EzeUche:

We the people in the East has always wanted a nation of our own. What has Nigeria done for the East except leech off of us.

A fool at 50 is still a fool. We have no business being in this union. Lets form smaller nations which can be better managed. People are tired of waiting. Do we have to wait another 50 years to know that this nation is not working.
Let us watch the referendum in Sudan and see how that nation breaks away.

A renowned prophet and the founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said the only condition for Nigerians to enjoy tranquility, politically and economically, is for the country to break up.

According to him, “zoning system will alter the plan of God for the nation, it will not help us. What did Obasanjo do to improve the Yoruba race? Obasanjo insulted Christian leaders, did he apologise? Will Obasanjo family be ever poor again? Check the percentage of Yoruba race that are still poor, still Obasanjo ruled this country for eight years.”

Aloy+Emeka:

Why not repair your local roads first?

FL Gators:

True.


Anywayz, comparing Nigeria to USA is like comparing apple to candy.

ezeagu:

Well, the most important organisation Nigeria has is the EFCC and this is the only depiction of the Nigerian eagle:
http://www.championsfornigeria.org/cfn/images/efcc%20logo155.jpg

Bald!

tpiah:

for the last time, the eagle on the nigerian coat of arms is NOT the american bald eagle.

nigeria has OVER 48 species of eagle!!!!!

i saw eagles very frequently when i was in nigeria, as i've repeated many times on this thread.

some places have vultures, while other places have eagles! I did not see any vultures when i was young- i never even realized some places in nigeria had so many vultures, until i was grown.

ezeagu link=topic=463089.msg6228633#msg6228633 date=1276738379

A Joke, bragging because movies are shot and sold every two weeks flooding the "Cinema" with hundreds of substandard "movies" every year. If you think I didn't know Nigeria is the second largest producer in the world, then you're mistaken, but it is delusion to brag about such low quality.
[/quote] I wasn't bragging about the quality of Nigerian films.

@Kobojunkie: I have no idea how and why the Eagle was chosen. I will still stand my ground though and think it wasn't b/c Nigeria was blantantly copying the US.[quote author=tpiah:
please ask EFCC how they came about their logo.

Kobojunkie:

So, any information out there specifying which of those species exists IN Nigeria. Also, if you can, find us data on how the Eagle was selected for this particular case.

ezeagu:

It's this delusion that makes sure Nigeria isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

read it and weep do you have nothing good to say about Nigeria?

Veritas09:

Where to even begin?

Many countries have similar seals.
Nollywood takes after Hollywood because America's is the largest film industry in the world -- they're therefore entitled to set the standard. But then again, there are many cities in America named after European ones. They're not so concerned with being original.
It's always struck me as funny that America would choose the eagle as the national animal, since eagles are more endemic in Africa and parts of Eurasia. Nigeria alone has at least 13 species of eagle, whereas the U.S. uses the bald eagle -- which is endangered in that country.
There are plenty of countries with even less territory that are divided into states -- that you've chosen the United States as a standard of comparison (50 states for 9.6 million sq km) as opposed to Russia or China speaks to the fact that YOU are the one who considers it the ideal. You want Nigeria to be original and stop copying the U.S., but at the same time it should adhere to the U.S.'s standards when establishing states?

ezeagu:

Okay, back it up, and the evidence better show that Nigeria is twice the size of Texas!

. . . . . .a coincidence?

Nigeria is copying the US.

Before you start looking for that, how will showing me another country that copies the US show that Nigeria is not copying the US? Now go and look for a country the same size as Nigeria or smaller with more than 30 states, emphasis on states, they must be called states.

Texas is 261,797.12 sq. miles (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html), Nigeria is  923,768  square kilometers (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ni.html ), or in other words Nigeria is about 356,668 square miles, making it bigger than Texas still! don't bash my math skills, I had a tad wrong calculation


Yes it's a coincidence in my book for the states and Nollywood being related to Hollywood. What should they call it instead? Naijawood? Naija City? The Film and Televsion Producers Association of the 36 States of Nigeria? 


Why no prefectures? Does Japan count? 48 prefectures and a little smaller than California  . You trying to make me search the web for a country w/ as many states as Nigeria? You must be crazy 

Ol_Soldier:

Stormm: no thanks to nigeria government.

it is actually a bit of risk and threat to nigeria security entity in times of invasion by neighbouring war enemy's. having posting all this armoury's what chance do we have to protect ourlseves, since they already have known all we got in term of weaponry, so they know basically where to struck us against our defence. so i think its a bit improper to display all of these.
but please help us pass the message accross to those incharge if you can anyway. i have been to abuja and other states uncountable times for the purpose of military pension screening, queuing under the hot sun, with no mercy from any one. i have been screened million times and yet no pay from any where, even after spending a whole lots to travel for the so called screening. . . the old soldiers needs to comfortable abode.
very sad.

wazobia-ng:

WHAT ABOUT THE $34 Billion like the one USA don fine BP for 54 days of oil spillage. Clean up ke! nonsense. They should pay up.

$34 with 9 zeroes behind it?! Isn't that close to the entire GDP of Lagos? Or about 10% of Nigeria's entire GDP? Oil is earth's cigarette; slowly killing it!

paddy_lo:

I will give u EGYPT and South AFRICA (Though EGPYT wants to be known as an ARAB country). .ANGOLA(for the future)

The rest of the countries u name can never be Africas star. .countries like Botswana and Namibia with less than 3million ppl. . and one city can never be Africas star

Like everyone said here,look at the countries making waves. .Brazil. .Russia. .India, China, Indonesia. .

U cant go to Asia and tell me Taiwan is the star

Or go to Europe and tell me swissland is the star,when u have France and Germany

[color=#550000]The point is for Africa to shine the big countries will have to pull their weight

Because the original point was that Nigeria is the same size as a US state and is trying to have the same amount of states as the US. We have established that Nigeria is smaller than a US state and we have established that the amount of states in Nigeria (which are even being eyed to be demarcated more) is almost the same amount as the US (one day you'll get those 50 states Nigeria!).

so with saying that any country as big or smaller than Nigeria with almost 50 states like the USA is copying it? Or is this just limited to Nigeria?

ezeagu:

In the end what have you proven, that Nigeria is slightly bigger than Texas and smaller than Alaska, my point still stands.

ezeagu:
In response to Nollywood you went "Okay, there is also a Bollywood!", I'll leave you to figure that one out for yourself.

ezeagu:
Texas is bigger than Nigeria. Nigeria is trying to have the same amount of states as the US.

Beaf:

No!
Is Somalia a developing country?

EzeUche:

How will they surpass Nigeria? Even though I am no fan of Nigeria, our ever-growing population will always be important on the continent as consumers for resources.

Population means everything. Just look at China and India, or even Indonesia. If you have a nation has a large population, of course they will get a lot attention.

paddy_lo:

can u name the African nations taking development more seriously?. . another myth
Nigeria is probably the second fastest growing economy in Africa this past decade. . .Pls see IMF link below with comparison with KENYA and SOUTH AFRICA

[url]http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2000&ey=2010&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=62&pr1.y=9&c=694%2C199%2C664&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD&grp=0&a=[/url]