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All this grammar u guys are speaking and dodging the truth so u dnt cut across as shallow, God is watching oh

Who is a guy with potential?

A GUY WITH POTENTIAL IS THAT GUY THAT IS CURRENTLY FINANCIALLY STABLE WITH A HIGH TENDENCY TO INCREASE THAT FINANCE AS THE YEARS PROGRESSES.

In the current financial realities on ground, be earning, at the very least 150k (give or take), hv a job/buisness that can atleast double that revenue in say, every 5yrs ... oh, and I am refering to those under 30. The requirements change as the age increases.

Ladies and gents, that is potential for you.

So... having observed deductions on my account for SMS alerts, I wrote to my bank to inquire why I still get the deductions even after I expressly requested for only mail alerts. Reasons being that I get my mails, smtimes even before my SMSes, coupled with the fact that I am currently not in the country and hence my number not in service.
Further more, my online banking is sufficient for me to track my transactions. But to my utmost surprise, I was informed that the CBN has made SMS alerts mandatory for every account.

MY QUESTION AND ANNOYANCE IS... WHY SHLD SMS ALERT BE MADE MANDATORY? Attached is the mail I got frm my bank

Drove for the first time at 14, pops beetle. (Just within the compound tho). I learnt hw to reverse first, and turning angles was what interested me most.

Continued with my honda C75 bike (loved that bike... had it frm abt 10yrs) for another year plus. At 16 tho, became designated official house driver. It actually became a borden, frm my sisters to my mum, frm going to the market, to picking my aunts and uncles up frm the park.

First intrastate at 20, first interstate at 25. Lokoja - abuja road it was, and yrs later, I still dread that stretch of highway.

I really dnt say anything befor I pick my calls.... I usually play a game of guessing the caller in my head befor I chk it.... makes me smile whenever I am right.. (and I am almost always right.

Pops: pick immediately and.. " goodevening sir" ( Its always evening)

Boss: I take a deep breath, *official voice* let it ring for abt 5secs then " Goodday sir"

Chic: Look at it.. let it ring for abt 7 to 10 secs, take a deep breath then..*Deep voice*.. "Hello Evelyn"

My guys.. "Hey sup"

Unknown number.. let it ring for abt 10 secs then * formal voice... Hello goodday

Debonair01: Y'all can say what you like... but deep in ur heart i knw it just kind of feels "uncomfortable" seeing ur president bare foot. I dnt really care what he does in "his house", but please just spare me the sight. Pictures shldnt be taken is such informal settings for nigerians to see. As a president, leader, pastor, MD, you need to be careful the kind of image u let ur subjects see. Some may call it pretence, but i say..... its a necessary and integral part of leadership to manage the kind of image u portray, that every image must serve its purpose (of which i think this one serves no positive purpose). This includes how you laugh, stand, talk, dress. As long as it is going to be in the glare of ur subjects, either through pictures or whatever... please cut the excesses.

I want a mystery around my president, i want an assuring president, i dnt want "see finish" syndrome arnd my president.

SO, please.... aides to the president, or anyone here that knows someone that knows any aide, I dnt want to see my president like this again please. If pictures are going to be taken at any meeting, please lets see an official president, and if he decides to where boxers or singlet to any meeting, just spare me the sight please by not letting anyone take his picture.

#my personal opinion and i dnt expect anyone to agree with my POV, but if you cnt relate to what i just wrote, then u might not have any business as a leader

WORD!!

Hi.. sup guys, I use a note 2 also, been using it since 2012 like a mnth after it was released. I can authoritatively say its one of the best phones I ever used, and I still do recommend it to whoever wnts to go for it

On a different note, the note 4 and iphone 6 are to be realeased in just a little over a mnth, I think both phones wld be mad. SGN 4, I believe is coming with a new design (was disappointed in note 3... I cldnt justify an upgrade).

Anyways, sgn2 users, do u see urself upgrading to note 4?

For me....Even without much to go by, I am really excited for september. If they pull another S5 stunt tho (not up to expectation) then I am officially done with sammy and embracing the iphone 6, atleast I am quite certain that wld hv premium build, with the bigger screen fulfilling all my fantasies.

Missy89: so we should just take your word for it without adequate evidence or proof?

yeah... does sound like a good idea from where i am seated , but then again, the premise for my argument (article not being bull in its entirety) already did shed some light on the religious angle, of which i do agree with. Inertly, the muslim sees the Jew as infidels that need not be let to exist and the jews see the muslim in same light, and occupation, domination or attacks are not taken any less lightly. Alliances at different points in history between the muslim Arab world and the jew Isreal has been bore mainly out of necessity and filled with distrust, hence a breakdown in most of such alliances.

Finally, i got quite a number of Arab friends and their dislike and distrust for anything Jewish (and/or christian for that matter) isn't just humanitarian, i can tell you for sure.

Missy89: so in short you are back peddling , trying to deflect and attempting to change the context after saying this :

If u dnt knw that the main underlying sentiments is religious, them my dear, I hv nothing to tell u

Nice try.

The ruling party on both sides are right wing and the religious argument from Israel is to get public support from Europe and America and Hamas is doing the same thing to get support from the Arab World (it is vice versa)

Well informed people are not buying that. I just gave you different reasons to debunk that theory and let me add a few more.

In 1948, the Jordanians agreed secretly not to attack Israel. King Abdullah saw Palestinian nationalism as a thereat. so if it has anything to do with religion, why should the Arabs in Jordan meet with the Jews and Palestine to reach and agreement to suppress Arabs in Palestine?

here is an excerpt :

[b]In 1947, as the conflict over Palestine entered the crucial stage, the contacts between the Jewish side and King ‘Abdullah intensified. Golda Meir of the Jewish Agency had a secret meeting with ‘Abdullah in Naharayim on 17 November 1947. At this meeting they reached a preliminary agreement to coordinate their diplomatic and military strategies, to forestall the mufti, and to endeavor to prevent the other Arab states from intervening directly in Palestine. Twelve days later, on 29 November, the United Nations pronounced its verdict in favor of dividing the area of the British mandate into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. This made it possible to firm up the tentative understanding reached at Naharayim. In return for ‘Abdullah's promise not to enter the area assigned by the UN to the Jewish state, the Jewish Agency agreed to the annexation by Transjordan of most of the area earmarked for the Arab state. Precise borders were not drawn and Jerusalem was not even discussed as under the UN plan it was to remain a corpus separatum under international control. Nor was the agreement ever put down in writing. The Jewish Agency tried to tie ‘Abdullah down to a written agreement but he was evasive.[/b]

Now,

should i debunk 5 & 6 as well?

Call it back peddling or re-edit (I axtually did that to my initial post) and i am pretty sure u didnt understand what i said as religion being the only sentiment. I still hold that religion plays A role in that conflict. As much as I wld hv loved to give historic and other causes or contributing reasons or roles the reasons play (played or playing) in the conflict, I do not intend to (or hv the capacity to, for that matter)

But one thing I am certain of, the article isnt "bull" (as u called it) in its entirety, just like alot of other articles or news on the conflict

Granted, the cause, nature, direction and even resolution of the conflict is way more complicated than just pinning it down on a single point.
I still strongly believe that non of these reasons can be treated in isolation.

Missy89: If it was religious why didn't the Jordanians grant Palestine its independence between 1946-67?

If it was religious why did the Jordanians Fight the Palestinians in 1970 (Black September)

If it was religious, why did Syria invade Lebanon in other to destroy the PLO that left Jordan and the west bank after black September (Lebanese civil war)

why did the Egyptian army drove into Gaza in 1948 to occupy the place if this was about religion?

why did Nasser propose a federation (UAR) with Syria in 1952 after coming to power if this was about religion?

You obviously have no clue about what you are talking about. The article belongs in the trash

We may go down history lane on the middle east as much as u like, but that doesn't negate the fact that ONE of the underlying issues in the isreali - Palestinian conflict is religion. Note that I didnt say (and I believe the autor of the article) it is the only underlying issue, but if u honestly can say religion plays no role whatsoever in the conflict... I pray u say so

Ehmmm MrBrown, I am composing a roboust reply plz ( ) one that can not be typed on my mobile nor in motion, getting to my pc soon.

But my reply to missy89 was due to the fact that she outrightly discourages pple frm reading because the points raised are "bull". that I do not agree, even tho I dnt necessarily agree with every sentence of the article.

Brb

Missy89: Lol. Getting emotional and using ad homien attacks doesn't make you right and wont intimidate anyone.
If you don't know that numbers 2, 5 & 6 are wrong then i don't know what tell you.

twosquare: 2. Why does everyone keep saying this is not a religious conflict?

There are three pervasive myths that are widely circulated about the "roots" of the Middle East conflict:

Myth 1: Judaism has nothing to do with Zionism.
Myth 2: Islam has nothing to do with Jihadism or anti-Semitism.
Myth 3: This conflict has nothing to do with religion.

To the "I oppose Zionism, not Judaism!" crowd, is it mere coincidence that this passage from the Old Testament (emphasis added) describes so accurately what's happening today?

"I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods." - Exodus 23:31-32

Or this one?

"See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers -- to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- and to their descendants after them." - Deuteronomy 1:8

There's more: Genesis 15:18-21, and Numbers 34 for more detail on the borders. Zionism is not the "politicization" or "distortion" of Judaism. It is the revival of it.

And to the "This is not about Islam, it's about politics!" crowd, is this verse from the Quran (emphasis added) meaningless?

"O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you--then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people." - Quran, 5:51

What about the numerous verses and hadith quoted in Hamas' charter? And the famous hadith of the Gharqad tree explicitly commanding Muslims to kill Jews?

Please tell me -- in light of these passages written centuries and millennia before the creation of Israel or the occupation -- how can anyone conclude that religion isn't at the root of this, or at least a key driving factor? You may roll your eyes at these verses, but they are taken very seriously by many of the players in this conflict, on both sides. Shouldn't they be acknowledged and addressed? When is the last time you heard a good rational, secular argument supporting settlement expansion in the West Bank?

Denying religion's role seems to be a way to be able to criticize the politics while remaining apologetically "respectful" of people's beliefs for fear of "offending" them. But is this apologism and "respect" for inhuman ideas worth the deaths of human beings?

People have all kinds of beliefs -- from insisting the Earth is flat to denying the Holocaust. You may respect their right to hold these beliefs, but you're not obligated to respect the beliefs themselves. It's 2014, and religions don't need to be "respected" any more than any other political ideology or philosophical thought system. Human beings have rights. Ideas don't. The oft-cited politics/religion dichotomy in Abrahamic religions is false and misleading. All of the Abrahamic religions are inherently political.

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5. Why are people asking for Israel to end the "occupation" in Gaza?

Because they have short memories.

In 2005, Israel ended the occupation in Gaza. It pulled out every last Israeli soldier. It dismantled every last settlement. Many Israeli settlers who refused to leave were forcefully evicted from their homes, kicking and screaming.

This was a unilateral move by Israel, part of a disengagement plan intended to reduce friction between Israelis and Palestinians. It wasn't perfect -- Israel was still to control Gaza's borders, coastline, and airspace -- but considering the history of the region, it was a pretty significant first step.

After the evacuation, Israel opened up border crossings to facilitate commerce. The Palestinians were also given 3,000 greenhouses which had already been producing fruit and flowers for export for many years.

But Hamas chose not to invest in schools, trade, or infrastructure. Instead, it built an extensive network of tunnels to house thousands upon thousands of rockets and weapons, including newer, sophisticated ones from Iran and Syria. All the greenhouses were destroyed.

Hamas did not build any bomb shelters for its people. It did, however, build a few for its leaders to hide out in during airstrikes. Civilians are not given access to these shelters for precisely the same reason Hamas tells them to stay home when the bombs come.

Gaza was given a great opportunity in 2005 that Hamas squandered by transforming it into an anti-Israel weapons store instead of a thriving Palestinian state that, with time, may have served as a model for the future of the West Bank as well. If Fatah needed yet another reason to abhor Hamas, here it was.

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6. Why are there so many more casualties in Gaza than in Israel?

The reason fewer Israeli civilians die is not because there are fewer rockets raining down on them. It's because they are better protected by their government.

When Hamas' missiles head towards Israel, sirens go off, the Iron Dome goes into effect, and civilians are rushed into bomb shelters. When Israeli missiles head towards Gaza, Hamas tells civilians to stay in their homes and face them.

While Israel's government urges its civilians to get away from rockets targeted at them, Gaza's government urges its civilians to get in front of missiles not targeted at them.

The popular explanation for this is that Hamas is poor and lacks the resources to protect its people like Israel does. The real reason, however, seems to have more to do with disordered priorities than deficient resources (see #5). This is about will, not ability. All those rockets, missiles, and tunnels aren't cheap to build or acquire. But they are priorities. And it's not like Palestinians don't have a handful of oil-rich neighbors to help them the way Israel has the US.

The problem is, if civilian casualties in Gaza drop, Hamas loses the only weapon it has in its incredibly effective PR war. It is in Israel's national interest to protect its civilians and minimize the deaths of those in Gaza. It is in Hamas' interest to do exactly the opposite on both fronts.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-a-rizvi/picking-a-side-in-israel-palestine_b_5602701.html

Sorry, what is wrong about 2, 5 and 6?

6. Isreal takes better care of its pple and hamas takes care that her pple are killed? What do u think is hammases war tactics? Especially when they knw that barely any rocket drops in isreal? In all honesty, if I were hamas, I wld mostlikely do same thing to attract sympathy. Just like provoking ur bully and allowing the bully beat u up esp when pple are watching

5. What is wrong with that, what is one of hamases main requirement if not to end the occupation, or was the reference to 2005 incident wrong? Isreal started moving, and hamas started building tunnels and stocking rockets

4. If u dnt knw that (one of - edited) the main underlying sentiments is religious, them my dear, I hv nothing to tell u.

Missy89: Pure bull with lots of Junk in it.

Don't waste your time to read this

I think u are an evil and wicked person! Your kind of pple hv made the world as bad as it is.

For one, if u think the write up has alot of junk in it (which, if u think u intelligent enough shld point out), that was because u read it. WHY THEN ADVICE OTHERS NOT TO READ IT? I dnt just understand ur type.

The article, as far as I an consigned is one of the most unbiased once I hv read in a long time. It says it exactly as it is. That both sides are right in their own rights at the same time wrong in other lights. In as much as he did not profer any solution to the problem, he atleast did analyse the issues well.

I challenge you to point out all the "pure bull with lots of crap" you just talked about.

PS: if u going to come here based on sentiments drawn frm the images of wounded and killed women and children in gaza, then just dnt bother, because I already knw ur type.

osi2345: Hey.. I think u don't quite undastand dis fight. Its not a religious fight, but d isreali are not right at all.. lemme give u a little task. Go look at d map of Gaza, it's a part of palestine literily inside isreal. Isreal is controllin deir borders and dictatin wha goes in and out of it (for an independent contry), common.. wld u allow dat to b done to u.. it's plane victimization... watch Aljazeera properly, u'd see Hamas' demands, it make sense...

Do u knw why isreal controls what goes in and comes out? Bcoz if not arms and the likes wld be brought in. Just like blaming Cameron if the close the bothers with Bornu then boko haram starts complaining of been looked out. (Scenerio not exact, but .. guess u get)

Granted, some lands might actually belong to Palestine, but tell me this, if a big and strong bully in ur village takes ur land, do u just go fight, even knowing he will beat u blue black?.. NO, wisdom wld tell u to either plan to be stronger, or pursue other avenues like keep campaigning to the village elders or smthing.

Finally the distrust between isreal and Palestine has been for like for ever, Palestinians wld not hesitate to nuke the entire isreal and isreal knws that... hence they not taking chances.

Ps: in all honesty, demands by both sides can never be met equally and satisfactorily, thats why the international comunity just keeps asking for cease fire. And hope they run out of power befor the next face up

madridguy: Israel killed more than 600 civilians.
# where_is_Obama ?
(The Nobel piece prize winner,2009)
Israel bombed 79 schools.
# Where_is_Malala_Yousafzai ?
( activist for rights to Child education )
Israel destroyed UN buildings,offices
nd violating human rights.
# Where_is_Ban_Ki_moon ?
( United Nations Secretary-General)
Wot a shame . .
Muslim's Are Called Terrorist
Thee Media as Always is Silent But My
Allah Answer's You Through
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Innumerable Life's And Billions of $
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Wait oh... ler me get this straight, sm country starts a war with a superior country, but when it gets hot, thsy beginning to call on the whole world to help. Why dnt they face it rhemselves? And if that whole world intervains, the stupid hammas wld not agree (I call them stupid becoz they trying to fight a stronger force)

Talking of the media, Watch Aljazera for 1 week then come back here and tell me if u see them for once show frm behind the isreali.

As much as I sympathise with the Palestinian kids and women, I blame them for their woes.

Dnt ever enter a fight u cnt win hoping that pple wld come and separate. Na one day them no go come...heheh

hazekctravels: The building is painted, nothing else has changed, the rail tracks has not been extended one bit...

I am saying, fot both pictures to be different but yet OP claims they just different views kind of casts alot of doubts on his authenticity, dnt you think so?

CAN SMONE PLZ UPDATE US PROPERLY AND HONESTLY WHAT IS GOING ON THERE PLZZZZZ?

hazekctravels: Wat dey showed u was dis (1st pics)
And didn't show you dis (2nd pics)

Ps... looking at those two pictures closely, u will notice the yellow painted building in one and not the other. You will also notice the barbed wire not in the second.

It just simply means the two pictures were taken at different times.

PS: Can smone in PH really confirm whether or not the project has progressed passed what the OP has posted? If the OP is trying to misslead us... plz Mods shld do the needful.

Now.. I am beginning to knw hw fo..olish my Nigerian brothers are.

1st: I dislike both APC and PDP..

2nd: the governor started the project when he was pdp so why blame apc?

3rd: Were the first pictures officially realeased by the state govt?

4th: I think Nigeria needs to start sanctioning blogs (nairaland included) that carry junk messages. Come to even think of it sef, when did blogs start being our source of confirmed news?

Finally, on the monorail project, I dnt knw the exact arrangements, if its just a 3km, then its a shame. But if 3km is the first phase of a much grand ph monorail system, then I think it wld make some sense, thats if subsequent govts can keep building on it. The tracks and stations can easily be extended if there is a good master plan on ground.

.. Hamas is fighting a different kind of war this time arnd, and a very wicked one too. Using their pple (wome and children) as human shields to draw sympathy to themselves.

If you are following the current offensive, isreal always announces befor most places are bombed. Telling occupants to move to some other suggested places. But hamas forces them to remain there so that they can get killed or injured.

Hammas even goes aheard to tempt the Isreali by firing frm places where women and children are.

The international community knws this, thats why they kind of quiet for now.

faithugo64: 76.6 million?God is great. I claim this miracle money

Plz dnt take this the wrong way, but why/how can u claim "this miracle money"? Unlike you.. the guy put in several years of hard work and late nights. What efforts hv u made that u are claiming the "miracle money"?

I feel it is dubious on ur part to trivialise smones years of labour so.

With sorrow in my heart and a heavy heart, I wish to highlight how stupid the average nigerian is. This is evident in the comments so far.

Anybody that thinks any particular political party is responsible for bokoharam on the grand scale is either a fool or simply an idiot. Having said that... it shld be noted that most of the pple in either of pdp or apc were at sm point in cohort with the other party.

Let me give a simple test.
1. If you read any of these stories and find a need to blame one political party or another, then ur poverty and stupidity as a dumb follower is far frm over

2. But if u read them and smile, knowing it is just a tactics by the political class to keep the gullible followers confused, one party blaming another, then ur redemption and libration is here.
individuals that are constantly in cohort go on the pages of the news paper to rant, just for foolish nigerians here to be foaming in the mouth.....

I can bet u that the apc spokes man and FFK wld most likely be in same club somewhere, will seat together and drink and eat point and kill with nigerias money while all d time laughing at the peoples stupidity

quid: hmm.. . . . ok
Whatever be the case, I am glad SLS was removed as CBN governor.

He was going to be removed sooner or later. I can asure you tho... that his offense was not complaining about missing funds, but the complaint being made public (either by sanusis doing or not).

Agencies and ministries hv issues all the time, financial issues, management issues.. etc. They all usually petition the presidency to intervene. The problem is even worst with our security agencies, everybody wnts to take the glory. Police, DSS, Army, airforce, even civil defense. Its generally very disgusting hw these govt bodies try to undermine themselves.

quid: You know nothing but rumours

Call it whatever you may, take it or leave it...but trust me when I say this... I am speaking frm a VERY informed position.

And by d way, im sure u part of those benefiting frm the rot in the system, so u will definitly always "look the other way".

I thing I knw for sure, is that sm monies were not accounted for by NNPC as at when sanusi wrote to the president. Maybe not necessarily stolen yet, but with definite intentions of doing so.

Knowing how all govt ministries, agencies and parastatal work in Nigeria, every body wnts to short change every other body. My major problem is with the president. When the issue was brought to his attention, knowing fully well hw his ministries operate, all he wld hv done was to instruct them to go reconcile their accounts and report back to him. HOW DIFFICULT CAN THAT BE?

No, he had to sleep on it, like how he does every situation in this country until it blows out of proportion. WHAT IS REALLY WRONG WITH THAT MAN SEF? is he simply overwhelmed or he does these bluffs on purpose?

The topic reminds me alot of my childhood. Grew up in som rural community so we didnt hv traffic and all.

We had a rule in the house, which my dad place. (It still holds in my house today, even as a grown man). NO MEMBER OF THE FAMILY DRIVES HOME WITH HEAD LAMPS. In otherwords, we must all be home befor dark. And then a second rule, Pops must be informed of everybody's whereabout. Mumsy didnt like it much, but she always had to obey. She always fixes all her visits, womens meetings, office events to end befor 7pm.
(Ps: popsy is always hone by 4pm by the way.)

So, to the topic, I say yes, I might not call it a curfew or it will not be set in stone, but I will expect to always know the whereabout of my wife and expect her to be back home at a decent hr.

It also depends on a number of factors, where does she work, what town do we live in, etc etc. The rule wld also apply to me. It is more of a safety and responsibility issue rather than distrust.

She and my kids will always knw where their papa is, and nights in which he will be coming home late.

Articul8: God's direction. If u av it,u'l never miss it in life.

.. if I may, plz..... why do u feel you dnt already hv it. Abi you expecting an express instruction or manual. Maybe u try a babalawo...lol

Sometimes we christians baffel me. We go to church every sunday, we pray, we fast, we study the bible for years and yet we fail to understand the true christian living. Sometimes, even the way we pray surprises me too. (Gist for another topic, I guess)

For me tho.. one thing Want (all my needs are already being met) is a BETTER NIGERIA. My "better" actually cuts across all sectors (electricity, good/cheap housing, good jobs, good roads, cheap internet, good education. .etc etc)

Abel202: [b]My dear, the point am trying to make is that whether the Nigerians in Malaysia are realy the culprits or not, until there is a valid investigation that proves such, then all this write up is mere speculation. Until they are able to prove that these crimes are being committed by mostly Nigerians, then these are mere speculations.
Granted that Nigerians are very smart and are now sophisticated enough to do what they are doing in Malaysia without being caught. I dont want to go into the morality or otherwise of their actions as everyone knows that crime and fraud is bad; But I maintain that Unless and Untill it is proven beyond every reasonable doubt that any crime is being committed by a Nigerian, no one has the right whatsoever to conjour up a sensationalised write up against my people and you expect me to clap for the person. Hell No!!!
If these westerners are as intelligent and as sophisticated as they have always claimed to be since time immemorial, then how come they claim that the Nigerians always end up outsmarting them and they keep crying blue murder without being able to prove beyond every reasonable doubt that it is the Nigerians that are doing all these?[/b]

Generally I really dnt care about what pple say about me, believing that when the fruits manifest, it shall be open for all to see. Truely the statistics might not be exactly on point, but trust me when I say thing, nigerians in malaysia are bearing fruits... bad fruits and its evident for all to see. Agree with the article or not.

On a different note, ur grand "nigerians are smart" gesture reminds me of that kid in primary school that always cheats in exams but is never caught hence always passes well, yet he cannot string a complete sentence together. 20yrs down the line, u run into him in obalende and those same strings for the sentences are still missing.

What am I saying, we keep messing malaysia up until they are fed up and chase every nigerian there away. (Ps: they already chasing some and killing others) and not forgeting that malaysia is already almost a developed nation. Finally we will come back to our rotten country.

... On a different note, I still keep wondering what the Nigerian con men do with their cash. I mean, if I had 30millon naira, by God, its just a matter of time befor my name becomes house hold. I mean, I see guys spend millions in clubs, but very few investments by young men.

Was at KL sm time last year.... sitting and looking at the Nigerians there, I just wonder. Looking dirty, unkept and high.

I guess ill gotten money can only bring one ill luck. They party, they drink, they womanize, at best, buy cars and move into a Behind condo, then after few mnths they kicked out and are back on the streets. Its just sad

Abel202: [b]My people,
Its like ethnicity has so blinded many of you that you even fail to comprehend what is written here.
The whole article is based on assumption and insinuations that it is the Nigerian students based in Malaysia that are scamming the love-hungry western women, but does their facts prove them right?
1. The western women said (& believed) they were dating "American men".
2. The said women hadly ever met the "American men".
3. Even the woman that visited Malaysia was further scammed by a "White Lady" porporting to be the lawyer of the "American man".
4. The US officials said the Malaysians lacked the capability to track and prove that these acts were actualy being perpetrated by Nigerian students. Although at diffeerent points they have raided and arrested a few Nigerian students for one reason or the other.

QUESTION IS:
How did the Writer of the article became THE ONE THAT SEES AND KNOWS ALL THINGS, to determine and accertain without any equivocation that the said crime was being committed by Nigerians.
Since the victims never said their predators were Nigerians, and the Malaysian authorities never affirmed categorically that the perpetrators were Nigerians either. Even the US affirmed that the Malaysian authorities lacked the capacity to actualy investigate and prosecute the criminals; SO HOW DID THE WRITER OF THIS ARTICLE CAME ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SCAMMERS ARE ALL OR MOSTLY NIGERIANS?
HOW? Oh I forgot, America knows all things, abi?

Useless write up being digested by unquestioning people.

Truth is that We Nigerians are the smartest people on earth and I have no freaking apologies for that.
Some Nigerian haters can go ahead to paint us as black as they like, it will not stop us from being the great people we are. It will not stop their women from loving us. It will not stop intelligent people all over the globe from doing business with us.
Whether you love us or hate us, I dont give a damn. Continue to malign us at your own peril. Anuofias!!![/b]

You raised some valid points, but then again it the typical Nigeria way. Fault truths told just for our own gain.

I dnt knw if u ve ever been to Malaysia or u presently live there... if u do, then u will just read and acknowledge because out of every 10 Nigerians in Malaysia, 1 is doing phd, 2 doing masters and the other 7 are criminals. That is just the truth.

WHEN i become the president of Nigeria,

1. Appoint my ministers/kitchen Cabinet. I shall appoint "crazy", "young", Vibrant, well schooled nigerians from all over he world.

2. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT..... I SHALL SHUT DOWN NIGERIA FOR A WEEK. I WILL MAKE TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS, EVERYDAY FOR THAT ONE WEEK. Marshal out my plans and practical "preach". Topic: sober refection as a nation and the way forward. (p.s: will be giving 5 mins broadcast every sunday morning for the entire duration of my tenure.)

3. Reconstitute ministry of information technology. Get the best brains in. programmers, DB managers, Security experts and for the next six mnths, if you are not captured and given a national security number, you can as well consider urself a non nigerian. Database shall reside in this nation, with one back in each geopolitical zone. A grand and robust ERP upon which the police, banks, hospitals etc shall be granted appropriate rights/clearance.

4. WAR AGAINST INDISCIPLINE: You shall be arrested, you shall be jailed if u as much as see filth on the street and not pick it up, talk less of drop one. you must queue up for buses and trains, I shall out law haggling (pricing and shouting in the market place-it breeds a poverty mentality) we are not animals and as such shall not behave like one. In other words, even the market places shall be quiet and decent.

5. Power. I am actually assuming power outage wld be a thing of the past by then, else, it shall be resolved.

6. Overhaul the public/civil service.

7. I think the above 6 agenda wld at least put us on a strong pedestal for future governments.

Every other thing shall be given attention, but not nearly as much as the once i have listed above.

THIS IS MY OPINION!!!

pheesayor: The bolded is what government over the years have ignored, you CAN'T eradicate campus cultism with the kind of root is has grown (even outside school to residential areas). Let them be registered, their members known so whenever there are issues, you know who to tackle. But no, government keeps living in denial because these cultists (the violent ones) are useful to them from time to time.

I totally agree... government has a way of benefiting frm alot of these vices. Its very sad tho... but if Nigeria will ever grow and get better, gov need to hv more sincerity of purpose.

Funny thing tho.. if you wnt to blame anyone, I guess u shld blame God...lol

Seriously tho. . It is, and will always be in the human nature to wnt to be associated, to dominate, to hv sm sort of "sacred-ness". If you hv ever attended any decision making meeting befor, especially being a member of a small group late at night, you will understand.

Frm a special church comitee membership, to a political party caucus or to a school comitee. Everybody hv the inate craving to wnt to be amongst an "elite" group. To yield power (ask our politicians)

Fraternities exit all over the world, different motives tho. But with the underlying aim to dominate and to be shapers and directors.

Cultism in our high institutions same as a lot of vices in nigeria cannot hv a single blancket reason. But on the face of it.. I will atribute it to the high level of INDISCIPLINE in Nigeria. Parents are bad examples to their kids, politicians are no better. We hv all sacrificed dignity, responsibility, dedication, love for our fellow man on the alter of greed, pride, fame, furtune and oppression.

Christian dislike/distrust muslims and muslims with equal passion against christians. Opposing Political parties hating and killing one another and the gov? Continiously f**king the citizens. These traits rub off on our kids and they grow, get to high institutions and are no different.

Finally, in my opinion to solve the cultism issue on our campuses, cultism (fraternities) need to be legalised. It shld be registered on campus, members shld be known, and then held responsible for any of their actions. Pple generally tend to drift towards things wrong, things outlawed, things considered secrets. Let every one be free to associate, so long as they are ready to be identified and held responsible for their actions.