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oga fashola, i am strongly beside you, nigeria needs sacrifice to move ahead
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I think uyo is coming up, while PH, akure, illorin and even maiduguri as well as markurdi looks nice, just wondering whether boko boys have nt destroyed maiduguri

APC fielding buhari as a presidential candidate means the are virtually dead on arrival, buhari is terribly unpopular in the South and North central, this are states we have many voters, if and only if APC could dump the Northern agenda and field a south western candidate like tinubu or the great fashola, the surely jonathan is definitely going to have a run for his money. . . Am a south south boy by the way and this aint no ethnic bigotry, bt any candidate from the north or any candidate from APC apart 4rm fashola and tinubu has the least chances of winning.

[quote author=Tolexander][/quote]didnt actualy get ur point

OAM4J: Sorry, the anti spam bot mistook it for a spam post. It's been untagged and moved to the right section: culture.

OAM4J please kindly push this to front page please;
https://www.nairaland.com/1392681/britons-critizise-nigerian-space-programme

NewsExtract____NIGERIA is building one of the most suffisticated space equipments in the world, the technology that powers nigerian sattelites is so powerful that its only the likes of the US, UK, china and russia that can afford them such, the magnification of the nigerian sattelites is so large that only the most suffisticated British and US sattelite can be compared to them.
THREE new nigeria sattelites are underway, solely designed and built by nigeria engineers, the sattelites is going to mark nigeria aggressive incursion into the space race, the incursion is so aggressive that if the momentum is kept alive, nigerian austronaut could be dancing around the moon on nigerian built rockets and perhaps giving lectures like the chinese from space before 2028. Nigerian rocket launch sites are under preliminary primary evaluation, millions or perhaps billions of dollars are being spent on the Space Agenda and there is a bright future for extraterrestrial research in Nigeria but the looming question remains is it feasible for Nigeria to run a space program? Critiques say its frivalous but the truth remains that it is the allocation to the ministry of technology that is being effectively utilised rather than being usurped by the political elites, theoritically nigeria has enough resources to project itself into the sphere of the technologically developed nations but has been reduced to underdeveloped status due to corruption, so the idea of a revamp of a technological upsurge in rocket science isn't a bad idea . . .

The decision to by the UK government to keep splashing millions of aid on Nigeria triggered several racial and corruption profiling across the british media, but perhaps what the probably ignorant britons don't know is that the UK benefits mutualy from aid it splashes on Nigeria.

A country so corrupt it would be better to burn our aid money
By Michael Burleigh
PUBLISHED: 23:14 GMT, 8 August 2013| UPDATED: 23:41 GMT, 8 August 2013
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Nigeriais not quite the most corrupt country on earth. But according to Transparency International, which monitors international financial corruption, it is not far off coming a shameful 172nd worst among the 215 nations surveyed.
Only countries as dysfunctional, derelict and downright dangerous as Haiti or the Congo are more corrupt.
In theory, Nigeria’s 170 million-strong population should be prospering in a country that in recent years has launched four satellites into space and now has a burgeoning space programme.
Frankly, we mightas wellflush our cash away or burn it for all the good it's doing for ordinary Nigerians
Moreover, Nigeria is sitting oncrude oil reserves estimated at 35 billion barrels (enough to fuel the entire world for more than a year), not to mention 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
It also manages to pay its legislators the highest salaries in the world, with a basic wage of £122,000, nearly double what British MPsearn and many hundreds of times that of the country’s ordinary citizens.
The oil industry is highly corrupt, with 136 millionbarrels of crude oil worth $11billion (£7.79billion) were illegally siphoned off in just two years from 2009 to 2011
No wonder the ruling elite can afford luxury homes in Londonor Paris, and top-end cars that, across West Africa, have led to the sobriquet ‘Wabenzi’, or people of the Mercedes-Benz.
Yet 70 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty line of £1.29 a day, struggling with a failing infrastructure and chronic fuel shortages because of a lack of petrol refining capacity, even thoughtheir country produces more crude oil than Texas.
And that poverty is not for want of assistance from the wider world.
70 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty line of £1.29 a day, struggling with a failing infrastructure and chronic fuel shortages
Since gaining its independencein 1960, Nigeria has received $400 billion (£257 billion) in aid — six times what the U.S. pumped into reconstructing the whole of Western Europe after World War II.
Nigeria suffers from what economists call the ‘resource curse’ — the paradox that developing countries with an abundance of natural reserves tend to enjoy worse economic growth than countries without minerals andfuels.
The huge flow of oil wealth means the government does not rely on taxpayers for its income, so does not have to answer to the people — a situation that fosters rampant corruption and economic sclerosis because there is no investment in infrastructure as the country’s leaders cream off its wealth.
Nigerian police can often be easily bribed to look the other way in a country where corruption in Nigeria is endemic
Corruption in Nigeria is endemic — from parents bribing teachers to get hold ofexam papers for their childrenthrough clerks handed ‘dash’ money to get round the country’s stifling bureaucracy to policemen taking money for turning a blind eye.
It is at its most blatant, perhaps, in the oil industry, where 136 million barrels of crude oil worth $11billion (£7.79 billion) were illegally siphoned off in just two yearsfrom 2009 to 2011, while hundreds of millions of dollarsin subsidies were given to fuel merchants to deliver petrol that never materialised.
Whether the country is ruled by civilians or soldiers, who invariably proclaim their burning desire to eradicate civilian corruption, it makes absolutely no difference.
The huge flow of oil wealth means the government does not rely on taxpayers for its income, so does not haveto answer to the people
The military ruled Nigeria between 1966 and 1979 and from 1983 to 1999, but if anything, corruption was worse when they were in charge since they had a habit of killing anyone threatening to expose them.
It is estimated that since 1960,about $380 billion (£245 billion) of government money has been stolen — almost the total sum Nigeria has received in foreign aid.
And that even when successive governments attempt to recover the stolen money, much of this is looted again.
President Sani Abacha, a military dictator who ruled in the Nineties, hadaccrued a staggering$4¿billion (£2.58¿billion) fortune by the time he died
In essence, 80 per cent of thecountry’s substantial oil revenues go to the government, which disburses cash to individual governors and hundreds of their cronies,so effectively these huge sums remain in the hands of a mere 1 per cent of the Nigerian population
source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2387359/Nigeria-country-corrupt-better-burn-aid-money.html

THE UK is set to give Nigeria over £1billion in aid despite the country spending hundreds of millions of pounds on developing its own space programme.
By: Benjamin RussellFri, August 9, 2013

We are against welfare dependency at home but at the same time we are encouraging welfare dependency abroad
BackbenchTory MP Philip Davies
Nigeria has the second highest national income of all African countries yet is set to receive £275million from the UK this year alone, with a further yearly average of £250 million until 2015.
Despite almost 70 per cent of the population living on less then 64p a day, the country intends to send astronauts into space in the next two years.
Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has built laboratories and plans to launch its own rockets by 2028.
The exact cost of the space program has not been released by the Nigerian Government but is thought to be hundreds of millions of pounds each year.
The country’s space programme got off to a disastrous start in 2003, when its first satellite disappeared from orbit after losing power.
But NASRDA now has three satellites that were built by its own engineers.
NigComSat- 1R, NigeriaSat- 2 and NigeriaSat- X, are now all in orbit after being launched on Russian rockets.
Speaking to the Daily Mail,Backbench Tory MP Philip Davies said it is not viable to give aid to Nigeria while it was spending money on such a project.
He said: “We cannot go around the world saying ‘don’t worry, we will feed your public for you while you waste your money on all sorts of other projects’.
“We have got to say to these countries ‘you have got to spend that money on your people where it’s most needed not on some grandiose space programme’.
“We are against welfare dependency at home but at the same time we are encouraging welfare dependency abroad.”
Aid to the country is set to increase 116 per cent, seeing a rise from 141million in 2010/11 to £305million in 2014/15.
The controversy comes two days after senior Ukip politician Godfrey Bloom said Britain should stop sending money to “bongo bongo land”.
A spokesman for the Department for International Development said: “Our investment goes into health, education and poverty reduction programmes.
Nigeria is home to a quarter of the poorest people in Africa. Supporting their Development will benefit our trade and security.
Source:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/420791/Now-Britain-forks-out-foreign-aid-for-Nigeria-to-join-the-space-race

Welcome home boys. Return to base and prepare 4 deployment to nigerian version of Iraq-northern nigeria

Kamanda: Jonathan should be impeached and prosecuted for all his crimes including-

Malabu Scam

Fuel Subsidy Fraud

Independence Day Bombing and other such bombings

Funding the political Boko Haram

Genocide in Northern Nigeria(Hague Tins)

Looting Bayelsa state

PEJ Money Laundary cover up.

Assasination of General Azazi

Rivers state crisis

Etc. Etc. Etc

this guy is a Waste of s.perm cell.

honestivo: Then if there is fight in national asembly what will happen .

very simple. GEJ orders deployment of troops, state of emergency and enactment of martial laws, if amaechi decides to skip military check point, then he is odered to frog jump.

All i want is Abubakar shekau's head. Period!

Why has that Yerima of a peodophile not been put behind bars.

Maidoki14: Perharps d 11,951 offenders did not pay bribe.

it is this type of mentality of urz that is killing our nation. After you will blame only the leaders

GEJ is trying in infrastructure and diplomacy bt when it comes to fighting Corruption "HE IS DULL"

15-20

What am i supposed to type? I hardly understand the theme of this thread! Ok i guess am not typing anything

This will only increase the rate of nairalanders that zip" garri.

This guys succeded in taking the Nigerian premier league to the international media; bbc,cnn,etc. Now even goal.com is showing their fixtures . . . .
LIFE BAN FOR REAL

Ishibuike at it again

I sign this petition.
Mudafuc.kers kiddofv.ckers deserve to face a life sentence in an asylum

GEJ is trying in power issues, i hope his effort bear fruits for the country

Gay ke? U mean we should encourage our youths to forget those curvy ass chicks around and pursue their fellow man? If nigeria has never stood it ground, it surely will stand during this gay saga! F.vck obama, f.vck cameron, f.vck gay and LGBT rights. Africans are not and will never be socially ready to accept gay rights.

Nigeria may be broke, but Dangote is never broke. #dangoteFOR2015

What was the reason for demolition?

How does this affect the fact that Nigeria won the civil war and starved the igbos to death?

I pray the protest escalates to involving bigger problems that hinder our coperate existence as a nation. #OccupyNigeria didnt succeed, i pray this one does, those senators seeking life pension, should face life sentences or prefarably a firing squad.

OAM4J, Afam4Eva and other big bros please kindly push this piece to Frontpage thanks.

https://www.nairaland.com/1365968/nigeria-warns-international-community-stop

Nigeria Warns International Community Over Meddling With Nation’s Affairs
Posted by: Channels Television
July 19, 2013
In what seemed like a kneejerk responsce to pressure from US and UK, nigeria made it clear it would not co-operate with other nations against her national interest



Nigeria would nolonger tolerate the meddling of the internationalcommunity in the internal affairs of the country. This was the warning of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru when he read the riot act to diplomats in Abuja on Friday during a session to address issues of oil theft, terrorism, death sentence, gay rights amongst others that relate to Nigeria and the international community.
The Minister lamented the constant meddling and pressures the international community places on Nigeria especially on issues of death sentence and the gay marriage.
He cautioned the diplomats against making comments on political issues that “amounted to undue interference in Nigeria’s internal affairs.”
“Some ambassadorsand their diplomats have been hob-nobbing with civil society groups and opposition parties in the country. This is incompatible with the status of diplomatic missions or agents. We will not hesitate to identify and deal with erring missions that fail to respect Nigeria’s sensitivities and sovereignty”

Mr. Ashiru declared.
The envoy urged the diplomats to enable their governments understand Nigeria’s perspectives on gay rights and death penalty. He said the country’s criminal code contains provisions for death sentence for now and review could happen in the nearest future.
“On gay rights, I must stress that this is not in accord with the culture and beliefs of the generality of Nigerians. I, therefore, appeal to the international community through you to show greater understanding of the culture and traditions of our people,” he said.
He warned that Nigeria does not meddle in the business of other nations and should not be manipulated otherwise.
Al-bashir’s Visit
The Minister clearedthe air yet again over the recent visit of Sudanese President, Omar Al-bashir to Nigeria for the just concluded African Union conference, saying the indicted Sudanese leader was an AU guest and not Nigeria’s.
Mr. Ashiru reiterated that the military was fully committed to the protection of human rights, denying allegations of extra-judicial killings made against the security forces in the on-going military operations in Borno,Yobe and Adamawa,noting that state of emergency declaredin the states has recorded tremendous success.

On Piracy and oil theft

The Foreign Affairs Minister also stated that the ministry will no longer entertain appeals from foreign missions to release crew or ships involved in illegal activities on Nigeria’s territorial waters.
On the Gulf of Guinea, Mr. Ashiru appealed to the international community to cooperate with Nigeria in the fight against piracy and oil theft.
“The Nigerian Navy and NIMASA have been directed to take firm measures against any ship caught in unwholesome activities, including oil theft on Nigeria’sterritorial waters. In the past, ambassadors have come to me or my permanent secretary to plead for the release of either their ships or the crew members caught in illegal activities. This is to serve as a warning that henceforth, I will not be able to grant audience to people coming to plead for the release of their ships or crew members,” he said.
Crude oil theft has been on the increase in Nigeria as the country is estimated to be losing about 400,000 barrels daily to oil theft and sabotage of facilities.
On consular matters, Mr. Ashiru expressed concern about the rate of rejection of applicants by some countries. He asked missions to desist from dealing directly with some agencies of government on issues pertaining to issuance of Notes Verbale in support of applications for visas.
“All such matters should be referred to the ministry which remains the channel of communications with government,” he said.
He also frowned at the practice of missions writing directly to the State House on any matter, which he said, was a clear breach of established channel of communication as contained in the Vienna Convention.
He said the ministry would no longer condone such clear breach of established communication channels