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transformR:
You obviously don't otherwise you would be aware of the underlying cause of the current crisis in the Congo; its very poor of you to skim over wikipedia articles then return to be cynical and defensive.

here comes the CIA killed lumumba theories blah blah blah.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=354159.msg4967932#msg4967932 date=1258762730],then either he has not been well served by his foreign policy advisers,or he is being intentionally ignorant[/quote]more like he is prioritizing his visits. Ghana is seen an emerging economy and soon to be oil producing so why not go there?

The secretary of state visited Nigeria so that's a consolatory price.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=354159.msg4967908#msg4967908 date=1258762338]Is nigeria in the middle east?[/quote]did i say Nigeria is in the middle east

transformR:
How comes you did not mention it?   I live in the UK and I watch all the American channels and it did not get more than 2 minutes - come on be honest!

umm the issue of debt relief or payments have come up before on CNN, PBS and countless of other network. no disrespect but it seems you are the one looking for soley negative reports on Africa

Who caused the crisis in Congo? Have you heard of Lumumba?

umm we know who patrice lumumba is.  not that much of a secret.

Why dose Zimbabwe get so much coverage? Because some White farmers got a bloody nose; why did they not give Abachas regime the same treatment?

the alarming inflation rate and election violence in zimbabwe dominated the news recently and not the fate of white farmers.  

Darfur is a bad situation - its a war of Arabs trying to wipe out Africans and yes it gets plenty of coverage because its negative and tell me why do they give it so much coverage and NO HELP!!! Why has Obama not mentioned it?

no help? you mean charity groups such as doctors with borders are offering no help?  or the sudanese president being summoned with a warrant (that the AU is against) is no help? The bills passed by the UN is no help?  The support provided to the african taskforce in sudan is no help?  

well lets just agree to disagree.

i hope u know the US imports more oil from nigeria than saudi arabia,and its the sweet kind they prefer in the refineries here,saudi has heavy crude instead

nigeria is 4th, while saudi-arabia is 5th.  the difference is negligible as kobo pointed out. There are US army bases in saudi-arabia and saudi's are needed in middle east peace talks.   I think it's safe to say saudi-arabia is a bigger ally than Nigeria.

muhsin:
But that of Israel out-weight that of Palastine. Incontestable fact.

umm it's contestable. palestinians don't even have an effective government or voice. Who does Israel negotiate with, hamas or fatah?

both sides need to stop passing the blame to one another.

Islam and Christianity aren't exactly mutually exclusive. they are both strange diversions from Judaism.

ouch that hurt.

bitch please

[quote author=Tudór link=topic=353683.msg4949612#msg4949612 date=1258548481]This is Tudór from living faith sahara desert (church Treasurer) would papa oyedepo kindly send his 2 Jets over to help convey us and our camels to the venue?[/quote]lmao the funniest post i have read in a while

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=354159.msg4967725#msg4967725 date=1258759281]but he went to china,he went to saudi arabia,he went to russia,see the hypocricy
nigeria,kenya and SA has arguably better freedoms and democratic idealS than these countries he happily visited,so why the double standard?[/quote]china, saudi-arabia and russia are bigger trade partners and deemed bigger priorities than the after mentioned countries.  China is need to address the issue of North Korea and saudi-arabia is a big ally in the middle-east.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=354159.msg4967746#msg4967746 date=1258759557]he meant size of economy,read my post above[/quote]so what? they are countries on the right path. 

You should be concerned about addressing the issues that led to the media coverage and not media coverage itself.  negativity and controversy sells.

transformR:
With all due respect Botswana and Liberia two of the smallest countries in Africa? If thats all you can come up with then you have proved that Africa gets a raw deal in the media.  Thats like saying the coverage of Lithuania and Liechtenstein in the media will shine a bright light on Europe 

Botswana - I have never seen a thing about them, what program when? Liberia, interestingly, who brought peace to Liberia? How much did Nigeria spend on Liberia and Sierra Leone? do you know?

Bob Geldof and U2 were doing concerts and getting incredible amounts of publicity when they said they were trying to save Africa.  Even Bob Geldof (a realist) said its disgraceful that a few rock stars can get so much attention for Africa but the media ignores Africans.  They were doing all of that for $2 billion.  Meanwhile Nigeria paid off $34 billion worth of debt one of the biggest debt payments of all time! Did it make the front page? Did it get any coverage?    Believe me the Oyinbos spend every second degrading Arfricans its a tradition - Africans are seen as Kids.

why should size matter?  Japan is a relatively small country but that hasn't stopped them from developing an economy.  It's pretty Ignorant to make fun of these countries because of their size.

Not all the debt was paid off by Nigeria as some of it was relieved and yes it did make the news.    Debt relief for african countries has made the news a number of time.  Its funny when Africans whine about media coverage.   Are these media houses lying when they show pictures of zimbabwe, congo and darfur?

lol this is jokes.

transformR:
Can you give an example of the good parts please?

the economic advancement in countries like botswana would be an example. Reconstruction in Liberia. More negatives than positives though.

it's funny when people say the good parts of african should be shown. The point is the good parts of Africa are being shown but the negative overwhelm the good parts.

Most Nigerians would be complaining if slum dog millionaire was staged in Nigeria. hey lets ignore the bad parts and act as if they don't exist.

Aywire:
That man has suffered enough. He must have offended PDP thats why he cant escape diz mess dat many others have majestically strolled out of.

enough?

Gekko:
So, did Henry just single-handedly destroyed his legacy or is this going to pass like gas?

he would be ok. he already admitted to handling the ball so it's not as if there is a cover up.

He could not even find the contracts he had originally signed, Mr Tennink added.

lol naija boy

JeSoul:
It won't if its limited and used properly.
Basketball reviews end of game or game-altering calls, Baseball reviews whether it was a home run or not, Tennis issues I think 2 challenges per set to the players and extra if it goes into a tie break.

  American football should be the standard. The coaches have challenges/timeouts (2 per half I think) - if they challenge uneccesarily/are wrong they lose a very costly timeout. Also officials can themselves initiate a review of a call during the last 2 minutes of a game.

  Soccer needs to catch up with the times and institute replay asap to stop the kind of injustice that happened to Ireland. One challenge (review/replay) can be equal to a substitution if the coach ends up being wrong, that way a coach would think long and hard before challenging a call on the field.

I agree, just restrict what can be challenged.

a classic example would have being Ikpeba's penalty kick during the nations cup . It won't slow down the game if used effectively.

SEFAGO:
, I was like "ki lo wi" and before you know it we were chatting like old friends about nigeria

awon boiz

SEFAGO:
I have gotten checks too in the mail . I just needed to f orward all my information to cash the check. Better still, i called the bank which was supposed to issue the check and although the boys started to try and hide their nigerian accent, immediately i spoke yoruba to them- to quickly revealed that it was yahoo yahoo and i should tear the check.

they mailed you a check? damn these nuccas are bold

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[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=354159.msg4959954#msg4959954 date=1258660328]conversion, conversion from what to what? from u praying to the gods of your ancestors to you praying to a white european jesus[/quote]i'm an atheist.  You think i care about Christianity?

commerce, yea they came to trade in slaves

nope, the initial form of exchange among europeans and africans was trade for goods such as palm oil, gold, copper, peanuts spices etc.  Slavery became a more profitable venture after that.  Missionaries like Livingston actually campaigned against slavery, especially the Arab slave trade. What they did encourage was colonization.

civilization, are u a damn fool too? did the white man build the bini kingdom too? or the oyo,kanem bornu empires,or the igbo civilization too
what was your dads forefathers doing going back to before the white man showed up?who was feeding them,how come they were able to take more than 100million able bodied men women and children out of africa,if we were just sitting around dying of starvation with no civilization?
civilization my foot,that must be the biggest joke i heard this year

This were the ideas of the missionaries not mine.  Learn to read people. there was always an exchange of technology and craft between Europeans and Africans.  There is evidence Africans adopted ideas from Europeans such as gun making and the printing press (brought by the missionaries).   

transformR:
Have you got a white wife or something, you love defending white crimes with passion don't ya?  .  CCC [/b]means [size=13pt][b]C[/size]razy[size=13pt] C[/size]lumsy [size=13pt]C[/size]oon  https://i.imagehost.org/0734/LMAO.gif and we all know thats you bawomolo and your brother hackney.

ha ha you made a funny.

chosen04:
We obviously need more Gideon Orkars. There is no need of pretending, the forced unity has failured all of us. The faster we recognise we are not supposed to be together the better for us.

why don't you become a Gideon Orkar rather than spewing verbose on the net? talk the talk and walk the walk.

A supposedly rich well off guy should have a better way to waste his time.

OBVIOUS:
I have not questioned whether or not he should be exposed. I have questioned the credibility of the Sahara Reporters.

Re-read my post about the man with the daughter---- the man did what he did for his grandkids.

Umm at the expense of the nation and more capable office holders? i don't buy that excuse.

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see juju, i bind and unbind you in jesus name.

MRbrownJAY:
OBAMA was the right puppet needed to bring americans together. . . . . . . . . what has he done lately?!

no better than BUSH so far!!!!!

you are right, bring our tax cuts back

"The effect of this event will force the nations of the world to begin to see every Nigerian from a positive light and the country as a nation where bribery and corruption are frowned at, freedom of movement assured, security of life guaranteed", he said.

where have i heard this before? hmm

Katsumoto:
LOL
They chase booty in the celebrity section? Is he chasing celebs or groupies?

all of the above

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-350215.0.html

Katsumoto:
I agree that RichyBlack is biased; he disingenously permits tribe-bashing threads. He also insults posters who do not share his points of view.

Having said that, SEFAGO, I am not sure you would make a good moderator. I would prefer someone like Aloy_Emeka or CitizenY.

Aloy_Emeka is too busy chasing booty in the celebrity section.

JeSoul:
I was just about to say that. Instant replay and issuing of 'challenges' by the coach should be a staple in every sport.

you know the old school purists would come out saying it slows down the game and all that nonsense.