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Abeg, when una start una war, we don't want refugees streaming into the south-west ooo...!!!!

Pot belly simply indicates an unhealthy man. He isn't exercising or eating right, resulting in a collapse of his abdominal muscles.

With the muscles collapsed, the intestines/stomach normallly held in by the abdominal muscles push out the slacked muscles+ the layer of fat already built up on it resulting in the pot belly you're so proud of.

You might think its cool for men to walk around with pregnancy of various stages but the truth is you really need to see your doctor.

Alfa Seltzer: American spec is just a design pattern that car makers do to suit the taste of US consumers. It is not a govt. imposed specification but a competition induced action. Adapt or die. They study what Americans want, and they provide it.

America has the largest automobile market in the world. They give you (Auto makers) an access to that market but you must attain the standard they want (American spec).

solomon111: LASUTH is a mess and this corrupt mofo has not bothered to clean up the system and equip the damn hospital instead of this needless eye-service.
I am sure the cost of the treatment would have been inflated as usual to accomodate the glutonny of fashola and his master Tinubu.
Abeg,throw this thread into the thrash.
I am not impressed.

Who cares if you're impressed or not

PapaBrowne: Truthfully, I sympathize with the opposition first because they don't seem to understand what they are up against. PDP is a very popular party at the grassroots. I mean extremely popular. While the opposition runs to the pages of newspapers(by the way the average newspaper sales just 20-30,000 copies daily) the PDP has a chain of supporters running all the way down to the doorsteps of the average masses.

Secondly I sympathize with the opposition because they don't have a national understand. They bring SW or Katsina mindset and expect to win in the SE, SS or MB. PDP on the other hand is a decentralized party.The PDP in Kogi is local to Kogi and the PDP in Bayelsa is local to Bayelsa. The opposition cannot win outside its strongholds and its sad that they don't get it.
Iheard someone say on the thread that the elections were rigged because the margins were very wide. Eyaaah. I wish you understood that many people were hearing APC for the first time in their lives on election day.


Now let me share a story. I flew into Warri on Friday went home and realized that since there will be no movement till 4 pm the next day I would have to stay hungry if I don't get cook-able food at home. So I decided to go to a small open market near my estate. About 100-150 women traders selling all the things you need to hook yourself up with a meal. A few men selling meat. It was around 7pm and the market was still buzzing. While I was there I realized the women were unusually happy. Then suddenly two traders started discussing about the next days elections. They spoke glowing about why they like PDP any why they will be punching umbrella tommorow.
They said and I quote: "na only PDP they remember us. Rain dey disturb us for this market since. Anytime wey rain fall we go begin run like malu they find wetin we go use cover our wares. But see, everybody don get this big umbrella now. Na PDP bring am come"

I find it sad that they'll exchange their votes for mundane things like umbrellas.

......And so the thread descends into a "My d1ck is bigger than yours" arguement.

Henry120: Don't wait, the time would never be just right.

The space program as we have seen, and continue to see has been an immense asset to the FGN, not just in tracking social and environmental issues, but critically in security,planning and most importantly food security and agriculture. The merits of this program far out-weigh whatever demerits the ignorant reporter can concoct.

The satellites are tracking crops and weather around the country in an effort to protect long-term food supply. There is also closer monitoring of the Niger Delta and environmental damage from oil spil and tracking of crude oil thieves.



...................."We've just collected images over Mali and nigeria's border region, which we've handed over to the armed forces because we believe they will be helpful to them in the peacekeeping mission over there," says Seidu Mohammed, director-general of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)."...................


..................."In the city of Lagos, and its surrounding area, satellite images are being used for urban planning and tax collection. The plan is to use this to help manage the rapidly growing population of Africa's second largest city."...................




...........((There are scores of Countries that don't have a space program but are doing far better than we are. This shows that it might be of use but there are more salient issues on ground.)).......... This statement shows that you are completely and utterly ignorant. So we should not develop because there are countries doing better than us in HDI indices. Oya, go and tell this to the indians, chinese and brazilians.



.............If you witnessed the Ocean surges prior to the Ocean Reclaimation projects, you won't need a satelite to tell you Lagos would be underwater in the near future............. This is a stup1d comment. How then do you effectively plan if you do not know for certain what area's have been consumed, your estimated time left, what should be done and the areas to start from to check-mate the surge?

Has food become suddenly cheaper or suddenly more available as a result of it being tracked by satelites??

Has there been an increase or decrease in oil spillage and crude-oil theft with the use of satelites??

Look at India, Brazil and China's economy and compare it to ours. So once a country doesn't have a satelite, they have no acess to aeriel data??

Then finally, can't you guys supporting this satelite drop your points without insults??

Or should i post the psychological reason people are always so quick to result to insults??

ROSSIKE: You are looking at it from a very wrong perspective. Fact is every race gets their turn to dominate. Human nature dictates that no race an dominate forever, as all are hampered by eventual regression caused by human factors like greed, complacency, etcetera. This is why civilisations rise and fall and none is ever permanent. The same western civilisation you see now will one day be history just as Egypt, Nubia, Greece, and the Aztecs are history. In fact as we speak, we are seeing the decline of western civilisation, and the rise of the East.

I agree with you on this. At least i can say the Black race is on the rise once more.

ROSSIKE: Blacks were explorers, conquerors, inventors and invaders long before the whites. In fact THOUSANDS of years before the whites. Whites are newcomers to civilisation in historical terms. The pyramids and temples of Egypt and Sudan are thousands of years older than any European monuments. Meaning of course that blacks were the first architects, mathematicians, surveyors, scientists, physicists etc.

We had our chance, we blew it.

Now, they're the ones running things.

"I had it once" doesn't mean you still "have" it, it only means you can get it back.

They are ahead of us in most areas of human endeavour so why not draw inspiration from them??

What the whites do is, they copy what you have and they improve on it till it has their own identity. We should not see things in terms of race, we should see it in terms of "good" and "bad".

Why don't we adopt and try to improve the positives we can learn from them and leave out their negatives??

Ikengawo: So do you not know that part of the solution to Makoko is this program and programs that invest into the countries future? Do you know that satelites create entire industries for common people to raise out of poverty, save people from weather conditions like flood, and help map and know where poverty exists and to what extent? Would we have known Lagos was going to be flooded over in 2050 without satelites? and what has that led to? Eko Atlantic.

If white people want to be ignorant about Nigeria and it's ambitions its not mandatory nigerians join them.

Its a good idea but bad timing. We haven't developed the foundation, we're already building a grand roof.

There are scores of Countries that don't have a space program but are doing far better than we are. This shows that it might be of use but there are more salient issues on ground.

If you witnessed the Ocean surges prior to the Ocean Reclaimation projects, you won't need a satelite to tell you Lagos would be underwater in the near future.

iterator24: what about the greedy ASUU? Is it FG's fault? Abi na engine oil de inside your head

Why is it that some of the people that are for this Space Program are so quick to insult??

Arosa: daft peeps like you should start thinking outside the box for a change.

Apart from insults, don't you have a point to share??

Notice the matured way @Ikengawo presented his points, even though he doesn't agree with me.

That's how to communicate.

ROSSIKE: The industrial revolution in Europe occurred only 250 years ago, which is like yesterday in historical terms. Before then Europe was not more developed than anywhere else. What happened to their ''advanced thinking ability'' for nearly 40,000 years prior?

Yeah, there was an acceleration in their development after the Industrial Revolution but you can deny their passion for development and discovery prior to that.

They were the explorers, the conquerors, the crusaders, inventors. No one is worshiping them here but there are certain positives that worked for them in developing their societies. We can take these positives, ignore the negatives and work on it to aid ourselves.

All this is history.......what about now??

"I was once a rich man" doesn't mean a thing while you're currently broke.

The cold must have got them thinking at a far higher rate than the average blackman in the lush jungles and savannahs of Africa.

Henry120: I find this article disgustingly racist and screaming of cheap un-provoked bigotry. It surely hurts the white man to see africans make any sort of improvement.

Two words for them, "F*** you". This world isn't only white.

But the reporter is right. The Makoko slum is more known than the Nigerian space program.

They're just stylishly telling us we have more pressing issues than pursuing a space program.

I don't know much about the Nigerian space program but i know for sure its a classic case of Misplaced priority.

They're suffering from "He's our son" Syndrome.

OBJ facilitated the apprehension of a wanted war criminal and @OP is saying it was betrayal.

So if a criminal runs to you to hide, you will gladly protect him from prosecution just to prove your loyalty? See how some people think.

This Op is a well know Yoruba hater so his motive was clear before the thread was even opened.

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Advocate sam: Don't u know that a brand new 2012 VW Golf is expensive than a brand new 2012 Toyota Camry or any jap mobile in dat range.

Not true. The VW Golf is always of comparable price to the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus and other Vehicles in its class.

jp philips: Nigeria has no business manufacturing cars, we have a lot of area of competitive advantage better than other countries.
As a car manufacturing nation, we cant compete with the Europeans and Asian tigers, that is a fact so why bother ourselves, even America with their level of industrialization is not finding the Japanese competition funny let alone Nigeria.
Innoson can export to Ghana and equally sell to individuals or corporate bodies who are interested, it doesn't call for Govt intervention.

If we really wanna industrialize, we should look at areas where we already have competitive advantage and consolidate on it, Nigeria is sitting on enormous gas reserves have we explored them?

Have we looked at areas of refining where we can export refined products and all west African countries come to us to purchase petroleum products?
What about petrochemical industries? Nigeria has the capacity to produce synthetic tannin, gums, resin, imidazole, plastic (of whichever kind), cellophane, benzene, etc for the whole of Africa, have we looked into those areas?

have we built local capacity in those regards? so what are we manufacturing cars for? if all these sectors are developed, we are gonna be getting loads of foreign exchange and we are gonna be better off.

ironically, we don't even have sufficient skilled man power to support the Auto industries at least for the next decade so what is the rush for? this insufficient capacity is reflective on the number of quacks who murder our vehicles on a daily basis.

i really don't think that Jonathan is asinine, i think this move is political, the NPA is generating huge money internally for the federal govt as we speak, FIRS will tell better, its election time so there is need to mop up funds by increasing tariffs, OBJ has done it before so Jonathan is playing a script we are used to.

I swear, you get brain. Your thinking is way above the average Nigerian.


We've not taken advantage of the opportunities right in front of our noses, we're jumping to Automobile Manufacturing.

As usual with G.E.J, Right idea, wrong timing.

awodman: They accuse Stella Oduah of only beautifying our airports and I ask under whose tenure was this laboratory set up

Before this black box would have been holed up in one laboratory in US or Europe and we would probably we waiting for the result



Oga pilot you see what non adherence to rules can cause

Enforcing safe practices in Aviation is far more important than analyzing a Black Box in Nigeria.

If there are no Plane crashes, there won't be Black box analysis. Why walk through Refurbished Airports to board rickety, unsafe Planes??

[quote author=oche_ejemb]I have hope in Nigeria when smart people like you speak up, Sir! The level of thinking some people on here display is very disheartening.[/quote]Thank you sir, I just try to see all sides of the story before i arrive at a conclusion.

As long as the masses will benefit from the rail, who am i to complain??

olrotimi: How on earth is this happening in lagos, on a sunday morning for that mata when thousands of xtians wld b plying that route to & frm church? Pls dnt tel me sunday is the best day to cause minimal inconvenience to commuters. For a company as sophisticated as CECC, such projects are done at night with heavy beams of light giving sufficient illumination. This is nt good enough for us, Nigerians are treated as sc*mbags by these foreigners, its soo not good

Would you prefer a weekday with thousands of cars going to and fro, traffic jam, rush hour and the likes

When was the last time you saw night constructions in Nigeria?? They probably saved cost by doing it during the day and avoid buying diesel to power the generating sets to power the high beam lights.

Goddex: This is just a publicity stunt by the LASG to give Nigerians impression that they are working. How on earth should installing precast beams for a pedestrian bridge amount to a closure of road with newspaper advertorials? Before now, how are the several beams for flyovers and pedestrian bridges litred all over Nigeria and expecially Lagos installed?

You just feel like talking, abi?

Do you want cranes assembling large precast beams with traffic driving underneath them running the risk of one of the beams dropping and killing people below??..........Or people should all of a sudden drive into closed roads and the construction workers will have to constantly explain to commuters that they are installing pre-cast beams

That is a large construction site and many things are going on at the same time.

Tony Spike: Yet, the same ants eat the lion's carcass because the lion died a long time ago...

Touche.

[quote author=Gbawe.]Please pay no attention to these f00ls. I think, by now, it is obvious thy have no coherent argument to put up capable of hiding their bad belle which makes them 'grasp at straws' desperately and inanely.

Hope you saw my response to your enquiry?[/quote]Oh....I'll go check it now. Thank you.



Seen.....I've copied down the link.

Hopefully, let's say they accept the proposal and those kind of buildings start popping up on the horizon in the near future, its the same set of people that will come criticize it as it being a means of the LASG to further reap off the populace.

lastpage: Believe me, the likes of Gbawe, Sloan, Agbameta and the 40-i-Pad crew are not real Yorubas!
In every tribe you have their likes (sycophants and shameless praise-singers) .......and they dont represent such tribe.

Dont humor them by making them think they are intimidating anyone around here, its just that "one should not argue with fools less their wont be any distinction between "both"".

As a born and bred of Lagos, to a few generations back, l can say authoritatively that this "flying car" is no different from the "floating Boat restaurant" which Fashola and Tinubu's cohorts use in siphoning the wealth of Lagosians. That vessel was towed down here with our tax-money all in the name of tourism!
They will claim it is "completely private" but then, here and there, you will see how they have used "public infrastructures and public space" to enhance their own personal profit!

Can you imagine that if for example, l run into some money or loot Lagos treasury and hop off to the U.K ... and then decide: "SINCE IT IS MY MONEY" (Private Initiative or Private Money as those clowns refer to it), that l want to build a Project (May be a mansion) and the people in that area "have no say or benefit from it or majority of the Brits do not benefit from it!

You think the British Councils would not shoot it down very quickly?
I have witnessed were such projects were denied "planning permission" simply because for example, it will "deface the SKY-LINE" or it will "block air-flow to some part of the area or even block the path of sunshine to some resident's house!

That is an environment were people dont just think about the benefit that accrues to THEM ONLY, even when they are investing their private money, ...but consider the 'wider effect' on others who are stake holders in the society.

As long as Gbawe, Agbaameta and these "40-i-Pad otimkpus" get their crumbs from their employers, they are bereft of reasoning and logic.

They may claim to be Lagosians but in reality, they are what the "real Yorubas" will refer to as "Alaa te'nuje, omo okele"
(Boyz of the stomach who thrive on filthy lucre).

They really deserve to be pitied.

Lastpage!

How would you now feel if the project is now completed, people are riding in it and praising the LASG for their innitiative in the near future??

You should know that since they're involved, planning permit won't be a problem......or was it when the concrete footings of the light-rail was being constructed??

If these car companies can sucessfully set-up shop and operate in Nigeria, it won't be a feather to G.E.J's administration's cap........He'll be wearing the whole tail-feathers on his head.

Nice move.......I hope it goes through.

[quote author=Gbawe.]Say how the cabal car system harms your interest or that of Lagosians else shut it 'airhead'. No one is deceived by your vacuous pontifications you put up to hide your crass simple-mindedness. 100% Privately funded, 500 jobs created, home-based innovation, a good addition to the transport mix, pollution-free, zero traffic, low cost transport, scenic travel, tourist attraction, definitively attractive project etc, etc. I could go on because I work with ideas unlike you who is routinely negative for the sake of it alone. Produce salient reasons, devoid of your verbosely irrelevant ramblings, why this development is a negative or get lost and spare us your unintelligent drivel.[/quote]If i came up with an idea that can be sold to the Lagos State Government, What are the processes of presenting it to them.

How is it possible to get it across to the right ears in Government?? Is it compulsory i have an insider to help me push it??

I'v been doing research in Affordable housing and i have some cost effective concepts that are still profitable. (I'm serious about this).



These are the kind of thoughts that should be generated into sound minds in order to key into the PPP initiative........Not just criticize, as if they've once won best Governor of a State somewhere before...........its all in their heads.

[quote author=Gbawe.]Indeed. I really cannot believe the crap some are writing here. Imagine his dumb and arrogantly ignorant use of "WE" here in relation to a project 100% funded by the private sector? Yet he is worried about the "reasoning level" of others? This is how you know what is driving contributors like Lastpage i.e the fact they cannot calm down and, like reasonable adults, realise that this is a Lagos initiative the private sector is helping to actualise.

When these nuisance posters cannot discern this basic distinction you can understand they won't be part of the solutions any time soon and will limit themselves to inane and worthless contributions. The lazy thinker is talking about "we invest in trams" without fundamentally understanding that Lagos does not have the money to just "invest" in any idea any random citizen, out of many millions, comes up with however laudable such is !!!! this is the fiscal reality Fashola and guys like the owners of Ropeways transport deal with as builders of society !!!!.

Why does this Lastpage character not work to form his own funding consortium and raise an attractive PPP tram proposition he can approach Lagos with? Would Lagos ever say no to a proactive effort from a genuinely productive 'son of the soil' if, as the most burdened state in Nigeria by far, it is approached with a workable plan for a tram system? Is it not even patently lazy and tediously distracting to begin suggesting one form of transport while condemning another when all progressive Lagosians would fundamentally appreciate that a State which will be hosting 25 million people in the near future will need a transport mix as diverse and as comprehensive as possible?

This is the sadness of it all. We need solutions badly and do not get such. Instead every lazy and vainglorious thinker comes here daily to make 'Holy grail' suggestions that will cost many billions of dollars Lagos does not have without the adult balance to realise that this money must come from somewhere and perhaps even from us getting involved to help our beloved States and Nation grow as Ropeways transport is doing. The day we gain the sophistication to move away from empty and perpetually negative citizens to note some of the solutions lie in our own hands is the day we will begin to see many more companies like Ropeways rising up to bridge the gap between where society has to go and where it is currently.[/quote]That is why the rich are always few in number. They see a problem and they come up with a solution, making a lot of money through selling it.

This is what Lagos State Govt has encouraged through the PPP.

Most people are good at criticizing just to feel important and intelligent. They then go back to their desks in their offices and their life goes on the same cycle it always has..........they then come back the next day to complain some more.