₦airaland Forum

0lumide:
Look, I'm tired of all these he is weak arguments and party loyalists faulting opponent's candidates,

Beaf and gbawe, you too need to grow da hell up and I'm sure I'm saying this to people my dad probably drinks beer with!!!

Look, unless you kill Jonathan, he is still the one who is the closest to changing things and if things won't change, he is the closest to making things change,

Feedeefee or essien,  it doesn't matter now; the elections are over and now isn't the time to have that "I told y'all so attitude",

We won't get no where if after elections, parties are waiting for their opposition to fail because they didn't win the election,

Seriously, I see too many buhari supporters coming out to say all sorts of nonsense hia!! Even Igbos that voted zombiatically for odechukwu are coming out to denounce him,

Look the nation in heading down, now if you can't help stop the down spiral, don't sit down entertain yourselves with the failure of our dreams!!!!

I don't care what party is in charge, Jonathan like many of you agreed is weak is in need of your support to strengthen his will right now!!! Don't wait for him to lose his will so you can laugh!!!

Organize, let him know you are in full support of him, show him the lack of change hurts,  This guy hasn't seen a crying hungry baby in years so really, you know even though he had no shoes, he can now step on gold,

I want Odua nation but not that Nigeria must fail for such to happen,

Stop with the peniss measuring competitions you grown for nothing drones! The internet is not for you, you are suppose to be out there protesting, campaigning for what you think is right,

The internet is to spread information not to act,  You can't change Nigeria by dissing odechukwu on here you retardeens,

If you are too scared to live and die for what's right then you deserve to die for the wrong reasons (Jmaine, my words not from movies lol) ,

How do you old folks in your 30s and 40s feel sitting here with 24yrs olds and below but still getting schooled on what it do

Seriously shame on you decays of humanity,  shame on you, 

Jonathan needs your honest and best support to know that Nigerians will die for him if he does the right thing,  There are powerful cabals running this nation to the dark and if you let them absolve Jonathan, you won't say up nepa for a long time,

Kindly drop your slow unforgiving attitudes and go out there and show support for the president, let all the ACN senators, all the opposition members show their support for him, not kiss his Bottom but show him if he does the right thing, they are right behind him!!!!

We can't afford to be Republican, democrat crap right now in Nigeria,

Let them get involved too. If Jonathan fails, Nigeria is over but the real failures are those who out of hatred watch it fail,

Agbayas beaf, seanet, eko ile, aloy emeka, jason123, dayokonu, ezeuche, dede1, aigbofa, alj harem, Ileke Idi, kobojunkie, chyz, south east, gbawe, antitipiah, ekt bear, bluetooth, haka nai, big boi, Jarus, Negro_ntn.

Shame on all the above people shame!!! 30s, 40s all coming online to vent and hate even in a society that has freedom of speech SHAAAAAMEEEEE 30s 40 somethings coming online to cry that their age mates are making life difficult for them SHAAAME,  They are your age mates, confront them already you silly pansies !!!!!!

You can't vent your angers by organizing massive protests but you can come online and cry and cry cry!!!

I came here and realized I'm dealing with relics of years and years of failures,  You guys almost changed my view on tribes and almost made me a stoopid tirbal nutjob like you losers but good thing for me, I have Igbo friend's Hausa friends and their lives aren't like you relics of failures want it to be,

Tpia/musiwa are probably the only respectable ones among you all,  you failed relics of failures,  You and yours are the reason Nigeria is as it is,  My generation will send you foools to nursing homes and abandon y'all there,  Failures bunch of losers coming online to cry their mates are beating them hard!!! GTFOH

tell them bigot

sanusi is deceiving Nigerians they should remove him,

Nigeria’s top nine banks that featured in the Banker’s top global 1000 banks have a combined tier one capital of $11.332 billion.

This is lower than the $12.06bn of Standard Bank Group of South Africa which is, by capital base classification, the leading bank in Africa.

This fact is contained in the 2011 edition of the Banker Magazine, a publication of Financial Times of London. Bank of America, which occupies the first position in the global ranking, has a capital base of $163.626bn.

It is followed closely by JPMorgan Chase with a capital of $142.450bn. The third position is occupied by HSBC, a British bank with a capital base of $133.179bn. China has three banks in the top ten positions while Japan has just one.

The Banker Magazine’s endorsement has become an instrument that Central Bankers and bankers seek after as a marketing tool. The low level of capitalization of Nigerian banks, when compared to international standard, is a challenge to regulators who are at the moment busy fragmenting the industry.

The Banker Magazine, in its benchmarking of the top 1000 global, bank said that Zenith Bank PLC had, as at 2010, a total tier one capital of $2.405bn. It is followed by the first generation bank First Bank with a total of $2.221bn shareholders stake in the bank known as tier one capital.

The third highly capitalized bank by the standard of Bank of International Settlement BIS is GTbank with a tier one capital of $1.362bn. Access Bank followed closely with a capital of $1.149bn.

The United Bank for Africa (UBA), one of the oldest banks in the country, had $1.037bn as capital, making it one of the internationally recognized strong banks in the country.

Fidelity is next with $904m tier one capital. First City Monument Bank followed closely with $854m capital base. Diamond Bank had $705m while Skye Bank has $695m to feature among the 1000 top banks in the world.

However, the Nigerian banks do not rank among the top five in Africa. Zenith, which is the most capitalized bank in the country, ranks sixth in the continent. The top three banks in Africa are those from South Africa, with Standard Bank Group topping the Africa chart with a capital base of $12.062bn and is in the 94th position globally.

The second in Africa is the FirstRand Bank Holdings, South Africa, with a capital base of $6.036bn. The Needbank Group Limited also of South Africa came third in the top 25 banks in Africa with a capital of $5.716bn.

Attjariwafabank of Morocco, an Islamic Bank, is fourth with a capital base of $2.786bn. Investec of South Africa came fifth in the Banker ranking of the top 25 banks in Africa with a capital base of $2.519bn.

According to the Banker, two Nigeria banks featured in the capital adequacy ratio measurement. Fidelity Bank, the Banker, said has a capital to asset ratio of 28.8 per cent, making it the soundest bank in the country.

The report also said that First City Monument Bank, with capital to asset ratio of 23.89, made it to the 1000 soundest capital to asset ratio banks in the world.

According to the Banker, going by the Bank of International Settlement measure, Zenith was the only Nigeria bank that attained the 1000 soundest BIS ratio of 36.

The Banker report stated: “The banking landscape in Africa remains a case of potential unrealised, as its financial institutions’ share of the Top 1000’s overall assets and Tier 1 capital dipped slightly.

“However, the lowering of the average cost-to-income ratio in the continent did provide some good news.

“Africa’s banks have never constituted a significant share of the Top 1000 ranking, but with about 15 per cent of the world’s population, low levels of bank account penetration and vast natural resources, there should be no question over the continent’s banking potential.

“However, this scope for growth is not reflected in this year’s Top 1000 ranking, which featured just 30 African banks. The continent’s institutions accounted for 0.72 per cent of total assets and 1.01 per cent of total Tier 1 capital from the overall Top 1000 World Banks ranking.

Both figures are fractionally down from last year. Africa offers huge returns on investment for foreign institutions; A step in the right direction; The Gulf’s Islamic banks are targeting Africa’s opportunities”

It further said “South African banks continued to dominate the upper echelons of the African representatives in this year’s “Top 1000 World Banks”, holding four of the top five regional slots and accounting for four of the 10 highest movers.

“Standard Bank is once again Africa’s top bank. The Johannesburg-based bank increased its Tier 1 capital to $12.06bn, an increase of 26.15 per cent from last year, and a total almost twice as much as the second ranked FirstRand Bank Holdings’ $6.04bn. This was enough to place Standard Bank in at seventh in the regional highest movers table.

“For the most part, Nigerian banks halted the dramatic fall through the regional and overall rankings noted in 2010, following the implementation of much-needed reforms by The Banker’s Central Bank Governor of the Year 2011, Lamido Sanusi.

“Nevertheless, the country’s financial institutions certainly did not exhibit dramatic growth. Some, such as Zenith Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank, boosted Tier 1 capital, but others, including Mr. Sanusi’s former employer, First Bank of Nigeria, saw a decline.

None of the five new entrants made it into the African top 25, which showed little major movement. Notably absent was Libyan Foreign Bank, which was ranked ninth regionally in 2010 but did not submit data this year.

“There are some positive signs, however. The average cost-to-income ratio among African banks was 49.70 per cent, down from 61.87 per cent last year, despite an average increase in operating costs of 19.11 per cent, indicating a healthy increase in profits.

“Two Kenyan banks entered the lower reaches of the Top 1000 this year; Kenya Commercial Bank, which was the second highest mover among African institutions, thanks to 87.11 per cent Tier 1 capital growth, and Nairobi-based Equity Bank.

“It was a mixed bag for the Egyptian banking sector, one of the African success stories of 2010. The country’s institutions boosted their presence in the regional top 25 to five, but only National Bank of Egypt, Commercial International Bank and Banque Misr actually increased Tier 1 capital year on year. Arab African International Bank and Banque du Caire’s Tier 1 actually fell.


VANGUARD NEWSPAPER

THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has extended the period of the pilot scheme for the issuance of the National Identification numbers (NINs) to two months.

The Guardian learnt at the Lagos office of NIMC that, although the enrolment centres were ready with equipment and members of staff and enrolment was ongoing, the process was still being done under the development environment.

A source close to NIMC Head Office disclosed at the weekend that approval to commence the actual production was yet to be obtained from the supervising ministry.

The Chief Executive Officer, NIMC, Mr. Chris Onyemenam, at a meeting with key stakeholders on the project in Lagos recently, said that the Federal Government would begin the issuance of national identity numbers from today (August 1, 2011).

According to Onyemenam, the NIN is an 11-digit number that will be given to every Nigerian, adding that the first set of NINs would be generated on August 1 and the recipients’ biometric data would be collected for national identity management purpose.
He noted that the pilot exercise was inaugurated on July 27 across eight locations, including Lagos, Abuja, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Enugu, and Kaduna.

Onyemenam said 100 million Nigerians would be issued with their identification numbers in the first 30 months, while the entire populace was expected to have been registered within the next 60 months.

The NIMC boss further said that leading consulting firm, KPMG, had been appointed as the project manager to help monitor the implementation of the all-important project.

He explained that Chams and One Secure Card Consortium had been appointed as front-end partners for data capture, personalisation of smart ID cards and deployment of smartcard verification devices.

This aspect of the project, which is to be financed by the private sector, has already attracted six banks, which are currently doing their due diligence ahead of the final investment decision.

According to him, when the numbers are issued, they will be uploaded on to chip-embedded multifunctional smartcards along with the citizens’ personal information.

But investigations at the weekend revealed that senior management officials of the commission had insisted on the board’s approval at the minimum, adding that the approval of the supervising ministry, that is the Office of the SGF, will pave the way for obtaining approval for a formal launch to be performed by the president.

Besides, the pre-enrolment awareness campaign, which will kick off with the formal unveiling of the official logo of the commission and those of its partners who will manage the enrolment centres had not commenced for the same reasons.

Sources further confirmed that the management of the NIMC Programme Management Office was against a kick-off with only eight enrollment centres for the pilot scheme of such a national project within a short period of time, hence the need for extension.


source GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

~Bluetooth:
Na wao for this woman ? Your hubby being in the army doesn't guarantee him access to the villa only if he works there.Ask me why ? the presidential villa has a daily manifest of people that are granted access daily and if your name is not on that list,there was never anyhow you could have entered except you talked to the cso who happened to be this yoruba guy from ogun state.secondly,it's either your hubby is the commander of guards brigade, the ADC or your hubby is close to these guys who could have applied their discretion to grant access to him and prolly you.
It may interest you to know that occasions where a large number of people are present usually takes place in the banquet hall and for you to be in president dinning room,you must have been given a photo tag at the pilot gate with certain background colours that will show the limit of your movement within the presidential villa.what colour of background were you given ma ?
The security staff also have restricions which set limits to where uniformed personnel and plain clothed personnel can access even within the plain clothes personnel.Governors and other highly important personalities are also not allowed to bring in their securities as all of them are discharged at the pilot gate and other people who may have accompanied them whose names are not on the daily manifest.so madam,i'm still surprised how you got into obj's dinning room !
PS : or is beaf your hubby ?

igbos use to rule bini before

otapiapia:
Is it true that Oduduwa broke his left rib while falling from heaven?

just asking,

no he landed with his head, thats why his ears shifted behind his back if you want evidence take a look at abiola pix

alj_harem:
no don't start this sunday the north does not rely on the south. maybe oil but the south relays on the north for food. it is a mutual relationship

look forget about the food from the north, southern Nigeria got enough resources-es both human and natural to import food days of relying for northern farmers will soon be over even with your so call claim that we rely on north to feed sound like a big lie cos Nigeria still spends over 3billion dollars on food importation so whats the need of you people northern Nigeria knows that they dont contribute up to 20% on Nigerians economy you have already created sharia in most of your states but still collect tax money from alcohol why are you northerners being so hypocritical

emmke:
bla bla bla, am presently working in lagos and cant wait to get the hell out of there. All My friends work in the north and they are doing better than i am despite earning less. Am presently working hard to get a job in either kaduna, jos or kano. whats the point in being developed when your people prefer to stay in other region (north in this case, despite the crisis). I've said it before and i'd say it again, i prefer north 1 billion times. Crisis? Yeah, i'd still take my chances. South sux, big time.

hurry up hurry up park and go what are you waiting for go enjoy your sharia states the same south that north rely for survival still get mouth to talk you people are showing us already that you want to secede from the union pls hurry up park and go, or do you want referendum?look the problem is that lets be truthful to ourselves we all tired of staying together as one country but no one have the liver to come out and voice it out, but u can feel it is on the air, people are getting tired of that name "Nigeria" you can tell, if anyone think am talking nonsense  let try and organize a simple referendum like if we  Nigerians are happy the way the country is going our poor infrastructure high cost of food,no jobs,no security to protect life and properties,no good transportation, interest rates is very high etc etc and watch and see who will vote for 0ne Nigeria and who want to secede from the union you will be shock the amount of people that will turn up will be more than last election x4

Finecat:
Why is this a news. The loser married a woman 30 years his junior. I wish the Coward a speedy recovery but keep this news in Biafra.

keep ur insult to your father

2mch:
The frustrated pig was abandoned by an Igbo man who took her to America to become a nurse. The daft lunati*c could not pass the nursing exam na so my guy pick race forget the failed investment with 2 bast*rds. This is why the pig is frustrated and lonely. Her status says "Lonely women make better lovers* rotflmao. One Yoruba guy for NVS don yansh am run, come tell the whole NVS community about the useless yanshing. The loony travelled to jand to go meet stranger to get yanshed. They brought the whole drama to NL. D daft loony went to the diary section whinning about cyber bullying, and invoking lawyers. Rotflmao. She also has a Yoruba name, and she talk for one of her useless daft posts sey her Yoruba father abandon her daft arse very early. You know Yoruba people dey smell badluck. This looney is about 600 pounds and over 40. From all this you know why she Is frustrated.

dem_people:
@ak47mann,

I've just looked at that BBC website especially where it shows the country's individual state literacy levels with the outstanding but not surprising statistics about Igbo women's educational attainment (which is similar to Igbo men).

I can remember my class and set in primary and secondary schools during the 80's and '90s and all its students and even now, we ALL are graduates. I can't even remember anyone from my set in school who isn't a University graduate. And I know and remember a lot of my set students.

The same Ndiigbo that lost EVERYTHING during the war, have risen to be a force to be reckoned with, with super great achievements in their academia and economy (two most important areas of human development) while the people up North who've held power since independence with so much corruption as a result of mismanagement of the economy, are complaining of underdevelopment and poverty.

alj_harem, you must sincerely start to ask yourself to the level of soul-searching, why majority of your people up there haven't been able to make significant advancements in education and self-sufficiency via business/work instead of relying on Government aid all the time despite the subjugation of the South all these years.

Look at where Ndiigbo are and as a student of history, have a rethink of what happened to them during and after the civil war.

Ndiigbo umunnem, yagaziere unu.

WORD!!!!!!!!!

alj_harem:
do you know that hausas are INDIGENOUS TO ABUJA

[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSY64EjSlZa3P5-FuVCmekHuIRLv3T04te3rr--3QzUa0SMM1m8[/img]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12893448

the same way igbos are indigenous to rivers and delta even in films the indigenous always speaks igbo language but in rivers their are other groups too why speak only igbo?when western countries portray people from those areas as igbo s,

odumchi:
No, nowadays such things dont happen. In the olden days, it was rare for Igbos to eat other people but nowadays it is forbidden for a man to eat another in all of Igboland. But remember, not all Igbo groups practiced Canibalism, often those groups at the fringes of [b]Igboland were influenced by Cannibalistic neighbours (Ibibios, Efiks, Ekois, etc).

[/b] never knew b4

alj harem the igbo hater dont wan to believe we develop their stinking desert for them. mumu and ABUJA does not belong to the north he should look some were else even Abuja indigence, don't want Hausa in their land i have a friend his from Abuja he said no way they can let Hausa take their land,