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If she were in Naija, she may not achieve that easily.

She would be selling recharge cards and pure water cos teachers are on strike.

Well there's a reason it's called "ethno/religious" conflict and not just ethnic conflict.

Affiliations around these parts are ethno/religous and not just based on ethnicity.

Its never a crime until you are a caught, am  glad d B.O.B is takin these issue with keen  interest ds time around. During my days in  law sch, one feels bitter when you crack your  brain alongside sleepless nites, the rich gets  away with leaked question papers.

You mean this rubbish has been going on for a while now ?

Atiku is Fulani.

Period !

I like this definition. So Atiku is not from the North, but the Middle Belt. Yippee! The North gets the 2015 ticket. No wonder. Those Adamawa peeps act somewhat more exposed than the typical Northerners. I agree. Zamfara is real North.

If you say Atiku is a Middlebeltan, what tribe is he then ?

novice that know nothing about movie production, what good quality lies in our movie that could warrant Brazil to learn from us? This has nothing to do with inferiority complex, I think Ignoranctic complex is what has blinded you

The same qualities that have made Africa Magic a major attraction for Mnet. The same qualities that makes Ono Ruhl believe that the movie industry is a potential Cash cow for Nigeria

http://www.dawodu.com/nnamani21.htm
. . . . By  the way, if we talk of a Middle Belt,  we must take into account such definitional preferences of the  promoters as well as the historical data made  available by researchers.  Historically, it is not so easy to fit the  entire  Middle Belt into any zone of  original antecedent. According to  legends of legend  and legends of  origin, what we have on the ground  cannot present a definitive  single  antecedent or even a composite  background. Yet, even against that background, the Langtang, Birom, Tiv,  Chawai, Jaba, Jukun, among the other  tens  of such ethnic groups, have one  thing in common. They have lived in  the  Niger-Benue Confluence over some millennia. And they have, together,  claimed the  Nok culture, reportedly  originating from Nok Village in Jaba  Local Government  Area, Kaduna State. Besides the varied origins as claimed in the cases of peoples of the Nok Culture, the Middle Belt areas or the  Niger-Benue Confluence region, were to gravitate to such western economic  endeavours, of which the Tin Mining enterprises in Jos, our present host city, drew into it many of the people who were to realize their common heritage  and political destiny. Such virtually natural concentric development,  expanding in the sucking of peoples  from deep  Southern areas as well as  far-flung North actually presented the  zone as the  glue that draws. Further to this were the clear marshal  qualities of the peoples, as recognized by the colonial masters, who erected  military institutions, which on their own opened more waves of migrations. In  fact, it was in the discharge of the duty conferred by those marshal qualities  that the Middle Belt excelled as the bastion of national unity and cohesion.  One of such, most often repeated, was the price of human resources  reportedly expended in the various  wars from 1914. . . . .

Brazil seeks Nollywood expertise in film making
 
Tuesday, November 23 , 2010
By Monsur Olowoopejo

Governor Baba-tunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that in the next couple of months the state government, in collaboration with Nollywood, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Brazilian Government to teach Brazilian artistes movie production. Governor Fashola made this known in Alausa during a courtesy visit by Nollywood actors and actresses under the aegis of Lagos Artistes for Fashola, LAFF, led by Mr. Segun Arinze who are championing the campaign for Fashola's second term in office. His said: "There is an offer on the table from the Brazilian government which the state government is yet to harness. The last time I visited Brazil, the Brazilian Minister for Tourism asked that they will like to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Nigerians to teach Brazilians on how to produce home videos. "That offer is still on the table and we are yet to harness it because we are yet to have this type of forum where we can work out the necessary modalities. As soon as the artistes are ready, I will re-establish the contact and open up the network." so that whatever benefits comes from the contract, the credit goes to the country and the movie industry." Fashola, however, commended the artistes for their support during the 2007 electoral campaign and urged them to promote the ideals that would better the lots of the people in the society. The Governor said: "By sheer deed of commitment, you have found a way where there seems to be no way. You have helped to address youth restiveness and unemployment." adding that lots of youths had not been harnessed in the area of cinematography.

http://odili.net/news/source/2010/nov/23/323.html

It's a good thing that we're being wary of the development. Nigerian governors can be real tricky in their looting methods hence the need for one not to swallow the whole thing without verification.
Commendable project though.

German teams suck, period !

BERLIN (Reuters) -- Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal sharply criticized winger Franck Ribery on Friday, saying the Frenchman needed to work harder on his comeback after his seven-week injury lay-off. Frenchman Ribery played some 75 minutes during a friendly match against Unterhaching on Wednesday after his brief Bundesliga comeback last week against Nuremberg, but his coach was less than impressed. "He did not put in any effort (against Unterhaching) and showed no commitment. That is a shame," Van Gaal told reporters ahead of their trip to second-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/11/19/vangaal.ribery/index.html

Ribery launches counter criticism at Van Gaal Our Reporter 24 /11 / 2010 00 :01 :00 Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery was remarkably candid in responding to recent criticism from coach Louis van Gaal. The Dutch gaffer recently told reporters that he ws disappointed by Ribery's lack of effort in a reserve match against Unterhaching. "I was very disappointed to see this in the press," Ribery told Sky. "I would have preferred that he told me directly. " The mercurial Frenchman went on to explain that his limited playing time following a long injury lay-off has kept him from achieving his previous world class status. "If I play only 25 or 30 minutes, I will never reach my previous level at 100 %. I have to play 90 minutes." Finally, Ribery launched his own volley of criticism: "I do my best to do everything possible to be fit again. But if the coach always criticises, if he pulls me down time and time again, it is difficult." Ahead of tonight's Champions League clash with Roma, it was speculated that Ribery was set to start. Whether the 27- year-old's comments will help or hinder his chances remains uncertain. 
http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/football-golf-boxing/19752.html

– Wed Nov 24 , 10 :08  am ET BERLIN (AFP) – Coach Louis van Gaal has been reprimanded by Bayern Munich's director of sport Christian Nerlinger for his criticism of Franck Ribery in the German press. "He sometimes provokes and you shouldn't always take everything he says seriously," Nerlinger said about van Gaal. "But he is not giving the best impression of us at the moment and we have to work on changing this."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101124/sp_soccer_afp/fblgerfrabayernribery

Most of you posting on this thread must be joking. ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES IN WORLD, WITH CORRUPT LEADERS, HAVE A CORRUPT FREE POLICE FORCE ? You must be kidding. Infact it's a miracle the corruption in the police is this little considering the kind of people who rule this country.

What we should be praying for is the customs and SS don't follow in the police example, if that occurs armed robbers will be robbing the CBN with smuggled rocket
Launchers; SS would collect money from politicians to blow up civilians etc.

It's sad that innocent people are killed but considering our level of corruption, it's a miracle it's that little.

I don't know who these aliens are, where's the real Arsenal i know ? Wenger better start doing sometin real soon. Just see how empty this thread is, sign of sometin.

How is winning the BL any different from winning the English Championship ? Newcastle won the Championship last season and even beat Arsenal at the Emirates a few weeks back, does that mean they'll qualify for the UCL ?

Nigeria : 2011 - President's Camp Jubilates, Woos Babangida

http://allafrica.com/stories/201011230648.html

. . . . .over two decades ago. The source said: "The IBB camp is accusing Ciroma of vendetta. They are already making moves to seek alternative platform for IBB to run". Speaking further on the matter, the source said the IBB camp is even more aggrieved because "when IBB was chased out in 1993 , after the annulment of the June 12 , election, he managed to win the political leadership of a conservative section of the north and now, they have rejected him. "IBB as you know is likely to go to the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) to pursue his ambition but the Jonathan group is making overture to him and the others to bridge the political gap in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). . . .

Jonathan’s camp rejoices over  Atiku choice By Elizabeth Archibong

November 23 ,  2010 01 :36 AM

President Goodluck Jonathan’s political  camp was yesterday agog with  excitement following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the northern  consensus candidate for the 2011  presidential election. The jubilation preceded the  cancellation of the meeting between  Mr. Jonathan, Mr. Abubakar, former vice  president; Ibrahim Babangida, former  military president; Aliyu Gusau, former  national security adviser (NSA) to  President Jonathan; and Bukola Saraki,  governor of Kwara State. The meeting, which was initially  scheduled to take place at the defence house, Maitama, Abuja, could not hold  following the selection of Mr. Abubakar, however the, senior special adviser to  the president on media and publicity  Ima Niboro said a new date will be  fixed for a meeting between Mr. Jonathan and Mr. Abubakar. The meeting between all the  presidential aspirants, it was learnt was designed to discuss issues of the  campaign strategy with a view to  making it a clean campaign,  considering the volume of offensive  materials so far put out on some of the candidates. “We are totally excited by Atiku’s  selection, because this decision has  made the coast even clearer for  President Jonathan” Mr. Niboro said. Commenting on why the meeting  scheduled between the President and  the other presidential aspirants did not  hold as planned, he said before the  meeting could hold Mr. Abubakar had  emerged as the northern consensus  candidate. A top Presidency source said  immediately the former vice president’s name was mentioned as the consensus candidate, members of the Jonathan’s  camp started exchanging banters and  congratulating themselves


http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5645267-146/jonathans_camp_rejoices_over_atiku_choice.csp.

Do not give up Dayokanu. Bayern can still win the league or atleast qualify for europa league.

Stop deceiving this misled people, things are bleak for bayern this season and they must face reality.

The worst that can happen to bayern is a 2 nd place finish which is a champs league automatic qualification

Yes ! The worst that can happen is that Nigeria will become the 2nd largest economy in the world by next year.

Let's wait till the end of the season then we'll know who are the real members of that list. 14 points behind the first team and all the useless players are worried about is their 'downlow' buddies.

As long as we have more premiership titles than 18 other teams in the league, we're good.
And as for Europe, for as long as UEFA continues ranking us above the 18 German Bundesliga in existence in our galaxy, we're good too.

Like dudu said it would take a miracle for bayern to play in the UCL next season. Van Gaal is bored and probably on his way to a 'real' European club during the winter break. Why is Bayern always so useless inspite of being in a one team league ?

Dortmund topping the table is like West Ham? Well GAYYners continue to break all record of stupidity known to man Dortmund is a Champions league winner, Now tell us the last time ASSanal won that trophy?

It is this kind of moronic ignorance that has Franz worried about Bayern. If consecutive CL winners like Forest can be in lower divisions, who are Borussia Dortmund ?
Ofcourse you're too busy fighting for gay rights to know such simple things.

Ciroma and co certainly got it wrong if truely  it is Atiku. Atiku can not push any say in "Pin- Di-Pin"  any more. Obj will be very happy.  Infact he'll tell GEJ not to campaign any more

lol, the guy will be drinking Schnapps, chewing kpomo and playing Sunny Ade by now i tell you.

It would be really good to get those 3 points,not because it totenham but because we'll be able to atleast be temporarily atop the premiership table. It would show good character from the gunners considering the hurdles and setbacks they've endured all season long. If they can get three points at this time, when it really matters then, we can start talking business.

Apparently referring to the THISDAY ( April 2001) report, Buhari said he was quoted to have urged Muslims to vote for a Muslim only; a story which he said attempted to create confusion in the country. Buhari insisted that what he told his Sokoto audience was that they should not compromise the tenets of their religion in the process of electing leaders.

Personally i have no problem with whatever he said, it's a free world.
Those freedoms apply to Adefarisin too i believe.

5 year European subordinates how market ? Leverkusen will sample your sauce tomorrow if i'm not mistaking

Fck diplomatic protocol. When the Iranians had their revolution they invaded the American Embassy, let's have our own little Nigerian revolution.

Muki thank god you're here. Dayo started this rubbish, i don't know why you people won't banish that deranged humonkey from NL

@dayo-lee Westwood, our subordinate in the last 5 trophyless seasons, how market ?