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oh yeah!play divide and rule.

Israel is a jewish state.USA is not a christian country.and i am sure those two states are playing with sentiments to win support against Iran,a country that seeks peaceful nuclear technology.these same two countries possess thousands of nuclear warheads while they deny and play politics with peaceful nuclear program of iran.you forgot to mention that Israel hates Iran so much because Iran opposes the maltreatment of Sunni palestinians and the occupation of their land.Iran is afterall not blinded by sectarian hatred like the wahhabi saudis are displaying in syria.

what you forgot to tell him is that the best allies of israel and the united states in the arab and muslim world,are the wahhabi kingdoms of saudi arabia and qatar.and do you really think those two countries-israel and USA- care about christians or anything other than their selfish-imperialistic interests? was it not the USA that sponsored wahhabi fighters in afghanistan (to make use of their deadly ideology against the soviets) and created alqaeda before things went bad with the group?

It's unfortunate you let your emotions cloud your sense of reasoning, how can you put peaceful and nuclear together in the same sentence, also by openly criticizing U.S.A and Israel, you are sounding more and more like those idiotic Boko Haram, who oppose western influences and yet make use of westernized technologies. You cannot claim to oppose terrorism or Boko Haram and at the same time oppose western influences, so where do you stand exactly? What differentiates you from members of the radical group?

rhymz: One thing I have noticed with most muslim is their willingness to deny glaring facts but rather dwell on speculative BS that distracts from the main issues. Nobody is saying every northern muslim is a BokoHaram apologist but it is a known fact that BokoHarm has sympathizers both amongst political leaders and religious leaders. They wont be so successful if they are not getting both subtle moral and financial support from these apologists.
The OP even buttress my point when he made mention of the muslim leader that was killed earlier on for being the lone voice of dissent. I am presently in Sokoto, and sometimes, I wonder how Sokoto which arguably has like 90% muslims with a sultan that is the supreme leader has not witnessed any terrorist attack. Obviously, it is not as a result of superior security put in place neither does it have to with the respect the BH boys have for the sultan like some people in sokoto argue atimes. The only explanation to such will be because the leadership especially the sultan has not get in their way or condemn them for their acts, they have probably misconstrued their reticence as support and saw no need to attack their states.
No matter how anyone tries to put it, the BokoHarma problem is multi-faceted, it has both religious and poltical dimensions that we must all look at.

You make a good point, but what it all boils down to is the government. The number one duty of the government is to protect the citizens and maintain the rule of law. The Nigerian government has chosen to play politics with the lives of people, what I don't understand is how people can blame Islam, when the more prudent blame lies in front of them, Nigeria is the only country that I know that would protest against fuel subsidy removal, renaming of an institution but refuse to protest corruption within the government, the senseless killings of citizens and the outright disregard of human lives. Let's put this religious crap aside and face the truth, if the people refuse to rise against the government, then we all should prepare for total destruction!

Truth is 90% of xtians dnt even know their adulterated religion

Their pastors n leaders arnd the world are always involved in one sex scandal or D̶̲̥̅̊ other

The xtians r D̶̲̥̅̊ LovePeddlers spoiling naija's name all ova europe

Their pastors r out τ̅o make brisk business tru fake churches n ministries wyl D̶̲̥̅̊ followers only regress towards absolutee poverty

Bokoharam is a politically sponsored thing n only ignorant fools will deny this.

a weak leader we have is not doing anything n dis is causing deaths everyday, n muslims r dieing mur dan D̶̲̥̅̊ xtians sef

Anϑ, tђere were xtian terrorists even b4 we had muslim extremists eg hitler, kkk, anders brievik etc

​ so​, wat r Ʊ saying wen comparing islam τ̅o xtianity?

Hold Your govt reesponsible, anϑ dnt eva accuse islam in Your foolishness. Cos i dnt think uanyone can manage a religious war in Nigeria.

if Ʊ αve nothing peaceful τ̅o say, is beta Ʊ keep shut

Even though you are 90% correct, let's not go down to their level. Those who curse Islam and peaceful Muslims knows nothing about the religion, their ignorance is what fuels their anger, rather let's continue to try to educate them, true Muslims aren't violent, a true Muslim would never kill innocent souls, and most importantly a true Muslim would never take his own life just to prove a point. Those cursing Islam are weaklings and are just looking for the easy way out, if they are really looking for someone to blame, let them blame the government, let them blame the leaders of the country, who sit back and watch as innocent souls are being killed, leaders who would rather negotiate with terrorists than to combat them hands on and wipe out those animals. This is not a Muslim against Christian problem or Igbos against Hausas, this is a problem of corruption and the greed of those who would stop at anything to hold on to power.

This is one of the most ignorant account of Christianity I have seen. For the records, the catholic church was setup to destroy christianity, not to promote it. The Roman empire were persecuting and hounding christians everywhere, starting from the killing of apostle James. They however realised that the persecution only expanded christianity because as the christians ran away from the empire, they carried the message to new territories. So they came up with a devilish idea; merge the church and state. Declare that everyone was now a christian. That was the birth of the Roman Catholic church. Roman catholic church was not founded by Apostle Peter. That was a cooked up bare faced lie from the Roman Catholic church to promote their new religion. The true Christians were killed throughout the dark ages by the catholic church until the reformation.

No jew would ever use graven images in the worship of God like the catholics do or pray to angels. So please don't spread those lies that the Apostle peter formed the catholic church.

The Roman catholic folks carried out the crusades, not believers in Jesus. Believers in Jesus were also victims of the crusades as well as Jews. Both the Roman catholic and muslim massacared Jews and christians.

@edicolove - All I can do is laugh, when someone like you tries to sound intelligent but end up sounding so dumb. Can you imagine, Catholic church against Christianity? Hey you might not agree with the doctrine of the Catholics but please don't insult them, if you devoted time to studying true history instead of foolish propaganda, you would realize just how crazy you sound!

Not accurate. Christianity was much vaster than just the Catholic CHurch. The main churches were as follows:

1. Church of Jerusalem (Until conquered by the muslims)
2. Church of Syria in Damascus (Until conquered by the muslims)

3. Church of Antioch in Anatolia (Until conquered by the muslims)

4. Church of Alexandria (Until conquered by the muslims)

5. Church of Corinth (Fell under the See of theChurch of Constantinople)
6. Church of Constantinople (Orthodox church of the East) (Until conquered by the muslims)

7. Church in Rome (Roman Catholic)

There were many other churches but these were technically the centres of Christianoty. The First COuncil of Nicaea had these as the main attendants.

The Russian Orthodox church grew out of the Church of Constantinople (Orthodox church of the East).

Atheist:-D : Perhaps you misinterpreted my statement, I'm not saying the Holy Roman Catholic Church was the oldest church, I'm saying it is the foundation that expanded Christianity. Yes, the original Church of Jesus.The apostles with the Great Commission took territories: St James, in Jerusalem; St Peter in Rome, Andrew in Constantinople, Ignatius in Antioch [originally founded by St Peter], Mark in Alexandria. The apostles creed called it ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH; catholic as in universal. It was called the Jesus way, the Holy Church with HQ in Jerusalem and St James as its 1st Bishop. Unfortunately, the Jerusalem church was disseminated by the Jews and Muslims later. Christianity could have been annihilated without the Roman Church. By the design and will of God, the Roman Church [founded somewhere in 44 AD]headed by St Peter then gained strenght and wisdom; It is still the only church that can lay claim to completing the first and most recognizable version of the bible.

It's high time someone sets the record straight! I have long been disgusted by the useless rantings and commotion caused by religion. What exactly is religion? If not a point of view passed on from generations to generations about who God is and the best way of worshiping him. Name one proof that says Islam is better than Christianity or vice-versa. Useless goats on this thread have been shouting, Islam is a religion of violence, Islam commands the killing and slaying of non-muslims. Is Christianity any better? Go back and read your history books, look into the Holy crusades caused by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, the slaying of non-Christians, we all know that all factions of Christianity comes from the Catholic church, so is it not fair to say Christianity also promoted violence? A lot of you ignorant youths lack the necessary knowledge to ever accuse any religion of wrong-doing because you have been brainwashed by your society and religious leaders, the simple truth about religion is that it tears people apart, it makes you view one another as different instead of the simple truth that we all come from the same tree, we all came to this world through the same process and we all shall die one day. Let's be realistic here, Nigeria is one of the most religious countries in the world, every where you turn there is either a church or a mosque, yet so much hatred and destabilization, if that is not proof of what I'm saying then all of you need some serious reality check! Instead of you to fight the government, you sit here and cowardly accuse each other, tell me who is better than the other, one failure calling the other a reject, vanity upon vanity. I assure you no one would fight for Nigeria, if Nigerians don't unite and fight for themselves, you can't divide the county based on religion because not all Muslims are evil and not all Christians are saints, you can't divide the country based on ethnicity because Igbos have married Yoruba and Yorubas have married Hausas with each bearing offsprings, so if we must divide, let's divide based on one common interest, those for Nigeria and those against Nigeria!

one, do you have a girlfriend? How many times have you entered her? does that make you an ashawo?

How about the man who, over and over and over again, got her pregnant? What do you label him? You think she would have aborted her babies of he had wanted them?

She was naively in love.

Stop blabbering and read my words carefully. It matters not, how many times you had intimacy with someone, it matters the result. I never blamed the poor girl 4 getting intimate, I blamed her 4 getting pregnant and committing abortions 4 times, I blamed her for not having respect 4 herself. If I dated a girl and she got pregnant and terminated it over and over again, do you think, I would ever marry such a girl, even if I was the cause of the abortion? Come on get real my friend, love had nothing to do with this! It was INSANITY at the highest order. Smart girls don't get pregnant unintentionally and if they do, they don't have an abortion and repeat the cycle four times in a row, only stewpid girls with no self-respect or self-esteem would do such a thing and blame it on love or naivety! It's stories like these, that makes me question Nigerian girls, I trust my American girls, love can go 2 hell!

Don't use ashawo too freely. It's not like she had abortion for several guys. She was in love with a man who I assumed did not want all 4 pregnancies.

You can call her naive, but ashawo is out of the question. The dude should not be absolved of any blame here, he had a hand in it big time.

Some of you ppl need to free her. How many girls/guys have y'all dated? It's now a crime?

@Ileke-IdI : Any girl that allows the same guy to impregnate her over and over again and instead of accepting the responsibility, chooses 2 abort the pregnancy, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE BUT FOUR TIMES na baba nla ASHAWO!!! Na only ASHAWO go repeatedly commit sexual acts, get pregnant, commit abortion and do it all over and over again. Let's be real here, nobody is above mistakes but four times in a row, that's INSANITY!!!!

Useless Stewpid, ASHAWO!!!! How can a woman have four abortions for the same man? These girls of nowadays are nothing but animals. Everyone knows that guys can be very useless most of the time, and with so much stories and movies and real life examples of complications resulting from abortions, how can anyone go through such torture four times? I do not pity you, people that are blaming the guy and sugarcoating things are BOMBASTIC ELEMENTS! I don't care how fine or smart the guy is, no woman should ever mutilate her body that much, wetin she dey find sef? Money you no gain, marriage you no gain, fame you no gain? Tell me what profit you derived from such degrading behavior. Enough, if you like go hug transformer, sometimes it takes HARSH and CRUEL words, to sink reality into some people.

You have only exhibited so much ignorance about the constitution and the workings of the National Assembly. The first act of the Fourth Republic Assembly was to adopt all the laws already passed in Nigeria prior to May 29, 1999 so long as it was not in violation of the 1999 constitution.

To this end, all validly passed laws from 1960 are in force and are part of the laws governing the operations of Nigeria as a country. The Police Act for instance, was it not passed in 1963, The OBJ years operated the CBN act of 1990. Are you therefore trying to say this Acts/Laws are not to be enforced because they were passed before 1999?

Nigeria is been run aground, not majorly by the corruption, but by the lack of intelligence and half-educated people waiting to take over the governance space.

@Akainzo - You must be myopic! Who said all the previous laws were thrown away? The same Police Act that you mentioned, has it not been amended to fit in with modern provisions. Your 1960s Act of Parliament that created Unilag, did it exclude it from being a federal entity? If not, then Unilag and other federal entities are bounded by the powers of the federation which rests exclusively on the executive branch, this is Nigeria, not your twisted version of fairy-tale land. Before you open your locust infested mouth, learn more about the university systems being operated in Nigeria and whether a university can claim to be independent, while operating as a federal university!

Lord have mercy. Can you not discern that aspect of the constitution you have quoted: its meaning is the exact opposite of what your interpretation.

That section is saying, that executives powers are vested in the President - right - which he may delegate to members of his cabinet - right - but that executves power and it's delegated counterparts, must be exercised accordingly in subjection "to the provisions of any law made by the National Assembly ".

In order words, it is the job of National Assembly to make polices/laws and it's the job of the Executive to execute those law/policies.

However, the Executive/President can also originate laws/policies in the interest of good governance, and then pass it to the National Assemby which is the only arm of goverment that has the power to make or amend laws. The National Assemblies then considers the request of the President and it is seen as good for the country, passes it into law.

It is called separation of powers. This are the basic elementary opeartions of a Presidential system of democracy.

Pls people, let us try to educate ourselves

The changing of the name of Unilag is a constitutional ammendment and it only within the competence of the National Assembly. Any other goverment body that does it is in violation of the constitution.

@Lanre front: Ogbeni Komot here with your wayo analysis! You're one of those twisted individuals who blatantly twist around clear fact into twisted meanings. The law is simple and any attempt to derail its meaning is futile, the executive power of the federation gives GEJ the right to oversee all federal entities, including the almighty Unilag! It's high time you people wake up, we are no longer in the 60s, your act of parliament holds no ground, when it comes to modern constitution and the only recognized version of the constitution remains the 1999 version, wait a minute! Why am I even wasting my time explaining things, sentiments and pure ignorance won't allow some people to think with an open mind, so let's leave the decisions to the court, cos we all know, nothing we do or say here on Nairaland would affect the outcome, peace!
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Although no litigation outcome is certain, but with the govt not having refuted that
1. The school came to life tru an Act of Parliament
2. The said Act provides for the name
3. The common law on procedure to amend any section of an Act is to come b4 d Parliament
4. They did not approach the NASS
it makes d case for d students easier.
And mark my words, d first issue FG will bring in defence of d suit would be a preliminary objection challenging d locus standi ( the right to sue) of the 10 students. If d students surmount that part, d ride becomes easier.

Nigerian students and their limited point of view, allow me to use your own words against you, Unilag was formed as part of an Act of Parliament in the 1960s, since then the constitution has been rewritten twice. Nigeria is now governed by the 1999 constitution and from the constitution, specifically Part II, section 5 states the following:

"5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation:

(a) shall be vested in the President and may subject as aforesaid and to the provisions of any law made by the National Assembly, be exercised by him either directly or through the Vice-President and Ministers of the Government of the Federation or officers in the public service of the Federation".


This clearly gives the president the right to do what he has done,also what makes you and the other protesters think that GEJ would just wake up one day and announce something, without due consultation. The school's senate knew about the development, so did the state government of Lagos, do not let these politicians fool you, especially low-balled lawyers, who can manipulate the laws into their own twisted point of view.

1. UNILAG belongs o you and the people of Nigerian, it does not belong to the federal government and your tax payers money is funding UNILAG, not GEJ's money

2. The people elected government officials and the government is accountable to you the people, not the other way around. Though decades of bad governance have screwed everything up and the average Nigerian is clueless about their rights and basic knowledge of government or civic knowledge.

3. There is a huge difference between UNI IFE and UNILAG. Uni Ife was a regional university built by the western region/Yoruba people and the name was changed by a military dictator under military rule.

Could this also be the reason why the government is stealing your money cos the money belongs to the federal government and not the people?

You ignorant little kids are so clueless and backward it's not even funny.

@Eko Ile - Ha......I didn't know people like you still existed, just blabbering with no sense of direction. Almost every Nigerian student understands that we have three types of universities in Nigeria: federal, state and private. Private universities are accountable to their board of directors or overseers, while state universities are accountable to the state government e.g LASU, OSU. Finally federal universities are called federal universities for a reason, they are accountable to the federal government, I have yet to come across a student that can prove otherwise, so please stop yapping like a parrot! How dare you say there's a huge difference between University of Ife and University of Lagos, In terms of Academics, they are equals, in terms of reputation, they are equals, so what makes Unilag so special? I'm not saying students don't have the right to challenge the federal government, but I'm saying they should do so, with factual evidence and not sentimental crap!

Ha......Jonathan O ma ku suru o! From Boko Haram to Plane Crash to being sued by incompetent wanabee student lawyers, with clueless thought process. Correct me if I'm wrong, is UNILAG a federal university or not? Are federal universities in Nigeria answerable to the federal government? Can they be legally changed by federal derivatives? What is the difference between University of Ife and University of Lagos? Could it be that the students of Unilag have no faith in the school's educational structures and are really just in school because of the name? After careful consideration, it's clear to me and any other sane individuals that these kids are way out of their league and any reasonable judge would throw out the case immediately.

In my vast experience with Nigerian women and black Americans, I can tell you emphatically that women naturally are obsessed with material things but the American babes(most of them) value time spent together, they are more understanding and are able to contribute together as long as you treat them with respect, an average American babe knows that it is her duty to contribute to part of the bills, no excuses but Nigerian babes from the on-set are taught to be parasite, they see males as sole providers, the absolute solution to all their problems and when a man falls short of this amplified status, he is immediately labelled as uncaring, inferior and irresponsible.

Poster you are a nobody, I understand your need for attention. What people don't know about the album is that, it is a marketing strategy, Don Jazzy had to put something out there to establish the MAVIN name, before any of his artiste drops their new album and I must say not bad for a rush job. The songs 'I'm a Mavin' and 'Take Banana' shows that Don Jazzy plans to take MAVIN to superstar status and if I was a betting man, I would bet my last dime on Don Jazzy and Mavin making it here in 9ja than Kanye and D'banj taking over the U.S markets.

It's exactly this type of mentality, that gave African women a birth right of eternal slavery. The dumb attitude that a man is supposed to take care of all the woman's needs, like seriously many women in Nigeria graduate from the university only to end up as an over dependent house wife, because they have been taught that the only way to make it is by sponging on a wealthy man. Ladies, there's nothing wrong in pulling resources together with your future husband in other to have an unforgettable wedding experience, in fact it is the right thing to do, it's one of the many projects in which total collaboration is required otherwise the man would feel exhausted financially and emotionally and would resent you for it, especially when things aren't going smoothly after a couple of years of marriage....

Starlett: It's actually more of fast-tracking the revenue collection. More Visa application centers would only mean that you get to attend your interview date earlier, and your visa approval or rejection therefore comes earlier.

All in all, the US embassy gains more funds.

Imagine a 50% rejection/approval rate!

Have you ever considered why the approval/rejection rate is so? It's simple, most Nigerians are corrupt, from forging documents to bribery, it's all there, there's desperation in every Nigerian, how else do we explain someone selling all his/her possessions just for the chance of travelling out? With the level of corruption, I do not fault foreign countries for having a very strict immigration screening, the unfortunate thing here is that if people learn to use the proper channels and are well-prepared with the proper documents, it's actually easier to get an American visa.

Some of you guys are just pathetic, it's easy to blame someone for asking for advice. We all know how the educational system works in 9ja, a lot of things could have contributed to that low GPA, including sadist lecturers and intentional oppression. The only way that I can see that she's at fault is that she should have realized that she didn't have the intelligence to survive her courses and immediately should have had the brains to runs her way through, in 9ja if you're not intelligent, at least stay smart, no be everybody wey pass sabi book. Also, what kind of university allows a student to have a 1.4 CPGA without any disciplinary actions, sometimes I wonder if there are any credible university in Nigeria.

You guys can twist the story as much as you want but the truth remains that a president of a country solicited for gifts or donations from a foreign company(Bribery) and in return the foreign company would be given preferential treatment on certain issues. Corruption of the highest order, why is it that in this country, we only seem to shout corruption when it affects our pockets or the opposition, let's call a spade a spade, any form of bribery is corruption and when it happens at the top of our country's government then it is definitely an abomination. As Kantian theory believes, we must do what is morally or ethically acceptable no matter the consequences or the Utilitarian theory which states that an action is only acceptable if it does more good than harm, this gift does more harm than good, a church building today, cash looting tomorrow, what next? Maybe it does not warrant impeachment but the gift should definitely be returned.

The answer is simple, as the main force behind GEJ's plan for transformation in Nigeria, I think it's imperative for her to stay in Nigeria and see the project through. The world does not need someone that has yet to put her house in order, let her use her influence to fix Nigeria, charity truly begins at home, her services would be more useful here than being president of the world bank, unless our leaders are more concerned about borrowing money than actually fixing the menace within the country.

dayokanu: In my very first comment can you dig out the exact quote that states this?

This is the link a John Hopkins University Gazette that I quoted

A larger proportion of immigrant black high school graduates attend selective colleges and universities than either native black or white students in America, according to a study by sociologists at Johns Hopkins and Syracuse universities

http://gazette.jhu.edu/2009/08/17/immigrant-blacks-more-likely-to-attend-elite-colleges/

Data shows that African immigrants, Nigerians in particular, are far wealthier and more highly educated than many Americans of any race. In 2000, when the median household income for African Americans was about $30,000, the median income for Nigerian immigrant families was more than $45,000 (PDF). Where education is concerned, in 2007, African immigrants were likelier to have obtained a college or graduate degree than any other immigrant population, and 20 percent likelier than the U.S. population as a whole.

http://www.good.is/post/ivy-league-fooled-how-america-s-top-colleges-avoid-real-diversity/

@dayokanu- your very words in bold implicated you, perhaps you didn't mean to phrase it that way or maybe you didn't realize the meaning of the words you used, anyways my main point remains this, don't base your argument on skewed data especially one that comes from a shaky source.

Then you need to be more analytical and separate the blacks AA from the immigrants

How many African men do you know that are in jail, How many of them do you know that live on benefits, How many African kids in America do you know that dont finish High School?

AA are the largest black groups, and definitely would bring down the total percentage

Just google black immigrant + education and see what you have

My niece in Medical school said in her class of about 100, 12 blacks 10 of them Nigerians. Despite Nigerians making less than 10% of the total black population in America, Yet make a significant amount of those that are above the poverty level

@dayokanu- You need to go back and re-read your first comment, you claim that African immigrants are more educated and wealthier than any other American race, your comment is obviously incorrect and that's what I hoped to bring your attention to. We have more white Caucasians wealthy and more educated than any other race in the U.S, this is the fact and absolute truth, look at credible sources and they'll confirm it, instead you chose to use www.good.is to back up your point.

Data shows that African immigrants, Nigerians in particular, are far wealthier and more highly educated than many Americans of any race. In 2000, when the median household income for African Americans was about $30,000, the median income for Nigerian immigrant families was more than $45,000 (PDF). Where education is concerned, in 2007, African immigrants were likelier to have obtained a college or graduate degree than any other immigrant population, and 20 percent likelier than the U.S. population as a whole.

http://www.good.is/post/ivy-league-fooled-how-america-s-top-colleges-avoid-real-diversity/

@Dayokanu - Stop spreading false statistics! You people need to stop showing ignorance, the elites in America still remains largely Caucasians and Asians. The entire black population is less than 14% and the educated ones are less than 50% of the black population. Since African immigrants are classified under the black population, there's no way they can be wealthier or more educated than other Americans. It's sad when we aim to support our arguments with useless articles (www.good.is).

Even "strong black men" are on the bottom of the totem pole in America. Don't shoot the messenger.

@Ms.Chima - Your Statistics are correct but also misleading, the American laws favors the whites and the female blacks, everything from job advancement to rebates. The black men in the U.S have been stigmatized to the extent that they feel the only way to make it is by doing something illegal or relying on total support from their female spouse. Strong black men are certainly not on the bottom of the totem pole in America, because there's no such thing as a strong black man in America, they are all weaklings, except for a few who are able to rise above the limitations. I for one, I'm certainly not intimidated by any woman, in fact I encourage women to go out there and excel, at the end of the day, the role of the woman can never go beyond supporting a man to build a fully functional family.

Exactly the point in my own opinion. We should get those in the diaspora to come set bases here in motherland Nigeria.

Why would those of us working in the diaspora ever come back to work in a country filled with so much violence, hatred and governmental nuisance? No right thinking health professional would want to work under such conditions, until Nigeria gets its acts together.

An average Nigerian would find it impossible to amass such wealth without political connection or corruption, it's the way the system works, even entrepreneurs look for deals and connection through public officials or someone they know, Nigeria is corruption. With that said, before I left 9ja I was worth 7 million Naira, which was gained through investing in GTB stocks, after some years over here, I've made some good decisions along with some excellent business partners, and I'm currently worth about 180,000 dollars in physical cash, another 40 million Naira in real estate(2 houses in 9ja), all these without doing politics or swindling anybody. The fact remains that you can be anything you want to be if you're determined enough, you just need divine favor and a really good business network, I might not make it to the billion mark, but I intend on getting as close as possible.

(P.S. - If you're making money in 9ja right now, the best thing you can do for yourself is to expand your network, make some international business investments, that way you can have as much liquidity as possible!)

I don't think this would affect Muslims more than Christians, as all Nigerians are viewed as corrupt individuals and guilty until proven innocent. I can definitely assure you that if you have your money, you will get into the United States with no problem, it's only those that don't follow due protocol that ends up suffering. Our people have abused their privileges over the years, now things are tighter, it's either you do things the right way or be denied.

Hey poster! Didn't you learn anything in school? When you make an argument, it must have some arguable premises. Can you compare schevchenko in his prime to wayne rooney or pete sampras in his prime to nadal, it just doesn't make sense. Olajuwon is a legend and his championship ring is all the proof you need. Is Jeremy Lin the real deal? You bet! The kid is phenomenal and there's magic in his moves but certainly we can't compare him to an hall of famer, come on guys show some respect!  I'm curious why Olajuwon? Why not Kareem or Jordan or even Hardaway? It seems your Nigerian inferiority complex is playing a part in your judgment!

Pls what's ur advice to a married man intending to skool in d US with a view to moving wife n Kid later?Is it worth it?

Firstly, if you are planning on studying abroad for your masters, you must have at least 3 to 5 million naira to cover your expenses, also right after your masters, you'll be facing deportation, unless an employer chooses to hire you and secure your visa or you meet someone here willing to file for you, all these things must be put into consideration, not mentioning the stress, hard work and luck involved. The truth is if you have 3 to 5 million, the U.K is a much better choice, in fact any European country would be easier and much more cheaper. Now unless you have other means of getting her, which involves a secured visa, I would suggest finding an alternative.

Seriously Nigerians coming to the U.S to school without extra funds are just putting themselves in a tough predicament. Without a valid S.S.N, this country is rubbish, I'm fortunate cos I came on a green card, even with that it took a long time to get an average job. Who says you can't work and have a high G.P.A, I work and school and My G.P.A is 3.90, it all depends on your level of determination, Nigerians are the smartest people on earth, not always the most intelligent but we do what must be done to survive and excel above the rest, the best advice I can give to someone schooling over here on a student visa is to network as much as possible, be honest, be cheerful and always have an open mind, who knows you might meet a nice chick or guy that falls completely in love with you and GBAM! That's when your luck begins to shine, seriously stay away from crime, be money conscious, don't spend over 50 dollars on food per month, your cell phone bill shouldn't be more than 40 or 50 bucks per month and above all things be known, the more popular you are, the better your chances of survival. Good luck everyone!