Yes!. It starts with us, Citizens of Nigeria. Produce first class quality individuals and the rest is in motion.

She needs to develop into a local power first.

2mch: OP,

First nigeria will have to have goals and focus on this as their main objective. That means, little or no chopulation and being satisfied with your salary or the money you make from personal workshops and books. Now think about this for a second and come back to tell me your conclusion here.

Just post your comment and leave rather than insult the intelligence of the OP. he's a human being like yourself, so it's not wise to taunt him. It's not fair.

There is no cowardly super power out there with unintelligent citizens. Compare the comments on NL with the comments on South African or Egyptian forums, and the difference is clear. You can't be a super power when you're pro-everything except your country. Most would support America and the West to the detriment of their own country, it's shameful and appalling.

Most Nigerians are book smart but definitely not intelligent. You also need to have a highly intellectual populace to be able to pull it off and that's something Nigeria lacks. Forget about Nigeria, the country is a failure!!

I believe in the power of Naija, All things are possible for us wether by hook or by crook

LaeLae!

Nigeria can? Calm down 1st......abacha tried to do that. He showed me that nigeria can run on it's own resources and b better that way, problem is that he wanted to do it by force instead of sly'n d other nations.

It will neva happen wif d way we are goin in dis country. We are stl far from developing our mind talk more of our society.

I think our first priority should be developing a modern industrialized economy. This super power talk is premature. We need infrastructure, electricity, education, healthcare, and security. Once all these are provided, Nigeria will begin to rise. Our GDP will double every 6 years for 20 - 30 years.

ekt_bear:

Hmm...like, top 10 influential countries, let's say?

Seems pretty unlikely. Nigeria is populated, but it isn't like an India or China who can influence the world through population alone.

Nigeria is economically weak, also (though growing at a pretty decent rate).

Unfortunately, I think things have for the most part already been decided.

We'd need some sort of game-changing event to become top dog (E.g., something on the level of Spain's acquisitions in the New World that briefly made it a top dog).


With that said, becoming a "pretty decent country" is probably achievable. Perhaps best to focus on that first before worrying about being a world power.

correction! Nigeria has d 2nd largest/best economy in africa after sA,and 39th in the world. . .not that that's gr8 or anything,but its nt as weak as u put it

bittyend: Highly impossible! We don't have what it takes to be a super power, but we can always be somewhere in between. Nigerians just don't have the cerebral capacity, bravery, and nationalistic mentality to pull it off.

i thought we are the most educated in the world with phds and masters ?

Until leaders have vision...that will be the day.

emenim: That will only happen when the world might have finally ended, or simply put in the next world to come if there is anything like that.

very prophetic

obadiah777: i thought we are the most educated in the world with phds and masters ?

Being the most educated is different from being an intellectual property. Nigerians might be educated but we're definitely not an intellectual property. How many educated Nigerians think 'out of the box' and take risks outside their comfort zones? Just take a look at the comment pattern on nairaland, most feign intelligence, but they're empty up there.

We just don't have what it takes.

Super world power? for dream or wetin?

It's possible but there must be renewal of mind of nigerians. Not only stable supply of power,provision of infrastructures but getting out the canker worm of corruption that have eaten deep in the life of every nigerians. Yes! Total rebirth of every citizens of this nation.

It will never be possible

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The problem with most nigerians is that they lack foresight, actually not nigerians blackmen in general, that is why we are so backward.if you have eye and you can see then you would know that nigeria is almost by all standards a world power.But because one white reporter from CNN has not said it,you would obviously not know. we wait for white people to tell us everything. SMH

Never, even in Africa it is not the super power, on the other hand corruption will never permit it.

Maybe at the coming of jesus.

oluface: Is it possible?

yes offcourse, if we can stop dreaming but start living.

Yes- superpower in terrorism,superpower in looting,superpower in rituals and idolatry,superpower in corruption, in short superpower in vices.QED

Not likely in our lifetime!

Superpower to me implies that the country has enough military might and influence to rival the strongest countries in the world. Right now, there’s only one superpower in the world and that’s the US.

To become a superpower, we would need to have unparalleled military and a great economy to fund the military. If your country is just rich and/or prosperous, you will exert almost no influence in the world stage just like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. You need a combination of military might and “money” to pressure countries to do your bidding.

What’s more likely in our lifetime is for Nigeria to become the superpower of Africa along with South Africa if we can get out acts together!

Yea. In year 3002

What was the question again?

Super power ko, super chicken ni! Na beans..

2012----
No stable Electricity. Less dan 5k mgw for a population of over 170M
No drinkable water for d masses
No 3rd class health facilities not to talk of 1st class (ask madam patience)
A country dan cannot design or produce common electric pump, when some are working to land on Mars
A country that imports virtually everything up to common toothpick
Where a graduate Engineer cannot differetiate between a rotor and a motor
A country without a single fast commercial train to move the masses from point A to B
That cannot maintain common airport, refinery, stadium and other infrastructures.
Where police cannot solve crimes using latest techs...fingerprint etc
Where there is no database to even know the true numbers of its citizens
Where a truck will be driving on a motorway @ nite without head or tail light because FRSC closed for d day (7am-5pm)
A country where you can only enjoy a particular food or fruit @ a particular period of year (season) due to lack of technology
Abeg, I can go on and on and on....
Dream on dreamers..
Super power my *ss. Na yam!

Any country who aspires being a world power can get to her zeal if she pursues it. Look at liltle North korea.

oluface: Is it possible?

It is possible for Nigeria (our Naija) to become great, even in our lifetime. And we have examples of countries in Asia and South America to go by. In any case, I think a number of factors contribute to nations becoming great: education certainly helps. Other factors include the mindset of its citizens, philanthropy, leadership (or good examples). The list goes on... We also have to consider factors that may prevent a nation from realizing greatness, religion, culture, a lack of a unified positive mindset, illiteracy, tribalism, polygamy, etc. Again, the list goes on.

Mark 3:25, "And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."