₦airaland Forum

AjanleKoko:
Totally untrue.
They don't even have any infrastructure to speak of in Harare. All those 3rd mainland bridges and many flyovers in Lagos, nothing like that dey there.
I was there in 2003. Unless they suddenly experienced a stupendous economic revolution in 7 years, the place is crap.
Funny enough, it's a cashless society to a large extent, and the people are quite well-educated. But overall, not better than Nigeria.

I actually agree that Zimbabwe isn't doing better than Nigeria at the moment. Economy wise, they have really suffered in recent times.

However, you have to look at their infrastructure in relative terms. Their entire population is probably less than that of Lagos State, so there are some things you're bound not to see there. Harare as a city has less than 2m people, but with its surrounding metropolitan area, has only about 3m people.

Harare also doesn't have major bodies of water and islands the way Lagos does, and therefore doesn't need as many bridges.

I hope they get the political and economic problems sorted out though because I remember both my visits there with great fondness (of course, the fact that one of them was for my wedding had a lot to do with that ).

Beaf:
Zimbabwe is in better shape than Nigeria. That is the sad truth.
Have you ever seen a bad road on TV in Zimbabwe? I can bet that nobody here has.

If anybody challenges the above, let them post pictures and their sources.

I've been to Zimbabwe twice, the latest being for my wedding in Sept 2008 (my wife is Zimbabwean). Zimbabwe was a prosperous country and it showed in the infrastructure they were able to build and maintain (roads, railways etc). That infrastructure hasn't suddenly collapsed in the last decade - which is when Mugabe's madness started.

However, productivity has. The economy shrunk at an alarming rate for a country not at war. When we went, there were a number of things we could enjoy because we came with foreign money. However, there was REAL suffering going on.

In recent times, I wouldn't say Zimbabwe was in better shape than Nigeria, although things may have started inproving under the unity government.

I know many people have laughed at the poster, but it is actually a very valid question.

Although the girl in question seems to have very superficial reasons for the size of the wedding, the truth is a lot of girls have been dreaming of their wedding day for a long time (probably since they were little girls).

In my opinion, girls need to be weaned of these grandiose desires early. Otherwise, it leads to men being torn between keeping their woman happy, and being practical with costs.

For the particular girl this post is referring to, the guy should know now what he is getting into, she seems quite superficial.

However, in general, using some form of credit for a major expense like a wedding is a reality for many people. They should however not borrow anything they can't pay back within 2 to 3 months, from their guaranteed income (salary, business profits etc).

walakolobo:
LIES


[size=18pt]The High Court heard that the Nigerian international player would withdraw £40,000 in cash from his bank account at the end of the week.

But that would only last him two days, the court heard, as he topped up with a further £25,000 on the Monday morning.[/size]

This is a blatant lie- how can you withdraw £40000 in cash from a bank account in the UK at once? and another £25000 the following monday- dont hoodwink us with lies, we know the banking system and how it works- pls shut the f up.

Some bank branches MAY require advance notice if you require cash over the counter that is greater than your daily cash machine withdrawal limit, however, it is not impossible for large withdrawals as stated above to be made.

Obasanjo had taken over as commander of the 3rd Marine Commando unit from Col. Adekunle, so he (Obasanjo) was the one that led the final assault into the heart of what was left of Biafra.

Effiong therefore didn't really have a choice of who to surrender to. I'm not 100% sure, but if I remember correctly from the books I read, Murtala Muhammed had been recalled to Lagos by that time.

The girl's mum is actually his mum's half sister not step sister. As many people have rightly said, she's a blood relative so he has to let the feelings die a natural death by trying not to think about her.

Also, for the person that said New York has more billionaires than London, Moscow has more billionaires than either of them. Whether you want to rate Moscow over either city is another question.

I hope everyone debating for either city has actually spent some time in each city.