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Samakus:
Nice to see a lady with this mindset. A lot of people, gender notwithstanding, believe that one can't do without sex. That's a notion I find very untrue, maybe because I fit hold body small.

Truth is, if people learn to control their sexual urges, we have successfully solved 80% of world's problems. Sadly, quite a very high percentage of human population just can't

Sex is natural, no matter how discipline you are, there will always be this urge to make out.

Accept this reality.

You missed Sally young, those who grew up in Bendel rocked his records.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccLGYCJHlPs

Sally Young still remains one of the most underrated highlife musician.

Rugaria:
You don't understand how international politics works in this age... Take away the excruciating sanctions that will come from the west and her controlled agencies like the UN and EU, it will be our only chance to survive. You talk about education, where will you get the funds to stabilize education in say French West Africa, when France is determined to impose bad leaders and loot every resource thereafter? Libya is doing good with the exemplary educational structure set up by Gaddafi? See what western overbearing influence has done to Zimbabwe and cotedvoir?? Take away the sanctions imposed on them, both north Korea and iran will be far ahead when compared with 90% of African states..., and that is because their security desposition keeps everybody at alms length, giving their leaders enough breathing space to at least make decisions that favour their countries and not to dance to the whims and caprices of some insatiable imperialists. Africa needs a ruthless nuclear power.

Nice submission chief, I got your point, but without good education and solid technological foundation you can not develop a nuclear weapon, you can't not skip the need to invest heavily in education, research and tech and expect to develop a nuclear weapon the next day.

Looking at the top 20 nations with Nuclear technology, you find no single African nation, the only African country that is even close is Egypt. Talking about Libya, While Gaddafi did a good job in the country, the educational structure wasn't that superb, infact he had a nuclear program being ran by Pakistani scientists but nothing positive came out.

Even Iran invested heavily in education, research and tech especially after the Islamic revolution, it was after they made significant progress did they dive into nuclear technology.

Rugaria:
The only thing that guarantee Africas freedom and space for independent decisions necessary for rapid development is nuclear weapons! A nuclear state in sub Sahara Africa will scare away perennial imperialists and allow Africans to at least choose their leaders...

We don't even need nuclear weapons... Atleast for now, let's invest heavily in education, health, science and tech. Good conventional weapons will scare away any threat.

We are not getting anything right, we import basically everything, we lack the technical know-how to even produce basic things, there can't be rapid development with these things lacking.

It is normal for the US to want to behave this way, especially since their relationship with China has been going south in recent years... let's us also not forget that the Taiwanese people are comfortable with the status-quo and are not buying into China's one-nation policy.

ultron12345:
I've been to Rwanda, not just Kigali but unlike you people, I didn't just stay in the rich touristy parts of Kigali. What I went there for also took me to the interior parts of the country where the masses live.

Rwanda does not have better power supply than Nigeria. The only place with good power supply in that country is the capital city Kigali. The rest of the country remains in darkness. Rwanda focuses all their power, infrastructure, money in one single tiny location (Kigali) while Nigeria spreads it out across 36 states and FCT. If Nigeria decides to do same and focus all our power supply on key cities like Lagos, Abuja and PH while leaving the rest of the country in darkness, foreigners will visit Lagos and say there's constant electricity, but that won't change the reality that majority of the country still remains in darkness. The percentage of Rwandans with access to electricity is just 34%.

Again, the only place in Rwanda with infrastructure is Kigali, and even Kigali's infrastructure is at best, on par with infrastructure in key places of Lagos and Abuja and other state capitals. Apart from Kigali and few roads leading to important places around the country, most roads are not even paved.

I guess Rwanda is also better than the US and Brazil because it has a national carrier while the US and Brazil don't. Air Peace alone is bigger than Rwandair. AirPeace has a fleet size of 23 planes while Rwandair has just 12.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RwandAir
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Peace

It's a known fact that Rwanda is ready to do anything to look good, they spend heavily on PR. It's the same country that has been accused of rigging their economic data like what they did with poverty statistics, making them appear to be falling, when in reality, they are actually falling. What this also implies, is that Rwanda's already abysmal economic data like GDP per capita, electricity access etc, could even be worse in reality.

https://medium.com/@david.himbara_27884/kagames-fake-economy-exposed-by-world-bank-f4d4d68c20da

https://www.ft.com/content/683047ac-b857-11e9-96bd-8e884d3ea203

https://www.france24.com/en/20151102-rwanda-accused-manipulating-poverty-statistics

https://www.france24.com/en/20190813-financial-times-says-rwanda-has-manipulated-its-economic-data

roape.net/2019/04/18/a-straightforward-case-of-fake-statistics/

roape.net/2019/09/02/the-rwandan-debacle-disguising-poverty-as-an-economic-miracle/


Nigeria and South Africa are the top tech hubs in Africa, closely followed by Kenya and Egypt, and then others like Ghana, before the likes of Rwanda.

https://m.guardian.ng/technology/lagos-emerges-best-startups-ecosystem-in-africa/amp/

According to the Africa Venture Capital Report, Nigeria receives the highest tech venture capital in Africa, followed by Kenya and South Africa. You can download the report here

https://weetracker.com/2020/01/04/african-venture-capital-startup-funding-2019/

The average Rwandan does not earn anywhere near the average Nigerian. Rwanda has a GDP per capita of $770, putting it worse then Haiti at $860. Nigeria is at $2200. The minimum wage in Nigeria is $1000 per annum. In Rwanda, it's (100RWF) $0.11 per day, that is $39.6 per annum assuming one works 30 days a month.

https://medium.com/@david.himbara_27884/kagame-wont-increase-rwanda-s-0-11-minimum-wage-set-up-44-years-ago-when-he-was-17-years-b569480d21d9

www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/02/c_138027987.htm


This thread below, though very short, provides a much more balanced view of the country, not this advertisement you're running here.

https://www.nairaland.com/4475569/exploring-kigali-rwanda

All you uploaded are just over-enhanced pictures of the very best parts of the country. Rwanda is just the average small, poor country like Haiti and Burundi, but with good PR. And the people can't tell the world the reality on ground because if they do, they'll be locked up by the dictator running their country. Look at him calling a country poorer than Haiti, Singapore of Africa. Mtcheeeeew. What will you now call Mauritius?

Has he replied?

Survivor2020:
... For the past few days now I have been treating her and her child differently every night when I get home from work I will buy snacks for the other 4 kids without buying for her child and when she comes to my room I will kick her out ...

Treat your wife like trash but not the little girl, she is innocent, she never asked for all these.

darfay:
Efewestern is coming to disagree with you

Would definitely disagree with him, having huge oil reserves doesn't mean anything when you struggle to sell some few barrels due to crippling sanctions, even when they managed to sell, they still struggle to receive payment, so the guy saying Iran's huge oil reserves should automatically transform to develop under their current situation is delusional, their economy is presently having a meltdown, with high inflation, truth is, you can't mess or disagree with the US (the most powerful nation on earth) without dire consequences.

That being said, i don't expect someone from Nigeria to call a country like Iran shithole, technologically, scientifically, we are not mates, over the past decades, they have constantly made significant progress in all fields... despite being ruled by Islamic hardliners, they continue to advance in science & tech.

I don't support the execution of this wrestler, reports are saying he murdered someone, but with how the leaders in the past have silent protesters, that might be a made up story.

This report is bias, probably sponsored by Turkey.

chrisifeanyi:
[s] Give ijaw man food, he will forget his surname and answer yours. [/s]

You just had to demonize an entire tribe.

Shame!

richPHAROAH:
how do i contact this guy, what he needs now is beter money not this whor e. i need to give him 1m naira to start up

Contact punch, they are the ones who interviewed him and I believe they'd have his contact.

God bless for your kind gesture.

darfay:
It makes no economic sense to just have it running for the sake of it especially when importation is cheeper than local production, well except they ban importation of steel but then again Nigeria is poor with a wretched purchasing power and can we really handle the related inflation that follows it? This is another foreign rice - local rice scenario, haven't we learnt anything from it? Would Nigerians better off? Would the senseless trade off be worth it?

Does it makes any economic sense to kill all our industries because we can import cheaper products from China? what have we learnt from grounding all our refineries because of cheaper importation?

Diffinitely, should we have our steel plants back, steel importation will be banned or heavy import duty placed on the importation of steel.

We are crying of high rates of unemployment, the best way to help reduce this is heavy industrialization, don't care if the products produced in Nigeria are a bit expensive, provided qualities are improved.

Remember when Nigeria was still importing cement? everyone thought producing locally wouldn't make any sense because importation was far cheaper, today we have several indigenous factories doing very well with thousands of Nigerians employed.

darfay:
The Chinese have actually spoilt the steel buiz. We never made hay while the sun was up

So because they produce cheaper steel, others shouldn't have a steel company? There's no reasonable nation without a functional steel company, even if we don't export, we should be able to meet our local demand.

Let's not even talk about the thousands of jobs that will be created should we have our steel plants working, I know how many people lived a comfortable life when Aladja steel company was still functional.

Igbochief001:
we are better than countries like Australia , usa , Canada , India , Iran , Russia who could not produce as cheap as china ?

All the countries you mentioned above produce their own steel and are self reliant, even heavily sanctioned Iran has a functional steel company.

We shouldn't even be aiming for exportation, let's be self reliant, it will save us a lot of forex and also CREATE LOTS OF JOBS.

when Aladja steel company was functional, do you know how many people were employed directly or indirectly? This thinking is the reason our forebears killed everything just to import cheaper products.

tutudesz:
Ever level involved in building a house get group, from clearing land to roofing and shouldn't forget security money O!

Carpenter association
Iron Bender association
Welder Association



If you don't use them, you pay them off, it's better you pay them off, because if you make the mistake of using them, they'd overprice you and most won't do a good job.

darfay:
Where I'm from(arguably third/fourth largest isoko town) they took a one time charge of 15k when a relative built there maybe it's because we are indigenes for town planning committee.

There are some fees indigenes do not pay when developing in Warri, most pay nothing, the main issue here is how strangers are being milked, doesn't matter if you are from Ughelli or Eku, if you are not from Ekpan for example, you will pay through the nose before erecting any structure.

I believe your home town might also have several levies for non-indigenes, I know about Ozoro, you are expected to pay some fees, though can't be compared to what's obtainable in Warri/Uvwie/Udu/Okpe.

darfay:
I don't think any company or factory can build anything there with all these attitude you people are describing.
I'm shocktalized

The sad part of it, sad thing is, no one is doing anything to help stop this madness, everyone is scared. Our prayer is that Warri doesn't become Sapele 2.0, even the few oil companies left are relocating to Rivers and other states.

Iriruaga100:
Government need to enforce the law!! I paid 470000 as development levy at Igbiki Layout in Ovwian community here in Udu.. We also paid 500000 as cut off to the community. It’s almost a million if you sum it up.. The law is not just working..

Cut off is between the family, how come you involved the entire community in Ovwian? How is your relationship with the people you bought the land from? they might be the ones who sold you out to be milked.

Cc: Darfay, tutudesz

Omenka paid 200 and he was lamenting, he needs to see what some people are facing down here. Just so terrible!

darfay:
No where near what you guys are describing for Delta central and it's really terrible because such lazy and petty theft attitude would scare away serious investors

It is terrible bro, we just can't do anything about this, and I don't think it's limited to Delta Central, how frequent do you visit home? Oleh and Ozoro also take levy, their youths might not be troublesome like the ones in Uvwie and environs though.

omenka:
Na wa o!!

Thank God the government wants to intervene. Every other state needs to come up with a strategy to rein in these guys. Their matter don dey too much.

The most disturbing part is that their so called Youth Leader is always an illiterate or someone with only a secondary school cert.

Imagine a group of civilians bullying policemen with guns. Smh.

Use to love Warri, I was only concerned about some of their youths. Dem too like weed. Use to live close to WRPC, and my favourite hangout then was Mega Hilton because those boyz dem been no dey too enter the place. Ate almost exclusively at Sizzlers. I wonder if they're still there. Loved the girls too- very great company they are.

I know alot must have changed over there.

Feeling a bit nostalgic. Kinda miss the place a little.

Maga Hilton, it really has been long you last visited Warri, Mega Hilton isn't functional any longer, place closed down some years back, sizzlers now sells bear and barbecue , competiting with those bear parlour closer to the police station.

tutudesz:
wan boys see tipper movement for community, Dem dey follow am for back small small O!

Lol, just one informat, the news go don blow reach everywhere.

omenka:
You're absolutely right. By this one can indeed say the government is complicit in the whole nonsense.

There was a third plot I acquired less than a kilometer close to these. After paying 70k for settlement, a month later I invited drillers to make a borehole on the plot for me.

These same youths still mobilised themselves to site demanding that they be settled by the drilling company. The company insisted they wouldn't and that government has advised they never pay no one to do any sort of work on sites.

Na so work no fit proceed o. Until I gave them 30k for booze. It is a pandemic on its own honestly.

Lol, 30k for borehole , it's like your people are learning a lot from our end, what amazes me is how they usually find out that work is about to kick off in a particular site, before you say Jack, they have surrounded you with cutlass and other deadly weapons.

Also heard Omonile in Lagos are something else.

omenka:
It was in Warri, Ekpan to be precise, that I witnessed real notoriety when it comes to "settlement" back in 2007.

Police themselves advised the developer to settle the youths, and more than 5 youth groups came to site, none of which was willing to receive less than 50k!!!

Imagine what 50k could do back then!

Elders and other groups were yet to come for their share.

The guy was trying to build a hotel close to the Local Government secretariat. I felt so disgusted by the attitude of the youths and pity for the man. Heard he was related to G-Agofure. Wonder why Agofure couldnt wade in.

Those boys are something else. I presume it has gotten far worse, reason why the government wants to step in.
Smh.

Sorry, had to laugh, you see Ekpan? no where in Nigeria can match them when it comes to rascality and notoriety, them be werey, these guys go head to head with armed forces, na these people you one follow fight?, if you want your project completed, your best bet is to pay them.

Even after paying these several groups, some will return to task the labourers. Even if he was Aghofure's son, they would still task him, when Aghofure was building his park along PTI road, he also settled these guys, they are the law!

PS: The Local Government secretariat is a bit farther from Ekpan, maybe you missed the exact location, and I hope that experience won't affect how you see that place, aside these guys, warri is a cool place for investment.

tutudesz:
Anything hostel abk boy collect some change for your hand, after they will protect your site from other troublesome youth.

Lol, wahala they life

anonimi:
Please how do you use hope alone to get things right?
Please help a brother out, I am confused.

Lol, what else do you want me to say? fight thugs with cutlass and weapons? Bro, we just gat to hope, maybe someday we'll figure things out.

omenka:
I'm not sure the government has a hand in it. It is strictly a money they share amongst themselves.

Had to do this because I'm leaving the country for a long time soon. Wanted to completely secure the properties. Ministry go still chop their own share today.

Even had to secretly record the whole thing before someone tries to say something else some other day.

Government might not have a hand in this directly, but their silence and how they work with these same men during election or when they are enforcing rules says a lot.

I mean, these guys are easy to track, what's stopping them from taking necessary steps so others can desist from these evil practices?

tutudesz:
To build hostel for Abraka no easy O!

Never knew Abraka boys also have this madness, I'm familiar with Abraka and I barely encounter clash unlike what we witness regularly in Warri, once you settle the family you bought the land from, get all clearance, the Abk youths won't bother you. Just get them small change for bear and buzz.

In some locality down here, you will face various associations, settle several groups, just a pitiable situation. I love how your dad settled the issue without using his military connect, sometimes you just gat to avoid some battles.

omenka:
Benue. A plot goes for 100k.

They call it "community dues". It is the most brazen criminal act ongoing in the country. The government knows about it yet does nothing about it. If that isn't robbery/criminal extortion, what else is?

Truth is, government sees this as a form of youth empowerment, they can't stop it because they work with these guys.

We can't woo investors into our country while letting such evil practices go on, it's frustrating. I hope we get things right one day.

tutudesz:
What if you come from the community, you don enter one chance O! Abk boys go use you open office
Buy Cow you go pay to bring am enter village O! You go buy killing ground money again to kill the cow inside your house and them go still come collect meats and drink again
That y no single company dey Delta south and central.

Lol, if you are from the community, you won't pay some certain fee, unlike when you are a stranger. So your dad, a retired Colonel paid those unnecessary bills?

Oghene!

omenka:
Awesome if they can do this.

Paid 200k just two days ago for two pieces of lands. Monies paid to people that did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR YOU!

Made me feel really bad, but you have no choice but to pay if you arent a military officer. Those idiots would frustrate the hell put of you.

What state? 200k for two pieces of land? quite fair, in my locality, that's the money for "quarter chairman", other bills exempted.

tutudesz:
Udu youths no get Joy too Buy land beers money, buy block beers money, clear glass beers money. But my Ijaw brother for Burutu go just tell straight to finish your house na 500k, unless you want trouble

When they are demanding this money en , blood of God , like they worked for it, if you have had any encounter with these guys, you would hate the day you were born. Very brutal and they don't have mercy, even after settling all these unnecessary bills, when bringing materials to your site like granite, they would block the road for any small fee . Them no send you.

I weak for their matter, so Burutu boys brutal too. . 500k, how much you take buy land?

Late lady Rose sang about this some years back, sad that nothing much has changed.

tutudesz:
Agbarho and Ogahra Youths matter no be here O! Police and Youth leaders work hand in hand to collect deve, na only soldiers sure pass

Uvwie and Okpe youths say hi

In Agbarho, once you pay a fixed price, you are allowed to work on your site, you see our Uvwie and Okpe sons? those guys are something else.

Cut off, Community development levy, Permit levy, Area chairman levy, contractor fee... Don't even bring in the police, they'd frustrate your life, unless you'd have security personnel stationed at your site all day till the project is completed.

DexterousOne:
See eh...
I think it's a waste of time trying to explain these things to these people.

Even as the facts are glaring
They still refuse to acknowledge it...

It's now glaring more than ever, that Netanyahu government is not interested in peace, but perpetual war and conflict
Any US president that wants to do well have to keep a safe distance from them.

The Iran deal was good enough
Was a good start.

Hopefully when Trump loses, the Joe Biden admin cam repair relations and the deal BEFORE elections strike in Iran
Rouhani's government has to be saved (his party actually)
If hardliners like the former one Ahmadinejad ascend fo power again
Israel will see that geopolitical conflict they seek
And it wont do anyone any good

Exactly, it was a good start, Obama knew there wasn't a way to go about it than both parties compromising, Iran compromised, the west and allies did same. A win-win situation.

Chairman came in, in a bid to undo all policies made by Obama ripped off a working deal. Who does that?