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LOLZZZ!!!!!!!!

After 9 months of lazing about? Damn!

DivideUs:
I did not want to answer this cos I'm tyring from a very uncormftable phone but here it is, the reason why me intelligent beaf can't give answers is because the reason for them coming has nothing to do with nigeria but all to do wit dem countries, see der countries are in financial mess and by extention so are dem bank, they go round looking for funds to boost up dem economies kinda like hilary is doing for the US, so u see its no suprise then that GEJ now says your government can pack money and open accounts in dem country, by doing that the banks pick up and so does d economies. Its that simple

Lol! This is some "clever" crap indeed! I got brain pain just attempting to figure out if it was written in English, Hausa, Gwari or Isoko.
It really is a waste of time attempting to school rocks and stones.

So Nigeria can save Britain and Germany? Interesting shyte! I'd love some of your smoke, sir.

It is no longer a matter of politics or of his opponents trying to score cheap political points

. . .Sounds more like primitive, boko haram style points.
Worthless article.

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Keep asking. But while doing that, do some research on what the visits of Merkel and Cameron were about, it would go a long way to answering the rather shallow question that is befuddling you, sir.

Do you really think Merkel and Cameron came to eat, drink and party? Or do you think it was to tie up plans, policies and directions? And do you imagine that their Nigerian counterpart had no part to play?

I'm stunned.

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You can always rewind to what I said earlier. Dude, some people are daft and they provide unintelligent entertainment for other unintelligent people. I would love to hear what part of GEJ's manifesto you expect to be achieved in two months, if you aren't a mere troublemaker.

Gawd! Some are soo daft it makes my head spin!

Ibori is a very lucky man indeed! He is going to jail in the UK, instead of spending his life in Kirikiri or Gashua.
Anyway's, hopefully there will be enough muscle bound fellow jailbirds that find him "beautiful." LOLZZ!!!

OmoLisabi:
What a useless thread by a dumbo

See dis yeye papa ajasco. We are here celebrating and praisinnnnnnnng da Lord and yet you're talking pure fuckry. Why na?
Abeg, samboribobo jare!!!!

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Hertsnite:
Without colonialism Africa would still be in the stone age/iron age hunting with spears and living in mud huts.

We hear this from every uneducated, uncultured person that has wasted life and talent on drugs and gin. The shocking truth is about the savagery they visited on Africa is below:

Severed hands

Congolese labourers who failed to meet rubber collection quotas were often punished by having their hands cut off.
Failure to meet the rubber collection quotas was punishable by death. Meanwhile, the Force Publique were required to provide a hand of their victims as proof when they had shot and killed someone, as it was believed that they would otherwise use the munitions (imported from Europe at considerable cost) for hunting food. As a consequence, the rubber quotas were in part paid off in chopped-off hands. Sometimes the hands were collected by the soldiers of the Force Publique, sometimes by the villages themselves. There were even small wars where villages attacked neighbouring villages to gather hands, since their rubber quotas were too unrealistic to fill.

One junior white officer described a raid to punish a village that had protested. The white officer in command 'ordered us to cut off the heads of the men and hang them on the village palisades , and to hang the women and the children on the palisade in the form of a cross.'[10] After seeing a Congolese person killed for the first time, a Danish missionary wrote: 'The soldier said "Don't take this to heart so much. They kill us if we don't bring the rubber. The Commissioner has promised us if we have plenty of hands he will shorten our service."'[11] In Forbath's words:

The baskets of severed hands, set down at the feet of the European post commanders, became the symbol of the Congo Free State. , The collection of hands became an end in itself. Force Publique soldiers brought them to the stations in place of rubber; they even went out to harvest them instead of rubber, They became a sort of currency. They came to be used to make up for shortfalls in rubber quotas, to replace, the people who were demanded for the forced labour gangs; and the Force Publique soldiers were paid their bonuses on the basis of how many hands they collected.

In theory, each right hand proved a killing. In practice, soldiers sometimes "cheated" by simply cutting off the hand and leaving the victim to live or die. More than a few survivors later said that they had lived through a massacre by acting dead, not moving even when their hands were severed, and waiting till the soldiers left before seeking help. In some instances a soldier could shorten his service term by bringing more hands than the other soldiers, which led to widespread mutilations and dismemberment.

Death toll

Estimates of the deaths during the period of Leopold's control vary considerably. The reduction of the population of the Congo was noted by all who have compared the country at the beginning of the Free State's rule and the beginning of Belgian rule in 1908. Estimates of contemporary observers, as well as some modern scholars (such as Jan Vansina, professor emeritus of history and anthropology at the University of Wisconsin), suggest that the population decreased by half during this period.[12] Others dispute this; the scholars at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, find a decrease of 15% over the first forty years of colonial rule (up to the census of 1924).

According to British diplomat Roger Casement, this depopulation had four main causes: "indiscriminate war", starvation, reduction of births and diseases.[13] Sleeping sickness ravaged the country and was used by the regime to account for demographic decrease. Opponents of King Leopold's rule stated, however, that the administration itself was to be considered responsible for the spreading of the epidemic.[14] One of the greatest specialists on sleeping sickness, P.G. Janssens, Professor at the Ghent University, wrote:[citation needed]

It seems reasonable to admit the existence on the territories of the Congo Free State, of French Congo and Angola of a certain number of permanent sources that have been put again in activity by the brutal changement of ancestral conditions and ways of life that has accompanied the occupation of the territories.

In the absence of a census (the first was taken in 1924) to provide even an opening figure,[15] it is impossible to quantify population changes in the period. Despite this, Forbath claimed the loss was at least 5 million;[16] Adam Hochschild, and Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem, 10 million;[17][18] the Encyclopædia Britannica[citation needed] and Fredric Wertham's 1966 book "A Sign For Cain: An Exploration of Human Violence"[19] estimate that the population of the Congo dropped from 30 million to 8 and 8.5 million, respectively, in that period. However no verifiable records exist. Louis and Stengers state that population figures at the start of Leopold's control are only "wild guesses", while calling E.D. Morel's attempt and others at coming to a figure for population losses as "but figments of the imagination".[20] To put these population changes in context sourced references state that in 1900, Africa had between 90 million [21] and 133 million people [22].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State

Civilisers?

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Skin colour is skin-deep.

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Celeberate with us!!!!! [/size]

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[size=14pt]Aregbesola inaugurates 14-member cabinet[/size]
By Bisi Olaniyi, Port Harcourt17 hours 38 minutes ago

As the Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, inaugurated his 14-person cabinet yesterday,  he told the people of the state that his cabinet would concentrate on programmes that would facilitate rapid growth for the state.
The governor administered the oath of allegiance on the commissioners after they had been screened and cleared by the 26-member House of Assembly.

Reading his address at the multi-purpose hall of the state Local Government Service Commission, Abere, venue of the swearing-in of the commissioners, Aregbesola said those that mounted pressure on him to appoint his own commissioners should know what Oyinlola’s administration did with his cabinet.

Aregbesola said records revealed that the administration of his predecessor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, held only 45 cabinet meetings throughout his tenure from May, 2003 and November, 2010.

He said Oyinlola and his commissioners used the few state executive meetings to deliberate on principally appointments and installation of obas (traditional rulers) rather than deliberating issues that would touch lives of the people positively.

“[size=14pt]Surprisingly, our critics were hammering the issue of appointment of commissioners as if the state cannot be governed without the commissioners.[/size] Whereas they did not tell the public that during Oyinlola’s administration, the governor and the then commissioners had no time for the jobs they were paid to do. Records show that state executive meetings were not regular,” the governor said.

The list of the commissioners went thus: Dr. (Mrs.) Temitope Ilori (Health), Barrister Suraj Ajibola Bashir (Regional Integration and Special Duties), Mr. Sunday Akere (Information), Mr. Richard Adewale Adedoyin (Agriculture and Food Security), Mr. Muyiwa Ige (Lands and Physical Planning).

Mr. Wale Afolabi (Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice), Mr. Stephen Kola Balogun (Youth and Sports Development), Kolapo Alimi (Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs), Mr. Ismail Jayeoba Alagbada (Commerce, Co-operatives and Empowerment), Dr. Wale Bolorunduro (Finance and Economic Development), Professor Oyawoye (Environment), Ms. Mobolaji Akande (Women Affairs) and Mr. Sikiru Ayedun (Tourism).

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/15714-aregbesola-inaugurates-14-member-cabinet.html

I really pity Osun state people. They elected a dud that makes high sounding but crazily quixotic speeches. Almost 9 months, just to choose a set of commissioners?
Osun state with all its history and culture, deserves so much better than a crazy. It really is a pity.

What a funny lot some Nigerians are (or should I say Chadians?).

GEJ was sworn in on 29 May 2011, so I wonder what part of his manifesto was scheduled to be delivered in 2 months? Some people are daft.
It is the same type of abysmal application of [b]un[/b]intelligence that leads their kind to sponsor boko haram, and make crazy religiously, ethnically and sectionally bigoted statements.

Shame.

dustydee:
The banners are not necessary. Haba? Imagine Obama putting his picture on a bag of subsidized fertilizer sold to American farmers. It's silly in my opinion. I wonder how much they made those banners.

That is a totally different argument. You could argue against the costs, but publicity always costs money; the people need to know that there are new outlets for kerosine that cost exactly the amount it says on the tin.
This initiative is soccour to the long suffering poorest sections of the Nigerian society who cannot afford cooking gas. Even that needs to be advertised.

The thread is founded on a very different premise though; one that is a wicked that ministers now sell kerosine. The shameful and uncaring outbursts it drew from some, is testament to the fact that many would lie, steal and kill to undermine good from govt. The question is; why?

Truth is, the UK is a poor country playing at being rich. Such widespread stealing, even in some tiny places like Salford only goes to show the deep rot in society.
These things are an eye opener for foolish people willing to risk life and limb crossing the desert or stowing away on ships, trucks and aircraft to get into Europe. Guys, stay home and develop 9ja where you have immense opportunities.

What have the protests, looting and burning in the UK got to do with Africa? Or do you think the UK is an African country? Dude, get off your blinking horse.

13volts:
,well we have been ruled quite recently my leaders from the south, yet no tangable changes in the way government is run. is still business as usual. all the recent oil ministers are from the south. did I hear any body yelling that the [size=14pt]minister of oil[/size] should resign or na sanusi lamido fault again.

Damn!
Who, what, or where is that, sir?

10 year old suicide bomber?
The army must keep on ridding the place of boko haram. No two ways.

Why lie that the FCT minister and govs now sell kerosine? Desperation sha!

This is about cutting out the distributors and thieves that hoard kerosine and cause artificial scarcities / impossible price hikes. Its really shameful that anyone would even think of condemning the initiative.
NNPC is moving to cut out the middleman and sell directly to the people. If the crooked distributors can compete, then let them sell at a lower price.

My phone.
I don't even have a blinking bible.

manchy7531:
Only a fool will believe this story.

I so believe this. . .

No!!! Lol!

Nija4Life:
Once, again excuse, excuse, excuses and blame, when are the black community ever going to take some responsibility for their own shortcomings? Why are those young people expecting not to achieve anything? Is it because they can’t be bothered to learn when they go to school or are their parents not supporting them through education? It could be either of both or both of them if you ask me.

If the educated ones aren’t able to get jobs in London, they could consider moving out of London and look for jobs elsewhere or even go abroad. It does appear some don’t want to leave their comfort zone in London. They could think of starting a business or those with African heritage could go to their native country and get a job or engage in a business.

I really don’t get this whole talk all the time that kids don’t have anything to do, really? They are very lucky they live in a country where there are parks near neighbourhoods, why can’t they go out and kick a ball or run off some of their excess energy or better still they can visit the library and read a book! When I was growing up in Nigeria, we had no parks or playing fields but we made the most of what we had. Some kids in this country have too many choices and lack discipline. The govt needs to give teachers and parents more powers to raise children with some discipline and stop giving out houses to people who are not old enough to look after themselves let alone having babies. Parents should be responsible if their daughters get pregnant at a young age, because in my view that is part of the problem. There is a new generation of children as young as 14 having children who they just cannot look after which is breeding a society of children without any sense of discipline or values.

We need to take a cue from Indian parents who are streets ahead of the black community because of their drive and sacrifice to ensure their children get the best of education. It is no coincidence they are doing well in Medicine, Dentistry and Law. We could learn a thing or two from them instead of the constant moans.

I don't know why, but this "black" guy looks rather white to me. No?
Maybe na malaria de worry me sha! Lol!

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Che! Na wa for "black" people!!!!!

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The place is clearly abandoned. Its in a village called Ovierie along Warri-Sapele Road.
I am not as concerned at the state of the school as I am that it is abandoned; no school premises should be left to rot away. But those closer to the place might give cogent reasons for why its that way, especially in a state with one of the highest literacy rates in the country and one that regularly tops JAMB results.

Myklyn98:
What a greatnews from Niger Republic President to Federal Republic of Nigeria's President. See, what you can't do for your people, I have been able to do it for my people. BTW who is the Minister of Petroleum in Nigeria? DAM and who was the former minister GDJ. Am and

So you think that the importation of refined fuel that has been going on for decades can be stopped by magic? Abi you tink se petroleum minister office de Okija?
Rubbish.

Please peeps, lets apply some common sense. Yes, importing fuel doesn't tell well on the country, but thats not to say we should allow our intelligence decrease. What we should be doing is finding out if measures are being put in place to halt the embarrassing practice, and if not, we can take to the streets, facebook, twitter or whatever. But to shout senselessly only casts us not too smart.

agabaI23:
A trace for who owns the refinery will take you back to Nigeria!

Lol! It is a Chinese company.
How your side, bruv?

I don't know why becomerich won't come and give us the map of the Beninoise President sef. Lol!

Gaddem!!!

[size=14pt]Benin is Nigeria’s 37th state, says country’s president[/size]
By Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji
August 10, 2011 02:55AM

The President of Republic of Benin, Bonny Yayi, yesterday praised former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, for his contribution to the growth of the African continent, declaring that Mr Obasanjo’s governance style and leadership quality is worthy of emulation.

He also affirmed his attachment to Nigeria, which he promised to visit every one month because his country is like the 37th state of Nigeria.

He made this submission while paying what he called a “thank you visit” to Mr Obasanjo at his private home located at the Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, adding that he was there to show appreciation.

“I have come to visit my father, Baba Obasanjo, who is a world leader who should not be ignored. He contributes positively towards the ongoing genuine democracy in my country, Benin Republic, and many other African nations. I shall forever remain grateful to him,” Mr Yayi said.

He noted that the former Nigerian leader played a major role in his {Yayi’s} emergence as his nation’s president, as well as playing leadership role across the African continent in the spirit of genuine leadership.

Mr Yayi, who flew into Abeokuta in an helicopter, recalled that even after Mr Obasanjo had left office, he had made it possible for him to have direct contact with subsequent Nigerian presidents, Umar Yar’Adua and the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, for his country to have good working relationship with Nigeria.

At home in Nigeria

He said he had resolved that, henceforth, he would be visiting Nigeria on a monthly basis so that the cordial relationship between his government and that of Nigeria will remain intact, stressing that the two countries share the same tradition and culture.

Mr Yayi boasted that he had “tapped from the fountain of knowledge of Obasanjo” and he was proud over that, pointing out that Mr Obasanjo’s work on the growth of Africa made him to name a street after him in Benin Republic.

“For me, Obasanjo is my father because since I came on board as president, he has been of tremendous help to me and my country.

“Anytime I see him, I am always very very happy. I am at home coming to see him. Obasanjo is a great man. What is important to me is for God to give him long life. [size=14pt]My plan is to be coming to Nigeria every month because we cannot do without Nigeria. Benin is like the 37th state of Nigeria[/size],” he said.

Welcoming his guest, Mr Obasanjo noted that the visit of the Beninoise President to his home is like a visit to Nigeria, adding that he was delighted to receive him.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5738413-147/story.csp

This is a problem that can be resolved with inference.

Alice said "Carlos did it". John said "I did not do it". Carlos said "Diana did it". Diana said "Carlos lied when he said I did it"

Carlos, Alice and Diana where on the scene and are all lying.
Alice said "Carlos did it". She has a very firm idea of who did it, therefore it is highly probable she was there.
Carlos said "Diana did it". Carlos also has a very unambigious idea of who did it, therefore it is also highly probable he was on the scene.
Diana said "Carlos lied when he said I did it" Carlos accused Diana because she was there. Diana accused Carlos of lying that she did it, she is implying that she knows that Carlos knows the real culprit like she does.

Diana and Alice accuse Carlos of lying, because they know who broke in.

John said "I did not do it". He only knows he did not do it. He has no idea of who is lying, neither has he been accused of lying, and thats because he wasn't there. John is telling the truth.

Very nice and "to the point" article, thanks.

I've been using the entity framework with MySql recently (porting NopCommerce) and its a real pain having to wade through so much XML.
Microsoft could have achieved much more if they hadn't taken the XML route, so coders get caught out with funny errors (eg case sensitivity) that could have been better dealt with by resolving the model to proper C#, C++ or VB code.

One way or the other, the truth will out. The nation needs to know everything that is on Al Mustapha's 11 sacks of video evidence. If things are properly done, we will clear the nation of a full layer of murderers and scumbags.

IMHO, Al Mustapha is only opening up because this is the first time he feels safe to do so, the nation is no longer under the thumb of the military cabal that held Nigeria in thrall up till Yar Adua's time. It is of paramount importance that his safety is guaranteed.

[quote author=haka_nai]@beaf
Never thought you would someday sound so nationalistic.Not withstanding Its only fair to admit ,when someone makes good sense.I like your post here.Just try on the other hand to water down the constant blame of Nigeria woes on the Core North.That in itself does not present the truth and sounds like someone being told, the bogey man story from childhood mentality.
We are all victims of corrupt people from various zones and religion.If the core north is to blame,I never saw any of there accomplice from other regions complain all this while.Except for when it comes to power hustles.Which keeps the ordinary man out always.yet you find it easy to always generalize.I respect some of your views but others you sound bias.[/quote]haka_nai, if you check carefully enough, you'll find that my posts against the core-North always imply that I am talking about the elite. It is a hard truth that must be told in uncompromising language, the North desperately needs a fresh crop of leaders and thats basically whats contained in my messages.

teskyg:
We have continue to remain blind to the intrigues of our politicians.They benefited immensely from 8 years(4 years tenure each) (Contracts for printing of ballot papers and other electoral materials) ;renting of venues for meetings and rallies;which is usually outsourced to party members, money go round as mobilization fees for all party faithfuls; printing of banners;posters;jingles ;advertisement;every four years, They cant imagine losing all these source of income for a single term where they will only have the opportunity to get contract from INEC for only once .

I am embarrassed at the kind of oppositions party in Nigeria.They think criticizing all Government policies is what will bring them back to power.The bill is suitable for the future of these country.The excused that it is wrong timing cannot be justified and we should look beyond the cloud in our criticism.

The north also does not want to see anything good with this Government.We can move forward if we continue to allow ourselves to be deceived by ethnic and religious politics.

Very well said. People look to the US in awe of what they have been able to achieve in a country that is by far more ethnically, politically and racially diverse than any other country on planet Earth. It is a country that has been made to work by fashioning diversity into a strength and guaranteeing equal rights to one and all, regardless of where they are from.

The US got where it is today, because of the immense courage and foresight of its founders, who in the midst of the most dire and dissagreable conditions had the vision to spurn the philosophical foundations of equal rights and justice. It was done in a time of civil war, slavery, usery, bootlegging and the "wild, wild West." In the US, you are first an American, before you hail from a state like Texas or Virginia; your rights are never diluted by your state of origin not coinciding with your state of residence.

America, such an incredibly diverse nation has men on the Moon, has built the biggest military, the biggest economy, it has given us Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Google, Facebook, Ebay, Amazon, Adobe, LinkedIn, PayPal and a lot of others. Each of those companies make by far more money than any Nigerian state and the founders of a few can be traced to immigrants, everyone pitching in to make the country bigger. Everywhere you look, the star spangled banner is in evidence, its philosophies guiding the people.
The US is diverse, but strong; love it or hate it, America is a truly great country.

One country has given us the Arnold Schwarzeneggers, Kase Lawals, Hakeem Olajuwons and many others, yet the country isn't less American, no; it is the stronger for it.

The primitive tribal and religious sentiments that dictate that our rights in Nigeria are your diluted when our state of origin does not coincide with state of residence desperately need to be pulled. It will take guts, intellect and moral fortitude, but it can be done. Nigeria can reach the heights of the US, we are not nearly as diverse or populated as them, so why not?

Primitive tribal and religious sentiments that are born of insecurities, esteem issues, fear of the unknown etc, will always be defeated by truth, morality and the will to enforse common sense for the betterment of the man and woman on the street.