Pele is a legend also in the field of sport but in the category of Foot-Ball. So we say if dem won chose legend let dem break it down to category by category abi dis one na wahal wey somepeople wan because of am burn their computer screen - me a wonder O!!!!

If Silverbird Group want to give their 'Living Legend' title to a pre-determined candidate na who go stop dem, whether you vote or you no vote, abi na me go appoint myself as the 'returning officer' to go and verify the vote.
Abi no be di same Naija wey we dey, election come a village of 500 voters voted for ABC Party, election returning officer returns XYZ Party candidate as the winner with 7,000 votes. Even if you count all the lizards in that village you no get 7,000 - MY CYNICISM!!!

Wetin bi my own if silverbird like dem give am to whoever dey like, dis no go put butter on top of my bread or buy me epa to soak gari - Abeg you make you leave me alone O!!!!

MY CRITICISM - is it a crime to alert jobseekers to a potential scam asking them to pay #2,500 for Ebook giving them USA companies names/investment paying out $1.5 Trillion out everyday - during the present credit crunch. LIKE I SAID I AM NOT CONTIBUTING TO THIS FORUM TO BECOME SENIOR OR GLOBAL WHATEVER - goodluck to people like you with such title.

wow.....am I enjoyn myself?....u can say that again!....maybe we should evn start our own nominations here ooo!...
"NOW THE AWARD FOR THE MOST CANTANKEROUS MEMBER OF THE HOUSE GOES TO".....????...space yet to be filed...contest still in progress...hehehehe!

huh typical of a sissy crying wolf
making baseless accusations
House abeg ask for the childish comments or remarks.

yeah i blame the owner of the site too for starting useless award of moderator or whatever if not someone like you ( or na pple plus the imaginary twin) would not have the chance to talk to pple anyhow just for saying their mind. Abi i said he was rude in his writing and that plle should try not to make personal reference in posts but alas for some pple nah race to score points in being international moderator.

I no say read between the lines is such an offensive coment to some pple whey dey try so hard to cover their pessimistic and negativitist (make i quote them oo) nature.

He goes about in different posts droping hints that only a sissy would ignore

Some of us are far too responsible to misbehave. So if anyone is posting any childish coments anywhere, go find them in the well.

By the way moderators and so called snr members are plenty on this site so who evr you are fighting with NAME.

Its ur beef o and you are going to eat and choke on it.

To those whey find this funny, knock yourself out with laughter cos its not to some of us and good luck with the awards. Please note some of us do not want to be associated with it.

i hope the administrators of this site are reading this and will look into the accusations. Am not about to let anyone get away with accusing others falsely

I beg the indulgence of all you liberal and objective reader of this post - make una see me see trouble O!
Abi na which kind whala be dis - make una read my first contribution O! see wetin I talk O!!

'Pessimistic & Negativist' is a term I used not in this post but in the following post - "PDP and their ABUJA show of deceit' make una go there go read wetin I talk and read wetin the other person wey they accuse talk O!!!

'He goes about in different posts dropping hints that only sissy would ignore' SEE ME SEE EVEN BIGGER TROUBLE!! Dropping hints about what exactly???

THIS IS MY LAST POST ON THIS TOPIC but before I do - I pray for all jobseekers that in the midst of scarcity may you find plenty and in the midst of joblessness may the Lord provide you with the right job for YOU.

But while you are waiting for the right job for you abeg make you no rush-rush go do Naija Masters Degree O! Because na come you go come back after your Masters come begin dey read-read between the lines and assume some deluding air of self-importance. Before I open my mouth to say Y---e--- you wey sabi read between the lines go jump and say Y - e - s Sir! I go kon say Y - e - y - e. You go kon say I get motive, I go ask you sey wetin be my motive. You no go fit answer. As FELA go say = 'Oro pesi je'

I go continue to pray say GOD BLESS NIGERIA - Why now? See, USA wey GOD don bless dem citizens not dey stop to continue to pray say God Bless America! Why me a no go kon pray for my country wey still dey wait in the quequ of third world countries waiting for good leadership bessing from the Lord!!!

I shall not be drawn any further on this topic again I have decided to METUSELLAH!

One more thing though, ADDING VALUE IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OR SHOULD BE THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING, AIRING OR CONTRIBUTING TO A FORUM SUCH AS THIS. For the sake of God why pick a slanging match with someone you dont know from Adam, Eve, Jacob or Abraham just because you disagree with that person's opinion.

Today's jobseekers are tomorrow's leaders: PLEASE LEARN TO RESPECT OTHER PEOPLES VIEWS and WHEN YOU HAVE MASTERED THE ART OF TALKING TRY AND LEARN THE ART OF LISTENING. GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

Here are my contributions on this Forum to date please go and read for yourself and tell the House your 'take'
on the hints they say I am dropping that 'only a sissy would ignore' 'Sisi' for Yoruba na young female but if your own PLENTY dem go kon spell am with 2 's' and end am with 'Y' like dis S-I-S-S-Y!!!!

My Contributions to date:
(1) Share and Learn about interview experiences
(2) Who is a legend
(3) Court order NERC boss...
(4) After shooting my 3-year old daughter...
(5) P.D.P and their ABUJA show...
(6) I graduated since 2005...
(7) Some Jobs are not job
(8) Get your Job faster - good covering letters
(9) Revealed - The major reasons many applicants don't get jobs
(10) Info on how to study free in US & Europe
(11) How you will make it in Nigeria
(12) My monthly salary = my Transport
(13) Jobs in Dubai & UAE

Please come back here and tell the House what precisely are the hints I have been alleged to be dropping!