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I'm last but I innit seeing no price

Maybe if he reaches out to the people, and explain's to them why he's the better man for the Job

But I can't understand why people complain about poverty and corruption, but yet they vote for the same old steretypes
(Old people that can barely speak english)

I bet if I googled Buhari Regime or something it wouldn't have anything positive.

the Yorubas should vote for Utomi, the people from the south south should aswell, ans as long as 20% of Northern Nigerian's vote for him, He'll win


If:
80%Yorubas vote for him, 95%Niger Deltans vote for him and 20% Northerns vote for him

He'll most likely win

how can that be good, this thread is way to boring nowadays.

I personally don't care if Pat utomi is chinese or an alien. he is a good candidate and Nigerians should back hime up.

@Tonim you are also right when you say

the northerners are going to vote for a northern candidate next month.

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But if Utomi can gather enough votes, maybe he can get a narrow victory.

Sources sya that if atiku doesn't win, he is planning a coup. Well i also have news for him, If he plans a coup I will personally massacre his brains out

this thread juss aint doing it for me no more

The south has been ruling for the past 8 years and the north will not settle for nothing less than a Northern president.

Sorry but that is a stupid remark (please modify your post immediately)

Apart from Ironsi and Zik which South Eastern Leaders have ruled this country?
and of all the northerners that ruled this country, how many achieved anything?

Before anyone votes for anyone they need to stop and ask themselevs these questions

what has Yar adua done for Katsina state?, are the residents of the state happy wit his performance

What do Nigerians realestic think that Buhari can accomplish? (Do they expect Buhari to give them stable power supply and security?

Will they vote for Buhari, Yar Adua Atiku etc, just for the sake of voting?

Do Nigerians really believe that these candidates will achieve anything apart form Fat wallets?

What's the difference between Abacha saying I'l do this and that and Atiku saying I'll do this and That?

Out of all the polticians running, who will actually realistically achieve the most?

Looking at these questions I'm forced to believe that some people just vote for the sake of voting, and at the end of the day they start complaining

I've been staying away from this thread , but I'm back now

^^^^^^Where are your stats?

I'd rather die a horrible death than vote for Buhari or Yar Adua and have my country die a horrible death
(I am not sitting in the comfort of my home posting this ignorantly)
If you are offended by this post, I'll post my address, pay for your ticket, and you can do as you wish.

Quincey Jones

Jesse Owens

Fela Kuti

Nelson Mandela

Michael Jordan

Edson Arantes de Nascimento(Pele)

Kanu Nwankwo

Malcom X

Calsius Clay Mohammed Ali

James Brown

Michael Jackson(Well technically he's stil black )

Mike Tyson

Eddie Murphy

George Weah

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Collin Powell

Kofi Annan

Tupac

Debosky, Last time I checked, automi was atually campaigning. He was in the Niger Delta too.
The internet is only an extension of his campaign Lol

Actually the beauty of the whole drama is that Atiku is at the receiving end

I better go buy some fireworks

like yar'adua, buhari and atiku are doing.

The corrupt ones always know how to campaign

My problem, is that Nigerian companies aren't as good as they should be, and that S.A companies are taking advantage of this weakness. This isn't a bad thing but it
is when the investor is more interested in making money for the home branch than in improving services in the country of operation(Nigeria)
They can choose to invest as you said (Nigeria is open for business) but they should be rady to focus the needsand wants of the consumers.
If users of MTN for example aren't satisfied with the service then what was the benefit of the company coming into the Nigerian market?

Also, even if the companny is ready to up the standards, the government should be ready to accept the consequences of a Private or Government owned sector, controlled by "Foreign Investors"

This is not some stupid opinion, the fact is Nigerian companies need to step up immediately and the Government needs to build centers that can instruct people
on business ethics and so on

sorry but I'm back

how's that

9ja4eva:
Oh really.Sorry oh i thot u were a photographer bt dts good.Lol

True


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aww get over it. You aint last, she aint last, but I am

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That is true. But Yar adua must know that if he mentions sharia in southern Nigerian affairs, there will be bloodshed.
and I mean real blood shed. THERE WILL BE WAR

[size=13pt]Nigeria: S. African Telkom to Buy 75% Stake in Multilinks[/size]


This Day (Lagos)

March 21, 2007
Posted to the web March 21, 2007

Shina Badaru Contributing Editor
Lagos

South Africa's fixed line operator, Telkom would soon close an acquisition deal in which it will pay $200 million for 75 per cent stake in Multilinks, Nigeria's pioneer private telecoms operator (PTO).

Investigations reveal that both parties are tying up the final details of the sale, having been granted regulatory approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for the proposed change in ownership structure of Multilinks.

Telkom's talk with Multilinks is coming after MTN Nigeria acquired another PTO, VGC Commu-nications Limited, for $65 million.

Executive Director, Multilinks, Chief Ezekiel Fatoye, confirmed on phone yesterday that NCC has granted an "anticipatory approval" for both parties to proceed with the proposed sale.

Based on licensing stipulations, operators have to obtain clearance from NCC when they plan to change ownership structure of their business.

According to him, "we have already obtained an anticipatory approval from NCC to proceed with our discussions with Telkom of South Africa."

Although did not volunteer additional information on the depth of shareholding to be acquired by Telkom but said both parties hope to conclude talks, "within the next two months."

According to him, "what has happened is that they (Telkom) have expressed interest but we have not concluded yet."

Asked the volume of shares being unbundled by the current investors in the telecoms business, Ezekiel stated that, "if you say they are taking 75 per cent, it means that everybody here will be affected."

Speculations have been rife that Vodacom, South Africa's top mobile operator, has been in talks with some Nigerian operators including Multilinks.

This followed a botched acquisition of controlling stakes in Vmobile (now Celtel Nigeria) and lately, emerging indications that it offered $150 million for the sector's last GSM licence that was sold to Mubadala of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January.

Multilinks' confirmation of the proposed deal with Telkom may have put paid to industry speculations that it was in discussions with Vodacom. Telkom and UK's Vodafone, have substantial stakes in Vodacom which is exploring emerging stakes in new markets beyond South Africa.

Multilinks, which was started by an Indian businessman, C.K. Ramani, who also doubles as Managing Director/CEO of the company is chaired by industrialist, Lema Jibrilu.

It flagged off commercial service in December 1997 to compete with the then monopoly of the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) in the fixed-line service arena.

It is the pioneer private sector telephony service to emerge in the Nigerian telecoms market in following the liberalisation of the sector in 1992 by the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.

In June 2006, Multilinks announced that it had obtained a Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) allowing operators offer a bouquet of services ranging from voice, internet and data.

UASL, which was introduced by NCC after the expiration of the five-year market exclusivity granted mobile operators that emerged in the telecoms market after the January 2001 GSM licence auctions is making a profound impact on the competitive telecoms market as it allows former fixed-line operators to extend their limited mobility and explore technological advancements to deploy services across the country.

Multilinks, the first operator to introduce the CDMA 2000 1X technology supporting wireless telephony and internet services, said last year that it has recorded over 100,000 subscribers and projected to grow the number to over 500,000 by the end of 2006.

While the company's current subscriber base was yet to be confirmed, NCC said over 34 million combined fixed and mobile lines have been connected at the end of January, this year.

Competition has since stepped up in the Nigerian market with four national mobile GSM providers by user base: MTN, Glomobile, Celtel Nigeria and M-tel. A fifth GSM and UASL licences was in January sold to the Mubadala for $400 million.

In addition to the two national carriers, NITEL and its competitor, Globacom, there are over 20 operators offering fixed telephone services, including Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and CDMA-based fixed and mobile service providers.

Telkom holds South Africa's dominance in fixed-line service as well as international connections to and from the country on the SAT3 and SAFE cables accounting for the majority of the country's international bandwidth.

The company is currently the largest provider of broadband in South Africa, with over 120,000 subscribers at last count in 2005.

They won't stop until they buy out every company

The Government needs to intervene into these affairs and instate "GOLDEN SHARES".

Call me naive, but I don't think S.Africa would welcome such investments by Nigerian companies

I think------------------oh yeah I can't comment, well I'll just make my own thread

Good to know.
What you up to?

Yet I've heard that many older Nigerians from around the city, still refer to it as Eko. Is this true?

A lot of Yorubas refer to Lagos as Eko, so the term Eko isn't actually dead

Who's online

Constantin the reason why Nigeria is stagnant and that Most Nigerians detest such developments is all due to Corruption and Poverty.

Nigeria fell behind a long time ago, but if Nigeria can get a good president with a good administration, reforms can carry on that may gradually make corruption a thing of the past.

You talk about Retail facilities, Hotels restaurants etc.
Well I have a task for Nigerian entrepreneurs, and that is to think big and expand.
Businesses like SilverBird should be expanding and adding more facilities across the nation, and should even be thinking of going abroad.

One thing I have noticed about Nigeria is that Everyone wants to do this and that. Nigeria has thousands of Banks, but how many are actually "Real Banks", Nigeria has a number of Airlines but how many can actually transport people safely?. The government should build three massive Business Universities, One in Northern Nigeria, One in South Eastern Nigeria and One in the South West. These univeristies should be built with lots of money (Yes I said it, lots of money) Call it a waste of money If you want but those Universities should be built as though Nigeria was Dubai or something. The Government should make tuition fees enrollment cheap. Also The government has to make a minimum level of Investment for each sectors, this Will encourage MERGERS.

Nigeria has one of the World's largest Black Markets, but this needs to change, we need a Proper Transparent Market that makes it mandatory to make it Big.

South Africa is doing that so why can't Nigeria. MTN, Shoprite, Comair, Game, Nu Metro, Baygen and Cell C are all S.A companies that have made it Big.

My dream is that Nigerian entrepreneurs will challenge the Government to new levels. If Nigerian companies can rise up and invest then Things such as Ice Skating Rinks will be nuffin

Nigeria has hope, as long as this planet is here

I hate to express my hatred for Atiku once again but, if OBJ exposed Atiku and Atiku is getting all the punches, it would indeed mean that OBJ must have knew about it and should be investigated but it most certainly and I repeat, most certainly would definitely not mean that Atiku should be allowed to contest.

[size=13pt]In Memoriam, Verse Seven[/size]

Dark house, by which once more I stand
      Here in the long unlovely street,
  Doors, where my heart was used to beat
      So quickly, waiting for a hand,
   A hand that can be clasp’d no more–
      Behold me, for I cannot sleep,
      And like a guilty thing I creep
     At earliest morning to the door.
       He is not here; but far away
       The noise of life begins again,
    And ghastly thro’ the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

It is agreat poem, and I'll be so happy if someone could post the poetic devices that this part of Lord Tennyson's grand poem may have.

I'll also appreciate input on Imagery and on it's summary

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