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The game was concluded a few hours ago, you guys are watching the delayed telecast. We watched it live here in the states. Anyway, we won 87.2-86.5

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The next time you speed, i pray you get hit.

oyb: i only hope they can keep it up

the problem is the greed of lg officials.

its the same story of all over lagos - almost like cancer. someone sets up a shop on a road, and the touts rather than chae him/her away, collect daily settlement from them, conferring a dubious form of legality, the next thing, the entire road becomes a congested mess where you struggle to get from pt a to pt b

the eradication of street traders will also bring in a higher degree of certainity. once you buy something from a street trader, and you get home and it doesnt work or fails in 10 minutes - money don enter bush, unless you took the fellows phone no. tracing the guy will become another nightmare. i almost wish they would do the same at 2nd gate in festac. there too, the entire sides of the road are now the 'property' of traders.

Instead of chasing them away, why cant the govt regulate it and tax it? This is Lagos, selling on the street should be encouraged and regulated.

So Kobo is Ibo. Anyway, so that was you? I was at UIC today . . . wow you are so gorgeous. When next are you coming? Maybe we can hang out?

ypzilanti: I just became a little dumber from reading your post.

Please, if you have a shop, sell only to Yorubas.

If you have a trade,only service Yorubas.

Your Yoruba mates are making a killing cash wise out of the cosmopolitan nature of the city and you are here on Nairaland venting against imagined enemies.

We are not happy with the stupidddd cosmopolitan crap you are referring to. We just want you to leave please. The sooner the better. Leave us alone and go back to your Eldorado where you kidnap your parents for money.

faithin9ja: Raji Fashola was 2 or 3 years my junior in University of Benin in the mid eighties. Why did he go to Uniben (kobo kobo according to your ignorant arse)?

Because he wasnt good enough for any of the schools in the SW. It is obvious to a dispassionate observer that Fashola isnt the best the Yoruba people can offer. That said, I admire his determination to see his dream come true.

Fashola unlike you is a true Nigerian, that's why he has at least one Igbo in his cabinet.

So who is a false Nigerian? The r/a/c/i/s/t, triba/l/i/s/t administrators in your hellhole over there in Alaigbo? All you Ibos know is how to take from the Yorubas, how to steal from them, how to whine when they dont give you what you want. . . what a sad life to live

In the 1960's NCNC - Zik's party [/b]was the main party on Lagos Island you ignorant fool.

NCNC started as a Yoruba party. NCNC was started by Herbert Macaulay, a proud Yoruba man.NCNC was dominated by Yoruba intelligentsia, educated Yoruba lawyers form the UK. It was after the Yorubas left that it transformed to an Igbo dominated party. Get your facts straight, Ibo s/l/u/t

[b]Nigeria has been one before your parents met. this childish rant will get the contempt it deserves.

Thats because your fellow ediot Ibo, Azikiwe, wanted to rule over the biggest country in the Black world. It is unfortunate that you and I hold the same passport. God, you f/u/c/k/e/d/ up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbF_TDOnys

Seamah: How Obasanjo blocked El-Rufai from emerging president in 2007 - Fani-Kayode
In the last episode of interviews with him, we challenged Femi Fani-Kayode on his complicity in Nigeria's current state. He threw up details of inner dealings in Aso Rock you have never heard before
Full story

http://premiumtimesng.com/multimedia/video/5879-How-Obasanjo-blocked--Rufai-from-emerging-president-2007---Fani-Kayode.html

OBJ made the best choice. It didnt work out, no point crying over spilt milk.

Will an African city host the Olympic Games in 2024? A recent report contends that South Africa will be stepping forward to compete by offering Durban as her bid city. The current Olympic economic model is not made for current economic times and most cities in the world, let alone in Africa, should bid with caution. But even with a clear view of the costs involved Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid are moving forward before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete for the 2020 games. Tokyo, for example, is projecting an economic impact of $37.9 billion and 152,000 jobs if the city hosts the Games in 2020.

The country mentioned most likely to support a winning African city bid is South Africa. Beyond Durban, the South African cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town are among the few African cities with many preexisting facilities that could service football, athletics and possibly be adapted for opening and closing ceremonies. Similarly exciting possibilities exist in a number of other African cities including Dakar, Lagos and Nairobi. The less developed the country the more the facility and infrastructure expenditures are likely to be. Therein lies the problem. The model of revenue distribution between the host city's local organizing committee and the IOC does not fluctuate based on the needs of a nation. Rio de Janeiro is hosting the 2016 Games in large part because the nation of Brazil committed to make the financial expenditures without a variation in the Olympic economic model.

No matter how much revenue future Games are projected to generate, or how dramatic the economic impact, the revenue stream to the host city is not likely to be extensive enough to cover the expenditures that have to be made.The ideal for any bid city is to use preexisting facilities. But even in cities where such facilities exist, the winning bids today focus on new gleaming facilities like the Bird's Nest in Beijing and those that will be on display in London this summer.

Outside of the usual hoopla of the Olympics, the Games also traditionally serve as the "coming out" party for the host nation. In this manner, and to this effect, the Games have served this purpose on every populated region on the globe except for Africa. For better or worse winning the bid to host the Summer Olympic Games is an indicator of a nation's, via a city's, arrival on the world stage. This has been particularly true since the Tokyo Games in 1964. Millions of dollars were spent by Japan on infrastructure and pageantry for the Tokyo Games in order to achieve their desire to be viewed by the world as something other than the producer of cheap transistor radios. "Made in Japan" had a negative connotation at the time. World War II was a mere two decades in the past. A particular goal of Munich in 1972 was to similarly show what post war reform had taken place in Germany. More recently, the Beijing Olympics provided us with the vision of how a grand opening ceremony, facilities, and flawless delivery can leave a lingering positive impression of an entire nation. Tokyo's 2020 bid is one designed to highlight the recovery of the country following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. An African city could frame their efforts in a number of ways from a focus on greater tourism and commerce to simply a greater presence in the global community.

The first African success in the world sporting event bidding process did not involve the Olympics at all but the 2010 World Cup. This success was a journey. In the bid for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by South Africa by all accounts it was a shocking surprise when that event was awarded to Germany. More than an illustration of any bias toward Africa, the denial of the event to South Africa was illustrative of the politics that come into play in the bidding process for any worldwide competition. There has been much disclosed in recent years about bribes and vote-buying particularly with regard to the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee. South Africa lost by one vote, including a controversial abstention.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki labeled this vote against South Africa a "tragic blow for Africa." But that blow was overcome and South Africa did host the event in 2010. In the fervent success of that event there was a groundswell to pursue the Olympic Games.

Africa is a long time member of the Olympic family. African nations have participated in the modern Olympiad since 1908, when South Africa was the lone African team participating in London. The second participant was Egypt in 1928 in Amsterdam. The level of participation changed in 1960 with the onslaught of African countries gaining independence from colonial bondage; Africans participated prior to this date, but generally as team members of their respective colonial powers. African nations are now successful participants on the world Olympic stage.

The key complication for any city bidding for the Games is the finances. Financially, the country with the corporate interest and wherewithal would have to be South Africa. The most successful Games have had both tremendous public and private sector backing. Cape Town was an early bidder for the 2004 Games that were awarded to Athens. Cape Town made it to the third of four bidding rounds before being eliminated.

Absent the finance issue, it is certainly past time for the Olympic Games to be held in Africa. The Games revisited Australia, having been held in Melbourne in 1956 before Sydney. Four times the Games have been in the United States and twice in Germany. This summer marks the third opportunity for London. The Games are back to Latin America in 2016 after having first been in Mexico City in 1968. Somewhere on the continent, if not a South African city, a successful bid should be in the works, but the timing, guided by the economic model in place by the IOC, must be right.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenneth-l-shropshire/africa-olympic-host_b_1579271.html

slogozer: Quote:
"Richard Branson the chairman of Virgin Atlantic alluded to a number of issue bordering on doing business in Nigeria :

"...we have virgin's ill-fated footsteps by setting up a new airline in Africa in conjunction with Nigerian government...the details of the doomed attempts to crack the Nigerian market in the 2000s is better imagined...we put ...together a very good airline-the first airline in West Africa that was ever IOSA/IATA operational safety audit accredited but unfortunately it got tied down to the politics of the country...we led the airlines for 11 years...we fought daily battle against government agents who wanted to daily make fortune from us, politicians who saw the government 49% as a meal to seek for all kinds of favour...watchdogs(regulatory body) that didn't know what to do and persistently asking for bribes at any point...Nigeria people are generally nice but the politicians are very insane...that may be irony because the people make up the politicians...but those politicians are selfish...we did make N3billion for the federal government of Nigeria during the joint venture...realising that the government didn't bring nothing to the table/partnership except dubious debts by the previous carrier, Nigeria Airways...The joint venture should have been the biggest African carrier by now if the partnership was allowed to grow, but the politicians KILLED it...Nigeria is a country we SHALL NEVER consider to doing business again..''.

This is not from Richard Branson. Poorly written! Move on.

PhysicsQED: Is this trend widespread in Lagos? Or just prevalent among some teenagers in some areas?

Teenagers? I am talking about grown-ups . . . especially the so called Jambitos.

pleep: that was me foo

I guessed wrong.

@Ileke-idi, why did you like my post?

Rgp92: Africans living in Africa dont call eachothers nigga or sag. Cursing have always been a way of life, long before rap music.

Take a trip to Lagos, and then rethink your claim

Sup Katsumoto

Stop stalking me

Idowuogbo: Yea! She fawckeddd up!

D guy got her easy.

People will do anything for GC. FYI, if you ever need my GC, be ready for my to "tospy" with everything "tospyable" around you.

The guy is Akata, what do you expect. If you are not careful, after you, it is your mother. Anyway, I dont blame him, if you all are so desperate ofr his green card, well you have no choice but to "put out."

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Maybe Fashola should start charging for the air Lagosians breathe, just like NYC and Paris. Dumb Africans . . . why cant they just be as enlightened as Gbawe and Fashola. After all, Fashola paid through his nose while growing up in Lagos, a city on the same scale and standard as other world cities.