₦airaland Forum

davidylan:
You muslims are a case-study in deceit.

1. Why shld Israel open its own side of the Gaza borders? Has Israel no longer any right as a sovereign state to choose whether to open or shut its borders? Would it be permisible for Cameroun-based millitants to attack cross river because Nigeria shut its borders?

- Exactly why is HAMAS ONLY interested in Israel's side of the border? why are they not asking Egypt to open rafah?
- The borders where wide open prior to 2005, what did it achieve?

2. What "occupied territories" is HAMAS complaining about? they've had Gaza jew-free since 2005 . . . what other "occupied territories" is left? Tel Aviv, Sderot, Ashkelon and Beersheba?

If current trends continues, Nigeria will be the most expensive country to live in 2010. The analysis was drawn by economic experts both within and outside the country, who revealed that the current drop of Naira value against the Dollar will drastically raise the cost of living in Nigeria by almost 200%.

The analysts revealed that 85% to 90% of all products being consumed in Nigeria is imported, as a result, the cost of living increases against any drop of naira value against the dollar.

Industries in Nigeria are failing as a result of the financial crunch worldwide, Nigerian banks cannot carter for the increasing demand of loans from businesses in the country.

Meanwhile, one of the country's biggest private corporation "Dangote Group" has started sourcing for loan from outside the country while more than 600 of its employees has lost their jobs.

Foreign investments has already left the country last year which results in the increase on Imports from the second quarter of 2007. Meanwhile, the country's foreign reserve which amounts to Billions of dollars will become worthless while the dollar is falling against other major currencies like the Euro and the British Pounds.

Reports from the Central Bank of Nigeria shows that Nigeria was in recession since 2006 when the Bank started proposing for the devaluation of the currency.

Kobojunkie:
Could you in, concise statements, share with us some of these advantages and explain how it solves or helps solve any one of the many problems we have in Africa today?

Are you of the mind that each state that makes up America today or the EU today had problems at the same levels as countries in Africa do today when the union was formed in each case? I mean what country in the EU had exactly the same issues we have now in any other country in Africa today when it joined the union? I ask because it seems your are saying the only reason why the EU or America works is simply that each country/state united--- no consideration to be made to the state of the local economy and political landscape of the time of joining .( please let me know if this is not clear)

African states already have their autonomy today, what good has come of it so far? Why are you already handing power to decide to Ghaddafi?But South Africa is way better than Libya, so why are we going for Libya here again?

Finally:
What is the difference bewtween the Africa we have now and the USAfrica that Mallam Ghaddaffi is proposing.

Would a change of name, a central currency and possibly a central government resolve all the problems the continent is having? The corruption, bribery, the sit-tight attitude of most rulers etc. Me thinks not!!!!!

Western democracy might not be the best for Africa. If Ghaddafi has a better form of government that might suit Africa, lets hear it. I hope he is not thinking about the one he is currently practicing in libya

davidylan:
They are hardliners against the islamic terrorism of arabs. They probably wont achieve much in terms of peace since those they have to talk peace with are only interested in killing them. When HAMAS and FATAH start thinking more about peace than killing the jews then we can talk of "good relations".

davidylan:
I read it . . . Dikko is simply saying that had the north agreed to break up then it would be no better than Niger Republic today. Of course we all knew that a long time ago . . . you poor rats feeding on the rest of the nation.

davidylan:
yeah, just exactly like the hausas have allowed us autonomy eh? Pls you arab goons shld go and sit down somewhere.

Kobojunkie:
That is not really a good argument there. We get similar reports on crime committed by people from other countries such as america, russia, china, and other countries in Africa. the problem is frequency. When it comes to Nigeria, even folks who live in Nigeria will tell you that 9 times out of 10, they fear people from Nigeria than persons from other countries living in Nigeria, why? Is that the media? Come on!!! Instead of continuing to blame the media, maybe we ought to focus on the main problem, which happens to be that we do have a lot of corrupt individuals and we may not see change unless we trim down that number and quickly too.

If a traveller goes down to Nigeria and gets kidnapped, is the media to blame when the same man comes back and tells his friend of his situation and then another who experienced similar tells of similar experience when he was down in Nigeria? Is that the fault of the media?

Nemeziz9ja:
What you experienced with Mr. Z at X city is the "Standard Identification Procedure" for Nigerians.
Its a pity that the innocents within are the ones most affected by this unfortunate trend.
When our leaders are brash with their dishonesty, then there is little others can do to correct the impression, stereotyping Nigeria is unending reality!!!

jamace:
@poster,
Your Thread reads SHOW instead of SHOE. May be, Moderator can amend it to attract attention at first sight.

Kobojunkie:
Ok. But how does that relate to the topic which is Nigerians in the Eyes of the world. I mean the man most likely feels the same way about Nigerians to date, and you even speak of how the very man with you, Mr. B, also feels the same way.
Basically, I am trying to understand if it is better for Nigerians that people do not voice their feelings of Nigerians but rather go about hiding them from us?

Say I have a neighbor who knowing I am a Nigerian feels he needs to watch his way around me. Am I better off if he pretends to be ok with me in public, while in private he speaks of how my being a Nigerian is reason why he plans to move away as soon as he can, or install better security system around his house?

Kobojunkie:
@Poster, is it that you feel you changed Mr Z's mind?

A woman has thrown a shoe at the Israeli ambassador to Sweden as he was giving a lecture on Israel's forthcoming elections.

The shoe hit Benny Dagan in the chest during a seminar held at the University of Stockholm on Wednesday, a local police official said.

Ylva Kronheffer, a board member of the Stockholm Association of Foreign Affairs, the student association which organised the seminar, said she was "sitting in the front row and suddenly a shoe was flying over my head".

She added that another person threw two books at the envoy but missed.

"The girl who threw the shoe asked the policemen to give it back to her. It was a red Nike shoe," Kronheffer said.

The two protesters, who were shouting insults, were escorted out of the room by police.

They were taken to a local police station but were released after being questioned.

It was not known whether they were students at the university.

Dagan continued his lecture after a short break and a heated discussion followed the seminar before being interrupted by the moderator.

A protester who threw a shoe at Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, during a speech at Britain's Cambridge University earlier this week, was charged with a public order offence.

An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush, the former US president, during a press conference in Baghdad in December, was arrested and is awaiting his trial.