Sit down with any group of nigerians outside nigeria and soon they start telling you how well nigerians they know are doing and how smart we are as a people and how we have tricked foolish oyinbo magas out of millions of dollars. then you get to their favourite part how dominant we are in africa;GIANT. everyone watches our movies and listens to our music, how much we are ahead of ghanaians and black south africans etc.
but what really is the reality.

In my view the smartest groups in the diaspora are jews chinese and indians by any measure and there appears to be an inverse relationship with success and the noise they make.

In IT, science arts etc most notable achievements by migrant groups are from those groups mentioned above. any trifling achievement by a nigerian when not eventually discredited as fraudulent,is blown out of all rational proportion and accompanied  by the usual "he is yoruba,he is igbo" polemic.
what is the reality? we are a nation in decline;

ACADEMICS
Most people under the age of 40 in Nigeria have gone to school in a culture where it is normal to cheat and now  nigerians with 150million troop to ghanaian universities and instead of being grateful to them we say they are not smart.

On balance foreigners take more out of Nigeria than nigerians bring in from their fraud,drugs ashewo and legitimate businesses combined.

BUSINESS
so smart are we that we import petrol and kerosine.

Even in crime Nigerians are notable because they tend to get caught more often(evidence of foolishness in my book) while the real players rake in the serious money.

nigerians are so smart and each year we burn enough gas(BY FLARING) to solve all out electricity generation problems

we are so smart and we need lebanese to run the restaurants at our airports

QUITE FUNNY THIS

http://www.419eater.com/html/user_subs/crusade/crusade-to-a-fetish-village.html

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nevermind not the nigerians u should say; rather the great IGBO are smart

thanks for observation

yes andy uba and his brother chris,arthur nzeribe all brilliant chaps

aribisala0:

we are so smart and we need lebanese to run the restaurants at our airports

Does a Nigerian not own Gatwick Airport? Is this how you plan to make this thread an intellectualy stimulating one? I.e using highly subjective examples , IMO, aimed at denigrating Nigerians and Nigeria rather than using fair analogy that encourages stimulating and educative discussion? Must the Lebanese not run any business in Nigeria now ? What if the Lebanese proprietor won the concession legitimately? Do you know how 'connected' the Lebanese proprietor is?

You would have a point if , rather than one measly example, it is the Lebanese who own Mr.Biggs, Tantaliser, Tasty fried Chicken, Chicken Republic and the other restaurant chains in Nigeria only hardwork , and not connection, secures. Do you know what obtains in Ghana and in other African Countries? In Ghana for example the main restaurant chains are Frankies, Chicken republic, Mr. Biggs and Papaye. Please go and find out if any of the above are Ghanaian owned and come back to talk. I am not into putting anyone down but I resent those who deliberately want to put Nigerians down just to make others look good.

Yes , there are bragadocious Nigerians with a superiority complex but many Nigerians are confident[b] yet gracious[/b]. Your topic is interesting if presented with objectivity and without palpable bias against Nigerians.

Gatwick is owned by GIP

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is an infrastructure owning company, a private equity fund led by Credit Suisse and General Electric.[1] Current assets include a 75% stake in London City Airport, Biffa Limited, a UK based waste management company and Gatwick Airport after recently acquiring it from BAA Limited for £1.51bn.[2] Gatwick Airport is notable for being London's second largest international airport and second busiest in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. In 2008, it was the world's 28th-busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers[3] and 9th busiest in terms of international passengers.[4] The company has its operational headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.[5] In addition the company has offices in Hong Kong, London, and New York City.[6]

no a nigerian does NOT own gatwick airport. however if a nigerian did it would not change anything
my point is that nigerians may be smart but no where near as smart as we like to boast we are and certainly no where near in achievement compared to other groups who make very little noise to us. so i am concerned with the mismatch between the noise and substance particularly in comparison to groups like indians,jews,chinese.

regarding lebanese running restaurants or being allowed to . how many nigerians are running restaurants in lebanon? most countries do not allow foreigners to come and do jobs or run businesses that their people can do.
so they encourage only those who have special/unique knowledge/hi-tech skills to offer. we do not need to import lebanese to come to nigeria to sell jollof rice to us and then repatriate the profits. we are a poor country

at any rate i gave more than one example. regarding intellectual stimulation are you not being pretentious?on nairaland?
why would i be biassed against nigeria. i am sorry but you have nothing to contribute and clearly did not comprehend what i wrote

Gbawe:

Does a Nigerian not own Gatwick Airport? Is this how you plan to make this thread an intellectualy stimulating one? I.e using highly subjective examples , IMO, aimed at denigrating Nigerians and Nigeria rather than using fair analogy that encourages stimulating and educative discussion? Must the Lebanese not run any business in Nigeria now ? What if the Lebanese proprietor won the concession legitimately? Do you know how 'connected' the Lebanese proprietor is?

You would have a point if , rather than one measly example, it is the Lebanese who own Mr.Biggs, Tantaliser, Tasty fried Chicken, Chicken Republic and the other restaurant chains in Nigeria only hardwork , and not connection, secures. Do you know what obtains in Ghana and in other African Countries? In Ghana for example the main restaurant chains are Frankies, Chicken republic, Mr. Biggs and Papaye. Please go and find out if any of the above are Ghanaian owned and come back to talk. I am not into putting anyone down but I resent those who deliberately want to put Nigerians down just to make others look good.

Yes , there are bragadocious Nigerians with a superiority complex but many Nigerians are confident[b] yet gracious[/b]. Your topic is interesting if presented with objectivity and without palpable bias against Nigerians.

[size=18pt]ROFLMAO[/size]

This may come as a shock to you: But Gatwick is not owned by a Nigerian.

Maybe you should just stick to sucking Tinubu's pooosie.

Exactly what the OP is talking about!

Ediots thinking they are smart!

aribisala0:

no a nigerian does NOT own gatwick airport. however if a nigerian did it would not change anything.

True

Not that I am in agreement/disagreement with your other assertions

Kobojunkie:

Gatwick is owned by GIP

So jumping in to correct what you[b] assume[/b] is wrong, while failing to discuss every other point or even the thread topic,  is all you can contribute? Some of you just like to oppose others enduringly without recourse to objectivity . You only know how to enduringly try to find fault with what others write and never to engage them in honest discussion .

Me and you have our history   keep up your efforts at focusing on 'tripping me up' instead of trying to discuss issues objectively. My point with Ogunlesi buying Gatwick is that Britons are not sitting around condemning themselves because a Nigerian won the bid to buy Gatwick. As far as his group manages Gatwick well, then so be it. That is the progressive mentality , assisted by adequate, regulation, that ensures everything works well in developed Nations.  Genuinely objective and intellectually stimulation debate , bereft of bias and ulterior motives, is becoming harder to come by on Nairaland. Please dont bother with more pedantism about Ogunlesi only being the managing Partner of GIP because if you do your homework you will find out he totally spearheaded the bid to buy Gatwick hence the reason he is credited with GIP's purchase.  same as how Tidjane Thiam the boss of Prudential UK , another African son we are proud, singularly pushed for and succeeded in getting the Prudential to buy AIA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidjane_Thiam

When originally recruited by Prudential, he had argued for buying out AIA, the Asian wing of the crisis-hit AIG.[1] After becoming chief executive, he again pushed for the deal - this time successfully. As a result of the takeover, he is expected to earn up to £5.2 million in 2010. This includes shares worth a potential £2.7 million under a rolling three year incentive scheme, on top of a £900,000 salary and annual bonus of up to £1.6 million.[6]

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6220276-adebayo-ogunlesi-nigerian-who-owns-london-gatwick-airportfirst-class-in-philosophy-politics-economics-oxford-university-uk-recipient-of-new-y

Adebayo Ogunlesi Nigerian Who Owns London Gatwick Airport•First Class In Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Oxford University, UK •Recipient Of New York's Award Of Excellence
New York City : NY : USA | Jul 02, 2010 BY omokhoje GLOBALNEWS 10



Adebayo Ogunlesi, 57, fondly called Bayo by colleagues and friends, is the Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an independent investment fund based in New York City, United States. Bayo, who has presided over a great number of multi-billion dollar deals, recently added the acquisition of Gatwick Airport, London, United Kingdom to its many achievements in the business circle.
Adebayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian businessman, born 1953, sits atop a $5.64 billion joint venture, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), whose founding partners are Credit Suisse and General Electric, based in New York, United States, where he holds the position of Chairman and Managing Partner.
GIP is a long-term investor that aims to achieve fully transparent superior returns in businesses. Being an independent venture, the company invests in infrastructure assets worldwide and works in partnership with the public sector and other stakeholders to improve infrastructure for the community.
Its major interests are in power, transport, oil and gas, water and waste. GIP capitalises on its global capability to facilitate its projects and applies industrial best practice to enhance operating efficiency with major interest. One of its major acquisitions is London’s Gatwick airport.
The journey to the acquisition of London’s Gatwick airport by GIP began in September, 2008, when British Airways Aircraft (BAA) announced its plan to sell the airfield.
Subsequently, GIP’s founding partners, Credit Suisse and General Electric paid £1.46bn for Gatwick, with a further £55m linked to future passenger numbers and the buyer’s capital structure. The aim of GIP in acquiring the airport according to its owners, was to upgrade and modernise the airport after airlines who operate in the United Kingdom (UK) warned they would not tolerate a lack of investment in the Sussex site and welcomed the “break up of the BAA airport monopoly.”
This deal, championed by a Nigerian represents a discount to Gatwick’s Regulated Asset Base (RAB), is expected to rise above £1.6 million, and helped BAA to pay down £1bn of debt due in March 2010 and £1bn due in 2011. GIP is expected to focus on improving the speed of security and check-in at the airport, but said it will unveil its investment plans when the deal is completed.
Ogunlesi, before rising to become the Chairman and Managing Partner of GIP, was the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Credit Suisse’s Investment Banking Division with senior responsibility for Credit Suisse’s corporate and sovereign investment banking clients.
For two years, 2002 to 2004, he was Head of Credit Suisse’s Global Investment Banking Department, responsible for worldwide capital markets (debt and equity), mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and advisory, industry, country and regional banking businesses.
Prior to that period, he had been the Head of Global Power, Utilities and Project Finance in 1994, and from 1997-2002, served as Head of the Global Energy Group (power, utilities, oil and gas, chemicals, mining and project finance).
Ogunlesi as a child did not take after his father, a Professor of Medicine. Rather, he opted for Philosophy, politics and Economics. After graduation, for some time, he worked as an investment banker, and had also worked as an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore after securing a degree in Law at Havard University. From 1980 to 1981, he served as a Law Clerk to the Honourable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Since he joined Credit Suisse in 1983, Ogunlesi has advised clients on strategic transactions and financings in a broad range of industries and has worked on transactions in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Before travelling abroad in the early 70s, Ogunlesi had his basic and secondary education in Nigeria. He attended the prestigious King’s College Lagos, Nigeria after which he left for the United Kingdom (UK) for his university education.
He got admitted to Oxford University, UK, where he graduated with first class honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
After graduating with a first class degree, Ogunlesi went back to study Law and Business at Harvard University in the United States, as one of three foreign students in his class, though the school did not usually admit students who had been born and educated outside the United States at the time.
At Harvard, Ogunlesi and W. Randy Eaddy became the first two editors of African descent to serve together on the prestigious Harvard Law Review, and also holds a degree in Law and Business at Harvard University in the United States.
He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School of Organisation and Management, where he teaches a course on translational investment projects in emerging countries.
For his practical hard-headed intelligence and contributions to community development, Ogunlesi has been presented with the New York’s Excellence Award, and the US popular Time Magazine’s 2002 Global Influential list, Ogunlesi was named among the 15 most-promising young executives in US, while Fortune ranked him as the Seventh Most Powerful Black Executive in the United States.

Again . . . .


Gatwick is owned by GIP

[size=13pt]Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is an infrastructure owning company, a private equity fund led by Credit Suisse and General Electric.[/size][1] Current assets include a 75% stake in London City Airport, Biffa Limited, a UK based waste management company and Gatwick Airport after recently acquiring it from BAA Limited for £1.51bn.[2] Gatwick Airport is notable for being London's second largest international airport and second busiest in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. In 2008, it was the world's 28th-busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers[3] and 9th busiest in terms of international passengers.[4] The company has its operational headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.[5] In addition the company has offices in Hong Kong, London, and New York City.[6]

Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”) represents a strategic alliance between Credit Suisse, General Electric Company and an experienced, independent senior management team with more than 150 years of cumulative experience advising on, structuring, financing, investing in and managing infrastructure assets in both developed and emerging market countries. GIP seeks to capitalize on the significant growing worldwide demand for investment in infrastructure assets and the inability of traditional financing sources to meet this demand.  GIP targets investments in infrastructure and infrastructure-related assets within the energy, transportation and water/waste sectors. GIP generally targets control-oriented equity and equity-related investments (and selected investments in debt securities) in operating assets and securities of companies that own, control, operate, manage or support infrastructure and infrastructure-related operating assets. The GIP team seeks to maximize the value of acquired assets by drawing upon their extensive experience and skills, as well as leveraging the expertise of Credit Suisse and General Electric, to improve the operating and financial performance of these assets.

https://www.credit-suisse.com/us/private_equity/en/global_infrastructure_partners.jsp

^^^

You are using an article written by another stoooooooooooooooooooooooooooopid Nigerian to support your point?

He is just one person out of 8 partners.  HE IS NOT THE HEAD!

Why are you all so retarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrded


http://www.global-infra.com/adebayo.html

Gbawe:

So jumping in to correct what you[b] assume[/b] is wrong, while failing to discuss every other point or even the thread topic,  is all you can contribute? Some of you just like to oppose others enduringly without recourse to objectivity . You only know how to enduringly try to find fault with what others write and never to engage them in honest discussion .

Me and you have our history   keep up your efforts at focusing on 'tripping me up' instead of trying to discuss issues objectively. My point with Ogunlesi buying Gatwick is that Britons are not sitting around condemning themselves because a Nigerian won the bid to buy Gatwick. As far as his group manages Gatwick well, then so be it. That is the progressive mentality , assisted by adequate, regulation, that ensures everything works well in developed Nations.  Genuinely objective and intellectually stimulation debate , bereft of bias and ulterior motives, is becoming harder to come by on Nairaland. Please dont bother with more pedantism about Ogunlesi only being the managing Partner of GIP because if you do your homework you will find out he totally spearheaded the bid to buy Gatwick hence the reason he is credited with GIP's purchase.  same as how Tidjane Thiam the boss of Prudential UK , another African son we are proud, singularly pushed for and succeeded in getting the Prudential to buy AIA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidjane_Thiam

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6220276-adebayo-ogunlesi-nigerian-who-owns-london-gatwick-airportfirst-class-in-philosophy-politics-economics-oxford-university-uk-recipient-of-new-y

Wizardofoz:


[size=18pt]ROFLMAO[/size]

This may come as a shock to you: But Gatwick is not owned by a Nigerian.

Maybe you should just stick to sucking Tinubu's pooosie.

Exactly what the OP is talking about!

Ediots thinking they are smart!

Clearly another childish poster only interested in carrying bad-belle against others without inspecting what they are saying. Google Nigerian buys Gatwick. It is Ogunlesi's 'baby' completely even if he arranged it as GIP boss. As I said to kobojunkie "Genuinely objective and intellectually stimulation debate , bereft of bias and ulterior motives, is becoming harder to come by on Nairaland".

The dictionary is clear on what the word [b]OWN [/b]means. 

The post of mine was in response to a question asked. But yet again, another play at the "win the argument by throwing insults at the other side" game!

my point is not to denigrate nigerians but we need true self awareness of our real place in the world if we are to make any meaningful progress. this would entail honest self appraisal and stock taking.

at the moment we produce very little that anyone wants to buy but we want to consume the best of nokia,samsungmeredes,versace,Falcon jets etc(the shiny pebbles of our times).

here at my local Tesco supermarket you can buy ghanaian yams,plantain and tinned Tuna. why? because their not so smart government officials INSIST on quid pro quo concessions for even the smallest contracts.
what did the smart  nigerians negotiate? you can export maggi and guinness which we make in your country and will repatriate the profits back to europe

Gbawe:

Clearly another childish poster only interested in carrying bad-belle against others without inspecting what they are saying. Google Nigerian buys Gatwick. It is Ogunlesi's 'baby' completely[b] even if he arranged it as GIP boss[/b]. As I said to kobojunkie "Genuinely objective and intellectually stimulation debate , bereft of bias and ulterior motives, is becoming harder to come by on Nairaland".

Bad bellee?

Why?

You are simply misinformed

And Kobo is trying to correct you. I understand you live in Nigeria, where everything goes. But here, you cant get away with that!

And No he is not the boss. He is ONE OF EIGHT partners. Do you know what they call partners in investment and Law? Educate yourself a bit before yarning dust!

GIP’s[size=18pt] six founding partners are former senior executives of Credit Suisse and General Electric[/size] with deep global experience in its target infrastructure sectors, operations and finance. GIP is now led by eight partners, [size=18pt]including a general counsel.[/size] The partners are supported by a global team with relevant operating, financial and investment expertise and by several senior industry advisers.

Ogunlesi is the general counsel in the group!

Again, he is not the boss!

gbawe please do not be obtuse either the man owns the airport or he does not?? what do you mean by baby??
does he own the airport in its entirety 100% of even some part thereof .in the latter case how much?

lol

me too i follow for the people wey get zenith bank with my 80000 naira share

aribisala0:

no a nigerian does NOT own gatwick airport. however if a nigerian did it would not change anything
my point is that nigerians may be smart but no where near as smart as we like to boast we are and certainly no where near in achievement compared to other groups who make very little noise to us. so i am concerned with the mismatch between the noise and substance particularly in comparison to groups like indians,jews,chinese.

regarding lebanese running restaurants or being allowed to . how many nigerians are running restaurants in lebanon? most countries do not allow foreigners to come and do jobs or run businesses that their people can do.
so they encourage only those who have special/unique knowledge/hi-tech skills to offer. we do not need to import lebanese to come to nigeria to sell jollof rice to us and then repatriate the profits. we are a poor country

at any rate i gave more than one example. regarding intellectual stimulation are you not being pretentious?on nairaland?
why would i be biassed against nigeria. i am sorry but you have nothing to contribute and clearly did not comprehend what i wrote

You see how you show your hand[b] more[/b], and your real direction, with the type of protectionist talk I hinted you were biased towards? What if Nigerians don't own Restaurants in Lebanon? Should that be a yard stick for anything? How many Nigerians do you know who have told you they want to set up Restaurants in Lebanon? Have you even factored the attitude, culture , eating habits, social predisposition and business set up laws of the Lebanese themselves into the equation?

This may very well easily explain the one way traffic without necessarily maligning Nigerians of anything i.e on the ground peculiarities could simply make it possible for the Lebanese to own restaurants in Nigeria and not the other way round. Do Nigerians not own fairly successful restaurant in the USA , UK , Ghana and other Country with similar language, liberalness and affinity issues? If the Chinese can own Restaurants in Nigeria and the opposite does not happen the reasons are obvious and they do not include any argument that just seems to want to make Nigerians guilty of something by force. That why I said use genuinely objective examples and you will probably get some heavyweights in the thread.

protectionist talk ,?? it is either you are pretending or you are genuinely living in a bubble.
you need more exposure .
every nation protects their own.
if you don't know this i am not going to waste my time.
i paid good money for my education and won't give it away for free

Gbawe:

You see how you show your hand[b] more[/b], and your real direction, with the type of protectionist talk I hinted you were biased towards? What if Nigerians don't own Restaurants in Lebanon? Should that be a yard stick for anything? How many Nigerians do you know who have told you they want to set up Restaurants in Lebanon? Have you even factored the attitude, culture , eating habits, social predisposition and business set up laws of the Lebanese themselves into the equation?

This may very well easily explain the one way traffic without necessarily maligning Nigerians of anything i.e on the ground peculiarities could simply make it possible for the Lebanese to own restaurants in Nigeria and not the other way round. Do Nigerians not own fairly successful restaurant in the USA , UK , Ghana and other Country with similar language, liberalness and affinity issues? If the Chinese can own Restaurants in Nigeria and the opposite does not happen the reasons are obvious and they do not include any argument that just seems to want to make Nigerians guilty of something by force. That why I said use genuinely objective examples and you will probably get some heavyweights in the thread.

@Gbawe
Objectivity seems to be a rare gift these days , and i have given up on all these "i know exactly how things operate with Nigerians" people! ROFLMAO!!!
I have no problems with critics! I criticize when i have to, but criticizing just for the heck of it is just SICK.

Whether a Nigerian owns Gatwick airport or not, your points were loud and clear. . . for those who have the ability . . .

pls gbawe i implore you if you are heayweight stay away from this thread .
you have little to add that will enrich my knowledge

aribisala0:

gbawe please do not be obtuse either the man owns the airport or he does not?? what do you mean by baby??
does he own the airport in its entirety 100% of even some part thereof .in the latter case how much?

Have you noted I am the only one discussing issues, giving real examples and trying to get your to make the parameters fairer and more objective? Please note those who joined to correct others , while totally ignoring the topic, and others in jump in insult others alone.

PIB owns Gatwick but Ogunlesi is credited with spearheading the initiative and drive to buy Gatwick hence the reason  why many , including respected analysts, loosely say a Nigerian owns Gatwick . If I go back and change "owns" to purchase do you think some of those who contributed would be here? You don't know Nairaland . Some join threads just because they see that certain posters have contributed . They then fail to contribute to the main topic. All they do is shadow what others have written looking for faults or opportunities to spray invectives around. Eventually they derail the thread having not added a single constructive thing to the topic under discussion

http://africanamericanempowerment..com/2010/06/black-gatwick-airport-owner-inspires.html

Black Gatwick Airport owner inspires community


The purchase of Gatwick airport by Nigerian entrepreneur and businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi has been heralded as a sign that black business leadership has entered a new era.
Rising up the ranks of international finance
The news that the deal to buy Britain's second largest airport has been secured by a black manhas had very little coverage in the national or even community press. However business men and leaders from the community have welcomed this latest development .
‘It is tremendous that the head of the team which secured this deal was led by a Nigerian. We know that African men have the instinct for the big deals and we hope that we will see more of this.
It shows that along side the Tidjane Thiam at the Prudential we are finally seeing men from our communities rising up the ranks of international finance,' Henry Bonsu director and presenter on Colourful Radio told Black Mental Health UK.
Ogunlesi is the Chairman and Managing Partner, of the $5.64 billion joint venture, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) .  A company that invests in infrastructure assets worldwide with interest in power, transport, oil, gas, water and waste.
In 2009 Ogunlesi completed the £1.46bn deal to buy Gatwick Airport, with a further £55m linked to future passengers and buyer's capital structure.  Ogunlesi has said publicly that  GIP's aim of buying Gatwick is to upgrade and modernise, the airport and airlines, and he has  welcomed the ‘break up of the BAA airport' monopoly.
Make Gatwick a first class experience
In an exclusive interview on Sky television with Jeff Randall, Adebayo Ogunlesi, also known as Bayo, said he is going ‘to make Gatwick a truly first class experience'. However he cautioned it would take ‘somewhere between 12 and 18 months' before passengers started noticing a difference at the airport.
‘This is something very significant as this it is the second largest airport in the UK. Everyone passing through Gatwick will now be benefiting from the leadership and vision of Adebayo Ogunlesi. It appears that his intention is to totally change the airport industry across the world. The progress that he has made as a businessman is something that we haven't seen among the business professionals and entrepreneurs from our communities living here in the United Kingdom yet,' OluAlake, President, 100 Black Men told Black Mental Health UK.
Ogunlesi is the first son of a medical professor who graduated from Oxford University with honours. He was then accepted to by Harvard Law School as one of three foreign students in his class, even though the school did not usually admit students who had been born and educated outside the United States at the time. At Harvard, Ogunlesi and W. Randy Eaddy became the first two editors of African descent to serve together on the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
While studying for his law degree Ogunlesi also also enrolled at the Harvard Business School. Although he did not intend to pursue a business career, he thought that courses in finance would help him overcome his fear of numbers. While he was enjoying a successful legal career he was approached by bankers at First Boston who needed help in facilitation a  $6 billion deal with the Nigerian government. This change in career turned into a 20 years of working in the investment banking sector.

ziga:

@Gbawe
Objectivity seems to be a rare gift these days , and i have given up on all these "i know exactly how things operate with Nigerians" people! ROFLMAO!!!
I have no problems with critics! I criticize when i have to, but criticizing just for the heck of it is just SICK.

Whether a Nigerian owns Gatwick airport or not, your points were loud and clear. . . for those who have the ability . . .

Thank you my brother !!! Anyway, I am out of this thread . Let Kobojunkie and wizardofoz contribute to the thread constructively while we read. When I am no longer in the thread no one can pretend as if a Nigerian owning Gatwick or not is the main topic of discussion.

aribisala0:

pls gbawe i implore you if you are heayweight stay away from this thread .
you have little to add that will enrich my knowledge

Stop being so sensitive and pugnacious. I do not mean myself. I am talking of posters who will contribute statistics, facts and intellectual balance that will make the thread interesting rather than those only interested in joining your thread to bicker and insult others while the ignore the topic of the thread .

aribisala0:

pls gbawe i implore you if you are heayweight stay away from this thread .
you have little to add that will enrich my knowledge

You sound just like the Nigerians you described in your earlier post!!! Nigerians and arrogance!!! shior!

even if a nigerian owns heathrow,gatwick,stansted and jfk combined it i[b]s irrelevant[/b].
if you don't get that you get nothing.
i will not try explaining that

Gbawe:

Have you noted I am the only one discussing issues, giving real examples and trying to get your to make the parameters fairer and more objective? Please note those who joined to correct others , while totally ignoring the topic, and others in jump in insult others alone.

PIB owns Gatwick but Ogunlesi is credited with spearheading the initiative and drive to buy Gatwick hence the reason  why many , including respected analysts, loosely say a Nigerian owns Gatwick . If I go back and change "owns" to purchase do you think some of those who contributed would be here? You don't know Nairaland . Some join threads just because they see that certain posters have contributed . They then fail to contribute to the main topic. All they do is shadow what others have written looking for faults or opportunities to spray invectives around. Eventually they derail the thread having not added a single constructive thing to the topic under discussion
http://africanamericanempowerment..com/2010/06/black-gatwick-airport-owner-inspires.html

NO ediot/reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetard/Tinubu poosie sucker,See:

Kobojunkie:

Again . . . .


Gatwick is owned by GIP


https://www.credit-suisse.com/us/private_equity/en/global_infrastructure_partners.jsp

Two different things! My Nigerian genius!

I used to be like you, but thank God. Nuff said!


Anyway, WRT him spearheading the initiatitive and drive for Gatwick acquisition: For starters, they only own 46% of it. Secondly, no one is giving him credit for the initiative except for Nigerians and Nigerian newspapers, which is expected, going by their well known dubious reputation for low quality journalism.

He is the Charmian of the company, it doesnt mean he comes up with all the ideas. He gets press time because HE IS THE CHAIRMAN. Nothing more, nothing less. GE and some other companies own GIP, NOT OGUNLESI.

Going by your Nigerian logic, Bill gate should be credited with every new innovation at Microsoft and Zuckerberg for every idea and innovation at Facebook and Steve Jobs for every new apps developed for the Iphone. ANd BTW, Steve jobs is one of the founding members of Apple, but guess what, he DOES NOT OWN APPLE. As a matter of fact, he was once fired from Apple.

:::SMH:::