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Obi1kenobi:
You "really don't have time" to go through stats that support your chest-beating claim that Kenya is "leading in IVY league admissions"? If you had no such time, why make a claim you can't substantiate? Kenya does not need to fix its education? You do know Kenya is a country that ranks 146 on the UN Development Index? Armpits of the earth, Nigeria ranks 152. Congrats for that massive advantage.

Where do you get these delusions from?

lol I'm surprised myself, he speaks of Kenya like he's speaking of Japan.

So rvp2017, you can find out more about the telecommunications sector and stop comparing Nigeria to South Africa.
l know you wouldn't understand anything you read though and this is why l never take you seriously when l read your post, because you are a comic relief on this thread.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the telecommunications sector contributed[b] N1.54 trillion to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2017.[/b]

NCC’s Executive Vice-Chairman, Umar Dambatta, disclosed this while receiving the visiting Chairperson of Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Madam Angelique Weeks.

Mr. Dambatta, a professor, said that the figure was derived from recently released Bureau of Statistics’ report on the economy.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its second quarter Gross Domestic Product GDP report had on August 29 announced Nigeria’s exit from recession after it slumped early 2016.

He said the figure showed that the telecommunications sector contributed 9.5 per cent to the GDP in the second quarter of the year.

According to him, the figure represents a 6.68 per cent increase from the first quarter’s contribution of N1.45 trillion.

“We are very proud of the remarkable contributions the sector is making,” Mr. Dambatta said in a statement.

“Even in the recent times when the whole economy was facing challenges, the sector has remained resilient and stable.”

Source.. Premiumtimes Nigeria.

rvp2017:
You don't make much sense. That is probably because you attended one of Nigeria bad universities. GDP doesn't measure or factor population. It suppose to measure goods and service produced.All this from empirical data that is cross-referenced/checked for accuracy. For instance Telcom - you can have 140M mobile customers - but what are earnings of all Nigeria telcom sector? The fake Nigeria GDP claims your telcom sector is 10% of the economy - that is whopping 50B dollars created annually - can you show me where that 50B worth of TELCOM services in Nigeria annually? What data did Kale Yemi use to cook that?

To help you and Yemi Kale -- here is what South African think their telcom sector is worth (2.7% of their GDP)
Excluding broadcasting and postal services, the telecommunications industry was worth R148.8bn in 2016, with its value increasing by 1% year-on-year. The sector contributed 2.7% to GDP and employed 26,669 people, according to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

l never said GDP measures or factors population rather l said population is a major influence in GDP, read again. Your level of understanding is quiet low, this is why you Google without understanding anything.
Learn to assimilate, analyse and ask questions, don't just Google anyhow. l don't blame you though, it may be that you are just a product of a shambolic educational system.

kikuyu1:
What happened is that certain people made a career of lying with stats. Careers were made,papers written and worst of all policies planned on FICTION!
This is why all their true development stats and consumption data read like Burundi or Burkina faso and even pros regularly highlight Naij's fake stats. Here's Prof Hanke,a world renowned economist and his take recently. Look at his graph when y0ur inf was 100%+.


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-18/nigeria-spins-out-control-and-imf-remains-unaware

Why did Sanussi,former CBN gov tell PMB to forget about the 30 bn $ loan last year? Surely,for a 500 bn$ economy that's small potatoes?

In our small way we're a global force-look at that Good Country Index and before commenting see the data sets and ranking.


http://www.businessinsider.com/good-country-index-2014-6?IR=T

So you need the white man's statistics to affirm that you are at least contributing something to the world?
The last time l checked, most of the revolutionary breakthroughs of the 21st century such as Facebook and Instagram still comes from the U.S, and the strength of the USA is her combination of cultures and so many immigrants having her as home.
You cannot compete with the West by looking out for recommendations in those western statistics. We have to learn to think out of the western box in order to be creative in our own way.

kikuyu1:
What happened is that certain people made a career of lying with stats. Careers were made,papers written and worst of all policies planned on FICTION!
This is why all their true development stats and consumption data read like Burundi or Burkina faso and even pros regularly highlight Naij's fake stats. Here's Prof Hanke,a world renowned economist and his take recently. Look at his graph when y0ur inf was 100%+.


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-18/nigeria-spins-out-control-and-imf-remains-unaware

Why did Sanussi,former CBN gov tell PMB to forget about the 30 bn $ loan last year? Surely,for a 500 bn$ economy that's small potatoes?

In our small way we're a global force-look at that Good Country Index and before commenting see the data sets and ranking.


http://www.businessinsider.com/good-country-index-2014-6?IR=T

Well it's not surprising to me that Nigeria is a 500 Billion dollar economy or even more. Countries with large populations and natural resources tend to have large economies as well, this is simply normal. The problem is when the GDP per capita is low as is the case with Nigeria.
l think you Kenyans need a course or two on Economics. GDP is not a measure of the amount in Government coffers, but the worth of goods and services in total from that country, the Government depending on oil may not be worth more than 60 Billion dollars but the country as a whole could be worth more. Population plays a key role in the total worth of goods in a country, for example the total worth of tea produced in Kenya would multiply by almost threefold in Nigeria same with telecommunication sector where Nigeria has over 100.6 million mobile users currently( that's already more than double the total population of Kenya) etc.
So high GDP is expected for Nigeria, but we have low GDP per capita.

rvp2017:
That would be so unfortunate. Your country is hopeless.

You must be a Nigerian Mr Google. Only a Nigerian can be this passionate about Nigeria.

kikuyu1:
Our tax GDP ratio is 19%,the Giant is at 6%!?



Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/fg-double-tax-gdp-ratio-2yrs-adeosun/

Btw,that's the finmin speaking.

Yeah the Nigerian tax to GDP is low because Government can survive on oil. Low tax to GDP ratio is common to many oil producing nations but that of Nigeria is worse, probably due to the fact that it's a largely informal economy. Services contribute the most to GDP alongside agriculture, but it's largely informal and not regulated in a way.
Nigeria must work on this, and must make other sectors as developed and organized as our oil sector.

rvp2017:
Kikuyu1
Please help me understand Nigeria revenue
BUDGET 2018
Revenue N'trillion
Oil revenue 2.44
Non oil revenue 1.33 (3.6BUSD) -------------------this is about the total taxes collected in 500B giant economy ! seriously niga?
Independent sources (+others) 2.84
Deficit 2.00
Aggregate revenue + borrowing 8.61

Your obsession with Nigeria is real, are you a Nigerian?

Obi1kenobi:
Then the Google search yielded wrong results. It's that simple. Check the websites of the local operators like Dana, Arik, Medview, Air Peace, Aerocontractors etc.

Lol, the guy can google for Africa.

rvp2017:
Andela is in Nairobi - so that money will surely end up in Kenya. And again if you go by Disrupt - Nigeria minus Andela - would still be in usual 3rd position after Kenya. If you go by Partech which track not only funding to companies HQ in Africa but elsewhere but that does business in Africa - the Kenya raised far more funding than Nigeria.

The fact is Nairobi Tech scene ran circle around Lagos(Nigeria). You can split hairs the whole day, cherry-pick or nitpick but those are stubborn facts. Nairobi and Joburg are the big boys - and Lagos is struggling there- despite being a giant.

This month saw the release of the Global Startup Ecosystem Report and Ranking 2017, produced by Startup Genome in collaboration with the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Its findings, based on conversations with entrepreneurs and data on startups, made for interesting reading. No single African country made the top 20 ranking on the list, but Lagos, Cape Town and Johannesburg warranted mention in the report. Lagos has the most valuable startup ecosystem in Africa, with the local entrepreneurship scene worth around US$2 billion. The Lagos ecosystem has the ninth highest rate of founders with an undergraduate degree at 59 per cent, while 93 per cent of them have a technical background, the third highest rate in the world. However, Lagos startups have one of the lowest rates of foreign customers, suggesting challenges exist for those 11% of companies looking to go global. Cape Town is the largest startup ecosystem on the African continent, with between 700 and 1,200 active tech startups in the city. The whole ecosystem, however, is valued at US$172 million, well below both Lagos and Johannesburg. One-third of Cape Town startup founders have gained at least two years of prior experience in a fast-growing startup, making them five per cent more experienced than the global average. The ecosystem with the highest global connectedness was Johannesburg, which also has an ecosystem value of US$1.36 billion. The city has the third highest percentage of startups globally that experienced positive corporate interest and involvement, at 67 per cent. The global average is at 51 per cent.

https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/the-edit-daily/2017/3/27/new-report-ranks-lagos-as-africas-most-valuable-startup-ecosystem&ved=2ahUKEwiiqaa-0LnaAhVKEVAKHdGaBw0QFjAEegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw3WEUYdWRX7D-O61DEcPS-V

Enoma222:
the nigerian girls did not have much time to blend together as a term we should blame NFF more....for this embarrassment

My problem with this is.. They knew they wouldn't have much time to blend as a team, then why play Frances? why not start with Finland, Hungary, Mexico or even China? l have always been against this friendly with Frances because l knew we would be disgraced. Even our attackers had no chance to show their stuff in that game.

Enoma222:
wrong suggestion ...every country need their foreign player or u loose them to another country ...see this your mentality is bad....if you loose today dose not mean you we loose tomorrow give the coach more time nigerians are too quick to judge and persecute......

Yeah but we must not depend on foreign based players but look deep within to discover new players from our local league.
The problem is not that we lost, but that we were disgraced.

blazer2018:
I will disagree with you a little bit on that...Though the NFF and coach has a lot to do by organising friendlies, scouting, instilling technical knowledge into the girls, and creating an enabling environment for them....Take a look at countries with good national teams in female football and tell which one became successful by depending on foreign based players...the chunk of their players play locally...Is it Japan, USA, England, France, China, Germany, Sweden...pls name one.

And trust me, male football is different from female football, where you can camp them for a few days to a match and get a decent result, female players need time to gel...and for that to happen you need a vibrant league players who are to be complemented by few foreign based players on match days. My opinion though

l agree. There was a time when we had the bulk of our players playing together at Rivers Angels and the local league and it was much better.

BascoVanVeli:
Oshoala was a big miss today, I know even with our coach's poor tactics she still would have got the ball and made something out of nothing. She is very much our Messi and it showed today.

Oshoala is good, but l doubt she would have changed so much of anything.

We would never learn, like l said before immediately l heard the news of the friendly last year, playing Frances or Germany at this stage doesn't help our national team in any way. The Alanya(turkish) cup would have been perfect.

BascoVanVeli:
9pm Nigerian time?

8pm.

DrLikita12:
9pm

Should be 8pm Nigerian time.

This is a very good line up, but then Anam lmo benching Courtney Dike and lni Umotong for a start? l never saw that coming, lol.

Enoma222:
where_sofia_Omidiji??

On the bench

Schemerkhiz:
Hummmm, this is an open game!
I so much believe our Superfalcons will play well,

Well this is a good test for the falcons, but l would have preferred they started by playing against teams like Switzerland, Poland, Finland, or even Denmark especially after being inactive for over a year.
l believe they can possibly beat such teams and then boost their confidence before playing the likes of Frances, but then l could be wrong.
Nevertheless, it's a welcome development by the nff and goodluck to the falcons.

Schemerkhiz:
She thought beating Superfalcon Team B made up of mostly U20 players is all she needed to beat Top teams, that serves her right.


Coach Thomas Dennerby is coming for her oh! She should be ready to Face the Superfalcon during the AWCON.

l pray we don't get disgraced against Frances, looking at our young goalkeepers,and considering we are coming up against an almost complete French side.

tbaba1234:
According to the dailymail, Arsenal has joined Manchester United and Liverpool for Ndidi signature.

Arsenal 'want to sign' Leicester midfielder Wilfried Ndidi this summer

Leicester midfielder Wilfried Ndidi is a summer transfer target for Arsenal, according to a source close to the player.
Ndidi has proven a hit in English football since joining the Foxes in a £15million deal from Belgian side Genk in January 2017.

The 21-year-old's displays at the King Power Stadium have alerted interest from Manchester United and Liverpool - but Arsenal are thought to be leading the race.

'There has been so much interest in him. He is going to be a top player and Arsenal have been in contact,' the source told The Sun.

'They want to sign him this summer.

'Arsene Wenger is a manager he admires a lot and his friend Alex Iwobi has told him lots of great things about the club.

'But there is no shortage of offers. Liverpool have shown strong interest and (Manchester) United.'

Ndidi has featured 36 times for Leicester this season in all competitions including Saturday's 2-0 win at Brighton - a game which saw him sent off late on.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5566957/Arsenal-want-sign-Leicester-midfielder-Wilfried-Ndidi-summer.html#ixzz5BQ5lYq9I

lt seems they just need him to do the tough tackling and dirty work so the creative Arsenal players can have some freedom.

Schemerkhiz:
FT' Japan 7 Ghana 1
14min TANAKA Mina 24min Jane AYIEYAM
29min IWABUCHI Mana
43min MASUYA Rika
48min NAKAJIMA Emi
74min TAKAGI Hikari
79min SUGASAWA Yuika
83min SAMESHIMA Aya

The gulf in class is just too much.

DerideGull:
Do you honestly think that Ayinde and Onyebuchi are in the class with Okobi and Chikwelu?

You still do not understand the arguement, just read through everybody's post and you'll see what the debate is all about.
lt is about a DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER who plays like Ndidi or Makelele.
Okobi and Chikwelu are not really defensive midfielders, do you get it now?

enomakos:
igbinovia and nwabuoku for example

I don't think lgbinovia impressed Dennerby enough at the WAFU cup.
Never can tell if Nwabuoku is as good as she used to be in 2014.
My only concern is in the goal keeping section.

enomakos:
we have ,most were not invited

like

enomakos:
ayinde is not a defensive midfielder

l thought she played that role at the last AWCON. Well if that's the case then it means we don't have too many quality defensive midfielders.

DerideGull:
Please name a pair of midfield who are heavyweight and better than Okobi and Chikwelu from Nigeria?

He is talking of a defensive midfielder like Ayinde and maybe Onyebuchi Goodness.

No Alaba Jonathan, but let's see how it goes.

Hmm 17 players? Then l believe all players would be tested.

komekn:
One game doesn't make a player give him time.

Nwakweme will not like this.