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Chiboy, I came on this thread late. To answer your question, You asked, if anyone has met with Philip Emeagwali? Yes i met him in New-york not long ago. The guy is a great human being. it wasn't easy to get close to him.
The reason being that he is always guarded by the secret service. I was able to speak to him when i spoke okwu-igbo,at this point he told his body guards to step aside. When i first made an attempt to shake his hand and compliment him, the secret service guys prevented me.
Ugali You will stop at nothing to bring down anything Igbo. You can not be hired to polish Philip Emeagwali's shoes.
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I never asked anyone if they had met Emeagwali, but waypoint1Biafra did ask. My response to him was no, but I also let him know I felt the question was irrelevant giving the circumstances.
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quote: So this Emeagwali guy was a big time fraud? This could be the beginning to expose other Igbo frauds who claim academic excellence. People like MeBiafran and Dr. B, I would begin to imagine.
Time will tell!
Your one line unintelligent writings has become a bore Ugali the Hausa/Benin boy who's so ashamed of his identity so bad he bends wherever the wind blows. We disavow wrong while you and your kin wallow in it ex. your father obasanjo's murderous rule & fleecing of public coffers is yet to draw any criticism from the SLAVES. Oba - Benin & Ooni - Ife's conflicted historical claims would shade more insights to your roots.
If not for your hopelessness you would have also read my views on the Philip brouhaha where I too castigated him for not being upfront with his patent claim, which have nothing to do with his smartness. If you're on record as saying he's not then can you challenge him to a quiz or puzzle or a ten points test? If your claim about me is true don’t your obscure brain tell you my position would've been to defend him? But let me disappoint you by reminding at no time did I claim to have a patent or a 'super' brain what I do know with great amount of certainty is, I AM MORE BRILLIANT THAN YOU AND AFROEURO .
Remember your fraudulent yoruba governor TINUBU who claimed a University of CHICAGO degree, alas, the imposter didn't have one. The fraud, Tinubu, bribed his way out of impeachment by using state funds to buy Honda cars for the sleepy Lagos State Assembly.
How about your Ooni's (Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II.) bogus and stupid claim?
quote: Oduduwa descended directly from heaven through a chain to where is now known as Ife today in company of four hundred deities.
Could your forebearers have defied all theories of gravitational pull and atmospheric elements to descend in such a manner? Didn't your uneducated Ooni figure this out or is he that ignorant, slow or both? Even if one were to give the doubt benefit to this twisted claim your ancestors wouldn't have survived the crash landing dummy. Or were they cushioned with foam, how many and made by whom I guess "Vita Foam" give us a break child, will you?
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Another Biafranigerian Dr.Kenneth Nwabueze just like Phillip Emeagwali has been recorgnised by the President to grace the forefront of science and tech in America. Dr. Kenneth Nwabueze has been appointed by GW as a Science and Tech advisor to the President. Kudos Dr. Nwabueze.
Obasanjo eats your heart out, another technological adventuerer lost to America.
Hail Biafra
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Indeed, your madness has become so obvious that I would suggest you seek serious counseling. It is easy for you to make whatever claim but you should remember, and I repeat, remember you and your cohorts have nothing to show for whatever you think you have or whoever you think you are.
Isn't it ironic of all the so-called prominent Igbo intellectuals, business moguls including the thieves among them, you have not produced an elected Igbo president? Yet you claim to have a better education, better vision and a better command of money.
I have come to the point of wondering, considering your sorry state of affairs, plus your arrogance and lack of vision, even though you claim to have one, what you would have done if you were in the shoes of your kith and kin you sold into slavery. They came a long way, remember? And struggled and paved the way for you to have an opportunity to get a better education your prominent intellectuals denied you, remember?
Clueless and infallible men like you are the reasons you are where you are today. I think Asika was right. He had a better vision.
Now I know the reason for your outrage, and let the bashing continue!
Professor Njoku:
What does it take to hire a bodyguard? If that's a big deal to you, it's not in my neck of the wood. And who would polish those worn out Aba made shoes for your fraudulent Emeagwali, the brainless scientist? You, because he's god to you.
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You are sounding like a wounded lion or put simply, sounding like an angry man.
You are meandering on issues. Stay focused. On Igbo presidency, your analysis is simply outrageous. Please, "quit talking like that".
If the Presidency of Nigeria is based on who is best qualified, then, Nigeria has been robbed of good leadership over the years. That was quite obvious and as it is today.
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Ugali Shaga's Final Meltdown: Thanks to ME!
Um, um lemme go this route first since Ugali is on his final meltdown I bet the SLAVE thing got him. Child! Take your tantrum out on your Ooni or whatever you conflicted guys call him, who it seemed have no elementary knowledge of outer space.
Check the Ooni out,
quote: Oduduwa descended directly from heaven through a chain to where is now known as Ife today in company of four hundred deities.
CHAIN = SLAVERY! Read the exchange between your Ooni & your brethren Oba of Benin then tell us you're not a son of SLAVE. Their verbal assault would definitely give you more insightful perspective to your roots.
quote:I have come to the point of wondering, considering your sorry state of affairs, plus your arrogance and lack of vision, even though you claim to have one, what you would have done if you were in the shoes of your kith and kin you sold into slavery.
The sorry bastard is still writing did you miss the quote from your idiotic Ooni or are you also slow? Boy! Go back and read your Ooni’s baseless claim on how you SLAVES snuck into my land. Remember we, the Igbo are the true LANDLORDS otherwise tell us differently child.
If we are simply not the best why is your thieving father... obasanjo going against the wishes of his kin to place the Igbo all over to straighten the damage the yoruba/hausa/benin inflicted on my land ex. Central Bank, which was looted by the yoruba is undergoing some drastic changes thanks to another Igbo brain.
quote: Clueless and infallible men like you are the reasons you are where you are today. I think Asika was right. He had a better vision.
In Igbo land today not even a roadside mechanic remembers the inconsequential asi... whatever. Just the way "Onyenusi" the robber popularized the Yoruba or "Anenih" the benin? The Nigerian system moved on without the Igbo saboteur you call asika long time ago. If your mentor (asi..) is so loved and wise we wonder how no subsequent governments appointed him to anything. Now you know, huh?
During my college/university days the yoruba both male & female's shameless cheating never ceased to amaze me. I mean how on earth could one cheat on a test the professor made clear wasn't gonna count towards the grading? Of course only a yoruba/hausa DUNCE would, now who's "Clueless?" DUMMY!!!
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Why are you dribbling yourself? I never told you I shared the same lineage with Oba Sijuade and Oba Erediuwa. Did I? Quit dribbling and face your own critical problems.
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'Friend' there's something called "assumption" I guess I based my inference on your reactions each time yoruba/benin is mentioned. You seem to twitch on each mention.
Now that you're coming back to your senses with your attempt at writing audibly, what issues would you want me to address? I registered on BNW after reading othniel's jargon in here and now that my job is done, tell me how and where I exaggerated aka: dribbled. Let me intimate ya on the reason most posters are not in-tuned with ya; you fail each time to address the issue with your wranglings.
You should be able to by now know that I SHOOT STRAIGHT & TAKE NO PRISONER. Do you like obasanjo's modus oparandi and why?
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Is looking like a desperate man, I think Mr Shaga may be calling out for help, Waypoint and other Psychologist in the house could you please rise up and help.
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I've had the opportunity to hear Emeagwali speak and he was nothing to write home about. He seems interested only in self aggrandisement. I had to sit through an agonizing 60minutes that seemed like eternity while the guy talked nonsense.
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If the outcome of Emeagwali's supercomputing research works was completely useless; if there is no applicability for it within the industry & in the academic environment, then how come the Gordon Bell award was given to him?
If Emeagwali is such a brainless fraud, as some of you are insinuating, then how come he has received more than a hundred awards and recognitions (within North America & overseas)?
Again, statements such as "has anyone seen Emeagwali's works" reeks of total ignorance. Today, the millions of partial differential equations involved with simulating and optimizing petroleum reservoir recovery would be near impossible without the use of supercomputers. I know this because I am in the petroluem industry and this should not be misconstrued as self adulation. And guess what, supercomputers utilizes practical parallel processing which is exactly the research work that earned Emeagwali the Gordon Bell's award.
It often amazes me how Nigerians find it quite easy to criticize each other. Even the United States president (a non-Nigerian) found Emeagwali's works worthy of praise, yet some people here, who may never ever receive the Gordon Bells award (or an equivalent achievement in ther own fields of endeavor) are quick to tear this guy down with their words! Is this jealousy or what?
Yes, it was indeed a disappointment to hear he failed his PhD qualifying exams twice; so what? Is Bill Gates not a college drop out? Is Lawrence Ellison of Oracle not a college dropout?
Nigerians? Sometimes I dey tire for una.
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propernaijaman, Thanks for your imput on this post, mybe this will enlighten those who are completely ignorant of who Philip Emeagwali is.
Ogbunigwe, Ogini, Why have you decided to take this unreasonable path, of trying to put down this our illustrious son, in this hateful manner. Let us assume, all the lies you wrote, about this guy is true, Why did you come here and post this hateful rubbish.
I have had the opportunity to listen to this great son of Ndi- Igbo speak, if you are not a good listener you will not understand him. He speaks very fast,clear and straight to the point. No yoruba-man or Hausa-man will write this type of rubbish you have written, about their own son, no matter what.
Look at who Nigerian's have as their president,yet every yorubaman and woman are busy singing his praise, even though they know he is very incompetent, except Pro. Shoyinka and Gani Fawehinmi who saw what everyone else has seen. Remember the Igbo proverb that says if you call your basket nkata onye ilo ewelu yabu nkata polu afifa.
Please, it is time stop this self destruction i see among Ndi-igbo. We must now start building oursevles up. We have too many people who hate us all around us. I am not against criticism,rather be constructive,don't lie to destroy in this hateful manner.
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Bill Gates may be a college dropout, but he did not create a website where he tells the world that he is the greatest mind of our time. He did not try to deceive President Clinton like emeagwali did. Instead, Gates gave us Microsoft and he let Windows speak for him. Lawrence Ellison of Oracle may be a dropout, but he gave us Oracle. I know the Oracle Data Base and it speaks for itself and for Ellison.
Emeagwali says he gave us a "patented hyperball computer." The question for you as Dr. B. asked earlier is have you ever seen this "patented hyperball computer?" and what does it say about Emeagwali? Experts in the field say IT DOES NOT EXIST; there is no patent, and there is NO PRODUCT. It only exists in Emeagwali's imagination, which is not worth very much right now.
And now, there is no Ph.D. So, what exactly are we supposed to be respecting? What! Just the fact that he is a Nigerian? Give me a break!
Bill Gates always mentions that he dropped out of College. Since Emeagwali likes to talk about his academic achievements, why didn't Emeagwali tell anyone that he flunked out of the University of Michigan? Is that not an academic issue that is very important in his life?
According to people in the computing community, though significant, the Gordon Bell Prize is a small obscure award. Emeagwali is the only person who compares it with the Nobel prize. Emeagwali got the Gordon Bell Prize while he was under the supervision of White professors at the University of Michigan College of Civil Engineering, the same people he called racists.
P/S:
ProperNaijaman's Advocate number is 419. Is there a link?
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Chima, I always take offense when people call me a liar. What I wrote down was even mild because I didn't bother to go into the details of his visit and speech at my school. Frankly, I was disappointed because I expected better from him. To my amazement there was even a news headline in the nigerian guardian newpapers about his visit a few days later. Needless to say that the newspaper gave a totally different version of the visit and the speech he delivered. I also wondered how guardian got the information in the first place b/c the school is small and was located in a somewhat isolated small town in midwest United states. I didn't even see the local media let alone guardian. I say this because most students(especially African students)were disappointed and wouldn't have bothered to tell people about it. He may be well accomplished in mathmatics and computer science but going by his utterances and disposition at that pan African conference, I'm not expecting any positive contribution from him as far as Ndigbo or Africans are concerned. From your comments, it is obvious that all you know about the man is what you've been reading on his website. That's all I have to say and you are free to beleive whatever you want.
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What bashing ? Are you not worried about what this man's irresponsibility could do to the carreers of genuine Igbo scholars? I don't see how condoning Emeagwali's behaviour is anything positive to the Igbo struggle.
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I think Chima is going through the same anguish that many Igbo people are going through over these revelations. They just don't want to believe it. Unfortunately, the overwhelming force of the evidence shows that the fella took almost everyone for a cruel ride. Now, the joke is on him.
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I don't wish to upset any dear brother on this overtly divisive crap that shouldn't be.
I walk the path of K.K.O, Ogbunigwe, Chiboy, Enigma and all that share similar views. Philip's out of control exaggerations should be managed before he does more harm to our collective psyche.
quote: Look at who Nigerian's have as their president,yet every yorubaman and woman are busy singing his praise, even though they know he is very incompetent,
This is not an indictment of the originator of this quote who's demonstrated to be responsible with his ideas in the past. Although I might add the quote is what differentiates us from the clueless nigeria of the yoruba/binin/awusa we the Igbo have character they don't.
Philip Emeagwali, should as such atone with due apology to the Igbo like in "I have sinned" - Jimmy the Swaggart.
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quote:Philip Emeagwali should as such atone with due apology to the Igbo like in "I have sined"--Jimmy Swaggart.
------------------MeBiafran
It is only people like Mebiafran who think they know the solution to every problem that can make the above statement.
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UMUNNE, I hear you all loud and clear. I sincerely ask we end this thread. Those who hate us are having a field day. Let us take a deep breath and relax. The interesting thing about this son of Ndi-Igbo is that he is in the service of US government, and same provided him with security.
MeBiafra, I hear you but this is why the rest of Nigerian's take us for a ride. They do not run down their own in this manner.
Ogbunigwe, I did not intend to call you a liar. i sincerely apologize.
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What are you talking about? Are you scared now? You cannot handle the truth?
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Please, stop this nonsense of yours! We are faced with a crook who has lied about everything and taken people for a ride. Yet, you seem to be advancing the silly proposition that he should be respected because, according to you, he is guarded by "US Secret Service." The way you are carrying on about this "secret service" thing suggests to me that even if you are given solid ev
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