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solomon111: if the Nigerian market of these foreign car companies are threatened,they would be forced to come and invest in our power-sector to enable them manufacture in the country.
Afterall,the power-sector is already undergoing privatization.

Dumbest post of the year

younglawya: So, I was watching african voices wirh isha sesay and the first lady being interviewed addmitted that she was still learning english and thus replies were in her native language. Now, the question is, have we not villified and mocked dame patience for too long, at least, she speaks english even though with a vernacular tone and its expressions

Idiocy and mental laziness have taken over NL. Senegalese official language is French as Nigeria is English.

manny4life: Seriously dude, you're somewhat way off. Where you're getting all hyped about this, I have no idea.

Verifiable claim about what? That news did not carry that Chime dies in India, at night on a Saturday? Is that what you want me to verify? I'm lost to what you're talking about.

Who claimed journalist where held hostage from publishing true facts? When Yaradua died, was it not a known fact? When he was seriously ill, was it tightly protected or not? Did the media have so much access to information when he was ill compared to when he died?

Dude, please leave all this talk jor, me sef I'm confused.

As to the classification committee, you made a claim "on in exemptions - treasonable and something else". I replied, perhaps, you're part of a committee that classifies the nations secrets, so you want me to prove what you said wrong. If that's what you want me to do, then you will tell me first, DO YOU CURRENTLY HOLD A NATIONAL SECURITY CLEARANCE?

At least, I'm getting somewhere with Demdem, with you, I'm lost.

Let me remind why we are having this debate in case someone is having Romneysia.. You supported Chime's security guys or thugs for holding a Punch journalist hostage and confiscating his working tools without any court order.

manny4life: Perhaps, you're part of the classification committee who classifies security matters to know what's of national security or not. Bottom line, security information is still what it is. There was a reason why it's "classified" either confidential, secret or top secret. The ONLY ONE THING I KNOW is to have access to either compartment, you must have "need to know" basis. Whether national security or not, sensitive information is what it is.

Challenging the veracity of my claim requires you to come up with a better verifiable claim, but u have failed to do so. Rebutting a claim with typical Naija response" it's a lie or I dont believe". Are u member of the classification committee? 1.Using Yar'dua's case as a precedent, journalists were not held hostage for publishing true facts. 2: Governor's health is not on exclusive list of FG and cannot be a classified Fed info or treasonable.3: There are libel laws in our book to protect Mr. Chime if the journalist has published damaging and untrue stories about him.
4. Chime should have done what Ajimobi did when some newspapers published that his wife had been detained by London Met. Police for money laundry.. He sued for N1 billion in damages.
5. Why can't you guys bring out the governor to come and speak to his people?

manny4life: You want me to cite reference for you? At least you're on NL, in the NL search field, type some keywords such as Chimes death, Enugu state gov/governor and so on... The search results will convince you. On that note, don't act accuse someone of being daft when you're actually being daft. Even Demdem knew when I clearly stated "in the general scheme of things"?


Btw, my friend, you're so late to the party, grab popcorn and chip and join the party...

You have failed to link the Journalist with any mention of Chime's death . There u go again typing without researching or reasoning. The onus is on you to substantiate your claim. Maybe you are one of the said thugs...

Journalists always protect their sources.. Some exception might apply in some national security and treasonable cases and THIS CASE does not fall under any of these.

[quote author=manny4life]Where there no several reports that Gov Chime was dead? Like seriously, are we trying to play naive to the fact that there were several reports of him dieing in India at a certain time My comment was on a broad view and not any particular person per se. I will reiterate again, publishing unconfirmed death reports about a sitting govt official is WRONG. [/quote

You are the one being daft and arrogantly stupid! Can you specifically cite a Punch published article by the said journalist saying something about Chime's death? Do you not know the difference between a BB/FB rumor and newspaper publication? Are u saying that the same journalist started BB/FB rumor about Chime's death as well?

Had_one: IS BETTER THEY SHOULD START BRINGING SUCH UNPROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTAND THEIR MEDIA AGENCIES TO ORDER.

Cretin reasoning!

[quote author=Igwe.]Atleast nobody was hurt neither were they sent by the Governor, he was simply stopped from carrying the usually headline that could cause a pregnant woman her baby.[/quotee
What an arrogant display of idiocy!

Kzinne: u are a very ignorant person. wats d diff between a rich family and an ok one? rubbish go sit down abeg

U are th ignorant one here. The rich in Naija indulge in gluttonous behavior; they drink excessively; they eat a lot of unhealthy foods, everything is fried, too much of red meat and oil.. Common healthy salad is difficult to find because it's already laced with mayonaise and cream.They make fast food places their favorites.
The poor cannot afford all these bad choices, and by default, live and eat healthier!

We want everyday to be a holiday, but want to be developed like USA/Dubai? Highest productivity cannot be achieved by having to many unnecessary holidays.. Time to go work kids!

Nigeria does not exist! It's only exists on TV and Newspapers. Drove on Benin on Ore rd couple of days ago. From Benin to Lagos you could not drive 10km without pot holes. The roads to and fro MMA are bad. Nobody believes in Nigeria.

Until he predicts the winning numbers for my lottery ticket

SniperInADiaper: LawAbidingCitizen: Once again the national news has it 180 degrees wrong. As soon as something like this happens, they immediately ask if we should have more gun control. Please think this through. Lack of gun control did not cause this to be so bad. Too much gun control could have made it worse. Any law abiding citizen/teacher/admiistrator could have stopped this almost immediately if they were allowed to be armed. Bad guys don't obey gun laws. They only serve to stifle the ones who could have helped if only allowed.

When a terrorist shows up to kill with his gun, he does not care about your political belief, whether you are anti or pro gun.
BTW, states with most liberal gun laws are also the most deadliest gun states. MS and AR are leaders.

Solozzo: Good idea, but who would bell the cat? Nigerians always want the easy way out. No one wants to sacrifice their relative.

Can you sacrifice ur own life for Naija?

Manufacture engines with PHCN or Generators?

leomaxx: I doubt that very much, anyway if they are up to 25m, it means a lot of people didnt vote. Lagos is about the size of Ghana, its a little country its prolly why less than 3000 Megawatts can power the entire country.

You disagreed with a figured that someone had stated, yet you failed to provide your own figure. Google is ur best friend instead of displaying your arrogance and stupidity on the web.Voting is for 18 and above!
Folks like you is why polictrickians provide useless stats without being challenged. If Ghana with 25mil generates 3000MW, Nigeria generates about 4000MW when it should be generating at least 36,000MW.

When is it going change from "TO" begin to "HAS begun?

femmy2010: The problems with Nigeria and Nigerians is always attaching region or zonal sentiments to everything.
Am a Yoruba man and not a CPC or AC card carrying member but would certainly vote Buhari if he contest in the next election.
He must have lost in the SE/SS in the past election but frankly the failure of the Jonathan Government to fully fight our age long problem of corruption has got many more thinking "why not a Buhari presidency".

FYI: I didnt bring anything about zone or region,but someone named Olumide said that only Southeasterners maintained a strong opposition to Buhari's presidency. I challenged him to tell us how many states Buhari won in the SW. OBJ and GEJ won majority of the votes in the South, and middle belt; they also won some northern states, but Buhari has not won any southern state.

0lumide: Funny how it's only South easterners that take a "no going back" stance on not voting for Buhari..

Ok, I will not vote for Buhari if you can find someone "young" that can win with a record zero tolerance for corruption..


I'm 25 and I won't say "we need a young person".. I used to think I'm intelligent and smart until I figured no matter how smart I am, some forms of sophistication and intelligence can only come with time not thoughts or thinking.

READ NIGERIANS!! READ!! THE FOREIGN VULTURES ARE AT OUR SHORES READY TO TAKE NIGERIA FOR EVERY DIME IT'S GOT. THEY ARE READ AND THEY HAVE THEIR AGENTS IN ALL SECTORS OF OUR GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE USING CORRUPTION TO FURTHER THEIR CRUSADE.. PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU NIGERIANS READ

Can you discus the merits of voting for your so called Messiah without dragging SE/SS into your senile reasoning? How many states did Buhari win in SW in the last election?

It's like asking a pirate who hijacked your ship and sank it, to become a captain to lead a rescue mission to save the sinking ship.

Every person of Middle Eastern descent is now white?

Red-Light:
until the philosophy that holds one man superior and other inferior is eradicated... There will always be war

Thanks Bob Marley for being the greatest philosopher; and it still holds true in Naija!

Wake me up when NEPAL/PHCN stops running on generators. When ASO Rock stops appropriating money for Gen sets! When Abuja Gen Hospital is capable of taking care of our political and business elite..

This lady is the pocket of Naija govt and some African govts. She's an image launderer for the most corrupt regime in Naija.

Please don't waste money on traditional marriage, just do the barest minimum.. Saving money for your four kids is waaaay too much important that having an elaborate wedding to make some families and yourself feel good.. There is no campaign after election!

slimyem: My great grandma is a hundred and plus years old and still living in my family house...!
We dey pray make she die sef...she nor gree..
This report is Bullshit.
Nigerians generally die hard...against all odds!

Give us your own data, saying this figure is bullshit does not cut it. Using your grandma's age is not an empirical evidence. Here is a simple research for you. Check 50-100 names in your extended family born between 1930 to date, living and dead, compute all their ages if living, or age at death, get the average . Then compare that with that of ur grandma. Your grandma is an outlier!

ROSSIKE: I've never accepted the claim that the average Nigerian lives to just 52 years.

Can you give us your own peer reviewed data? Naija mentality of disputing facts without having their own data!

It's OK for medical doctors in Lagos to go on strike and let patients die, while its not OK for an agrieved ex-banker to go on hunger strike?? Window dressing of the highest order from Fashola

Comparing her wealth to Madonna is a big slap on hard work. Her family was awarded an oil bloc by IBB. Naija's priceless treasure was given away!
It's like comparing Danjuma's wealth with Paul McCartney's

And someone is going to ask if living in EU or US is better than Naija..

Dede1: It is not a great piece by any stretch of imagination. Adichie wrote like someone who intends to curry favor from certain audiences by subtly while intentionally disagreeing with Achebe on the pure facts without proffering any meaningful alternative.

I can not believe she tends to incorporate rumors and innuendoes generated during or after the war by the Biafran enemies into a palatable conjecture and hoping it slide unnoticed. If Adichie really wants to present her views, she should have done so on a platform devoid of Achebe’s eyewitness account about Nigeria\Biafra civil war through a book titled There Was A Country.

She could have based her writing endeavor on the issues she believed Achebe got wrong in his narrative accounts and faced her critics. Instead, she tend to fly under the radar of Achebe’s well intended account while disagreeing on the strength of rumors propagated by Nigerians who were dogmatically opposed to Biafra.

Why dont you write your own book and articles to balance her views?

hardbody: Point of correction @ Y'll, neither beer nor softdrinks cause diabetes. Diabetes is hereditary, if your folks never had it, chances are you would not.

Bank to the question, both beer and softdrinks contain sugar, at what level i am not able to confirm, however, faced with dangers arising from both, i will rather live with beer because it makes teh heart of mortal man merry

Stop spewing rubbish. Who taught u biology?