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wow

big time fraud

Has to be Fashola, no? He is the only governor around in 2007 that is still in power now, right?

EDIT: Nm, looks like Ajimobi: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-694637.0.html

He warned: “It is not only the Boko Haram that can throw bombs and they are not the only people that are courageous to be suicide bombers, any other person who believes in whatever he is doing can be a suicide bomber, but we are considering the fact that we can still achieve the same purpose by peaceful means without anybody dying.”

Hrm, interesting. I don't know of many other non-Muslim groups that have utilized suicide bombing. Will be very interesting if this actually happens. Does the Igbo man have the liver for this? Strapping a bomb to his chest?

I guess time will tell.

lol

Of the ones I know of, I like Awolowo the best. Made some mistakes here and there, but overall did a pretty good job (especially in the 50s).

(should probably be moved to health section)

NEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- New York surgeons say a procedure restored sight in the right eye of a 63-year-old man who, for 55 years, had a detached retina that left him blind in the eye.

Thought to be the first time sight has been restored after such a long period of post-retinal detachment blindness, doctors say they hope the procedure can help restore sight in other patients, Medical News Today reported Friday.

"To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of visual recovery in a patient with longstanding traumatic retinal detachment," said Olusola Olawoye, a doctor at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, where the surgery was performed, and lead author on a paper describing the procedure.

If the retina remains detached for a long time, it typically is impossible to restore sight, even if the retina is reattached successfully, doctors said.

Cataract surgery when the unnamed man was 23 temporarily restored some ability to see light, the doctors said, but by the time the man went to the institute last year, he was completely blind in his right eye. His retina detached when he was hit by a rock at age 8.

Doctors said an examination revealed the patient had total hyphema, where blood pools in the front part of the eye; neovascular glaucoma, a secondary type of glaucoma resulting from growth of new blood vessels in areas where they do not belong; high intraocular pressure, high pressure in the fluid inside the eye; and a detached retina.

"This is not only a great result for our patient but has implications for restoring eyesight in other patients," Olawoye said, "especially in the context of stem cell research into retinal progenitor cells, which may be able to be transplanted into diseased retinas to restore vision."


http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/06/17/Mans-sight-restored-after-55-years/UPI-76171308331338/#ixzz1PkTrQjyz

amarilo:
I strongly beleive that two of you are on pay as you post payroll from Tinubu. If not y can't you ignore irrelevant but true posts against your pay master.

Lmao. My current paymaster is indeed a government, but none on the continent of Africa. I just don't see what Tinubu has to do with screening. Is he in public office, or running for public office, or being considered for a ministerial position. . . ?

And kindly explain how the post is "true" (whatever that means)?

If he governs well, I see no reason for him not to remain in office.

Btw, first time I've heard of this Ilaje-Ijaw connection. Is he sure about that. . . ?

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=693888.msg8546672#msg8546672 date=1308470048]disgusting.

I mean, seriously though, need you post this? [/quote]It is frikking amazing. If he can make it economical, then it would be a great breakthrough.

Isn't it better to directly process the poop into a food source rather than using the poop as fertilizer for crops, which you then feed to cows (which you then eat)?

Direct conversion is a lot more environmentally friendly. . . less pressure on the environment for every pound of protein you want to produce.

Heck, you don't have to eat it directly yourself, you can use it as dog food or fish feed if you like (if he handles the poor economics, that is)

You seem to be concerned about:
A) Large fixed initial costs
B) Granularity issues, i.e., nobody will sell you half of a tractor.

Regarding (A), fixed initial costs across states are roughly comparable, and don't consume a substantial amount of resources. Every state has exactly 1 governor, regardless of its population, for example.

Regarding (B), there are many ways to get finer granularity. I can rent/lease/timeshare equipment. As an example, suppose we have Village X and Village Y. Village X has pop of 100, income of $100/head. Village Y has a population of 100,000, income of $50/head. If tractors cost too much money for Village X to buy outright, they can simply lease or rent on an hourly basis. This converting a fixed cost with coarse granularity (the tractor) to a variable cost (money spent per hour of usage.)

Hopefully this is enough for you to get the idea. If not. . . well, I don't feel like discussing this further, it isn't really the best use of time. I would suggest that you try to think things through a bit more deeply before posting.

It takes the saying waste not, want not, to a whole new level.

A Japanese scientist has developed a 'meat' burger made out of human excrement.

Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, came up with the novel approach to number ones after Tokyo Sewage asked him to come up with a way of using up the city's waste.

Flushed with success? Mitsuyuki Ikeda with his edible excrement concoction
Mr Ikeda found that the poo which filled up the system was packed with protein because of all the bacteria.

His research team extracted the proteins to create an artificial steak, which is turned red with food colouring and flavoured with soy.

In a YouTube video posted recently he explained: 'We add reaction enhancer and put it in the exploder to produce the artificial meat.'

It is made up of 63 per cent protein, 25 per cent carbohydrates, three per cent lipids and nine per cent minerals.

But how has it gone down with the public? Well the team claims that in initial tests people reported it was delicious and tasted like beef.

And despite its unusual origins, the scientists argue that the new patties are far kinder to the environment as cattle create such a huge amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

The 'meat' is currently 10 to 20 times more expensive that your average beef burger due to research costs, however Professor Ikeda hopes to bring costs down over time.

He added that the 'green' credentials of the poo pate would help consumers to overcome any 'psychological barriers' they might have.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2004791/Japanese-scientist-makes-delicious-burger--human-EXCREMENT.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#

Hrm, looks like there are some question marks about how specific they can get:

http://hum.utah.edu/~bbenham/2510%20Spring%2009/race%20and%20population%20genetics/Frudakis-LegitAncestryTests_Science2008.pdf

zstranger:
I dont think they've screened Tinubu yet?

So not only did Tinubu have sex with your fiancee, he also made her pregnant and left you paying child support? That can be the only possible explanation (at least I can think of) for you bringing him up in this thread.

@ThiefOfHearts: Lmao at T-Pain at the end of that. Not a bad song. I liked the "Electroman" one too.

Hrm I can see how it can kind of see how this genre might grow on you.

Interesting. Seems amazing to me that they are able to get as specific enough to tease out hausa vs yoruba

macjive01:
presenting my facts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
india has a GDP of $1.5 trillion  but a per capital of a mere $1265

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea
while equatorial guinea has a GDP of $10.4 billion but a whooping $15401 per capital .

Hence in essence an Equatorial Guinea is 10 times richer than an India, and hence from your flawed theory , Equatorial G. shd be 10 times more developed/advanced than India ?  but its not. because that's not what counts.

Well, the life of your median person from Equitorial Guinea is probably quite a bit better than that of your median Indian, if these HDI metrics are any indication. I've no clue why you think the relationship is 10X gdp/capita = 10X more "development". . that there exists a correlation between two variables doesn't mean that the relationship is linear.

Anyway, even if you are able to find a counterexample of two countries where one has substantially higher GDP/capita but does worse on development metrics, this doesn't contradict the overall trend (of higher gdp/capita => more development)

So, bringing  the argument to our Lagos n other states situation. Lagos might have even a lower per capital but it clearly does have far larger bigger largest gross of any state and therefore does have more available resources to develop the state comprehensively. Unfortunately our Gawking, sheepishly-smiling  FASHOLA still has his fingers in his arse.

Dude, I don't want to call you stvpid. Spend 5 minutes thinking about it. If country X has 1000 apples to share among 100 people, is it better off than country Y that has 100 apples to share amongst 2 people?

Use your brain a bit, otherwise there is no point in really discussing further

macjive01:
I do have my facts, im typing on my phone ATM wud flourish u with them when I get home to my lap top.

On it flawed per cap bench Mark, check this out , equatorial gunine is one of the richest countries in this world per capital, little oil revenue but far less population, yet the country is miserably poor. Despite the large per cap, the actual money the is way too small for meaning development .

In what sense is Equitorial Guinea poor? Do you mean high income inequality (wealth concentrated in the hands of the rich)?

Regarding development, it is developing faster than any other country in Africa, at least from what I've read. See this: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/gdp-growth

2 Ex. India economy might be worth 1.trillion $, and population 1.2 billion, which gives us below $ 9000 per capital. while, Solomon island of 10,000 people and economy of misely $100million wud have a per capital of $10000, higher than indian!

Now does that means Solomon island is richer, shd b more developed?

Your math is bad dude, you are an order of magnitude off w.r.t. India. The #s for Solomon Island are wrong. I have no clue what point you are trying to make.

Absolutely no, their 100, million economy, despite turning out to give them high per capital might not be enough to build a decent stretch of road, let alone a university.
Do u now get my drift ekt-bear ?

Simply put, you are wrong. A country with a GDP/capita of $10k is almost always better developed/advanced than one with one of $1K. I doubt you'll be able to find any sort of counterexample (once you get your #s fixed).

So per capital doesn't matter, what matter is the actual gross. The available money for development . Back to your argument, hence Lagos has by far the highest revenue n potential yet our mediocre Fashala is gawking, nothing much to show for it.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Think about it a bit further (is it better to share 100 apples between 2 people or 1000 apples between 100 people?)

Since he has more or leas being gawking, doing nothing substantial, where is the money?       (abi, do we need to ask tinubu first ?)

You don't make any sense, have a flawed understanding of certain things about economics/business, and also haven't brought any data to support your points.

Return when you can address these issues.

Prenup is probably a good idea, actually. Better than losing 1/2 of your wealth if the marriage doesn't work out

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=692344.msg8539143#msg8539143 date=1308338244]no they don't. they can't even afford to provide free notebooks talk less of providing meals to students.[/quote]I see. I think meals would help a lot. . . just knowing you'll be able to get two high-quality cheap (or subsidized, or even free) meals at a school would be pretty big incentive to go.

Akwa Ibom is going to progress a lot faster than most other places with the abundant oil wealth at its disposal, though. So even if it is behind (questionable), it won't be for long. Akpabio is reportedly pretty competent

Raw acid part is what I don't get. What is it for? Some strange ritual? Stew the human body parts in acid before eating them or something?

Sounds like a rough neighborhood

[quote author=Mrs.Chima link=topic=693218.msg8544289#msg8544289 date=1308420954]Read what I said, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE OR SHACK knowing YOUR BREATH smell like ARSE AND FOOT dot dot dot[/quote]I wasn't really responding to your specific post. Most people with sense won't leave the house with bad breath. Quick brush+mouthwash before you leave the house for most folk.

Bad breath in clubs, 90% of the time it is alcohol.

If everyone just remembered to bring a pack of gum with them when they go out, the world would be a better place

Do what you feel comfortable with. But I've never been a fan of money-hungry girls

Hehe

Plus I always feel a bit awkward being one of the very few black dudes there.

At least with white/asian people clubs even if i'm one of the only black guys there, it feels less strange. Still some common ground and stuff, you know? Like I know how to approach women in that setting.

How did you end up in that scene? And start feeling comfortable in it?

ThiefOfHearts:
Um unlike YOU Im not speaking from mere observations, Im speaking from personal experiences and the many experiences of female friends so yes my comment is more legitimate than yours as you have never gone thru such. My comparison to a white person dismissing a racial situation still stands

Alright, we'll agree to disagree.

and since when is looking down on the behavior(s) that happen at low budget Naija parties the same as being anti-Nigeria? 

Man I'd kill to live in NYC though. African party scene there is supposed to be amazing. Place I live it is kind of whack. I'm sure there are some high-end naija parties you can go to. I know what you mean though. DC area, people throw these ghetto-@ss naija parties in the burbs. Very "low budget" and seedy But the parties hosted by Nigerians/Africans in DC are pretty nice. Great way to meet professional, dateable African/Nigerian women.

Didnt do it for you in what sense? what do you expect from the crowd? I find your comment hilarious cos techno/electro clubs, everyone is "doing them". having their own fun. you dont see guys all standing by the bar just staring like assassins, nor do you see them hiding behind sunglasses. They just go nuts and enjoy the music/atmosphere. I love it 

I'm trying to have joint fun though, not fun by myself. Meet some chicks, mingle, get some #s, etc. I don't know how to do that successfully at techno clubs. I have more success at regular white/asian people clubs than techno. Even salsa clubs (another format I do poorly in) I do better than techno.

ETA: Raggae joints are fun to you cos you're not a woman. The ones who like it are used to that kind of mess OR with girlfriends in a corner somewhere.

Agreed