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While we can't deny some parts of Nigeria seem to churn out the majority of the offenders in certain of these ignominous acts, it isn't really a ground for any one to launch attacks on a whole nation/tribe.
Tomorrow we'll hear yoruba's are crooks cos four yoruba boys were caught sending scam mails. The day after that 4 almajiris burn down a church until we reach Niger Delta kidnappers before starting afresh with Igbos. Why can't some people ever say something intellectually challenging? Not necessarily correct but atleast try being smart.

^ Stop being an slowpoke and post something rational. Are you a cow ?

@ op So many but no substance. What about the various minorities(christian tribes ) struggling for a voice in many hausa states ? I've not heard anything from that perspective

Counterfeit dayo so what have you been saying about specialinho ? Can he not go on now to win it ? Nonsakabu

Delta state is so safe that virtually all the oil companies have relocated to LAGOS state Inspite of lagos not having one oil well abi ?
What is the employment situation in Delta state ?
Dude, do you think those your funny institutions is what is meant by education ?
Do you know what transportation is ? Well transportation has a lot with conducive public/mass transportation - even Fifa don't give you hosting rights without that.

@beaf , you're still saying talk is cheap ? Your own talk is cheap, cos i'm still asking you which organisation's HDI you are refering to ? Is it that of the UN, USaid, Nigerian govt or any other globally renowned organisation ?
Please tell me so i can check and post the result here, shikena .

It is no secret that the unemployment rate amongst black south Africans is as bad as anywhere else in Africa, a recent BBC report puts it close to 50%. Black South Africans are living in an illusion if they think there is only one South Africa.
Despite white South Africans being under 20% of SA population, their assets are estimated at over 70% of south Africa's GDP. While some of the figures i've mentioned may seem hard to substantiate, people who have researched these things and continually speak out on various international media have talked of a situation where "fronting" is the order of the day.
It is common to see Blacks made chairmen of some of the big corporate orgs but in actuality over 90% of such companies are white owned.
Who owns the Anglo Golds, the Standard banks, FNB and various other firms in south Africa ? Check the owners share certificates to get a better picture of things.
Even Zimbabwe that had been independent for 20 years(and with less white domination) realised painfully that It's economy was to an extent still under colonialism.
It will take more than a few token appointments to junior management to correct the wide income distribution gap between the very rich white and abject black South African population.

Nna V3 you dream of Chelsea ? DAMN !!

@Beaf, So going by what i have said, i'm sure we can compile our own little developmental Index here.
1.We should compare the state of security between both
2. Level of education and access to it
3.Electricity and water - don't tell us of generators for street lights o.
4. Transportation in all forms and ramifications of it.
5. Housing in terms of facilities to aid commoners in procuring one.
6. Health situation in all It's ramifications: no. of health workers visavis population, mother/infant mortality rate, access to and cost of treatment etc

I'm open to more suggestions from you.

Mr Beaf what rubbish are you saying ? Do you know what i read in school ?
Human Development Indices are the aggregate of individual dev Indices to come up with the sum total which is a true measure of development/standard of living.
An example of an index would be 1.access to education, or 2.rate of employment/self actualisation 3.access to health 4.justice and fair treatment 5.security 6.habitat/housing 7.basic amenities ala Electricity and potable water 8. . .add more of your choice

What this translates to is that a community where there is high level of education and employment but with no security of life and property might be considered worse off than a one where is better security but higher unemployment
with modest education with similar education level. The argument is that development is multifaceted thing and is not one dimensional, it should touch all aspects of life. It should reflect on how you think, eat to where sh.it, how you communicate and to cut long story short how you exist.

So i ask you again, WHO COMPILED THE ONE YOU ARE TALKING OF ? Did it fall from heaven or was it the UNDP ?

Nigerians don't think so, every imaginable empirical study for the last 20yrs has proved us to near the bottom of the barrel. When corruption is so blatantly obvious and has become so appalling that you have to bribe a civil servant to render basic services that the govt. is there for in the first place, you don't need to be told your case is bad.
Just one example : You have to bribe someone to buy petrol(that's what you indirectly do anytime you buy from the black market), now tell me any major oil exporter where this is remotely possible. Go and hear how much it costs to fill a tank in other OPEC countries then you'll know the kind of dump we're in - and i mean ALL other OPEC countries.
And then Guess how many Nigerians were declared officially poor by the UNDP on monday ? Google that little bit of info and see for yourself.

GBAM ! That's why i say, "the people get the kind of leaders they deserve".

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N2A IMO arsenal needs an all out point man aka Final destination aka box 18 monster aka NO 9. I seriously don't see Telli coming cos Mourinho has already stated his condition for letting him go, he said "give me Fab and $ XXm and you'll get him". So what do you think ?

Hemp , Which one sweeter to hear ? Loss to Burnley or loss to Chelsea ? Potato head like you.

^ [funny]real funny ish.[/funny]

Mr beaf i urge you again to please tell me which HDI ? Is it the one of the UN of one Nigerian government agency, please be specific.

@beaf, When you say find HDI, HDI as compiled by whom ?
The say Human Indices that produced the militants an Gbaramatu kingdom or which one are you talking of ? The same human Indices that made all the oil companies evacuate their offices from Warri ? Even baghdad has a few oil companies operating from there.

@beaf if warri nor dey carry last, why don't they establish their media houses in Delta, why come go to Lagos ? Or warri people can't read ?
Recently they were talking about the phenomenal achievements of Lagos state at a tax conference where it was revealed that Lagos now receives 16b Naira a month from tax collection, do you know what our good friend the gov'nor of Delta said was part of his own achievements ? He said that a lot of money was going towards fueling the generators that power the street lights he installed in Delta. My brother and couldn't stop laughing, a country where There's no power in peoples homes and businesses, and yet you're talking about powering street lights with generators. they say a people deserve their govt. i guess

@kidonig , if tribalism and statism(sic) are the biggest problems we face in nigeria, which ethnic group are the worst culprits ?

These ones mentioning Rivers and Delta states, let them clarify if the ones in Nigeria before i can start laughing in earnest.

Nigeria the JOKE LOLs. Did you think Hilary Clinton was kidding when she implied we were a FAILED STATE during her visit ? Nigeria is like the Simpsons on Tv. I'm sure anytime govt officials visit foreign countries the govts receive them smiling cos of what they're thinking. They're thinking,"Oh It's these jokers again. They never cease to entertain us with their drama, what bunch of i.diots "

Without a shadow of doubt, There's only one governor in Nigeria. The funny thing is that the remaining 35 morons cannot look at Lagos and see what is attainable instead they cry with one excuse or the other like any one forced them to rig their way into power.
Fashola doesn't deserve to be a Nigerian, he should have born in a better place.

Tkb, Let me tell you something about ACMilan.
They have a Mid field of very athletic 30 year olds who just know the right time to exert themselves. They drew with FC Zurich yes, but what about before that ? They took 4 points from Real madrid and 3 of the 4 points were from Bernabeau.
Incase you don't know about their present form, they've crawled back from almost ten points behind Inter to just 4 points as at last weekend - they've replaced Juve as 2nd placed team in the Scudetto.
Players like Clarence Seedorf(this is his 15th year in Europe) know more about the atmosphere in a European match than most coaches today. If you've seen the partnership between dinho and Seedorf you'll know that team can devastate any team in full gear. What about Nzaghi ? If you think Scholes and Giggs are impressive at 35 watch this monster when He's not injured and see how goals come from thin air.
While i'm not saying they're unstoppable, they're the most unpredictable team left, that i can vouch for.

Hemp don't worry,none of the teams that finished 1st will meet each other, but for TKB to think y'all can easily kick AC Milan out is one of the poorest football judgements ever.

ahhh dudu thank you for reminding moi of Fabulousky. Not only was he good but he seems to have an adventurous spirit in him - not the Barthez type thank God. What i have seen in the last few weeks has been reassuring from the juniors, just a strong, smart finisher is left to balance that equation.

eyo, The UCL will soon be celebrating It's 20th anniversary and no team has retained it yet. May be Barca could do it but i doubt that
BREAKING NEWS : dayo wants to meet Man U . .
After an impressive demolition of the Blanconeris on tuesday, Munich strong man, dayo 'the sting' kanu is setting his sights on another visit to Old trafford - against the advice of yours truly ofcourse. Here's wishing him luck in his quest to unleash the
Luftwaffe on Manchester.

Arsenal on the other hand will not be too greedy in hoping to be drawn with, Stuttgart . Before y'all start yarning dust I'll have you know Stutgart is a decent team with decent players. With our impending signing of a striker in Jan and with the return of a few casualties, maybe we could put out a fight against stutgart

^ atleast he'll die knowing he tried

@ nateev while dudu is not hoping bad for your players, I edoyad, am hoping atleast 4 more of your first team join him(same for United) so we can call the Premiership a fair contest. At last count we had about 11 players under the knife, so what are you yarning ?

Is this dayo talking ? .
But dayo why do you want to punish English clubs for the crimes of Barca ? Why don't you pray to meet Barca again instead ?

V3 et al what are y'all trying to do ? Kill NL sports section most beloved mongrel ?
What do you think the Animal Rights Activists would say if the see what you've just done to Bingo ?

Bingo Bingo Bingo, come here boy

When you see and hear rubbish like this, it really begins to dawn on you that there really is no hope in sight for Africa.
A continent fraught with massive corruption and mismanagement. A place with the highest level of poverty, unemployment, underdevelopment and every other thing negative under the sun hasn't got better laws to promulgate than clamping down on what men and women do with dcks, tongues and anal pipes.
Tell me where you rank the rogues and imbeciles who continually steal from our future? Above your anonymous neighbourhood homo who's probably done more for you than any "minister" ever will ?
The UNDP yesterday released figures showing that 50% of Nigerians were poor - half of Nigeria is now poor compared to 1/4 in 1980. The sad thing is Nigeria actually is one of the good stories, just imagine what other places must be like on the continent. Instead they come up with laws for Homos , Africa is fcking joke i swear, a big fcking joke .