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 Crime › Re: Biafra: The Nigerian Civil War In Pictures (Warning Disturbing Images) by ekubear1: 6:34pm On Jan 14, 2011 |
^-- In general, states don't like losing territory. And some of the parts of the Eastern region had large amounts of oil. So yeah, it sorta sucks, but that is the way life is. |
| Politics › Re: Ghana Is Positioned To Become West Africa’s Premier Gateway Country -Cry Nigeria by ekubear1: 6:28pm On Jan 14, 2011 |
Trying to figure out how much of this is hype versus fiction. What is the banking sector like in Ghana? Is there 24/7 power supply? Cost of labor when hiring employees? Government regulation? Friendliness to foreigners who want to invest? Projected future economic growth rate? Their current GDP/capita is pretty low iirc (even compared to Nigeria), so I've always thought it was more hype than actual substance. I could easily be wrong though. |
| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 6:14pm On Jan 14, 2011 |
[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=584999.msg7530860#msg7530860 date=1295002898]And your eyes look okay, kid. Habitual use of eyedrops like Visine can make your eyes redder over time.[/quote]  |
| Politics › Re: PDP: Nigeria's Only True Democratic Party! by ekubear1: 7:02am On Jan 14, 2011 |
I didn't watch, just listened to the radio version online. They've bought a lot of goodwill imo, at least in the short term. Well done, GEJ and PDP. |
| Politics › Re: 90% Of Lagos Obas Have Muslim Names Or They Are Muslims: Why? by ekubear1: 6:57am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Man, so much incredulity on your part! What are you trying to say?!And yes, she is my gf. I'm a nerd, but not completely undesirable to pretty women  |
| Politics › Re: 90% Of Lagos Obas Have Muslim Names Or They Are Muslims: Why? by ekubear1: 6:46am On Jan 14, 2011 |
No, she isn't someone famous. . . I just cut out the rest to maintain her privacy. She does some part time modelling. Nothing too serious though. . . just a hobby. |
| Politics › Re: 90% Of Lagos Obas Have Muslim Names Or They Are Muslims: Why? by ekubear1: 6:36am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Probably not. . . I'd just have to edit whatever new photo I use  |
| Politics › Re: 90% Of Lagos Obas Have Muslim Names Or They Are Muslims: Why? by ekubear1: 6:17am On Jan 14, 2011 |
^-- Good point, lol. |
| Politics › Re: 90% Of Lagos Obas Have Muslim Names Or They Are Muslims: Why? by ekubear1: 6:10am On Jan 14, 2011 |
[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=583944.msg7529272#msg7529272 date=1294980414]ok. I lied then but most christians I know, esp pentecostals, will rather lose their leg than go near traditional titles. lol[/quote]Lol. One day if/when my village gives me a traditional title, no chance of me running away from it and how did he get away with 5 wives though. or are u joking @eku-bearSyncretic Christianity. Both of my grandfathers had two wives. Polygamy is dying out though, except for kings. @eku-bear, your profile pic, are u gay? or a fashion designer? lol  That is my boo. . . I'm straight as an arrow |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 6:04am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Here is the bird repellent device I mentioned earlier: http://www.pestproducts.com/birdx/BXxpellerSUPERPRO.htm They probably use devices like this on some of the large commercial farms in the middle belt. But of course, your typical smalltime farmer doesn't use this, probably because they aren't aware of the technology and don't have the capital. Buy a device like this and you'll boost your yield/acre significantly (birds are a huge problem for growing agriculture, at least in the SW.) |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 6:00am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Becomrichn:Indeed. The issue is, we had bad state governor from some years who never cared about agric. Only govt can make agric better. mechanized farm is where to go. dont give them money, give them equipment.Exactly! Tractors, fertilizer, import sound devices to scare away birds who feed on the rice and reduce crop yields. They don't need cash, they need technology and fertilizer. What awolowo did was form cooperative and they had equipment.Exactly! All of these small farms that everyone in the SW wants to do is useless. In my village, every man has a farm. A man might have several small plots unconnected to each other. Think of the time he wastes travelling to each. And the people borrow the equipment to farm, since most people can afford it. The equipment come to clear thier farms. they pay the driver.This is a great idea too. Government doesn't need to even give out the farm equipment. Perhaps some enterprising businessman should buy a tractor and lease it out to the farmers? must important is preservation of agric product. You want to be able to do that. And the state should be ready to buy all product. You want to invest in supermarket too to sell. even in other state and outside nigeria.With food prices as they are these days in Nigeria, you don't need the state to buy anything People will come to the farm and buy it directly from you.Uncle Becomerich, you seem to know quite a bit about this business, lol. Are you from the bush too, like me? |
| Politics › Re: 90% Of Lagos Obas Have Muslim Names Or They Are Muslims: Why? by ekubear1: 5:04am On Jan 14, 2011 |
^-- Our oba is Christian, but has 5 wives |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 4:40am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Akhenaten1:I have demonstrated quite thoroughly how this nutrient issue is irrelevant, have I not? Again, no matter how fertile the land is, eventually your crops will deplete it. If you are from a farming community, you would know this. Once the precious topsoil is depleted, it would be pretty hard to grow crops and erosion occurs. This is a fact and this has been known for ages.Erosion?? In Yorubaland?? Where? Topsoil? What on earth are you talking about? Erosion of land is not an issue in the SW and never has been. I've never been to Igboland before, but have read in the papers that it is an issue there. Perhaps you are working under the assumption that we have this same problem. In our region of Nigeria, no. If you ever lived in Nigeria, most people know that the majority of food products come from the North and the Middle Belt. Why do you think the South-West is facing food shortages? The North basically feeds Nigeria. This is another fact.Haba! If I have 1 billion acres of land and only 1 person per acre, another guy has 100 acres of land, but a density of 1K/acre, which direction do you think food will flow? Does that say anything about the relative productivity, per acre yields of the two regions? Obviously it does not. Obviously one can make up for productivity by farming more acres of land. And land is something the middle belt has in abundance. Dude, you can reason better than that! I advise you not to argue about something you know nothing about. Rainforest soil is not suitable for grain crops. Sugar cane and palm oil is suitable for rainforest soil, but not other agricultural products.I'm flabbergasted. Have you ever in your life been to the SW of Nigeria, outside of Lagos? For example, Ondo State? There is a type of rice that we grow in the SW these days called ofada rice that is popular in Lagos. It is one of the major crops of the farmers in my village. I have no clue what you are going on about with sugar cane and palm oil. . . I think you are imagining SW Nigeria from the 1800s or early 1900s, or something. Not what the climate is now. With all due respect, you don't seem to know what you are talking about. I cannot imagine you saying that "rainforest soil is not suitable for grain crops" and thing that the statement can apply to the SW. It is almost as if you've never been there, don't read newspapers (http://www.newsstarng.com/index.php/component/content/article/44-agric-news/5870-ondo-pledges-to-assist-nerica-rice-farmers), or something. |
| Politics › Re: It Is Impossible For Jonathan To Win Primaries. Pdp Delegates Explained. by ekubear1: 4:16am On Jan 14, 2011 |
appletango:You are insane. fvck Tinubu. |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 4:03am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Akhenaten1:Justify this statement. Provide a study of crop yields, something that supports this. Ekiti and Kwara State are part of the Sahel region and the land is very fertile, but for the most part, Yorubaland is tropical.Ekiti is nearly indistinguishable from its neighbors and the rest of the SW as far as climate and composition of land goes. Yorubaland at this point in time is not tropical rainforest. Might be some other sort of forest, but certainly not an Amazon-style rainforest. That picture I showed you is fairly typical (anyone who has traveled extensively in Yorubaland would know this also.) And it is not a hypothesis, it is a fact. Tropical rainforest have poorer soil. Poor soil = lower agricultural yields.As I have repeatedly stated, no matter how fertile soil is, the crops eventually suck out the nutrients. So the fertility is IRRELEVANT, at some point it runs out and you'll need to use some sort of fertilizer to replenish the nitrogen and other things necessary for good crop yields. It would seem that you have a hard time losing my brother. Just give up, I am very knowledgeable about this topic. I have traveled extensively in the Sahel region in West Africa.You keep going on about rainforest this, sahel that rather than discussing concretely how productive each region is. For example, how much rice will I grow on one acre of farmland in Ondo State, versus one acre in Plateau, versus one acre in Sokoto? That is the sort of data that is worth talking about, not this other stuff you mention. There would be much higher agricultural yields if the African farmers used modern techniques instead of subsistence farming.Yes, everyone agrees on this, but this is irrelevant for the purposes of your point about rainforest vs sahel. |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 3:21am On Jan 14, 2011 |
@Akhenaten: I would be more interested in a study discussing the relative yields of agriculture in the South vs Middle Belt and other areas. It isn't even clear to me that what currently exists in the SW of Nigeria fits the definition of a rainforest. Perhaps 100, 200 years ago, but things have changed. Your hypothesis seems suspect, to me. |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 3:06am On Jan 14, 2011 |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 2:55am On Jan 14, 2011 |
@Akhenaten: I can believe that the middle belt is more suitable for growing crops than the SW (for logistic reasons, not fertility/rainfall reasons), but it is almost impossible for this to be true for the North (for obvious reasons.) Certainly it is not true that the soil in the north is more fertile than that of the south. In any case, if you want high crop yields you should be using fertilizer anyway. Rainfall is probably the larger determining factor for crop fields; natural fertility of the land is sucked out pretty quickly anyways with industrial farming and needs to be replenished with artificial means (fertilizer.) This Sahel/rainforest hypothesis of yours sounds strange, and not very credible. If you have some sort of research supporting it, please provide a link. |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 2:37am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Compare the land available in the north vs that in the south. Not to mention population densities, as well as difficulty acquiring land in the SW. I'm not sure what is worth applauding. . . it is what it is. Also, who was disparaging? Just pointing out realities |
| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 2:15am On Jan 14, 2011 |
ragdollz: |
| Politics › Re: It Is Impossible For Jonathan To Win Primaries. Pdp Delegates Explained. by ekubear1: 2:11am On Jan 14, 2011 |
na wa o |
| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 2:08am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Ibro Yaya:You are probably right. We still have to play it out and see what happens, though. |
| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 1:58am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Anyway, one thing to keep in mind is that the votes of the PDP delegates don't necessarily reflect the will of the people in the state. Clinching the ticket will give GEJ a substantial boost in popularity and goodwill, though. |
| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 1:55am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Still like 2800+ votes remaining, but Atiku has his work cut out for him. . . |
| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 1:50am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Atiku getting smashed, damn. |
| Politics › Re: I Fear For My Life, Says Man Who Lost Six Children To His Gods by ekubear1: 1:43am On Jan 14, 2011 |
[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=585184.msg7528258#msg7528258 date=1294965285]Sounds like you're admitting the powers of the gods, maybe to me. Shouldnt Christian believe that there's is only one God who has all the power to do anything, that other gods are powerless? I believe that there's something suspicious going on in this man's case.[/quote]There is only one God yes. But if you worship a demon or some sort of evil spirit as your "god", who is to say that it doesn't have any power? The Bible sef admits the existence of other forces, does it not? Anyway, I'm not that obsessed with religion one way or another or theological debates. . . live and let live imo. |
| Politics › Re: I Fear For My Life, Says Man Who Lost Six Children To His Gods by ekubear1: 1:26am On Jan 14, 2011 |
It is hard for me to explain, Ileke-Idi. I don't worship those traditional gods or even necessarily believe they exist, but my parents (both strong Christians) believe that certain supernatural things from the traditional religions are real. They grew up in Nigeria, I did not. They've seen some crazy supernatural things, I have not. But just because I've not seen these things doesn't mean I won't disregard the possibility that they exist; sometimes it is good to heed the warnings and advice your parents give. For all I know it is purely fake. That doesn't mean I want to test the fakeness/realness of Okija shrine on my own body |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 1:15am On Jan 14, 2011 |
@aloy-emeka: It isn't so much that we need more farmers in the SW, but we need more capital (for fertilizer, equipment, technology) and larger-scale farms to drive up efficiency. People are too content in the SW (and indeed Nigeria) farming small farms. Overall though, from talking to my uncle (who knows the farming business pretty well), best place to start a farm is in the middle belt, due to how easy it is to buy huge tracts of land without hassle. |
| Politics › Re: Winter In Kano: Food Scarcity May Hit The South by ekubear1: 12:33am On Jan 14, 2011 |
@aloy-emeka: Seems overblown. SW people have moved out of the farm, but can return to it if necessary. Anyway, doesn't look like anybody is starving in those articles, just (A) complaining of higher prices (B) taxes for selling goods in the south. Much ado about nothing. Regarding beef btw. . . it would probably be better if we just hire our own Fulani to herd cattle anyway, rather than importing cattle from the North. In the long term we should cut out the middle man (Hausa dealers) anyway. It isn't as if they are the ones doing the work. |
| Politics › Re: Channels TV Showing PDP Primaries by ekubear1: 12:09am On Jan 14, 2011 |
DO NOT click the link this b@stard posted. You'll regret it. Hover your mouse over the link and see that it is fake (to some nastly site called octopusgirl.com) |
| Politics › Re: Adamawa Trends Globally On Twitter As Nigerians Tweet About Atiku’s Loss by ekubear1: 12:02am On Jan 14, 2011 |
Right now:
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| Politics › Re: PDP Convention: Live Report by ekubear1: 11:47pm On Jan 13, 2011 |
jason123:!!! Thanks man. Make a separate thread so others can see this link? |
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