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Yes, I now have the freedom to furk as my puccis as I want. This woman gave me a hell of trouble when I got other women pregnant

Acidosis: lol.. unlike Nigerian Universities where OAU students dey pay N5000 (less than $300) for a whole section, yet still complaining and asking for free education


I just laugh when people insult private unis in Nigeria...

But when they see expensive government and private universities abroad, everybody go just open mouth like DUNDEE.

Before u talk, find out how much UAE citizens get paid every month.

Why should this come as a surprise when he was busy knocking up his babe-mama- Bisi Ibidapo-Obey.. Denied the child at first and later accepted.

Look at folks talking. His father, Olusola ran Savanah Bank aground, almost bankrupted Jay Jay Okocha when they refused to pay him back his deposit. Olusola was an ANPP supporter for Olu Falae against OBJ. 4 yrs later, he switched to PDP and imposed his son, Bukola as governor; installed his daughter as a senator... Bukola later became his father's political enemy because he was trying to impose his own candidate like his dad did.. All of a sudden he's a changed man but still keeping his loot

Same way Bola Ige promised to stop power outage by 2000
Same OBJ promised to power Nigeria 24/7 through NEPA by 2004
Same way GEJ promised to end darkness by 2013... 2wks to go

Naija is incapable of doing anything big!

Mr Knowitall: That is why i said that there are more variables to the equation. I could have broken it down year by year but it

would have been way too much. But ultimately selling his properties and coming to the U.S was the best choice.

I would not encourage someone who is well established in Naija like the OP to sell off his assets, come and hustle in Yankee. Uncertainties outweight likely benefits, but I would encourage a starter, someone who has nothing to lose to come and start over.

Mr Knowitall: [b]Most Nigerians sell their properties to travel abroad because the rate of returns for their time, effort, investment,

education etc... is much better abroad.

Also, there are other factors you have to add to the equation: security, emergency service, stability, etc...

For example, lets say that your friends car was worth $8,000, his house was worth $80,000, and his boutique was

worth $10,000. Now lets assume your friend's boutique was bringing in about $16,000 a year, and he spent about

$15,000 to come to the United States. So your friend had a minimum of $98,000 minus the $15,000 he spent on

coming to the United States, so the moment your friend lands in the U.S he has $83,000 to invest in his future.

Because your friend was making $16,000 a year in Nigeria from his boutique, every year he Spense in the U.S,

he would have to make at least that much to at least justify why he left Nigeria. But since he had $83,000 cash

on hand, you will have to divide the $83,000 by $16,000 he was making yearly in Nigeria so this gives him a 5

year head start. Every dollar your friend makes in those five year is a surplus. If anytime within those five

years your friend gets a four year degree or some kind of technical training and starts making $44,000 a year,

your friend would be consider a brilliant investor. In fact, he could even go back to Nigeria an use his degree

to work and make more money than he would had made running the boutique. There are more variables to

the equation but this is just a break down i guess. [/b]

Good analysis, but you omitted " time value" of money..ie $98k is not going to make any money until after 5 years and there is no guarantee of a job. Also, a $10k boutique with $16k profit per/yr is 160% ROI. Also, $44k after a college degree means that you are making $44k out of $98k which is about 45% ROI, the a 5-yr spread when u didn't make any money will mean about a mere 9% ROI on $98k. Also, your house as an appreciable asset, could have added another $30k in value.i.e $6k/yr in Naija

Better be careful being possessive or u could be termed "angry black woman" . Danish PM was there by the virtue of her position. It could have been a man ad the PM taking a selfie with POTUS.

cap28: Where is your evidence that Nkrumah wanted to be a life president?

Why would a divisive person found an organisation which championed the cause of African unity ie the OAU?

The west hated Nkrumah becauase he was trying to elevate the African from a position of subservience, as a result he had many enemies within and outside Ghana and this is why he had to jail his enemies. Many of these people were agents of the west who were trying to remove him from office.

I respect Mandela for his selflessness, perserverance and endurance but I don't think it was right for him to allow a regime of brutal racists get away with the atrocities that they committed against the black people of south Africa. To make matters worse he even allowed them to hold on to everything that they stole from that country - that is no victory my friend.


Mugabe is hated by the west for the same reason that Nkrumah was hated by the west - he refused to be used as a puppet of western multinationals and banking interests.

In as much as Mandela did his best he was unable to deliver victory to his people in the form of jobs, land ownership and decent housing, what is the point of removing apartheid if Africans remain economically excluded?
South Africa today is one of the most unequal societies in the world and that should indicate to you that forgiving your oppressor is not the solution. Mandela did his best but even his best was not enough to overcome the mighty forces of white supremacy and capitalism.

Do you think Europeans would have forgiven Africans for killing thousands of their people? History has shown us that Europeans perpetrate violence against the weak, time and time again and expect the weak to forgive them, this should tell you one thing - only the weak forgive while the powerful abuse and exploit. This is an important lesson that many Africans have refused to learn from and as they say he who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it .

We Africans are yet to understand that unless you can defend yourself from external aggression you will remain a target for abusers and exploiters.

Revisionist historian. Nkrumah prohibited trade unionism,jailed opposition candidates like J. B. Danquah. He promulgated 2 laws: trade unionist act and detention act. He campaigned and approved a one party state in Ghana, which outlawed other political parties and opposing views.What else do you need to show that he was a typical African megalomaniac? Founding OAU is like IBB/Abacha funding Ecowas/Ecomog even though they stifled and killed opposition members.Madiba is a once in a Millenium politician.

Why the fascination with "largest and Biggest in Africa" ? It's ur damn job!

Nkrumah who wanted to be a life president for life and was a divisive figure. Mandela spent 27yrs of his productive life in jail; came out; unified his country and forgave his oppressors. Nkrumah on the hand, introduced trade union act to crush trade unionists who opposed his policies; introduced detention act- which allowed security forces to detain opposition and trade unionists without trial. He made laws which made his party, the only party in the country and a life president. NKrumah never went to jail but crushed opposition.. Imagine that with Madiba's action of giving his jailers front row seating during his inauguration. Nkumah like Mugabe is the reason why Africa is a dark continent while Mandela is the shining light of what Africa needs to do to lift itself from poverty and underdevelopment

dipo2much: But we are on top of the league. What does that say of the useless 19 others?

You are 3pts ahead and hanging in there. Truth be told: arsenal is not championship bound. Drew Everton, lost to Napoli in EU to land a second spot in group 16. Good luck defeating PSG, Barca, RM etc

This makes Arsenal look like a 2nd division club!

angiemartinez: God is not a robber, every thing you sacrifice is for your lifting. i joined the commission last year, and i have moved from one level to another. i am a product of grace. last year shiloh i sow my gold necklace, and cleared my acc which was not up to 20k. i tied it to my marriage and an increment in my salary. for the first time in the history of my coy, my confirmation came with an increment in feb, and in july i was graciously wedded. i resigned and came to benin to join my hubby, in less than 2 mths, i got anoda job. God has really blessed me tru dis man. this shiloh is mine again, i will still testify.

So without Shiloh these things would not have happened?

If she has a crush on u, have a schweppes on her as well.

2 simple tests:
1:pray more and give no tithes/offerings to the pastors; they will go out of business.
2: pick a pressing national problem like power outage or Boko haram and pray over it. It can never go away through prayer but by doing the required work. It's like wanting to work in an oil company when you have not applied for it. We must meet God half way by doing our hard required part.

We have prayed more, more people have been killed in religious related violence.
We have prayed more, more people have become poorer.
We have prayed more, more people have become homeless
We have more for security, more people have died in the hands of militia, armed robbers, kidnappers, Boko haram and other non-state actors.
We have prayed more for better hospitals, more children and mothers have died at child birth.
We have prayed more for good roads, more roads have gone bad and become inaccessible and death traps for passengers.
We have prayed more to avert air crashes, we have become the air crash capital of the world.
We have prayed more and done little. Time to reverse course; WORK MORE and pray little. No country has ever been saved through prayer. Prayer without GOOD work is vanity!

Johnny Rockets opened in Lagos, Nigeria, pictured, last year. But the need to import toppings means prices start at $14 for a single-patty burger. Photo: Associated Press
By
Drew Hinshaw
LAGOS, Nigeria—It ain't easy bringing Africa the hamburger.

In the past year, Johnny Rockets Group Inc. in Nigeria opened its first retro diner on the continent, and Burger King Worldwide Inc. cut the ribbon on the first of at least 200 restaurants it plans for South Africa and nearby countries. Next year CKE Restaurants Inc. plans to build Hardee's eateries in Nigeria and South Africa.

Some of the burger world's biggest names are introducing the American culinary classic to Africa's expanding consumer class.

But that quest is straining a supply chain that is short on the refrigerated trucks and warehouses needed to keep patties and vegetable toppings fresh. And in many places, Africans are consuming beef at a faster clip than cattle ranchers can deliver new cows, meaning beef prices keep climbing. That is testing the limits of what the continent's young urbanites can afford.

Some companies are treading cautiously, unsure that Africa is ready for combo meals. McDonald's Corp. has 177 restaurants in South Africa but has little appetite to enter the rest of the continent.

To others, though, now is the hour.

"Africa, it's the last continent," says Geoff Spear, CKE's vice president of international development. "If we don't start today, it'll never happen."

The success of chicken and pizza offers hope for hamburgers. Yum Brands Inc. has about 1,000 KFCs in Africa, up from about 600 in 2010. The five outlets of Domino's Pizza Inc. in Nigeria are the company's busiest by volume world-wide, says Nigerian franchisee Eric Andre.

Still, Mr. Andre's experience rings alarm bells. Because of water shortages, he had to dig a well and install a water-treatment plant behind each restaurant, at $60,000 apiece. And only two of his 76 hires had ever tasted a pizza before so he had to fly management to Manhattan for a pizzeria tour.

For hamburger chains, perhaps the biggest problem is getting meat. From Nigeria to Namibia, slaughterhouses rely on local herdsman as a source of beef.

But herdsman come and go, says Jaye Sinclair, the chief executive of Burger King South Africa. That prompted Mr. Sinclair to invest $5 million in a local cattle ranch that is gearing up to churn out 1.2 million Whopper patties a week. The chain, he says, is in discussions to open restaurants in Angola, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.

In Nigeria, meat supplier Chi Ltd. is one of several agribusinesses building ranches in anticipation of the new burger chains. The problem is, Nigerian cattle tend to be pretty scrawny, says Chi Managing Director Martin Middernacht. And the ideal burger source, the European brown cow, succumbs to tropical disease here. So Mr. Middernacht has bred a new kind of cow.

For several years, Mr. Middernacht tried to coax French and Nigerian cattle to couple, but the pregnancies were rough. At one point, all his calves had to be delivered by caesarean section, forcing him to increase prices.

Having worked his way past those problems, Mr. Middernacht now is on track to triple the size of his 3-square-mile ranch. The next issue will be growing enough grass for grazing in this drought-prone area.

Just opening a restaurant and keeping it stocked can be unusually difficult, as well. Chris Nahman last year left a California law practice to bring the first Johnny Rockets burger shop to Nigeria.

Weeks before he was set to open last November, he was still searching for a beef supplier, his high-voltage equipment meant to fry patties instead fried his generator and refrigerators he had ordered from the U.S. had been misplaced in a New Jersey warehouse during Hurricane Sandy. A few, he was told, may have washed out to sea.

Mr. Nahman spent $15,000 to have the refrigerators sent by air. Not quite what he planned, he says. "You're supposed to airfreight caviar."

His final product for the 1950s style diner is pricey. To give an authentic taste of the U.S., he flies in onions, mushrooms and iceberg lettuce. Burgers start at $14 for the Rocket Single, a lone patty topped with a Cheddar slice.

Nevertheless, the diner serves a steady 300 to 400 customers a day, Mr. Nahman says—oil workers, bankers and Nigerians who have returned from the U.S. They aren't exactly the emerging African middle class, Mr. Nahman concedes, but they pay the bills.

In October Mr. Nahman welcomed a special customer. CKE's Mr. Spear was looking to open a Hardee's here.

"There's not 1,000 people a day who can eat a burger from Hardee's" in Nigeria, Mr. Nahman says.

Mr. Spear disagrees. "We just need to figure out how."

http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579214133498585594?mod=e2fb&mobile=y

Fashola-APC, sacked striking doctors.
Jonathan-PDP, sacks striking university lecturers
Zamfara gov-APC, sacks striking nurses.
Naija can't be fixed no which is in power.
Common denominators:
Politicians don't care about workers.
Politicians don't care about education cos their kids and relatives study abroad
Politicians don't care about health care cos they go abroad for treatment.

Fact 1: Not every sexual relationship leads to marriage.
Fact 2: Sexual relationship does not equal commitment.
Fact 3: what are u bringing to the table? Sexual gratification is not enough.

Ego2: Dis has got nothing too do wif d cash, he's caring, fun too b wif, open minded n d rest buh everything still ends up in s*x, we only get too see wen he wants us too, kip giving excuses of been busy.

You tactically avoided the answer on cash4sex

Nogen: And who said those tests are not important? They are very important but when you embark on a fertility test to examine how fertile your partner is before you said I do is what I call crazy.
You might be lucky to find out things and sometimes you would not. However, some couples struggle with unexplained infertility.

If a couple wants to have kid, shouldn't they find out how fertile they are? In Naija, most women get blamed for infertility problems even if the man is infertile. Families of the man would be asking him to get another wife. Simple test before marriage could have solved this problem. What's the % of infertility that defies medical explanation?

EloquentMedia: Nay! The best way to die is to die in Christ, even if no one knows you, you can be certain that heaven does. What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and his funeral attracts 100 WORLD president but has no standing before the president of the universe. I am not referring to Mandela but for those who have not learnt to weigh things in the proper perspective.

If Mandela is not in heaven, then no Naija Christian is worthy of it.Mandela left all his royal dynasty; first black law firm in RSA; a successful and thriving professional life, went to prison for 27yrs. What manner of love is this? This is Christ-like love!Leave all your possession and become fisher and fighter for the oppressed.

Nogen: Naïveté and stupidity is when you play God. That's describes you perfectly.

Naïveté and stupidity when you refuse to use your God given brain. Planning a family is not playing God. Checking genotype/blood group is not playing God. Checking STD/HIV status is not playing God.

KoloOyinbo: SAME AS MOST OTHER COUNTRIES! THE PRIVATE SECTOR> This has been done elsewhere. There was a very good report aired internationally on Al-Jazerra about this topic several month ago. It showed some local businesses thriving and all set to expand. Nigerians are resilient and resourceful. Provide a market and there will be a means to fill it!


Of course if Government wish to assist initially by the provision of grants/subsidies to local projects then that also is a good idea but government cant do everything itself.

What a display of idiocy! No country is badly run like Naija,that is potentially endowed and blessed like Naija
Folks like you keep comparing Naija to Mali, Somali, Afghanistan and Niger.
We should be looking to countries like Brazil, Vietnam, South Africa, Mauritus, Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia.
South Africa with a population of over 40m generates 40K MW while Nigeria with over 160m generates 4K MW. How can you strive to be like them in terms of development without fixing infrastructure?

Nogen: Now you are playing God. Those who did that in the past never enjoyed it. Some infertility issues are unexplained.

Naïveté and stupidity exemplified

Duke_Nija: They don't love themselves sincerely!

In most marriages, infertility swallows love. Plan ahead!

xp17: Wat is Obama doin there, I tot Mandela was in FBI terrorist list till 2008 . Mk dem pursue the guy and his delegate with koboko.

Metcheeew.


Let d death rest , why wastage of public funds?

Obama became president on January 20, 2009.. Google University is tuition free!

ROSSIKE: This is the problem with you people. You just wake up and fantasize about these places, imbuing them with almost magical qualities. Here you are now making such a bold and loud claim without the merest research, and showing yourself up to be a total ignoramus:


''Nationwide in 2007, law enforcement cleared 44.5 percent of violent crimes and 16.5 percent of property crimes by arrest or exceptional means.'' in the USA.

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question107378.html

Averaged out: 30% of crimes led to an arrest. Of that percentage, likely less than 15% led to a conviction.

Translation: In 85% of crimes in the US, the criminals are NOT ''caught and punished''. Thanks.

Could also publish crime stats in Naija? Patriot gone awry on expired crack!

Another dumb policy from dumb officials . Making the same mistake over and over a d expecting different results. Banning has not solved our problems, why do we keep repeating it? Some guys are going to be importing these products through Cotonou, Niger and Cameroun borders.

KoloOyinbo: This policy will hurt but only in the short term! Nigeria MUST be able to feed itself and not rely on oil revenues alone to support it.

Very quickly the indigenous fish industry should be built up. Then the ban can be relaxed for any fish needed from further afield.

How can indigenous fishing industry benefit when govt has not provided infrastructure?

Welcome home but don't forget ur wallet and checkbooks

phantom: please explain to me how this is gibberish.am i missing something?

There can never be development without steady power. How can fishermen store that produce where there is no power? How can we have agri-processing industry to make sardines when there is no power? It's folks like these govt officials who have not owned and run biz in Naija that make these stupid policies. Do know know if Naija has a comparative/absolute advantage in fishing and fish processed products?
Why can't these officials ban foreign medical trips for public officials? Send their kids abroad for education?