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PoliticsRe: Nigeria Immigration Services (nis) Nabs 12 Illegal Immigrants In Ogun by DapoBear(m): 9:27pm On Dec 06, 2010
Ma_J_Blige:
whats funny here? because it is in Nigeria?
It is amusing to me in part because you have non-Africans immigrating illegally to Nigeria. Though I suppose India is a very poor country too, so maybe shouldn't be surprising.
PoliticsRe: It Is Impossible For Jonathan To Win Primaries. Pdp Delegates Explained. by DapoBear(m): 9:25pm On Dec 06, 2010
GEJ has the entire revenue of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to use to bribe, if he must. He has the property of Nigeria (oil blocks, planes, homes, lands) he can bribe with. There is no way Atiku or any combination of his friends can beat GEJ if it comes down to bribing.
RomanceRe: Naija Men And Ugly White Babes!why? by DapoBear(m): 9:15pm On Dec 06, 2010
red100:
I don't consider british women goodlooking (especially compare them with other white european girls)
This is exactly is what I meant.

red100:
and the very pale ones have bad skin (their skin make them look older) and very small lips.
This too! Like, I've looked at some of their supermodel and hottest girls (they have some magazine called Sun which shows pictures of ordinary girls who send in pictures), and they never are as attractive (to me, at least) as the Spanish, German, Polish, French, etc equivalent.

Even in Ms World competitions, they are never able to compete.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Immigration Services (nis) Nabs 12 Illegal Immigrants In Ogun by DapoBear(m): 9:06pm On Dec 06, 2010
Next question is, who was employing them?
RomanceRe: Naija Men And Ugly White Babes!why? by DapoBear(m): 9:03pm On Dec 06, 2010
kokoye:
. . .and this is why I am telling you now that there are some very nice and pretty ones that I know personally.

I live in the U.S by the way and am married to a Nigerian. . .so you dont think I'm offended by your words.
Fair enough. There was no offense intended, btw. Just a stereotype I'd heard of and wanted further information about.
RomanceRe: Naija Men And Ugly White Babes!why? by DapoBear(m): 8:54pm On Dec 06, 2010
^-- No, white American girls are very hot, especially in the Southern US. Or at least, there are a lot of hot ones. But I've heard nothing good about white British chicks. You sort of see what I'm saying?

Supposedly they drink, smoke, act out of control, are fat, ugly and are ill-mannered. No offense intended to any white British chicks possibly reading this, but this is what I've heard.
RomanceRe: Naija Men And Ugly White Babes!why? by DapoBear(m): 8:50pm On Dec 06, 2010
White British women are stereotyped to be ugly, boorish, and ill-mannered. Is this true, or false? I've never been there before, but that is what I've heard people say.
PoliticsRe: Enugu State Versus Innoson Motors: When Charity Began At Home by DapoBear(m): 8:34pm On Dec 06, 2010
Where do they get the electricity for this facility?

More info on CKD, if you are like me and were not aware of this concept: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_knock_down
PoliticsRe: 'If I Am Deported To Nigeria I Will Face Death For Witchcraft' by DapoBear(m): 8:24pm On Dec 06, 2010
Death for witchcraft? Really?
CrimeRe: Police Boss In Custody For Murder by DapoBear(m): 8:16pm On Dec 06, 2010
^-- Apparent that some Nigerians are not interested in rule of law.
RomanceRe: What Would You Do When You Find Out That Your Lover Is A Criminal? by DapoBear(m): 7:58pm On Dec 06, 2010
Ladyjide:
Is he wanted by the police for a reward? If so I am turning him then claiming it!
angry
PoliticsRe: It Is Impossible For Jonathan To Win Primaries. Pdp Delegates Explained. by DapoBear(m): 7:52pm On Dec 06, 2010
MShittu:
Atiku'll just one-up his offer!
I highly doubt Atiku that has more cash available to him than GEJ does.
PoliticsRe: It Is Impossible For Jonathan To Win Primaries. Pdp Delegates Explained. by DapoBear(m): 7:47pm On Dec 06, 2010
appletango:
but that's his problem; he can't pay of anyone because it's a secret ballot, people will just take the money and vote for atiku regardless.

he's playing in the big league now and swimming with the sharks,
Ah, but he can just make the money conditional on him winning, no? It isn't, "I'll pay you X if you vote for me", but "I'll pay you X if i win."

So he can still bribe effectively, I think. Or am I wrong. . . ?
CrimeRe: Police Boss In Custody For Murder by DapoBear(m): 7:19pm On Dec 06, 2010
Whatever crimes he committed as a scammer do not give the police licence to murder him in cold blood in front of a frikkin police station. They are two separate issues.
PoliticsRe: Emerging Social Almajiris In Yorubaland? by DapoBear(m): 11:42pm On Dec 05, 2010
Pretty sad  sad

No reason for an able-bodied person to be begging, even in Nigeria. I don't understand why Yoruba people would be doing this. . .we shouldn't be copying backward Northern ways.
PoliticsRe: New South South Candidate by DapoBear(m): 11:25pm On Dec 05, 2010
On a very serious note, you guys need to do something about it  undecided All of those almajiris need to be put to work planting seed to hold the ground. Your leaders stealing millions are playing with the future of your people, man. As bad as things are in the North right now economically, what will the future be like if they do not combat this threat?

Your leaders are selfish and only thinking about their own pockets, not thinking about future generations of your people.

Read this article on the subject:
http://www.irinnews.org/PrintReport.aspx?ReportID=57698

Kano, 30 December 2005 (IRIN) - In the late 1990s, Alhaji Ahmad Idi could still count on his land to produce 40 big sacks of sorghum and another 20 full of groundnuts each year. But today, he works twice as hard to squeeze out yields half that size. “There isn’t enough rain and we have to dig deeper and deeper to find water,” said Idi, a farmer in Makoda village - about 70 kilometres north of the main northern city of Kano. And yet, to look at his land, he says, nothing seems to have changed: a few trees and shrubs, some soil - same as ever.

“The effects of desertification are felt long before sand dunes start appearing,” explained Abdul-Azeez Abba, a local politician and member of the Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE). “It starts exactly as Idi describes it: productivity drops, the subsoil becomes sandy, rains diminish, temperatures rise and the water table drops.” Idi is far from being the only one who has noticed that something is amiss. Government statistics show that Nigeria loses 350,000 hectares of arable land per year.

In the north of the country, 10 states have already been impacted and each year, the desert advances another 600 metres further south. Tens of thousands of farmers and their families have already been forced to move off land that has become barren, organisations in the affected areas report. These displaced people head south in search of jobs and land that does not exist, according to Festus Okoye of Human Rights Monitor (HRM) which is based in the northern city of Kaduna.

But farmers are not the only ones feeling the pinch. The nomadic Fulani people are also heading ever further south in the hopes of finding better grazing areas for their herds.
EDIT: Anyway, this will be the last I say on this topic, lest I derail the thread.
PoliticsRe: What Happened To Ribadu? by DapoBear(m): 11:05pm On Dec 05, 2010
Corruption is part of the problem, yes. But only a part of it. The national cake is too small. Even if it were shared perfectly well and none of it stolen, Nigeria will not make meaningful progress. The cake needs to be made larger, so to speak. We need leaders with prior administrative experience, and a track record of success in those jobs. Ribadu on the other hand has none of this; he is a glorified policeman.

I'd prefer some combination of relatively uncorrupt political leader + technocrat, ideally an economist.

In any case, if he can find support in the ACN and win, then fine and well. I just don't think he is the strongest candidate we can choose, and will probably lose once stronger options emerge.
PoliticsRe: A Novena For Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Of Kaduna State by DapoBear(m): 10:50pm On Dec 05, 2010
Nice article. Will be interesting to see how he does come the next election.
PoliticsRe: New South South Candidate by DapoBear(m): 10:49pm On Dec 05, 2010
Blazay:
With senile goons like ONLY Dapolarbear of Africa(F.O.U.C. . .freak of unnatural causes and Meatloaf brain of Ekiti infertile bush running around NL and on this thread?
One of the few times I've actually lol'd from this site  grin

I guess the truth must be quite painful for you. Rather than fighting the truth, should you not be asking your Northern leaders to be fighting the desert instead?  Probably a better use of your time and energy  wink

You spoke truly, I am indeed a son of the Ekiti bush. A lush, green, and vibrant Ekiti bush, one that is not losing a battle with the Sahara.
PoliticsRe: New South South Candidate by DapoBear(m): 8:23pm On Dec 05, 2010
igbobuigbo:
http://rmrdc.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83.

I hope the link still works.
Many of those links do not.

Was good before and shows an abundance of commercial quantities of natural resources in all parts of Nigeria.
There is no assessment on that site of the commercial viability of the resources, though. For example, having oil is very different from having commercially viable oil. (Canada iirc has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, like 2 trillion barrels. But theirs is in oil sands, very expensive to extract [cannot remember the price to extract per barrel, but it is pretty high.] This reduces the viability of the oil, I think only some small fraction can be profitably extracted at today's prices.)

In fact the crop production and livestock production potential in the North can take it to the next level. They are just being lazy because of oil.
By "resource", I meant "natural resource." Not agriculture or livestock. I agree that the Middle Belt can and should be good at that stuff, but the core North will not. In part because of the encroaching Sahara desert.
PoliticsRe: Everybody, Even Ribadu, Goes Igbotic. by DapoBear(m): 8:12pm On Dec 05, 2010
All the more reason they cannot afford to make mistakes. Secure your base, secure the north, try your best in the SS and SE, then let the chips fall where they may. Leaving your base unprotected is foolhardy.
PoliticsRe: Another Largess From President Jonathan by DapoBear(m): 8:07pm On Dec 05, 2010
PoliticsRe: New South South Candidate by DapoBear(m): 8:03pm On Dec 05, 2010
What resources, pray tell does the north have in commercially viable quantities? I'm all ears.
PoliticsRe: New South South Candidate by DapoBear(m): 8:01pm On Dec 05, 2010
Blazay:
http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/latest-addition/11100-pictures-Lagos-rubbish-dump.html
This article is actually great. 500 jobs is 500 jobs. Better than carrying a begging bowl around. I can respect a man who works hard for a living, but cannot respect a beggar. Hard work is honorable, not shameful.
PoliticsRe: New South South Candidate by DapoBear(m): 7:58pm On Dec 05, 2010
Mr Faeb is correct. The oil on SS land belongs to the SS. Anyone else claiming otherwise is trying to reap where they did not sow. God did not plant oil into your territory; how can you claim what was not given to you?

And the North would suffer the most of all. The Sahara desert is creeping rapidly, gobbling up hectares and hectares of your land. Landlocked region full of almajiris, no education, no resources of note.
PoliticsRe: Everybody, Even Ribadu, Goes Igbotic. by DapoBear(m): 7:51pm On Dec 05, 2010
^-- Then the ACN had better be prepared to compete without the SW voter solidly behind them. Buhari/Ngige holds no particular appeal to me, just because they are wrapped in ACN cloth. And I doubt I am the only one who feels this way.
PoliticsRe: Lagos Attains 92% Literacy Rate by DapoBear(m): 7:48pm On Dec 05, 2010
Yeah, literacy is not only defined as English-speaking, reading and writing. If you can read and write Yoruba instead, you are literate.

Still, I doubt that 92% figure.
PoliticsRe: Everybody, Even Ribadu, Goes Igbotic. by DapoBear(m): 7:25pm On Dec 05, 2010
igbobuigbo:
2011: Buhari, Ngige may run on ACN/CPC joint ticket

http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=24853

How many vote would you get from Edo?
We don't need large #s of votes from the SE or SS. We probably won't win either region picking an Igbo VP anyways. I'd rather consolidate the base, and ensure that the VP is a core ACN man. Nobody in the SE is going to vote ACN just because Ngige is the VP. And it will also suck out a lot of energy from the SW voter, imo, and leave the SW vulnerable. We'd basically be repeating the same mistake the PDP did in leaving the North vulnerable.
PoliticsRe: Cheney’s Lawyer: Efcc Corruption Charges Baseless by DapoBear(m): 7:20pm On Dec 05, 2010
Faeb:
Na, they won't "discover" anything we don't already know; but with any luck, they will "discover" our Atiku!
. . .Two countries, both with the others ex-VP wanted locally?! Damn! In a VP for VP battle, Cheney vs Atiku, guess who the winner will be? grin

I de laugh o!
grin grin grin
PoliticsRe: Buhari/Tinubu Ticket In The Offing? by DapoBear(op): 8:14am On Dec 05, 2010
stranger:
She lives in Chicago
Dunno why she has Columbus Ohio below her moniker
Proly an OSU alum, I'm guessing.

My image of her is that of a  fair complexioned lady with some nasty attitude, prolly tall
Will love to have a one night stand with her though.  .   . 

Could you see yourself living with her?
I just cant imagune living with someone like that.
Women with nasty attitudes can be cured of em pretty easily. Just requires a firm hand and a no nonsense approach. Most guys unfortunately let themselves be bullied, guilt tripped, or tricked into arguing about irrelevant things. As long as the nasty attitude doesn't entail rabid feminist views, then you can fix them. Rabid feminism though, run away from that. Fortunately doesn't show up too frequently in naija chicks

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