80% of the posters on this topic are fools!!!, Nuclear Power is and has always been a NO NO! for Nigeria and africa as a whole, we have Gas, we have hydro resources, we have wind, we have Geo-thermal resources, we should be using this,
It took the Japan Issue to open the eye of the Nigerian Govt,
PLEASE PEOPLE SHOULD STOP DISPLAYING THEIR IGNORANCE ON nairaland,
Akhenaten: What about the Africans who were massacred in cold blood in a village in the Ivory Coast by the rebel forces? Why isn't there an outcry? A whimper? Or widespread news coverage? The hypocrisy makes me sick.
Dude it was all a plan, A so called Black President means that his puppert masters can go in and Bomb African Countries at will, Lord Help us,
now lets see what happens in nigeria if the "wrong person" wins the elections.
makbo i agree - african nations are now fair game and have lost all claim to their soveriegnty and i think nigerians should brace themselves as nigeria may be next on the takeover list if US puppet GEJ doesnt win.
Hmmm CAP28 things are not going well for the Imperialist in Libya, Aisha Ghadafi is now rallying the women in Libya to defend their homes and land from the Foreign invaders ,
What people believe about GEJ is neither here nor there, the fact is that he is gonna be in power for the next 4 years by the look of thing.people need to .get use to it and face their lives,
Gbenge 77: The BBC practice investigative journalism and this report does not seem far-fetched.
WHATEVA!!!, , U need to allow it with all diz "echoing", BBC does what is has to do to keep fools accross the third world especially believeing its *hype*
You guys can be soo lame sometimes, BBC say something about nigeria and all of you are quick to rush in and comment like some "sheeple", .sometimes i wonder about the self-worth of nigerians sometimes, soo poor on internal-value
unfortunately gadaffi was the only african leader with the courage to challenge the west - the rest (with the exception of mugabe) are a bunch of paid up pros.titutes, so i wouldnt expect much from them.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich's Reveals documents of UK/France planning War-Games planned for March 21st-26th 2011 was planned in November 2010.
cap28: these so called nollywood actors are an embarrassment not only for their pathetic amateurish acting skills but for the fact that they are completely devoid of any sense of morality, with all the suffering that nigerians are being subjected to at the hands of pdp these clowns still felt it right to endorse this criminal and his goons- , i hope all of them go to hell in a handbasket. I think the biggest mistake buhari made when he took power in 1984 was not lining up those second republic looters against a wall and putting a bullet into their empty heads, i think that would have served as a warning to any incoming polticians.
Lol in Bold, does their endorsement really count, anyway, i aiight for or against GEJ,
mama-gee: [color=deeppink]I think that's one of the best things they've done. ,
Cause with all honesty, they are too many Nigerians in the U.K.
Think they need to move to other countries. . .[/color]
I guess you are not adept at understanding the British pysche and reading behind the words. UK is about influence and "Double-Speak"
What they are saying is that 25% of International Student better make a choice of our Institution or the so called "Private" Institutions powered by immigrants that are mush-rooming up every-where.
Its a financial/currency war being started by the UK Govt Education "Big-wigs"
25% of the Foreign students are opting into alternative degree programmes and it causing the Red-Brick" and other schools to beg and market hard for students. The UK Govt wants to smash/curtail this growing dimension and limit the access route, which will make the raising of "Tuition fee's" Inelastic.
I cant believe that no one has picked up on this here on nairaland,
cap28: Ivynwa - the europeans built their civilisation on stealing from weaker nations, read about the scramble for africa in 1885 in which all the european powers divided up africa amongst themselves in order to steal the natural resources of the various countries within. this stealing is still going on but under a different cover - now its done under the cover of free trade, IMF loans and SAP.
justwise: I take that as a big joke. What are u complaining about? This is not just about Nigerian students, Nigerian Govt should be ashamed of themselves if they ever complain abt this changes.
Anybody who genuinely want to study in the UK will still do that, this changes will affect pple who are out to abuse the system, this include UK private colleges selling admission letters and certificates to fake students.
The only down side of this changes is the closure of Post-Study-Work permit
Dude, i have just received from info from a lecturer friend that the reason for the cuts in foreign students is not really to stop more people coming in. They are trying to in-directly stem the increase of all these independant/private colleges as the Universities are complaining that they are taking away business (ie money) from them, So you apply for a study visa to an independany college you are 20 times as likely to be turned down, but if you apply to a state or uk recognised University, you are more likely to get the visa.
Thirst4Lif: Africans SHOULD be extremely proud of African Americans. A.A's and the struggles they endured and surpassed are the reasons Africans can come
to the U.S. in the first place! If African Americans had not fought, resisted, had dogs and hoses turned on them and in many cases DIED how
welcome do Africans think they'd be in the United States. Africans would have been grouped with American Blacks and made to sit at the back of
the bus, not be allowed in most restaurants, CERTAINLY Africans would not have been privvy to the U.S.'s educational system etc. African
Americans made ALL of that possible for Africans. So why not say 'Thank You' and come to the realization that had it not been for African
Ron Oneal: Africa is the source from whence we come, but YOU are not my Alpha and Omega you ignorant jackass, get off the your fake pedestal, the only difference between you and I is that you know the group in Africa you come from and identify with it, I know the group I descend, but because of years and generations of separation I identify as African American. My ancestors, incidentally, came from Nigeria, maternally, at least according to African Ancestry.com whom I did my DNA test with.
Which explains your ignorant backside superiority complex towards AAs, yet you say YOU are my Alpha and Omega? No, you were the sell out Uncle Tom that sold Africans to the white man.
Yes we have become some of the most influential people on the planet, almost everywhere you go you here OUR music, you see OUR style of dress and you see others imitating it. Without us there would be no American culture or even American itself but most of what is American culture was created by AAs, these are facts, be a hater if you want. NOTE: I never said AAs are the most influential people in the world, I said we are some of the most influential people in the world, near the very top. Yeah, America still treats some of us like second class but thats not different in Africa where a lot of people get treated just the same and even worse, so whats your point? You have some silly backside superiority complex.
make up you damn mind, first you say we don't know our roots then you say we do but, And no, AAs are not Africans in the continental sense, so if any AA says they're not African they mean it in that specific context, no AA denies their African roots or says they're not of African descent. As for your comments about huts and living in trees, I've heard other Africans talk down on fellow Africans even worse than that and the typical AA isn't going to make dumb backside comments like that.
My point stands, you have Africans who claim all kinds of exotic origins when they are just Africans have no descent from Mohammed. I know the reasons behind it, but the fact remains people still want to claim Mohammed as their ancestor.
You have to be one dumbass to stick your head in the sand and deny history, that fact of the matter is that Africans in America were forbidden from showing and preserving any African traditions, as a result, some were lost and some were keep alive by disguise and being recreated. Why do you think the slavemasters imported different African groups into America that didn't speak the same languages? In the caribbean they were allowed to keep more of their traditions, but not in America, I don't give a poo if you reject it, its a well known fact and African Americans share a large proportion of their ancestral roots with Nigerians among other groups, while Brazilians share more, but not all of their ancestral roots with Angolans and Mozambicans and people from Congo. You pretend that Africans purposely stopped wanting to be African when they got off the boats in America.
You ignorant little poo, learn about the Gullah people before you open your mouth:
Now your ignorant backside knows why Gullahs are the exception and not the rule.
GOOD POST RON, Dont allow the ignorance of some of our Nigerian/African people to discourage YOU! I salute your courage and identity as a fellow Nigerian Brother.
DEEP DOWN INSIDE AFRICAN TRULY LOVE THEIR AFRICAN AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS BUT WHAT PAINS ALOT OF AFRICANS IS THAT THEY KNOW THAT ALOT OF BRAIN-WASHING HAS BEEN DIRECTED AT AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND ITS VERY PAINFUL, WHAT MADE SLAVERY SO SO PAINFUL AND NASTY IS THAT THE ENSLAVERS PURPOSED TO DESTROY ANY TRACE OF AFRICAN CULTURE IN THE PEOPLE!!!
I am really looking forward to a time when more African-Americans will be contributing strongly on Nairaland, whether we like it or not. Africa needs the imput both intellectually, skills-wise and financially of African Americans to move forward. We need one another and thats just the plain truth.
cap28: I think africans should be proud of black americans for the simple reason that black americans (with the exception of black south africans) have done much more to try to rid themselves from the shackles of white supremacy than possibly any other blacks worldwide.
To make matters even worse many of us are in a collective state of self delusion, we do not even see the irony of our situation, ie that in order to have half way decent lives we have to flee our countries of origin to live in countries where diasporan blacks have fought and won the very rights that we are denied in our own countries.
Everybody please not the Bolded part, as CAP28 kinda hit dis one on der head !!!
NIGERIANS SHOULD REALISE THAT NAIRALAND IS NOW A VERY POPULAR AFRICAN SITE AND NOT ONLY NIGERIANS COME ON HERE TO DISCUSS AND CHAT!!! PLEASE RESPECT YOU FELLOW AFRICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND BY FELLOW AFRICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS I MEAN THOSE AFRICANS THAT CAME TO AMERICA VIA THE SHIP AND THOSE AFRICANS THAT CAME TO AMERICA VIA THE PLANE!!! WHETHER U LIKE IT OR NOT YOU ARE BOTH AFRICANS SO U BETTER GET COMFORTABLE WITH ONE-ANOTHER,
Oh please @ OP, African American have played their role and continue to play a role in the african community, every culture has it pros and cons, the sad thing though about African Americans is that they have allowed Non Black Africans to commodify and commercialise/Monetise and destroy their great culture ie music and arts and Marginalise them in their great Inventions ie disposable syringe, spark plug, mobile phone, elevator etc imagine all the Royalties African Americans should be raking in now!!! so sad!!!
cap28: deejay nothing is too great a task for these imperialists to embark on if at the end there is a huge pot of gold.
time and time again the western media has succeeded in pulling the wool over the eyes of their people, even africans who shoudl know better given that we have been on the receiving end of their abusive treatment for centuries and other covert forms of neo colonialism are the ones cheering them on the loudest in their imperialist invasion of libya. you have to understand that the vast population of this world are completely brainwashed and conditioned to believe the propaganda churned out by the western media.
Those african americans working with the US govt are traitors and turn coats, is it the likes of susan rice who has been responsible for some of the most treacherous acts against african nations you can think of that will balk at the thought of invading nigeria - i dont think so - dont forget the role she played with regard to abiola's demise. or is it the current commander of AFRICOM? dont forget that these people do not see themselves as africans but as americans.
This New Africom Commander said that NATO should take over the mission in Libya and not AFRICOM, they all know that is the focus comes on them they would be look very shaky politically.
THEY KNOW THAT BLACK AFRICANS DO NOT WHAT AFRICOM, FOR WHAT PURPOSE