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These three Ngbatis are just newbie professors. The greatest and most accomplished Nigerian professor in South Africa is an Igbo man

Prof. Umezuruike Linus Opara, PhD CEng

Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal, Postharvest Technology



Prof. Linus Opara is a Research Professor and holds the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Postharvest Technology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His programme focuses on human capacity development and technological innovations to reduce postharvest food losses and quality maintenance. He graduated with degrees in agricultural engineering (cum laude) at the University of Nigeria and PhD from Massey University, New Zealand, and has held academic, research, management and consultancy positions in Africa, Australasia, Europe and the Middle East. He is a visiting Professor of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Prof. Opara is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Postharvest Technology, and is a member of the Executive Board and Chair of Section VI (Postharvest Technology & Process Engineering) of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. In 2011 Prof. Opara was awarded the Presidential Citation of CIGR for services to Agricultural Engineering in Africa.

http://globalsciencecollaboration2013.sched.org/speaker/prof.umezuruikelinusoparaphdceng

Google Linus Opara http://www0.sun.ac.za/postharvest/staffadmin.php?personname=office


http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/stellenbosch-University/research-report-2012/2013052001/60.html#60

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asala1:
The rail tracks we have in Nigeria are those built during the colonial era and are narrow gauge tracks which are no longer in use. Most trains in all part of the world uses the standard gauge track and so all trains are produced to fit this standard tracks. Even if Nigeria decides to buy new train, there are no standard track to run them, we can only buy refurbished old abandon trains which run on the tracks we have presently.

To get new and modern trains, Nigeria will have to built the standard gauge track where they will run.

Sure! I got the main gist from Jorussia and now you. Thanks

Jorussia:
yes,that one is also very slow.I believe that this govt is addressing them one after the other.Besides,the setting aside of #60b,for the Lagos to calabar train has made it impossible for the modernisation to be extended to other
rail lines in the budget of this year.

Okay! Thanks. In any case they need to get something going on for the other lines. Either they continue with the new Calabar-Lagos line or they also modernize the current PH-Maiduguri line. The Eastern part of the country cannot lose out in both cases.

StOla:
I believe the government called it modernization.

This could mean pulling out all the existing junk for something that does not look like cold war Russia or East Germany.

And the current PH-Maiduguri one?

Jorussia:
the current train from kano to Lagos takes about 48hrs arrival time.They want to modernise it with
fast speed trains.

Great. Thanks. So it's about modernizing the old system which is a good thing. So how about the current PH-Maiduguri one? Is it also as slow as the Lagos-Kano one? If so, why is it not being talked about?

TheArchangel:
I DON'T know my brother.

But,
Unsuitable.. It is.
Supersonic trains needs tracks that will levitated with magnetism... whatever it is called.… Unless this is what they are proposing to construct then something is massively fishy somewhere. We ain't got excess money to construct a railway on an existing railway, modernising it will be okay to fit the current trends which will not gulp all that amount being apportioned to it.

Okay! It's sad, however, that the policy makers in that country are always murky in their dealings. It's unclear why anything is done; there is no rationale for anything that's made clear to the citizens. Just seems like they are running the country on the fly.

TheArchangel:
Maybe they are going to be importing supersonic trains and building it tracks too.......

Is that what they want to do? Do you imply that the current rail system is unsuitable for the type of train they want to eventually bring in?

Are we really serious with developing Nigeria or we are just playing to the gallery?

Should what we need now not be the Calabar-Lagos line, a line from Adamawa to Niger, and making Abuja a strong hub with several rail line connections?
See map

New Lagos-Kano rail line: can someone educate me please?

The maps below show the current rail system in Nigeria
With that, you can see that we already have a Lagos-Nguru line (which includes a stop in Kano) and a PH-Maiduguri line (in addition to other shorter connections between these lines and the Warri stand-alone line)

So my question is this: what is this new Lagos-Kano line that is being approved for construction? Do they want to have 2 Lagos-Kano lines or what?

I am a bit confused and would do with some education on this matter.

Thank you.

mikolo80:
Why all our Nollywood,politicians,oil and bank workers,academia and even billionaires borning their shudren in obodo oyinbo.

Lol. It's a free world. You can also ''burn'' you own shudren in Amelika

AnamCity:
I think the dude has an inferiority complex. This guy is likely somewhere in one of the slums in Lagos.

For sure.

AnamCity:
Was für ein Narr! It is bigger than you because you don't even know the difference between a compound and a city view! You need help ASAP!

Don't mind that blind n....gbati (Yoruba man). He thinks he is ''foolproof'' but he can be seen through very easily.

ISpiksDaTroof:
Its actually "PHANTOM", but whatever rocks your boat, crazy.

You are insane. I make a statement, you become upset and say the whole of Nigeria looks the same way (even though thats what I meant from jump). I agree with you, you then turn around and get upset that Im agreeing with you. You have mental issues and you need to either go hand yourself or jump off a bridge. You're sounding real crazy with each passing post.

You are a foolish charlatan. Fantom is a variant, even if archaic, of phantom. I am too educated to have the liberty to choose between/among word variants. Now buzz off with your phony non-Nigerian claim. Nobody cares about you. You probably live abroad and have become a foreign citizen. But same goes for many other Nigerians including myself. But I am still a Nigerian unlike you who now claim non Nigerian and use that decoy to bash Igbos. You have done this cowardly act for as long as you have been on this site. Stop being a coward. Dundie, dick-headed Yoruba man

ISpiksDaTroof:
Ok, dumb oaf, I'm a silly Yoruba man claiming non Nigerian, now tell me: WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU TRYING TO DO ABOUT IT, FA*GGOT?!

Inferiority complex and low self esteem issues, coupled with untreated Mental problems is usually the bane to your development. I am not the reason for your madness. You can f*ck off now.

Fake non-Nigerian. You have been busted over and over, yet your silly strong-headedness keeps you wallowing in this fantom non-Nigerianness. Silly Yoruba goat (only goats keep repeating the same thing expecting a different outcome)

amunkita:
then where can i get such

You agree you are a witch?

ISpiksDaTroof:
You actually fit the description of Nigerians I'm right now trying to give to a colleague: Most of you have mental issues and you don't even know it. Why are you on my case? Why don't you go play in traffic or something?

You are a silly Yoruba man claiming non Nigerian. FYI no non Nigerian would be wasting his time everyday in this kind of forum. May you xxxxx-Bleep if you are not a Nigerian of Yoruba descent. Ewu ofia

amunkita:
Both the former nd later can they capture flying witches

If that witch is you, yes.

ISpiksDaTroof:
You dumb mor*on, how is my statement that of bigotry? Your whole country is mainly unplanned like you said, how the hell is that my issue?

Dumb urchin, your history and your ''their city'' allusion bear you out.

This is not even an aerial view of a city. It is that of a church compound. Fuckta.....rd.

amunkita:
Until drones start capturing witches flying then i did know its worth investing in...

Drones are no biggie. With less than 100 bucks you get a drone. I have two drones which I bought from JC Penny (not exactly the type of store you expect such from), each at less than 100 bucks to be sent to my 5 year old cousins in Naija.

Don't get me wrong, there are drones costing 1000s of bucks. You pay for what quality you want.

ISpiksDaTroof:
Shows how disorganized their city planning is.

No more disorganized than 99% of Nigerian cities. Stop being a bigot.

psucc:
I no see the drone na only house or abi model I see.

You are a complete mumu. How on earth would you see the drone that took the photos? It's like saying you did not see the photographer who took a photograph. Wow! You be Buhari brother?

oduastates:
This is where I will stop. I do not converse with the unaware. You are 180 degrees ignorant. Nothing wrong with that. 99% of humanity are in the same boat.

No you tell me who groomed them to become leaders. If Fasola is ''groomed'' how/why is Buhari/GEJ etc not groomed? If Fasola is 'groomed'' how come he is not able to show that exception at he federal level? Keep in mind, he is the minister in charge of the vehicle under discussion in this thread. Please don't bring that your Lagos nonsense claims to this thread (you went back to delete that crap though).

oduastates:
Read his story and you will understand that he was groomed to become a leader

Groomed by whom?
Also, the Lagos failed gov (Fasola) you pride yourself in hyping is groomed by whom?

oduastates:
In better climes( advanced countries), the common man never smells the seat of power.
.

Hm! Obama was what before he became a senator and then a president? You live in planet Pluto?

gbengaizzHe:
No likes given thruout the thread so no 4ks given

Are you here merely for ''liking'' threads? Wow! That's a new low.

abbeycial:
Am not ashamed of my country,
am only ashamed of omo ales calling dem self Nigerians.

You are very funny!

abbeycial:
On a second thought, it may not be fully appropriate to liken the above with our corrupt politicians. They are far worse than that and ve no plans to repent from sucking our nation dry.
.

The Nigerian leader and the Nigerian follower (common man) are the same. The difference is a matter of degree (how much is available to you to steal or misuse) and opportunity (your time) to loot or be corrupt.

abbeycial:
I smell envy

That guy just told you the truth and you are shamelessly talking about envy?

Raymondenyi:
I'm surprised you are just knowing now, blacks are animals, pigs.. Disgrace to humanoid existence... In Nigeria it gets worse as they have the highest black population ..... The problem of Nigeria is way beyond leadership.... That's why anywhere Nigerians go they are associated with fraud and crime.... The people are even worse than the leaders, I see no change in sight in centuries to come...


I spit on Africa...

So sad. Indeed the blackness of the heart of a black man is accentuated in Nigeria due to its high population of black people (not in any way sounding patronizing to peoples of other races). It is a big pity.