₦airaland Forum

seunfly: If governor can fight dirty 4 justice yet he is not getting it, then local gov chairman is on his own let alone ordinary Nigerians.

Fashola argued that the yardstick for measuring good governance could only be done by those who know, adding that the economy of Lagos is now rated ahead of Ghana and the United Kingdom.

The governor said, "Currently, the Lagos State economy is being upgraded from stable to positive, that's good governance, you don't need any campaign to do that."

dayokanu: Its still within 30 days of purchase, there should be a return

Lennon has turned him to Ashiii already

Pukkah: Has Boko Haram stated that it's against Jonathan? You've assumed that it's against President Jonathan SIMPLY because the problem got worse after him. Don't problems generally get worse if they remain untackled? Is kidnapping problem not getting worse in the South? Is there any assurance that the Boko Haram problem would not have got worse under Yar'adua?

This is an attempt to cheapen the governors' visit. If they had announced the visit before going there, people like you would probably have dared/taunted them because Boko Haram had even been attacking emirs and threatening governors. They kill their own people on a regular basis.

Now that they've gone, rather than commend them or just ignore the news, you're saying they should go to Yenagoa. Are you saying the people of Yenagoa are so intolerant to the extent that they would attack them? Are you insinuating that Yenagoa is more unsafe than Maiduguri?

And you are smart, clap for yourself. U belong to the class of educated who think insulting the other party only makes you sound smarter.( how dumb). Now mr smarty pants, let me ask you, why was d America involved in Libya and Iraq to emancipate the ppl frm it's leader lik dey said I.e ghadafi and saddam, and d same country turned a blind eye during the rwandan genocide refusing to help a ppl dat needed help, considering u said an industrialised nation means import, why didn't they help this countries after all it will mean more imports for dem.

Us imports, because they can't produce some of the things, and because it's cheaper importing from countries lik china, did you knw us tried makin china revalue their currency, to reduce importation, which lead to d downfall of some American companies, you do knw dat American industrial system is going down and dats why evn do Us opposes china's political system they still do business.

Yes we are so poor we make do with less no of trade (import), but we are so naturally endowed and strategically placed we provide the raw material for some of their industries, Africa provides oil, gold, diamond to name a few, why where our ppl taken for slavery, and why did the Dutch settled in cape town?
Get your head out of the White mans butt and see.

No one said they formed boko haram, dat will be silly. But the west had always funded rebel groups in countries they re interested in this is not a peculiar Nigerian situation, it happened in south america, Asia and Africa.
It's simple, you have an interest in a country, you look for the extremist or the tribalistic or the people who re not happy bout their leader and help fund indirectly, causing unrest. And making more money, after all there re ppl who make money from arms deal, the west is a capitalistic society, you get the cheapest resources possible and make the highest profits, one of the reasons wall street almost crashed.

Pukkah: What would have been your reaction if the menace of Boko Haram had started after Jonathan became President? But you see, it was under Yar'adua's government that their leader was killed.

Bluemosquito: sory to say this bro, bt you are miseducated, ill informed and mislead, why would Nigeria buy more technological products from the west, if it economy can produce such products, if nigeria's economy is to be industry-intensive, dnt you knw that nigeria would produce those bb,del laptops,cars,bikes etc themselves and thus no need to buy from foreign sources? God some Nigerians are really slow and circular thinkers, why the f.u.c_k do you think Us is opposing the siting of chinese industries in naija?

Fitch Ratings raised its outlook on Nigeria’s Lagos state to positive from stable, citing “improving debt management” and moves toward a balanced budget by 2015.

Increasingly bonds with “fixed repayment schedules, longer maturities and monthly provisions into the debt reserves fund, are replacing the traditional concentration of short-term bank loans” for the state that includes the country’s commercial capital, Fitch said today in an e-mailed statement. “Fitch views this as a sign of the state’s improving debt management.”

Lagos, led by Governor Babatunde Fashola, sold 80 billion naira ($505 million) of debt in November, its third and biggest issue in six years, to fund developments including an urban rail system that needs about $1 billion to complete. The seven-year notes were priced with a 14.5 percent coupon.

With an estimated population of 20 million, Lagos is the top contributor to the economy out of Nigeria’s 36 states and may grow 10 percent this year, according to Fitch. Tax contributions to revenue may reach 80 percent in 2015 from 70 percent due to improved collection.

Police are believed to have seized a computer belonging to a young woman who was badly scarred in an acid attack amid suspicions that she may have caused the injuries herself.

But her family fear that detectives are not doing enough to catch the perpetrator of the attack and are focusing on a 'crazy' line of inquiry.

Naomi Oni, 20, was left with horrific injuries following the incident which happened as she left work at the end of last year and was in hospital for nearly a month receiving treatment.

Police are understood to have taken Miss Oni's laptop and are said to have discovered that she had searched the internet for websites about acid attacks before she received her injuries.

Searches are said to include material on Katie Piper, the former model who has campaigned for facial disfigurement victims since she was scarred in an acid attack in 2008, according to the Sunday Times.

The communique stated that the lack of transparency and accountability were responsible for the high level of poverty and security threats in the country.

It said, “To respect the dignity of a person is to concede his rights to him as fully human.

“We cannot fail to point out that the pervasive lack of accountability and transparency in governance in Nigeria has become a serious abuse of human rights.

“A government that is negligent in this regard, assaults the intelligence of the citizen; this, too, is a gross violation of human dignity.

“We call on leaders in every sphere of our society to be more accountable and more transparent in the conduct of public affairs.

“The lack of accountability, especially in the oil industry in Nigeria continues to give our country a bad name, impoverishes the citizenry, and threatens national security.

“It is a gross violation of human dignity that Nigerians, citizens of a richly endowed land, live in dehumanising poverty.

“That is why the government and the governed must renew sincere efforts to fight corruption and the theft and wastage of public funds in Nigeria,’’ it said.

TV shows made in London that encourage viewers to believe they are cured of life-threatening illnesses by prayer have been condemned by charities.

Charities criticised an episode of the Miracle Hour show, on Faith World TV, during which a diabetic caller was told he was "set free" from the disease.

"It is particularly dangerous and puts his life at risk," said African Health Policy Network head Francis Kaikumba.

UKWET, which produces the show, said it was "reviewing" its "new programmes".

The organisation, whose full name is the UK World Evangelical Trust, said: "We are now reviewing our new programmes to make sure our standards meet good practice."

Miracle Hour is filmed at Faith World TV's studio in south London. It is hosted by Bishop Simon Iheanacho, who is chairman of Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs (Meca), which supports black and minority ethnic Christians and is part of ecumenical body Churches Together in England.

In an episode broadcast on 4 January, on channel 591 on the Sky platform, a diabetic caller named Bode, from Leyton in east London, telephoned the programme.

Roland17: 70 Mins, please take off Walcott and Jack

ayox2003: Mukina, are u from Burkina? :-

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