Friday, March 21, 2008

Many Nigerian Girls and Women Are Shameless Liars On the Internet

Many Nigerian Girls and Women Are Shameless Liars

Many Nigerian girls and women lie about many things to hide their insecurities and indignities.

They lie about their backgrounds and they lie about their relationships.The girl from Mushin lied to her school mates on campus that she was living in Ikoyi, because she was ashamed of saying the truth, that she was from a poor family living in a tenement where 30 tenants share a toilet and bathroom. Another lied to steal N5, 000 (five thousand naira) only from the wardrobe of a Nigerian Brigadier-General in the man’s residence in Omole Estate in Ikeja, Lagos.

Nigerian girls and women have now come online to tell more lies on blogs and the Free For All (FFA) forums. Many of them will register up to four accounts with different names on the same forum and use the IDs for their dubious posts.

Romance frauds come in different forms and blogs about Valentine that never happened are incredible.

There is nothing to be ashamed of if you did not have the fantastic Valentine’s Day romance of your dreams, but for a young Nigerian publisher of a glossy fashion and beauty magazine to shamelessly go on her blog to lie about her Valentine’s Day romance that never happened is scandalous. I was shocked when I found out the truth. I am still keeping it from the majority of the Nigerian celebrity newspapers, because they will publish it to tarnish her public image in Nigeria.

The same Nigerian women who would roll and twist their forked tongues to gossip about others are often the worst liars.

The first time she lied about her invisible boyfriend, she told me that was what she wanted the numerous readers of her blog to believe. I let that pass, but I was disappointed that such a young and smart model and publisher could frame such a lie to deceive and mislead her Nigerian readers and the rest of the global village.

The Valentine Day’s lie was bad, because she even gave details of the gifts she received and other aspects of her so-called relationship. I wanted to confirm her story, because I have to get the facts before commenting or writing on her since I was the one who introduced her to the Nigerians online and created a blog for her magazine until she started her own general interest blog.

We must question the characters of Nigerians online in view of the great damage Internet scammers have done to the reputation of Nigeria online.

I have been committed to the Nigeria: Heart of Africa Image project and I also monitor news and stories on Nigeria and Nigerians online to correct erroneous reports on Nigeria and Nigerians. Therefore, it would be wrong to allow the abuse and misuse of the online media by Nigerians, irrespective of their class, colour, or creed.

I still believe that only honesty and transparency can redeem us, therefore we must reject the hypocrisies of our pseudo-religious beliefs and the liberties of our quasi-democracy.
We must not compromise the values and virtues of human dignity and integrity in our desperation for fame and fortune.

We should expose all forms of corruption and evils or be destroyed by the grave consequences.

4 comments:

NaijaScorpio said...

Just becos a couple of people lie on their blogs doesn't mean u should make such an offensive generalization.

AustynZOGS said...

Oriki,
This post will generate so much controversy in the Naija bloggers community..

EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima said...

Sting,
There was no offensive generalization in my critical observation on the lies being posted by many Nigerian girls and women.

I said many and God knows there are indeed more than many. But lest you mistake the whole purpose of my post, please read Isaiah 59 of the Holy Bible for the calamities of the grave consequences of lies in Nigeria and even in the US where lies have wrecked many homes and ruined countless lives.

Lies are responsible for the rampant corruption in Nigeria.

Corruption always starts with a lie.

Lies are the cankerworms of corruption.

Austynzogs,

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be outraged by silence."
~ Henri Fr?d?ric Amiel

There will be no gathering storm over this observation.

Exposing lies will augur well for our beloved nation, Nigeria.

"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."
~ Miguel de Cervantes

Even if the liars dramatized their fables or tales, a lie is a lie.

"A half-truth is a whole lie."
~ Jewish Proverb

Cheers and God bless.

Linda Ikeji said...

I can't believe u'll write a thing like this about me...ure friend for 11 years? shame on u...lol


I didn't lie on my blog, I lied to u. I just didnt want to hurt ur feelings by telling u i'm in love.

I am deeply in love with someone called Olu...I will introduce u to him when next u come to Lagos...kisses.

U've always had this fantansy that I'll be ur wife or some crazy stuff like that...

U really need to get ur head examined by calling everyone a liar.