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My own diplomatic opinion is that there are ghettos in all part of the world so it should not be seen as a big deal or an insult if the Nigerian ghettos are shown every now and then. But the truth is that people who are offended are most likely to be those whose exposure excludes the slum ghetto low life that others refer to as the average Nigerian life. while others that may be delighted or see nothing wrong in the showing of this part of Nigeria are most likely belong to the class of the so called majority who have first hand experience of such life and are likely bitter and angry about it and as a result are somewhat delighted when such "realistic and truthful" or on the otherhand to the so called elites "indignifying and degrading" circumstances and conditions are shown for all to see. So everybody from my perspective has every reason to critisize and/or justify this video.

PS: I delibrately used the word "most" instaed of "all" to avoid over generalisation and inaccurate inferences from my little hypothesis.

Dead commercial!!!

davidif: Guy, you are not the only old school guy here o.

I know, i never said I am did i?

3legmario: if you fck with rap music you gotta hear this song
http://www.youtube.com/user/Onem12
guarantee you this kid will be famous by next year

Famous my foot! This is just a copy cat version of craig Mack "brand new flavour in the ear" from the early 90's. see below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-MLp3l2fkA

There are still some old skool peeps on NL keeping it real u know

chii8: Thumbs up to Peter Obi buh i pray this is not one of all these political stunts pulled up by politicians in our country....lemme me watch n pray*yawns*feel lk eating puffpuff

Wetin concern Gov obi concern kidnappers concern puff puff?

[quote author=bulls_eye]Wow! It's not often I eat humble pie; and now I've got it all over my face. Hurts! Well, I learnt something new.

Still, aribisala0, d picture. For making me look and FEEL like a fool.


Peace (reluctantly)[/quote]I admire your sense of maturity it is highly commendable and uncommon on NL. Well done!

I am a survivor of ruptured appendicitis. I started having uncomfortable stomach pains and when i got to the hospital I was initially misdiagnosed for ulcer. So I was wrongfully been treated for two weeks while on hospital admission and my case was detotiorating when the doctors finally discovered what was wrong with me. Initially I thought it was normal appendix until the consultant smelled my breath and was able to know from it that the appendix had ruptured before rushing me to the theatre.....................and so on. Anyways it is possible to take care of a ruptured appendix right here in Nigeria. Pray never to experience such cos its a thin line between life and death and a terrible experience. I Thank God for his mercies and I am for ever grateful to the team doctors who saved my life

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]It's gotta be something in the water. . .how else do you explain how the Govt consistently gets it wrong?

Instead of wondering why Nigerians are seeking Visas out of the country in droves, they are asking Canadians to treat them right.

God!! [/quote]I normally concur with your views but this time I think your getting it wrong. Its a good call by the FGN and the minister of information deserves some kudos for doing his job right. After all even if the FGN in its generality treats its own citizens like crap as you have rightly pointed out, its not out of place for an individual ministry in this case the ministry of foreign affairs to play its role in the right manner. if every other ministry play their role and do their job as they are meant to then the issue of treating Nigerians like crap by the FGN will not arise in the first place. But everything cant happen all @ once so if one ministry/minister decides to make a difference it/they should be commended. You dig?

Segzy23: Obadiah 777. The US & the UK did you a favour by sending you back home. No doubt you would have been sectioned and cost them a fortune in terms of treatment. They saw this coming and they opted for the cheaper option

Chai!!! I feel for you.

May God help you sha. Still hopeful about your case, but you need help.

You contradicted yourself some many times, you should just shut it.

[quote author=Erelu_Y]Where you studied (UCLAN, a former Polytechnic) ostensibly led you to think lowly of UK university education. I still maintain that Nigerians planning to study abroad should do their home work properly and enrol in top-notch universities. In the UK, I'll confine myself exclusively to the Russell Group universities. [/quote]@Erelu_Y @ bolded

Who dash monkey banana?

obadiah777: yeah say hello to your white massa for me. tell him to clean his a-ss real well because every time you speak your breath smell like his a-ss from all the butt kissing you have been doing.

Seek help kid! you seem to have mental issues so I refrain from answering you cos your a nutcase.

obadiah777: I used the initial words to accommodate self hating people like you. if i told you what you really are you probably will insult me because you will rather be a lowly nigger.

I have no idea of what you are saying right now. Anyways keep decieving and lying to yourself and all the best in Nigerian medical school. strive to update yourself after graduation kid. cheers

obadiah777: the problem with nigerian universities is that it is run by black people. thats the only problem as far as i am concerned. black people are under curse ( the deuteronomy curses ) as such nothing we do will be prosperous ( till our penance is up ). as such any place run by a black man will not run smooth. i give you that point. white universities are run better because this is the era of the gentiles ( any gentile nation will have beautifully run universities, even somalia and ethiopia will have better universities than us because they are cushites. ). however when it comes to the substance, nigerian universities are better. this is why nigerian graduates go to uk and american universities and become the best students. because the content of our courses and the sheer volume makes you smart and more cognitive. nigerians who study in nigerian universities are the best all over the world when getting second degrees or masters. that is a testament to the nigerian universities content of courses. and these same nigerian men will excel in their field if they work abroad because the white man is a robot and if you cant keep up with him he will fire your azz straight. as such you are dancing to his tune on his job and as such you are forced to excel. HOWEVER ALL THESE NIGERIANS WITH THE SO CALLED DEGREES FROM EUROPE AND AMERICA WHEN THEY RETURN BACK TO NIGERIA, THEY BECOME VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AND CANT THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND ARE ALL LOOKING TO WORK IN NIGERIAN BANKS ETC ETC WHERE THEY CAN PUSH PAPER AND BECOME UNPRODUCTIVE. DO YOU SEE WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS ? DEGREES FROM ABROAD DO NOT HELP A BLACK MAN AT ALL IF THE MAN DECIDES TO RETURN TO NIGERIA. ALL A DEGREE FROM ABROAD DOES IS GET YOU INTO AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU WILL BECOME AN UNPRODUCTIVE BEAUROCRAT IN SOME NIGERIAN COMPANY. which brings us back to the point ....what was the purpose of it again ? naija universities as far as i am concerned are not run well but in terms of content, they are better than any university in the world. now picture this, if they can get a white man to run the nigerian universities but keep the lecturers and the course content ? EPIC. WOULD BE THE BEST THING SINCE SLICE BREAD

obadiah777: bruh i dont know if you are an atheist. and if you are, then you are a big fool. however if you are not an atheist and you read the bible very well, [b]first of all we are not black. we are brown. secondly we are not africans. africanus is a white mans name. leo scipio africanus named the continent africa after he conquered it. prior to that it was called ' lower and upper ethiopia and prior to that it was called the land of ham. so we are not black and neither are we africans. we are the real israelites that the bible speaks of and we are under the deuteronomy 28 curse[/b]s.

@Obadiah777 read the bolded from your own quotes and honestly ask yourself if you are making any sense. right now you are talking rubbish sorry to say. And finally let me ask you who runs Nigerian universities? Black people? brown people or isrealites? Lord have mercy

obadiah777: you will tell me things that are not nice because i said the education i got from nigeria is the best ? dang some of you are so far gone with this self hatred. i started to study medicine in nigeria and the labs were fully equipped, was like 5 people to a cadaver, the lecturers were great and knew their stuff, the textbooks were great... etc etc etc. had to leave the country in the middle of it because of family problems not because of the education. the education was the best. first off if you have to prove yourself by writing essays on every exam, you will be a lot smarter with more critical thinking skills. all the universities i attended in america and britain ? the lecturers are too lazy to be bothered to score essays so everything is in multiple choice questions. i found myself missing those essay writing tests and exams so i can prove myself and show my knowledge. all in all ? i had my best education in nigeria. dunno what the state of the education is there now but when i was there ? i absolutely loved it and those are the best years of my life up till now. i pine for those years again. wish i can bring back those years. plus the friendship you make in nigerian universities is brotherly and sisterly. out here you cant really fraternize too well because of racial differences. chances are you are being tolerated alot and as such you will never make close friendships. plus there are hardly campus accomodations. you have to rent out of campus and as such you dont get a cohesive community feel to the whole thing. all in all, its all hype and no substance.

let me give you the benefit of doubt and assume you attended probably UNN or UI during the early stage of their inception. Because that is the only time I can say that the Nigerian educational system was relatively comparable to what obtains in Europe and North America. Having said that, I authoritatively put it to you by virtue of my widespread intercontinental university education and exposure as both a student and staff that the Nigerian university educational system is nothing compared to what is obtained in UK and North America be it teaching or research. You say the system is better in Nigeria because of "the writting essays and exams" so are you now saying that there are no exams in UK or US universities? You say their system is based on OBJ assesments? and you also say you studied medicine in US or UK? Sorry to say but I seriously doubt that (been polite). You say Nigerian University laboratories are well equiped? and from your conclusion that the Nigerian educational system is better i infer that you also opine that Nigerian laboratories are more equiped. Now let me tell you the difference from my own experience. In Nigerian labs there are no reagents no equipments and even if there are they are either not working or outdated thus one of the reasons for the persistent ASUU strike. whereas at universities in UK and US if for any reason you dont have the reagent needed to carry out whatever experiment you want to at that time all you have to do is order it through your university portal and it will be delivered to you the next day latest at no cost because it is all covered in your tuition. Now lets talk about literature materials since you mentioned reading and passing exams. As a medical practitioner/student you say you are who has schooled in three geographical areas you will agree with me that solicitation for materials in Nigeria could be frustrating. especially papers on elctronic journals like springer link and elsevier where you need to pay for subcription before you get access to those materials. But what happens in advanced university systems? your university is already subscribed to those journals so all you need to do is download them through your university portal and if by any chance your Uni is not subscribed, then you can get them through your university library online. I can go on and on and on but let me stop here. Anybody that has schooled in both parts of the world can attest to all these its common knowledge. So thats why I question the authenticity of your claims of schooling in those three different regions when you say that the Nigerian educational is better. and as for the statement you made about self hate I cant comprehend anything from that. Cheers

obadiah777: well i have studied in america england and nigeria and i can honestly say that the education i got in nigeria is better followed by the one in america. the one in the UK is shytttt.

on what grounds? Please dont tempt people to tell you things that are not very nice as a result of your utterances.

[quote author=obadiah777]well i have studied in america england and nigeria and i can honestly say that the education i got in nigeria is better followed by the one in america. the one in the UK is shytttt. [/qu

on what grounds? Please dont tempt people to tell you things that are not very nice as a result of your utterances.

Before they commence deportation of students I hope they intend on refunding every penny of their exorbitant tuition fees and every other incurred expense during their study.

OBJ should keep quiet does he think Nigerians have forgotten how he delibrately hand picked a frail sick man (Yaraduwa)and a puppet governor (you know who) to take over from him as president and VP and sabotaged the efforts of younger and more innovative presidential aspirants like Donald Duke et al., so that no one will outshine his below mediocre performance. Old wicked man . We are not fools you here.

Billyonaire: All Hail GEJ, very soon, Cassava will become another Crude Oil.

@ bolded, no be today we start to de hear am

OP you want to kill me wit laff this early night . Funniest thread I have come across on NL. Nice one

Mr president God knows majority of your so called critics want you to succeed. contrary to what your aids continually insinuate majority of your critics are not your political opponents but constitute the majority of the over 150 million Nigerians whom include majority of those who gave you their support and voted you into power. All we ask is that we see the positive dividends of demcracy through insightful and result oriented governance by our selves without propagandists forcefully shoving medicrity down our throat and resulting to insults because we refuse to eat what we are been fed. If you well perform well everybody will be happy and your critics would diminish. Finally a piece of advice sir, good or bad there is no "democratic" government in the world that does not undergo critism thats freedom of expression so advice your advisors to stop raining insults on the disgruntled governed it does not tell well of your administration. just saying

But wait o, could this be sarcasm coming from Abati? Just a thought.

lavita2: I actually feel insulted by this piece and I am taking this personal. Someone needs to tell this blockhead that we have details of how much the president budgeted for his meal this year: a whooping 1 billion naira. whether he chose to starve to death is none of my business. The fact remains that, he's pocketng a whooping 1 billion naira as meal allowance.

Someone also needs to tell this foool that Nigerians are not dumb. that we say we weren't going to vote in a man with no shoes is not a literal statement. It is our own way of saying 'once bitten twice shy'. Now we know, if a dull-looking, humble-speaking retardeen comes our way come 2015, we would think twice about it and not get carried away by pity and sentiments. where's is his sense of humour? gosh!

I did not even read your comment before i posted mine good to know that others are thinking the same. I have never known Abati to look so ridiculous.

"When he spoke about not wearing shoes as a child, he meant that as a metaphor for the disparities in the Nigerian system, and the urgent need to redress inequalities. But I have heard some persons responding literally that Nigerians should never vote for a man who never wore shoes. How simplistic. Attention needs to be drawn to the fact that a rooted, people-sourced President, who seeks to transform Nigeria, and who campaigns on a platform of transformation, will necessarily be opposed by those who consider themselves the children of Empire builders, those who think that their ancestors built Nigeria. Wrong".


Dr Abati sir can you kindly tell me what made you come to the conclusion that peoples response are literal and not metaphorical?


"I have even heard that the President spends billions on feeding. Well, I have enjoyed the privilege of eating at the President’s table. What does he eat? Fish pepper soup. Cassava Bread. Slices of yam. Rice. Boiled plantain. Fruits and vegetables. He fasts when he chooses, and fasts all month during Ramadan and Lent. And because he takes his exercises and keep fit regime seriously, he eats very little. Okay, he drinks coffee. And yet there are people out there who keep claiming that there is a feast in the Villa every day. They say at every meal, the table is decorated with roasted turkey, and every delicacy under the sun. Lies. Lies. This President is not a glutton. We have a disciplined, hardworking President who enjoys his privacy, and the company of intelligent people.
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I stand to be corrected but people do not accuse Mr president of been a glutton but protest the yearly allcation of 1 billion naira for feeding in the prsidential villa. Secondly sir, with that kind of allocation I would expect that everyday would indeed be a feast at the villa but from your claims that residents in the villa are only been fed yam pepper soup cassava bread e.t.c. Then the question comes to mind what is the 1 billion naira food allocation been spent on? In your bid to justify the presidents eating habits you have contradicted yourself.


You can call me or whoever unintelligent and accuse me of been a part of the opposition if you please that is non of my business because I know my IQ and I have to right to critisize my governmet if as a citzen I am not satisfied with its performance. Finally Dr Abati I still have so much respect for you but I must say indeed you have compromised yourself. i can continue to point out things wrong in this piece that you wrote which in my opinion is the worst article I have ever read from such a talented journalist as yourself. I advice you to take your own advice if really you said such "When your eating dont talk"

Jokes apart it is common knowledge that the NPF is crap! nobody needs google or research to confirm that its evident. The real question to me is what are those southern sudanese smoking?

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CF0QtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtT-KEdrpRUM&ei=vQk0UNeUI6H80QWfnIDoBQ&usg=AFQjCNGmKGjTPxoQ-YEOTPvkv19GLJNFGA&sig2=4BCuPQiZuc6R2PAfl0452A



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remember these hits?

I read the title of the thread and started laughing. I havent even gone pass the first paragraph and am laughing histerically . and there are four pages to go of anticipated comedy and this just made front page. Grabs a bucket of popcorn and a carton of pepsi.

@Novushomo I suggest you stop bothering yourself and just try and picture what it's like argiung with a complete illiterate. do you catch my drift?

emekatimsu: This one na falling of naija hands oh.
Hw rick ross go shoot all ds pickin wey be like say na sudan or chad republic him cm.
Abeg naija get levels pass ds one o.

I feel u bro! I disagree with all those castigating you for your comment. yes a lot of Nigerians live in abject poverty but not all Nigerians are like that. a good number of Nigerians are much more civilised, educated and exposed than the picture been depicted by Rick Ross. Him taking pictures of Nigerian slums and showing it to the world gives the wrong impression of the generality of the way Nigeria is. Personally I am a Nigerian but I did not grow up wearing PANT!!! up and down the whole place like that kid in the picture. These are the kind of things that make westerners so irritatingly and annoyingly myopic about Africa. I once witnessed a seminar presentation of two white girls who had just recently returned from Uganda and were suprised that the hotel they stayed in looked western. In their words "the toilets flushed" though am not Ugandan I found that very offensive. I had to verbally express my shock which caused a glitch in their talk. The sudden discomfort of everyone around me after realising the stupidity of the presenters as a result of my calculated outburst warmed my heart a little. My point is even though as a nation our leaders have failed us individually we should protect our heritage and national pride. Because when we go to other so called developed countries we are viewed in whatever way they see us in the media on an individual basis as a result of their narrow mindedness, shortedness and lack of exposure. If cocacola which i personally did not have anything against advert could be viewed as an insult then I dont know how to qualify this. Rickross actions should be condemned. My opinion.

wesley80: @bolded. It seems even Sahara Reports have caught the "grammar bug" LMAO!

I just tired for the situashion o, I dont knew what is happened today.

UPDATE : The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Olayinka Balogun has denied that explosives were used in the attack, but admitted that the fierce gun firing from guards at the prison must have been mistaken for bombs by people around the vicinity of the prison.

Mr. Balogun stated that two inmates have been arrested stating that everything is now under control at the prison.




Nawa o! i never knew that inmates could be arrested. Or is there a prison within okoh prison?