Why am I not surprised that Nigeria (or many other African countries) is not a member of a group of countries determined to stamp out corruption on an international scale? Are you surprised?

For your information,

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (officially Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions) is a convention of the OECD aimed at reducing corruption in developing countries by encouraging sanctions against bribery in international business transactions carried out by companies based in the Convention member countries. Its goal is to create a truly level playing field in today's international business environment.

See below for member countries

This is getting interesting.

http://www.nigerianwatch.com/news/6797-boko-haram-gives-south-africa-24-hours-to-end-xenophobic-attacks-or-face-bombing

stinubi:


Plumbing...that's new. Where do you go go learn that skill?

Do you mean where do you go to learn that skill?

What can the average Nigerian do to make this happen?

adewumiopeyemi:
is anybody 45 years old here.. d job is mean for the old.....

The job is meant for people younger than 45 years old...Read it again

Nigerians are more civilized than you might think.

iscoli:

what ever floats ur boat miss.

Gbawe:
@OP.

Possible but it will take time. Our bilateral relations with many other Countries will have to improve immensely. improved standard of living, better employment prospect and a growing middle class are some of the development that will help to make Nigerians 'trusted' visitors to many Nations of the world. Difficult but possible if we take a long term view and one good government replaces another.

Yes...it will take some degree of continuity of good governance.

ki02020:
It is possible na...all we need in nigeria is proper administration, once that is in place things will start taking proper shape.....it is synonimous with the saying that seek first the kingdom of God and evry other things shall be added on to you....just be patient

You're correct. I believe that it is very possible...it is only one of the dividends of good governance...especially in the foreign relations department. Excellent diplomatic ties/relations with other countries in the world will do the trick.

iscoli:
patience nigerians,patience. una no rush jonathan lyk dis 2011 oo.

I agree that we need to be patient. I also feel it is a great topic to discuss. What do you think?

Hello Nairalanders! I found this link of the ranking of worlds most powerful passports. Surprisingly Guinea is ranked higher than Nigeria...

With 61 visa free countries, Nigeria ranks 57 with the likes of Bahrain, Philippines...to mention a few.

Take a look at the rankings here

http://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php?ccode=ng

Will GMB/PYO's governance improve this situation?

What is going on in this country? I just saw this on CNN and confirmed it on BBC.

Militants have stormed a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping about 200, a survivor has told the BBC.
He said that suspected Boko Haram militants had seized young men, women and children from Gumsuri village.
The attack happened on Sunday but news has only just emerged, after survivors reached the city of Maiduguri.
Meanwhile, Cameroon's army says it has killed 116 Nigerian militants who had attacked one of its bases, AFP reports.
The state of Borno has seen at least two militant attacks over the past few days.
Residents told the BBC that armed militants attacked the border town of Amchide on Wednesday, arriving in two vehicles with many others on foot.
They raided the market area, setting fire to shops and more than 50 houses.
No group has said it carried out either attack but officials have blamed Boko Haram militants.
More than 2,000 people have been killed in militant violence this year alone, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria, near the border with Cameroon.
Analysis: Will Ross, BBC News, Lagos
This is yet another abduction on a staggering scale - one of the worst since the Chibok girls were seized in April.
It might seem surprising that it has taken four days for news of the killings and abductions to break.
That points to just how dangerous that area of north-east Nigeria still is despite promises of a massive military deployment there.
Gumsuri is about 70km (43 miles) from Maiduguri, the state capital, but survivors had to travel hundreds of kilometres via a circuitous route to avoid areas overrun with jihadists in order to reach the city and alert people to the horrors they had witnessed.
The vigilantes in the same village had reportedly fought off Boko Haram before but this time they were overpowered.
There has been no word from the military or the government and you have to wonder whether in any other country in the world such a horrific event could take place without a single word from the authorities.
The villagers who were kidnapped on Sunday were from Gumsuri, not Bintiri, as was earlier reported by the BBC.
The survivor of the Gumsuri attack said that he returned to the village and helped bury 33 bodies after the violence.
He said he went from house-to-house to ascertain how many people were missing.
While initial reports put the number of kidnapped at 100, it was actually double that, the survivor said.
His testimony was confirmed to BBC Hausa by a local official. Neither person wanted their names published.
Meanwhile, Reuters and AFP news agencies quoted residents as saying that at least 185 people had been abducted.
'Wives and daughters' taken
A vigilante group that had protected the village from previous attacks was overpowered by the militants, AFP reported.
"After killing our youths, the insurgents have taken away our wives and daughters," a resident who fled to Maiduguri was quoted as saying.
In Cameroon, the army said vehicles from its elite battalion had been caught in an ambush on Wednesday.
"At the same time... the Amchide military base was attacked by hundreds of fighters from the sect, but the response from our defence forces was instant and appropriate," the army said, according to AFP.
One Cameroonian soldier was killed and an officer is missing, it added.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30529178

Nobody is to blame, Bafana bafana was the better team...this time around

oops

That's not good. I hope our health ministry can prevent this from happening. I know we can do it.

It is really unfortunate.

(CNN) -- A doctor who spent time treating Ebola patients in West Africa died from the virus Monday. The death of Dr. Martin Salia, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, marks the second time Ebola has claimed a victim in the United States.

Salia died at around 5 a.m. ET Monday, according to Nebraska Medicine spokesman Taylor Wilson.

A legal permanent resident of the United States, Salia was treating patients in West Africa when he contracted the virus.

Salia arrived Saturday at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. The hospital tweeted Monday that he was "extremely critical" when his treatment began and "unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we weren't able to save him."
Photos: The Ebola epidemic Photos: The Ebola epidemic

Salia was suffering from advanced symptoms of Ebola, including kidney and respiratory failure, health officials said.

The first Ebola patient to die in the United States was Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national who traveled to Texas in September from that West African country that, like Sierra Leone and Guinea, has been hit the hardest by the Ebola epidemic.

Duncan, 42, died at a Dallas hospital. He initially went to the same facility's emergency room after he began having symptoms, but he was misdiagnosed and sent home. Two days later, he was back in the hospital, where he tested positive for the virus and his treatment began.

It is rare for someone to die in the United States from Ebola because medical and monetary resources are extensive -- much more so than in West Africa.

When Salia was in Sierra Leone, the team caring for him characterized him as critical ill, possibly sicker than patients treated successfully in the United States, according to Nebraska health officials.

Salia's wife, a Maryland resident, pushed to get him evacuated from Sierra Leone, the U.S. State Department said. An air ambulance crew evaluated him in Freetown and determined he was well enough to travel.

Culled from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/health/ebola-u-s-/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Beads and wireworks.

These are great tips. Thanks for providing this on this forum. You are contributing immensely to youth empowerment and helping the unemployed populace. Kudos!