And Dora Re-branded Her Daughter.

Why then should they be bothered about the rest of us. We spend five-six years to get a four year degree; we walk the streets to find a job. We are victims of the worst conditions on earth. We don’t get to meet and marry Americans. When we wed we don’t have a bishop presiding over the wedding. Our weddings are not live on television. We remain of this brand. A distasteful brand. While ‘they’ continue to re-brand themselves. ...Read the full article.

[Dapxin]

Pele.

And this appendage will surely be the sign-off that follows a marriage that is of their brand. I wish the couple well, in the land of freedom.

By the way, what happened to AIT? There was a time I naviely saw a truly independent African source on their label....why would anyone want to screen the proceedings of a wedding (a foreign wedding by definition) live on satellite television?

Its brainless. Its visionless. And yes! we will eternally seek the path to reBranding ourselves...

[Kay Soyemi (Esq.)]

Originally Posted by Robot

Why then should they be bothered about the rest of us. We spend five-six years to get a four year degree; we walk the streets to find a job. We are victims of the worst conditions on earth. We don’t get to meet and marry Americans. When we wed we don’t have a bishop presiding over the wedding. Our weddings are not live on television. We remain of this brand. A distasteful brand. While ‘they’ continue to re-brand themselves. ...Read the full article.

My dear Sister,

While I commiserate with you, need I remind you that "All Animals Are Equal, but some are more Equal than the Others?"

Akunyili et al are Nigerians but are more Aso Rock than the rest of us!

Molues can be rebranded as well, if we put our minds to it!

[Danmeka]

Originally Posted by Dapxin

Pele.

And this appendage will surely be the sign-off that follows a marriage that is of their brand. I wish the couple well, in the land of freedom.

By the way, what happened to AIT? There was a time I naviely saw a truly independent African source on their label....why would anyone want to screen the proceedings of a wedding (a foreign wedding by definition) live on satellite television?

Its brainless. Its visionless. And yes! we will eternally seek the path to reBranding ourselves...

Dapxin, no money kill am. Dora doesn't care as long her re-branding daugther has become a branded American. AIT had no choice,na information minister

[Johntina]

Very well said!

I only wish that most Nigerians were reasoanble enough to question things that need questioning!

[Enyi]

Originally Posted by Dapxin

Pele.

And this appendage will surely be the sign-off that follows a marriage that is of their brand. I wish the couple well, in the land of freedom.

By the way, what happened to AIT? There was a time I naviely saw a truly independent African source on their label....why would anyone want to screen the proceedings of a wedding (a foreign wedding by definition) live on satellite television?

Its brainless. Its visionless. And yes! we will eternally seek the path to reBranding ourselves...

Have you found out whether AIT covered it gratis? AIT, like other private news media, is out to make profit.

[Igboamaeze]

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Thanks a Million Nze Ifedigbo for bringing this nonsense of a wedding up on time. It was as obscene as it was senseless. I had the misfortune of barbing my hair in a salon where the Tv was tuned to AIT. I could NEVER watch such nonsense in my house. Expect to see the glossy pictures in Ovation and similar rag sheets in the next few days.

Why can't Dora Akunyili quietly give her daughter away in marriage without all the obscenity? It all goes to buttress the point I have been making here concerning Obasanjo and his so-called super star team. They are all a bunch of fake, rotten, corrupt, brainless, greedy and power-hungry opportunists.

Whoever knows that woman should help to save herself. She is going gaga. How many Professors in Nigeria or elsewhere in the world could afford the luxury of satellite televised wedding for their daughters? Who was Dora Akunyili before they brought her to Abuja? Why must she squander the immense, even if largely undeserved, goodwill that she gained at NAFDAC. Oh yes, if you know the inner details you’ll vomit!

Let it surprise no one if you hear tomorrow that Dora Akunyili is charged with corruption. They are all ROTTEN from head to toe: from Ribadu to Akunyili to El Rufai.

What a reckless obscenity...

[emj]

There is nothing wrong with the daughter of a minister and indeed anybody wedding. Getting married to an American wasn’t also an issue. What was an issue for me was the information that the couple had met at college somewhere in the United States.

This reminded me of the fact that our universities had been grounded for a while now by the strike action and that Government doesn’t seem worried about it because most of the children of the top Government functionaries had all their children schooling abroad. In addition to obtaining superior education and superior degrees, they now also get to meet and marry Americans.

Hmmm, Sylva, i see bad bellus and double speak here(saying nothing wrong and in the shame/same breathe make out that it's wrong)....she could have been the daughter of a Nigerian in Diaspora for crying out loud...who met an American and got hitched to him...
So in your own eyes, marrying an American means freedom?....hmmm, wahala dey o.

All I see is our leaders rebranding themselves. Today Prof Dora Akunyili succeeded in re-branding her daughter. She is now Njideka Crosby. Now she becomes a citizen of the free world. Never again will she worry about our bad roads and our death trap hospitals. Our dry tapes and our dark nights. Our unemployment and our failed universities. She is free. She’s been re-branded.

Yep fortunate enough to be at the right place and at the right time....any parent can rebrand their children u know...even within Nigeria of today..u can rebrand ur child without stealing or robbing others.

It's also to be expected that government functionaries and interlopers will be at the wedding ceremonies anywaz.....i wish the couple happy married life..may their union be fruitful


PS>....Hold your government and the Minister of Education both past and present responsible for failed Universities....and conducive atmosphere to study.

The nation is in a state of stagnancy...but everyone still need to breathe....and hopefully Nigerians will one day arise to say enough is enough.
Meanwhile life goes on.

[ajimoh]

...our universities had been grounded for a while now by the strike action and that Government doesn’t seem worried about it because most of the children of the top Government functionaries [including top military officers and the police] had [and still have] all their children schooling abroad. In addition to obtaining superior education and superior degrees, they now also get to meet and marry Americans.

Why then should they be bothered about the rest of us. We spend five-six years to get a four year degree; we walk the streets to find a job. We are victims of the worst conditions on earth...We remain of this brand. A distasteful brand. While ‘they’ continue to re-brand themselves.

...I have everything against a system that has made some people very much ahead of the others. A system that continues to allow a few ahead of the lot. A system controlled by this few who have continued to look the other way because the status quo favours them. A system they say they are re-branding!

All I see is our leaders re-branding themselves. Today Prof Dora Akunyili succeeded in re-branding her daughter. She is now Njideka Crosby. Now she becomes a citizen of the free world. Never again will she worry about our bad roads and our death trap hospitals. Our dry tapes and our dark nights. Our unemployment and our failed universities. She is free. She’s been re-branded.

I want to thank Nze Ifedigbo and to associate myself with his sentiments above, as highlighted by me. At the Lagos University Hospital Idi-Araba, in addition to contending with epileptic power supply, the poor doctors find themselves having to borrow medical tools like scalpels. Just like Yar'dua is not fortunate to experience such harshness, madam re-brand [Ibori & friends first] and her cohorts are far removed from realities of life on the streets of Nigeria hence she can mouth obscenities like re-branding. Now, at least, we know what re-branding means to them!

[10Kobo]

'Am just loving this country and all the TERMINOLOGIES they manufacture to deceive the poor citizens!
Sharp leaders, Sharp sense, mumu citizens! = Re-Branding

Dora, dont mind dem jare, you paid your dues in NAFDAC!
Have anyone of the noise makers never heard of "Do as l say but dont do as l do" before? ....Ogin-nni?

Con-ga-rats, e go born twins o!

10Kobo
BTW: We never see nothing! Just dey watch dey go...

[machiavelli]

@emj

Hmmm, Sylva, i see bad bellus and double speak here(saying nothing wrong and in the shame/same breathe make out that it's wrong)....she could have been the daughter of a Nigerian in Diaspora for crying out loud...who met an American and got hitched to him...
So in your own eyes, marrying an American means freedom?....hmmm, wahala dey o.]

My brother, I couldn't see any double speak here. She stated clearly that there's is nothing wrong with getting married. Her issue was with the circumstances surrounding it e.g the children of the poor sitting at home while those of the rich are all in school abroad. If you see nothing wrong in that, well that is probably because your children are not sitting at home when they should be in school.

And, I agree with you that marrying an American does not necessarily translate into freedom. How about living in America and carrying the American Pali?
My sister is refering to something deeper, which you obviously can't discern.

I would rather give up my LIFE than give up my RED PALI. You know why? The paper embodies freedom. Go and ask Dele Momodu? Think about that. The Nigerian green pali is not worth the paper it is printed on.

[Dapxin]

Originally Posted by emj

Hmmm, Sylva, i see bad bellus and double speak here(saying nothing wrong and in the shame/same breathe make out that it's wrong)....she could have been the daughter of a Nigerian in Diaspora for crying out loud...who met an American and got hitched to him...
So in your own eyes, marrying an American means freedom?....hmmm, wahala dey o.



Yep fortunate enough to be at the right place and at the right time....any parent can rebrand their children u know...even within Nigeria of today..u can rebrand ur child without stealing or robbing others.

It's also to be expected that government functionaries and interlopers will be at the wedding ceremonies anywaz.....i wish the couple happy married life..may their union be fruitful


PS>....Hold your government and the Minister of Education both past and present responsible for failed Universities....and conducive atmosphere to study.

The nation is in a state of stagnancy...but everyone still need to breathe....and hopefully Nigerians will one day arise to say enough is enough.
Meanwhile life goes on.

You getting it twisted. really really twisted. And I dare say, the mindset is exposed right with the underlined.

madam reBrand coulda done her wedding (breathing as you said) without foistering it on the rest of us, who are already breath-less, you know on live AIT, and I am being told, paid for! its sickening.

[emj]

Originally Posted by machiavelli

@emj



My brother, I couldn't see any double speak here. She stated clearly that there's is nothing wrong with getting married. Her issue was with the circumstances surrounding it e.g the children of the poor sitting at home while those of the rich are all in school abroad. If you see nothing wrong in that, well that is probably because your children are not sitting at home when they should be in school.

And, I agree with you that marrying an American does not necessarily translate into freedom. How about living in America and carrying the American Pali?
My sister is refering to something deeper, which you obviously can't discern.

I would rather give up my LIFE than give up my RED PALI. You know why? The paper embodies freedom. Go and ask Dele Momodu? Think about that. The Nigerian green pali is not worth the paper it is printed on.

Eherm cut da crap, am not your broda....we see things differently...and i sure did quote what he was inferring...thanks.

Not all those who live abroad are rich...Nigerians keep making that mistake...this poor and rich thing is quite different...and u cannot claim to be reading me right.

Yes there's a lot wrong with failed universities.

[emj]

Originally Posted by Dapxin

You getting it twisted. really really twisted. And I dare say, the mindset is exposed right with the underlined.

madam reBrand coulda done her wedding (breathing as you said) without foistering it on the rest of us, who are already breath-less, you know on live AIT, and I am being told, paid for! its sickening.

Yes/No she could have done the wedding without airing it on AIT(did she even have control over what is aired? Oops, did i read u say paid for..hmm, by who, we must scalp da bugger))....i did not even go there cos i did not watch the wedding nor have the opportunity to do so...and where something like that happens i have the ability to flick to another channel(dat is if it's nauseating)....so do u.

So please, the last time i checked...air is still free...rest easy about that and breathe in and out please....
And u by the way twisted the use of breathing......that's wasnt what i was referring to ....u need to read people well and not try to psychoanalyze them just becos u're so pissed at someonelse...thanks

[Dapxin]

Originally Posted by emj

Yes she could have done the wedding without airing it on AIT....i did not even go there cos i did not watch the wedding nor have the opportunity to do so...and where something like that happens i have the ability to flick to another channel....so do u.

So please, the last time i checked...air is still free...rest easy about that and breathe in and out please....

You are still getting it twisted.

But seeing as it appears you dont wish or choosing not to see the huge deficit of principle (of embarrasing proportions)of a serving reBrand minister choosing to gallivant to attend daughter's wedding in America, whilst her nation's most watched?? live television locks up signal to America for hours on end, I let others have a take.

I however assure you that, that its fundamentally no different, than the sick-o of a president expending state (time + money) on treating self in a german hospital whilst pontificating about some random 7 point agenda to 140M helpless people.

Shebi they can decide not to listen too? I hope madam ReBrand can at least stop lecturing us on Branding 101! so that we may breath easy too.

/me shakes my head

[emj]

Originally Posted by Dapxin

/me shakes my head

Cant help u there....be careful the head does not fall off....too much shaking also has it's minus..Cheerios

Did not watch the said wedding...so cannot comment further...thanks


PS>>....I have the right to comment on what tickles my fancy.

[nzeifedigbo]

Thought it was important i dropped a note on my own note.
@kay sayomi, Machiaveli, Emj and the rest addressing me as a "she", please note that i am a 'he'
@Daxpin, the wedding was here in Garki Abuja.
@emj, Hope you dont have beef with anyone. You sound like someone whose yam tendril was been cut off.

[Observer]

Kini Big Deal? The Queen gave out her daughter to a foreigner. So what? She is just like all other politicians in the Phee-Dee-Phee!!!

[emj]

Originally Posted by nzeifedigbo

Thought it was important i dropped a note on my own note.
@kay sayomi, Machiaveli, Emj and the rest addressing me as a "she", please note that i am a 'he'
@Daxpin, the wedding was here in Garki Abuja.
@emj, Hope you dont have beef with anyone. You sound like someone whose yam tendril was been cut off.

Hmmm, oops, sorry my bad...u did not sound/read like a man
I only do medium rare beef..not the sort u're serving ...thanks

[Auspicious]

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I have nothing personal against the new couples. If anything I am happy for them. Akunyili’s are my kinsmen. We draw from the same gene pool. But I have everything against a system that has made some people very much ahead of the others. A system that continues to allow a few ahead of the lot. A system controlled by this few who have continued to look the other way because the status quo favours them. A system they say they are re-branding.

I feel your pain, Nze.

Isn't it a shame? The whole thing is just nauseating.

I will simply leave this at wishing the young couple happy married life.

Auspicious.