JT, the man!

- Fined two weeks wages for drunkenly mocking American tourists in Heathrow Airport in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Charged with assault and affray after a confrontation with a nightclub bouncer in January 2002, Terry was suspended from England duty and subsequently missed out on the 2002 World Cup. He was later cleared of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, unlawful wounding, possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon and affray. NOTE: Was called into the England Set Up in 2002, but had his first start and cap in 2003!

- In February 2002 Terry was caught on CCTV urinating into a beer glass and dropping it on the floor of an Essex nightclub.

- Fined £60 for parking his Bentley in a disabled bay.

- In 2004, Terry was reported to have gambled up to £40,000 a week on horse and dog racing with Wayne Bridge and Scott Parker.

- Sent off against Tottenham in November 2006 at White Hart Lane, and accused of racially abusing Ledley King. Questioned the integrity of referee Graham Poll, and was later fined £10,000 for inappropriate conduct.

- Before marrying Toni Poole in 2007, admitted to cheating on his partner up to eight times. Jenny Barker, 17, claims that Terry cheated on Poole with her in a public car park.

- Investigated by Chelsea and the FA for reportedly accepting a £10,000 bribe to show a reporter around the London club’s training ground without permission in 2009.

- In 2009 the centre back’s father Ted Terry was filmed allegedly selling cocaine to an undercover reporter, months after his mother, Sue, and mother-in-law had been cautioned for shoplifting.

- In January 2010 Terry was alleged to have had a four-month affair with Wayne Bridge’s girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel. Bridge was deemed as one of Terry’s best friends, and Perroncel was the mother of the left back’s child. Fabio Capello stripped Terry of the England captaincy due to the scandal, handing it to Rio Ferdinand.

- Accused of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand in a 1-0 defeat for Chelsea at Loftus Road in October 2011. Investigated by the FA and police, Terry will stand trial in July 2012. Stripped of his country’s captaincy for the second time.

Simply put, it is in his Blood!

You don't know Jews are one of the most xenophobic people on earth? Most of them look down on blacks. Semitism is the biggest armory in most of these Jews hence all the anit-semitic jibes and actions from that evil-man Hitler. Hitler got p1ssed about their semitic behaviour, which resulted in those atrocities.

I wouldn't be surprised if the doctor's explanation turned out to be right. I mean the object being planted unknowingly into the woman. Just yesterday, an Imam in Pakistan was arrested for planting burnt Koran pages in a Christian child's bag.

When the 14-year girl(allegedly with down syndrome, thus can't think properly) was caught with the burnt Korans, the muslims were ready to lynch her and the parents 2 weeks ago but a witness has come out to say that he saw the Imam plant the burnt pages in the girl's bag. What's going on with some people... how can people be such diabolical? Perhaps another way to say 'Oh Islam is a true religion hence that miracle?'. I am just think aloud o!

The story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19454739

As of March 12th, 2012;
1. Ghana
2. Kenya
3. Angola
4. Rwanda
5. Zimbabwe
6. South Africa
7. Libya
8. Morocco
9. Nigeria
10. Tunisia

Source:

techloy.com/2012/03/12/africa-top-broadband-speed/

As of Wed, Apr 25th, 2012;

1. Ghana
2. Zimbabwe
3. Kenya
4. Libya
5. Madagascar
6. South Africa
7. Morocco
8. Nigeria
9. Rwanda
10. Mozambique
Source:

itnewsafrica.com/2012/04/africas-top-ten-countries-with-fastest-internet-speeds/

23/08/2012 - Current Report Link:

newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=&a=51031

And finally;

Live Updated Results from the NetIndex:

netindex.com/download/allcountries/

So where was that article lifted from again?

Hey, who deleted the current update i posted? The live update as to African rankings? Whats going on?

Old times

Where was that article lifted from? Anyway, the latest study... monday, 22/08/2012 study say otherwise. It looks like Rwanda even ranks higher than Nigeria:

Rwanda has been ranked fourth in Africa with high speed internet, after Ghana, Kenya and Angola in that order, according to Ookla NetIndex latest global internet speed report which was released on Monday.

The performance places Rwanda at 103rd position in the world with an average speed of 3.03 Megabits per second (Mbps).

Speaking to The New Times yesterday, Antoine Sebera, the Acting Chief Executive Officer Broadband Systems Corporation Ltd (BSC), said that the report was correct because the country offers high internet download speed.

“We have plans to increase the speed in the coming years. Soon we shall again increase the amount of capacity on our international links provided on the submarine cables. This will lead the users to access international websites and content at a much higher speed,” he said.

Lithuania ranks first in the world with 31.67 Mbps followed by South Korea 30.59 Mbps and Latvia in third position with 27.42 Mbps.

According to the report, the ranking is made by measurements on millions of test results from speedtest.net which is based on the rolling mean through put in Mbps over the past 30 days where the mean distance between the client and the server is less than 300 miles.

Speedtest.net is a free broadband connection analysis software.

Sebera mentioned that speedtest.net is a good tool and reference for measuring broadband speed.

Users can test their Internet speed against hundreds of geographically dispersed servers around the world.

Ookla NetIndex is the global leader in broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications.

The company’s software and methodologies set the broadband industry standards for accuracy, ease of use and the subsequent development of statistical data.

Despite the fact that it is not the only one, it gives a good indication of broadband speed because it is based on results dynamically collected on the Internet.

According to the report, Ghana’s average broadband speed is 5.36 Mbps and the country is 69th on the world ranking, Kenya 76th with 4.84 Mbps and Angola 81th with 4.53 Mbps.

Rwanda currently relies on three submarine fibre optic cable systems for Internet connection such as the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSY), The East African Marine Systems (TEAMS) and SEACOM through local telecommunication companies and ISPs.

22/08/2012 Report - http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=&a=51031

From the Ookla NetIndex latest global internet speed report guys.

BTW, Ookla NetIndex is the global leader in broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications.

FYI, This is not a Ghanaian newspaper/newsite where an individual may say the facts are being skewed for the country. Its a Rwandan News site.

Another report with the Top 10 African Countries:

March 2012 Report - http://techloy.com/2012/03/12/africa-top-broadband-speed/

Very current/Updated - LIVE Report - Just Hover your mouse on a particular country and see the internet speed pop-up: The Official site to test/check all African countries: http://netindex.com/ or http://netindex.com/download/allcountries/ (It lists all countries with Live updates).

ENJOY!

gidson12:
You re a Nigerian

Sorry bro, I believe i quoted my origin here some months ago. Though I have those 2 countries blood in me, i can say i'm neither. I can also safely say i am both. hahahahahah. Mum - Half Naija, half German. Father - Full Ghanaian; and I was born in Germany.

rhymz: Are you for real? So what you are saying now is that all the retail traders in Ghana are concentrated in the market? Those designated commercial areas do not have people doing retail businesses in medium scale there. What exactly is your definition of retail trading? Like seriously how old is the kid? Do you own a business? So in essense, if I have a small or medium sized business outside of the market, according to your understanding I wont be affected since I am not compting directly with poor Ghanaians in the market. I thought you were smarter than this, the antics of your argument is at best mediocre. Walmart and its likes do not just compete with your petty traders in far away markets, as well as the medium scaled retail shop in the business district around it, it kills all of them and eliminate the supply chains to those peasants in the markets who buy from the medium scale businesses. If you have any sense you will realize that competition do not need to be direct or indirect, the fact is, the effect will be very evident. To even show your ignorance further, you are gayed up at the prospects of being hired as cleaners, sales person and clerk staff as opposed to you owning your business and being your own boss. Little wonder there is a general belief that an average Ghanaian is lazy and docile, they like to wait for everything to come to them. Keep deluding yourself. Walmart pays taxes just like every other, person petty or not doing bysiness in Ghana pays.
If you can't fight the bigger problem occassioned by their likes but instead fight smaller business for thesame reason, then such law is useless and obnoxious.

That is a jaundiced analysis from u bro. Bigger corporations like shoprite and walmarts who able to cough up that 300K do not directly compete with those petty traders. What the Ghanaian authorities are trying to say is that they have enough of those petty traders littered on their streets and they DON'T need foreigners coming to do same, hence that 300K hurdle. Is it hard to understand?

To even show your ignorance further, you are gayed up at the prospects of being hired as cleaners, sales person and clerk staff as opposed to you owning your business and being your own boss. Little wonder there is a general belief that an average Ghanaian is lazy and docile, they like to wait for everything to come to them. Keep deluding yourself.

Maybe the walmarts and shells in Nigeria only employ cleaners and menial workers but I believe those in other countries employ the marketing mgrs, sales mgrs and the likes. So you think international corporations in Nigeria only employ menial workers amongst the locals? Now what a starling revelation! I bet the foreign companies in Naija never appoint some of their mgrs from the locals(host populace).

Walmart pays taxes just like every other, person petty or not doing bysiness in Ghana pays.

So u reckon the tax paid by these large foreign corporations is akin to the levies gained from petty traders? What a joke! Heck, some of these petty traders even avoid paying those negligible taxes. You believe the pension schemes, corporation taxes, business taxes, health insurance taxes etc. are the same as a petty trader paying that 1-2 cedis whatever tax?

I believe either u don't see the bigger picture or u are refusing to acknowledge it. The nous of all is that those Ghanaians are not ready for other foreign nationals to litter their market with that nonsense petty trading whilst their locals are able to safely negotiate that business. What they want are serious investors with bigger bulks to boost their economy on a larger scale and not some peasant foreign folks.

And honestly, you and i can't do anything about that. Peace, am out!

onatisi: mr business dynamic africason who told u that in ghana as a petty trader u can avoid tax.u stupidily come here to say nonsense in ghana here each petty trder on every street pays up to 2cedi a day to AMA and before u are even allocated space u must register with the council.u are trying to feel sorry for petrodolla who i know is laughing now becos he has caught a stupid nigerian defending his so called fine race ghanians

There goes the insults... SMH You can get your words across without throwing fits? And u think i was referring to those 1-2 cedis AMA levies? I'm talking about proper corporation and businesses taxes, mate! And u think all those petty traders pay those taxes? Stop throwing dust into folk's eyes cos a lot of those petty traders avoid such taxes everyday.

Penultimately, who says i am Nigerian? I am neither Naija nor Ghanaian. Bruv, scurry along and take a hike! Better still, take it up with the authorities cos its their country and they have chosen to run it that way and neither u nor I can do anything about it, get it?

onatisi: africasn or what u call urself how many ghanians in nigeria doing petty trading know and follow our laws of doing petty business or do u think we too e dont have laws we can use to start closing foriegners shops nd petty business.have u been to ghana before and lived here like i said earlier arguing with u is a waste of bytes i will rather face petrodolla than argue with u

You'll rather face Petrodolla?Do i really care about that? Mate, i bring u the facts and if u don't like it, take a hike. Arguing with u is even a waste of my resources since u are too shallow for me. You don't think deep. If u believe Naija has laws to that effect, then let them enforce it.

There's something called protectionism of a sovereignty of a nation and its citizens. If Naija leaders are laxed to realise that and activate that then thats your problem, i guess. They are doing what's best for their citizens and if u don't understand that it, tough!

rhymz: your logic lacks any serious intellectual depth upon scrutiny. I ask again, between super marts- superstores, distribution malls like shoprite, walmart and their likes- and those petty Nigerian traders, who are more likely to take petty trading jobs from Ghanaians? Be sincere to yourself. This is not a pr!ck measurement ego ride debate, use the instrument of your God given break and stop making boastful comments that paints Ghanaians as envious people that hate for no reason other than they are not as successful as the people they host.

If what i rote lacks any 'serious intellectual depth' then i vigorously believe u have serious comprehension problem.

Aside, the b1tchin going on here, folks exhibiting egos here are mostly Nigerians who feel the Ghanaians owe them something.The statement above makes me think deeply, u lack business acumen or sense. The walmarts and and shoprites strategic locations do not put them in direct competition with all those petty traders(market folks selling wares), which are mostly one-man businesses. Remember any company that could come up with that $300K capital does not trade compete with petty traders...

Further, those larger and medium companies are able to employ the locals, pay taxes, etc. which on a larger scale boosts the local economy. So tell me does your argument hold any water? Do u really even understand the dynamics of business at all? I believe your business analysis or thinking is a bit shallow.

rhymz: what kind of crap logic is this?
Nigerians are losing their businesses in Ghana to some obnoxious laws that all along was silent about their participation in the sector until now when they are making successes of themselves in those areas which hither had been lying fallow. And you dare say Nigerians are b!tching, excuse Mr, if you lack the mental capacity to debate the issue, it is better you just read than spew bullcrap here.

Are u making sense? Well, I don't think so... Bro, i believe u rather lack the mental clarity to digest what the law says. Don't you thin its proper to check the laws of a state before you set up businesses there? As acknowledged that law was formulated in 1994! If you were wise enough you would have read the trading regulations.

If what you're doing is not b1tching then what is it? Its better you address this issue with the proper authorities and not sit in a forum somewhere to rant and throw tantrums and fits, cos that aint going to help your cause, mate. Take it through the proper channels. The impudence!

onatisi:


typical ghanian mentality,very low in analytical reasoning,easily frustrated and angry most times resorting to violence when confronted or challenged by superior intelligence.sorry for ghana man

I don't normally generalise, but based on that quote, u are describing the traits of most Nigerians hence the violence associated with Naija and some of its citizens. Everywhere u go, Ghanaians are deemed as peaceful individuals.

onatisi: i will not answer you .becos i may result in saying offencesive words i will let other intelligent and resonable nigerians answer you

Indeed, u cannot answer it cos i gave u the damn truth. Its not only Noigerians that are affected. You didn't see the Chinese lady closing her shop? http://business.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201207/89436.php

Personally, with regards to ECOWAS citizens, i believe some arrangement can be made. They can reduce that $300K capital a bitnfor them. But that law as i see was formulated purely to discourage petty trading(aka small scale trading) and thus promote medium and large scale businesses, which its benefits(employing locals, higher taxes, un-saturation of the petty trading market etc.) obviously supersedes the small scale businesses.

In a nutshell, Ghanaians are looking out for the betterment of their country (and citizens). Nigeria with its vast resources can also take note and its citizens would prosper from such measures.

onatisi: tht is why i wonder how daft ppl can be when they come online here and compare ghana with nigeria.guys u need to live with this ppl ghanians to know them very well i have studied them from old to young,rich and poor they all have one common attitude nd that is ,ghanians are ignorrantly proud and foolish.you wont believe it if i tell u some of their character you will laugh tire

No u cannot on whole compare people those two countries. Even twins have different traits.

Ghanaians are trying to better the lots of their citizens whereas Nigerians would b1tch and b1tch all day about another sovereign state enacting a law affecting all foreign nationals of which only most Nigerians are the ones taking it personal. Sorry mate, but u don't run their country for them.

ROFLMAO! I swear, some of these Nigerians are deluded to the sky heavens!(delusions of grandeur?) The Ghanaians leaders have enacted their laws stipulating they don't want any 'foreigner' to set up PETTY trading in their country as they deem they have enough of such LOCAL traders littered on their streets and folks here are ranting like rabies infected dogs? The law is a bit heavy-handed but on the other hand, a small country like Ghana wouldn't want their country bombarded with simple petty traders from all walks of life, whereas their citizens can do same.

Did i hear somebody also say Ghanaian men are lazy and jealous people? How can a lazy person build his country and make the atmosphere and living conditions conducive, which has obviously attracted a number of these so called traders who are now crying wolf? Can a lazy man create such (good) conditions? I don't think they are jealous as well... what they're saying is they have enough of such silly petty traders within their own citizenry.

Looking at the law again, what they want is medium sized businesses created by those so called foreigners and not some stupid low-level petty trading. Either you have meet that requirement or you take the beat! Its not even affecting only Nigerians but alas, some Nigerians with obnoxious tantrums and hyper-charged ego are taking it personal. Here's a proof that all foreign national that fall into that category businesses are being closed down - http://business.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201207/89436.php

You see the Chinese lady being asked to close shop? It happens that this law is affecting mostly the Chinese and Nigerian bros. Its better we all come together and ask ECOWAS to impress upon the trade minister to relax that regulation a bit for ECOWAS citizens and stop these tantrums and fits y'all having on this board cos they're all EMPTY rhetorics!


NB: Remember that law was designed in 1994 and that tells me they had the foresight to institute that law cos they knew they would be a time that their market would be flooded with unwanted petty traders.

manny4life:


Wow, talk about delusion, I have seen it at it's best.

How sad can a person get by letting himself not to be educated? Read these:
1. Ojukwu's training - http://www.answers.com/topic/chukwuemeka-odumegwu-ojukwu#ixzz1vV4p1ToY
2. Obasanjo's Training - http://odili.net/news/source/2011/aug/28/818.html
3. General Yakubu Cinwa Gowon Training - http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui39.htm
4. Brigadier Benjamin Adekunle (rtd)training - http://www.simplynigeria.com/content/nigerian-civil-war-owerri-1969-appendix
5. Former Lt. Col. Alexander A. Madiebo training - http://www.simplynigeria.com/content/nigerian-civil-war-owerri-1969-appendix
Loads of other officers training in Ghana - http://www.simplynigeria.com/content/nigerian-civil-war-owerri-1969-appendix

I am not arrogant so whatever i don't know, i can readily ask from even a minor.

londoner:
How does that translate into Ghanaians being productive, in itself though?

I'm sure you know that Ojukwu also trained Ghanaian personnel too, in Ghana.

I still think you are reaching by grabbing some outdated points in history......and using it, (quite disjointedly) to somehow prove the productiveness of Ghanaians of today.

It does not make any sense, sorry.

At least use some other info that is relevant to the point you are trying to make.

Yep, i will not dispute the fact that Ojukwu also trained some Ghanaian folks as Ojukwu was a very knowledgeable person. Knowledge does not rest in only one person's head.

You must also understand that those Ghanaians that passed on that knowledge to some of your officers were productive in the sense that they were able to consume , digest and disseminate such info to other people effectively (That's is being productive).

Further, a country that its leaders have been able to create conducive atmosphere for other nationals(Nigerians included) to come and invest there and you're calling their leaders unproductive? Had they been unproductive, such conducive atmosphere wouldn't have existed.

londoner:


Africason, sorry but I think you didn't see my earlier post to you. I thank you in advance for the relevant links to the stories either in the media or that which you have heard about Europeans, Asians, Lebanese etc under the regulation.

In fact, you can also include any non Nigerian businesses in Ghana.

Thanks once again.....I await your reply as I am sure they will be a good read.

Oh, this story i believe depicts whats happening there http://business.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201207/89436.php Check the photo in the article and the caption underneath and you'll see that the commentary says its affecting Chinese and Naija businesses most. A Chinese lady is even being told to close her shop in that photo.

To me its in a bad taste though. That regulation should be revisited and amended big time.

londoner:

I don't think the above statement makes much sense to be honest.

Someone said Ghanaians are not productive individuals anyway and I was saying those same Ghanaians partly trained most of your military officers, thus they are very productive people, albeit those military officers trained (Gowan, OBJ, the Biafran leader etc.) used their knowledge to abuse ur country. That was euphemism bro.

all4naija: Steer clear off my comments. This would be my last response to any of your comments.

Lol.... u can't handle my replies? how funny.

all4naija: You are right because Ghana is not a nation of productive African people.

The Ghana that partly trained most of your military leaders that rather used their acquired knowledge to stage coup d'etats instead of helping the country are not productive? Oh lawd! Another delude naija folk.

all4naija: Like your silly prof that insulted Nigerians and Nigerian president?! If that what you call intelligence, I would say you are as deluded as your leaders!

Lol.... as deluded as ever! Another naija man making empty noise... I believe no Ghanaians make any comment about intelligence, on the other hand, a comment was made to the effect that Ghanaian elitists have no intelligence. Really?! All i can do is LMAO big time.hahahahaha

londoner: Why is it that we are not hearing of nationals of European, Middle Eastern or Asian countries in Ghana going through the same thing under the regulation?

Cos they're not cry babies and they don't squirm and run and hide behind their moms skirt shouting wolf? lmao

all4naija: Calm down guys! Let the government address this matter in a diplomatic ways.

Though, I personally don't find Ghanaian elites intelligent they can be sometime prudent. That means, they could be fighting for something that has to do with nationalism. Nigerians can't take over the major businesses there. It is not possibly good for any nation as a whole.

However, I would conclude by saying if it served them well to close Nigerian businesses then it can as well serve the Nigerian government to withdraw its mission there.

Really??! SMH And I believe the Nigerian elitist who are intelligent have propelled that country to greater heights, no? Talking of an obnoxious statement from a supposed intelligent fella...lol

amosy007:
yeah thats my pain too.. I wonder what nigeria will do with those puff puff selling ugly cocoa nigaz that wnt stop littering the street of lagoz and nairaland

Two big fo0ls indeed! And what has the business oriented Nigerians done for the country? huh? Another loud-mouth empty barrel homo-sapiens blowing hot air as usual.

Mtseewww.

chipmunkey: So this is what they pay us back with after OBJ directed NNPC to supply them with 10,000 barrels of oil when they were at a brink of total economic collapse in 2009. Then 3aradua came on and upped the largese to 30,000 barrels. Bleep them black charcoal ass.

SMH... And i believe the oil was supplied for free? Some of u talk from your backside, seriously. And u believe only Nigerians were affected? It just happened that most affected were Nigerians but this problem shouldn't be trumpeted as if only Nigerian businesses were affected.

And oh, I have seen more darker Nigerians than some of these Ghanaian folks.

FYI, that minister who gave that directive is currently being put under pressure by some bigwigs. Honestly, it at times amazes me how some Naija folks spew nonsense. Teach Ghanaians lessons? Lol.. What can u do to them anyway? I also read someone saying they should send enforcers to Ghana to protect the goods.... hahahaha, now that's funny! How ignorant can some people be? You think another country can get up one day and send some troops to another sovereign state to what again? oh please!

The best remedy is to continue dialoging with the Ghanaian authorities and stop throwing tantrums and fits all over the place!

If that's what happened then, this incredibly bad! I mean what kind of disrespect is that? This could well bring another international brouhaha is care is not taken and the police dude held culpable.

Musiwa,,:
you be correct igbo, igbo people like to claim better thing. If them say, the man now criminal now, you go say olisa na yoruba name? Una go kill person self.

LMAO

ebamma: shut up there,the time were una been say ghana must go una been sabi ecowas?

Lol..