₦airaland Forum

The ultimatum was quiet unnecessary to say the least. You created a monster, you fed him and it grew bigger and became stronger than you. Then you called your neighbour and blackmail him to kill the monster on your behave. It won't wrk my dear northern Elders!

It lovely to see ordinary citizens delving into politics. The more the merrier. Wish him well. I hope he has a good relationship with his people expecially the youth.

Enough wahala dey o..!!!

More grease to your elbows our able soldiers. Nigerians are solidly praying for you guys and we will surely overcome! victoria acerta!!

That possibly explain the significant improvement in the health condition of the Nigerian ebola patients. But we should go into more research in finding our own local remedies.

Go girl! Nigeria is right behind you! !!

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, Monday night, confirmed her rating as
Africa’s fastest woman as she finished tops in grand style in the
women’s 100m event at the ongoing 19th Edition of the African
Athletic Championships in Marrakech, Morocco.
Okagbare, who recently clinched the sprint double at the
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, set a new Championship record
of 11.00secs to secure Nigeria’s first gold medal at the flagship
African athletics competition.
Okagbare’s Ivorian rival, Murielle Ahoure, finished in second place
with a time of 11.03 secs while the other two Nigerian athletes in the
finals Gloria Asunmu and Lawretta Ozoh were unable to make it to
the podium finishing 4th and 7th respectively.
Speaking with journalists after another record making outing,
Okagbare said she had to go extra mile for the win.
“I am very happy to have won the title because I just wanted to win
for my fans and do my country proud,” Okagbare said.
“Just coming straight from the Commonwealth Games, my body is
tired, but my coach told me to just focus and execute the race,
which was what I did. Of course the competition was stiffer at the
Commonwealth Games, but that is not to take anything away from
Murielle Ahoure.
“She is a great athlete. It was good that we had three Nigerians in
the final but this is Africa. I am hoping that we can have this kind of
representation on a bigger platform, like the World Championships
and the Olympics.
Unfortunately, Nigeria was not able to repeat the winning feat in the
men’s 100m event as Mark Jelks settled for second position behind,
Ivorian Wilfred Koffi Hua who won in a time of 10.05secs
Jelks won the silver finishing with a time of 10.07secs, while
Edward Monzavous, another Nigerian, settled for bronze.
Another Nigerian, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, could only manage a
5thplace finish after posting a time of 10.28secs in the thrilling
finals for men.

https://m.premiumtimesng.com/sports/166545-morocco-2014-okagbare-wins-nigerias-first-gold-medal.html

Oritsejafor constant sectional comments have made the sit of CAN president so political that it seems to be loosing it respectability. He needs to water down is political biasness and talk more like and elder and a father to all. A close observation of Cardinal John Onaiyekan will be a nice start.

collynzov5: Kikuyu = Kenya's version of Musiwa

Now I get it....lolzz

I don't get what you are driving at. What's the point of all these?

All secondary contacts should trace please!

A WRITE UP BY A GHANAIAN ON HOW WELL NIGERIANS TREATED THEM IN THE 80s.
.
This article is dedicated to all those Ghanaians who went to Nigeria
in search of a better life between 1978 and the second “Ghana Must
Go” in 1985. You saw the very best of Nigeria and no matter what
happened to you then, or later, you will never forget your time in
that country!)
Some people say it was the “constro” boys who went first and came
back home with the good news. Others say it was the trained
teachers (Cert A holders) who went first, started teaching in
secondary schools there and came back on holidays and took along
their brothers and friends who are graduates. Still others maintain
that Ghanaians had been travelling to Nigeria since goodness knows
when. There were vehicles that made the long journey from Kumasi
or Accra to Lagos. Long before our independence, Anlo fishermen
and traders piled themselves into trucks setting forth from Keta into
the wilds of Nigeria. The journey took the whole day. Nigeria was far
away, very far away indeed.
No matter where the truth lies, one thing is certain. The great
movement of Ghanaians to Nigeria in search of a better life would
not happen until after 1975. Prior to that, nobody left Ghana to
settle in Nigeria because Ghana was not good enough for him. There
have always been ties between individual Ghanaians and Nigerians
with inter-marriages meaning some Ghanaians moved to settle in
Nigeria. But nobody left Ghana to escape economic hardships. Not
until the mid-70s.
The largest chunk of the economic migrants from Ghana to Nigeria
made their moves between 1978 and 1981 or thereabouts. By 1982,
[b]Lagos was full of Ghanaians from all walks of life. They ranged
from university lecturers (and students), medical officers, political
refugees, through secondary school teachers to our boys working
on construction sites and our girls selling bread in the “go slow” on
the highway leading out of Lagos to Abeokuta. They rushed to the
slow moving vehicles peddling what they called “Ghana bread”.
(Some of the Yoruba didn’t like this bread complaining that there
was too much sugar in it. Yes, much of Ghanaian bread contains
too much sugar. If there is not too much sugar, then there is too
much salt!) Some of our girls chose the easy way out and betook
themselves to the houses of ill-repute where they plied their
damnable trade.
By the 70s, the journey now took only a few hours from Accra to
Lagos. If you liked, you made the “short-short” one by taking a
vehicle to Aflao, crossing the border on foot, taking a taxi to the
station near Asigame (Grand Marché) in Lomé, where you took one
of the Peugeot “caravans” straight to the Badagry border where
another vehicle took you into Lagos. You could also take a vehicle
from Cotonou and make it to the old port of Porto Novo (Xogbonu)
and enter Nigeria at Idiroko which was the border crossing before
the huge Badagry border was rebuilt as the main entry point. The
Idiroko to Lagos road was still called the “Old Ghana Road” when[/b]
we were there.
For the Ghanaian making the journey by road to Lagos for the first
time, it was a real experience. Once you cleared the Badagry border
and was on your way on the dual carriage to Lagos, you knew you
were somewhere far away from Accra. Lagos looked big to you.
Much of it was like a huge construction site. This was the time
when foreign companies like Julius Berger were building flyovers,
overhead bridges, and motorways all over the place.
Even though Ghanaians could be found in every state, most of them
were in the Yoruba speaking states which are geographically nearest
to Ghana. The Yoruba are the single largest of Nigeria’s more than
250 ethnic groups. There are far more Yoruba than there are
Ghanaians of all tribes worldwide! Most of the Nigerians who lived
among us in Ghana before the Aliens Compliance Order (ACO) were
Yoruba. They were the ones we called “Alatafuo” or “Anago” and
when we went to them, they also called us “omo Ghana” (no offence
meant, none was taken either). So the Ghanaian connection with
the Yoruba, in particular, is a long one. Some versions of Ewe
history even trace the origins of the Ewe to a place called Ketu in
Yorubaland. In the early 80s, in places like Ogbomosho, Ejigbo,
Osogbo, Ilesha, one could still meet those Yoruba who had lived in
Ghana before ACO and who still spoke fluent Twi, Fante, Ewe or Ga.
They were proud to display their knowledge of these languages,
having quite left the bitterness of the “munko munko” (ACO) behind
them.
The years around 1980 marked the most dizzying heights of
[b]Nigeria’s oil-fired economy. The oil money was flowing through
everybody’s fingers and some of us were there to partake of the
goodies. They accepted us so long as there was something for
everybody.
Every Ghanaian who went there got some kind of job. Teachers
were in high demand. It was very easy for the Ghanaian teacher to
fit into the Nigerian classroom. Because WAEC gave us all the same
GCE syllabus, Ghanaian teachers found themselves teaching exactly
the same things they were teaching in Ghana. Maths, Science and
English teachers were especially in high demand. The greatest need
for teachers was in the states controlled by the UPN which were
implementing free education – the type Akufo-Addo is promising
us. The UPN was then led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the revered
Yoruba leader. (I have, sometimes, wondered if there is some
resemblance between him and Akufo-Addo that goes beyond their
old style round metal-rimmed glasses.) Secondary schools were
built in all towns and villages and students went straight from
primary school to these schools without any exams.
It was not that there were no Nigerians who could teach their
children. The economy was so good that Nigerian university
graduates looked down on the teaching job. They easily got higher
paying jobs in industry or obtained generous state or federal
government scholarships to pursue advanced studies in foreign
universities. Ghanaians readily took their places and acquitted
themselves well. Indeed, there will come a time, (if that time has not
even passed) when a crop of prominent Nigerians can proudly say
that some of their best teachers in secondary school were
Ghanaians. They will be referring to that time, around the 80s, when
so many Ghanaians taught so many Nigerians.
Everything was very cheap in this country. What we had then called
“essential commodities” in Ghana were anything but essential in
Agege (the name of the Lagos suburb that, in Ghana, became used
for the entire country). Blue Band Margarine, which had ceased to
exist in Ghana, was available at every roadside seller’s. Beer was
one naira for the premier brands of Star and Gulder – brands that
we had known from Ghana.[/b] The big bottle of Guinness, Odekun,
(which was unavailable in Ghana) went for 1.30 naira and the little
bottle (kekere) made you poorer by a mere 70 kobo. Semovita cost
80 kobo a kilo. We did not even have Semovita in Ghana then.
Sardines and Geisha (which Nigerians looked down upon but were
favourite items in Ghana, the lack of which can cause governments
to be overthrown) were all over the place selling cheaply. During the
Christmas season, imports were increased bringing down the prices
of items across the board. In Ghana price increases were
particularly notable during the Christmas season.
Those Ghanaians who went to Nigeria before 1980 saw the very
best of the country, economically. In some states, graduate
teachers were given car loans in cash! You took your 3,000 naira,
went to a car dealer and drove away with your brand new locally
assembled VW “beetul”. It cost you less than 3,000 naira so you had
something left over to buy petrol and drinks to celebrate your first
new car with your friends – to “wash” the car, as it were. In the
early 80s, a graduate teacher’s monthly pay of 360 naira was
enough to buy you a return ticket to the UK. That was before the
Thatcher government brought in visa requirements for Ghanaians
and Nigerians. Those Ghanaians daring enough went on holidays in
Britain. The naira was equivalent to the pound and fetched you
more than a dollar!
This was also the time Ghanaians would tell jokes about the
newcomer who went to the wayside chop bar and asked for 50 kobo
rice and 50 kobo meat and the seller woman looked at him with
surprise. He insisted on his order and when he was served, there
was no way he could eat it all. He thought the naira was like the
cedi he had left behind in Ghana.
At the beginning of each academic year, the now defunct West
Africa Magazine published long lists of Nigerian scholarship winners
who would be going to universities in Europe and North America to
study obscure subjects in the sciences and technology. It was as if
the states were competing with each other to see which of them
could send the greatest numbers of their citizens on scholarships
abroad. We looked at these lists with a tinge of envy. Our country
could not afford to give us similar privileges.
The daily newspapers were bumpy affairs of 48-60 pages at a time
when our flagship national daily, Daily Graphic, was still running 16
pages in tiny print. There were even broadsheets, something we had
never seen in Ghana before. A few of the numerous newspapers
really had quality stuff. The newly established Lagos Guardian
attracted articles from some of the country’s greatest brains – Wolé
Soyinka, Niyi Osundare, Kole Omotoso, Chinweinzu. Then came the
newsmagazine, Newswatch, modelled on Time Magazine and better
than anything we ever had in Ghana. On its staff were some of the
country’s best journalists including Dele Giwa who was murdered
by a mail bomb during Babangida’s reign of terror. There were
several television and radio stations at a time when Ghana still had
only one television channel and one national broadcaster and we
had never heard of FM broadcasting. Naija movies were not
available then.
The Ghanaian immigrant felt completely at home. Ghana was not
too far away and you could visit home for the weekend. We settled.
We started enjoying the food, the beer, the women and the music.
Oh, the music, especially Yoruba music. Because of Juju music’s
roots in highlife, it was easy for Ghanaians to take on and like that
music. Moreover, some of us still remembered the time when the
Yoruba lived among us in Ghana and played lots of the music of the
accordion playing I. K. Dairo. They may have played the music of
Haruna Ishola too.
The 80s marked the heights of the careers of King Sunny Adé with
his velvety voice (Gboromiro; Synchrooo ... synchro system) and
“Shief” Commander Ebenezer Obey and his evergreen, forever and
forever wedding song: Eto gbeyawo laye t’Oba Oluwa mi file le, pelu
aseni... (What God has joined togedaa let no man put asondaaa...).
Fuji, Apala and Sakara music are more difficult for Ghanaians to
absorb. They are more traditionally based with Islamic roots. But if
you live in a place where you hear a certain music type being played
over and over again, and see the people cooing over it, you cannot
help but get infected yourself. That is why many of us will never
forget names like the late Alhaji Sikuru Ayindé Barrister, Kollington
Ayinla, or Mama Salawa Abeni. Today, Fuji music has morphed into
the Yoruba variant of hip-hop. But for those of us who were there in
the early 80s, it is the music of Sunny Adé (is there any musician
who has sung his way into the hearts of the Yoruba more than this
man who has so many wonderful tracks you won’t know which
ones to choose as your favourites?) and Ebenezer Obey (who is now
into gospel music having also fallen victim to the excessive
religiosity that is now afflicting many parts of Africa) that we have
continued to enjoy long after we left the country even if we do not
understand all the mgbati mgbati.
Then things started getting bad. Many of us saw the signs very
early because we had seen similar signs in Ghana. Contracts were
not being renewed. It was becoming more difficult to get jobs.
Prices were going up. Some construction works were being
terminated midway. Remittances through the banks were becoming
more difficult to get as the black market rates of the naira started
running away from the official rates.
They did not sack us from their country. We had survived “Ghana
Must Go” 1 and 2. We left on our own when they relieved us of our
teaching jobs. Many were too old to brave the journey to another
part of the world. They returned to Ghana and went back to the
teaching service or whatever else they were doing before the Agege
craze. Many of the young ones came back to Ghana only to re-
saddle and set forth again. Some of the “constro” boys, ever the
most daring, took the desert road to Gaddafi’s Libya. Some of them
lost their lives on the way. Some of us came to Europe. Others went
to North America. There were those who made it to other African
countries like South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, or any country
willing to accept them. Anywhere else was better than the difficult
days of Rawlings’ military Ghana.
Today, it is said that more than half of Nigeria’s 160 million people
live on less than two dollars a day. The naira is now 150 to a dollar.
The largest note is 1,000 naira (equivalent to 12 ghc). A proposal to
print 5,000 naira bills was dropped. Another to re-denominate the
naira was also discarded. A bottle of Guinness is around 300 naira
and Semovita is 250 (na kekere bi dat o). The molue conductors at
Oshodi are no longer shouting: “Enter with your ten ten kobo – 50
kobo one naira no change”. That belongs to a time in the distant
past. The trip now costs 100 naira.
Nigerians are finding it difficult to exist on their monthly salaries.
Many have voted with their feet and for some, even Ghana is better
to live in. To be sure, though the Nigerian economy may not be
riding the giddy Olympian heights of the late 70s, it has never
descended into the gutters that the Ghanaian economy found itself
in the same period. But the best is over and many Nigerians will give
an arm to have the seventies and early eighties back.
Yes, there are Nigerians who are crooks, cheats, bandits, religious
fanatics and what have you. But the fact is that MOST ordinary
Nigerians are honest, peace loving, God-fearing, resourceful and
friendly people. You have to live in the country to see these ones
whom we do not hear much about. You can also ask the thousands
of Ghanaians still living there. And, oh, the country itself is, actually,
really beautiful.
For many of us, since Nigeria was our first foray outside our native
land, the country remains special to us. We still have fond
memories of our time there. I have not been back there since I left
26 years ago. I very much want to visit and walk the old paths
again. What a wistful experience that will be!
Kofi Amenyo (kofi.amenyo@yahoo.com)

Tvegas: Why do blacks hate themselves so much. We need to take a cue from the European union, a Spanish man can relocate to UK and he will be welcome. However the few countries making progress like Ghana and south Africa always allow things to get into their head. Look at how ordinary SA that was traumatized with apartheid keep chasing Zimbabweans and Nigerians, Ghana was also hostile to Nigerian businesses back then.

And the most annoying part of it is, both SA and Ghana are direct beneficiaries of nigerian good will. But as Soon as the going becomes smooth for them, Nigerians become the target of resentment. That's why I prefer Ghana to run to the IMF now rather than Nigeria assisting again. Let them have a good dose of the IMF treatment. Maybe the forgot the structural adjustment programs of the 80s.

iamord: Although the writer made some valid points I see some of his posts to be wrong. From 07 till date ghana has enjoyed the influx of Nigeria investors almost all sectors . The amount of nigerian companies in the country can attest to that

lovely article. I think nigeria's economy is fast diversifying. Though coming a bit late, the growth in agriculture, manufacturing, retail and construction is a testament to that. At one point Ghana instituted taxes and levies on foreign businesses which was more or less directed at Nigerians. The Nigerian government had to respond before those acts were reverse. That to some extend affected the relationship between the two countries unlike in the days of Obasanjo and kufour were nigeria loan Ghana about $25 million or so.

Goodnews! plsss Innoson should hasten and step up his game. I will hate to see that guys business crumble due to stiff competition from more established automakers. He needs to stop relying solely on government patronage.

Goodnews!!! That's the proactive approach needed to combat these terrorists. But my heart sank on hearing "THE GIRLS WERE BROUGHT FROM SAMBISA". I still pray to God these are not the Chibok girls.

lawbabs: Stop deceiving ursef... praise not jonathan, praise d electorate who were irritated by pdp's moves yday and followed thru to protect their votes...

And how did they protect there votes with the military and security apparatus fully under pdp?

VIPERVENOM: Free and fair indeed. The polls were rigged by pdp but upon all their efforts people power prevailed. And by d way why hasn't this made fp? Is **** still crying?

I can assure you, if pdp wanted to rig that election, nothing would have stopped them, let the state burnt that won't stop them. We have had situations where the opposition won an election by wide margin but pdp was declare the winner and sure nothing happen. I don't so much like GEJ but when it comes to free and fair election, that guy has tried far more than any pass leader in this country. I wonder which song lai Mohammed will sing this morning giving that he insisted Ekiti election was rig due to excess security. And fortunately osun witness more security than Ekiti.

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The interior of that car is simply superb! !!!

Goddex: Massive project like this with a monorail going on in Calabar and no one is making noise about it.

Imagine if this were happening in one of those louthmouthed supporters of APC states

Reason why sometimes it's not about who makes the loudest noice. Cross river has one of the lowest allocation but that does not stop the fresh air from reaching them. Imagine if the heard the kind of allocation Akwa Ibom is enjoying!

PSA Peugeot Citroën and PAN Nigeria Limited have signed an agreement to assemble and sell cars in Nigeria.
The Peugeot 301 will be the first vehicle to be assembled under the pact in the second half of 2014 at PAN’s Kaduna plant, according to a statement issued after the signing ceremony.
However, the statement said, “Under the terms of the agreement, PAN Nigeria Limited will also be able to assemble the Peugeot 508 and the Peugeot 308.”

Peugeot would leverage a network of roughly a dozen dealers that would be capable of rapidly implementing the quality standards required by the brand and supporting its business growth in the country.
PAN said, “The agreement is aligned with the new automotive industry development policy established by the Nigerian government.”
The pact is leveraged on the fact that Nigeria is emerging as a key growth driver at the level of the entire continent. Also that the Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation with about 170 million people, and its largest economy with GDP of €372 billion in 2013 and growth of 7.4 per cent forecast for 2014.

Commenting on the signature of this new agreement, Jean-Christophe Quémard, Operations Director, Africa-Middle East said: “This assembly agreement perfectly illustrates what the Group aims to achieve with its new region-based organisation.
“As announced in the “Back in the Race” strategic plan, we are going to focus more on growth markets.
The assembly of the Peugeot 301 in Nigeria, a growth pillar in Africa, will enable the Group to take full advantage of growth opportunities in the market.”

PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker in Europe, has three world-renowned brands, Peugeot, Citroën and DS, and the company sold 2.8 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, of which 42 per cent were outside Europe.
PSA Peugeot Citroën recorded sales and revenue of €54 billion in 2013.
The Group is the European leader in low-carbon vehicles, with average emissions of 115.9 grams of CO2 per km in 2013. PSA Peugeot Citroën has sales operations in 160 countries. It is also involved in financing activities (Banque PSA Finance) and automotive equipment (Faurecia).

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/psa-peugeot-citroen-pan-nigeria-sign-assembly-agreement/185751/

RENDERS

MONO RAIL

Access roads

Calabar Convention Centre

A major milestone was reached in the construction of the Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC) on July 24, this year that sets a remarkable guide for major building projects in Nigeria, writes Bennett Oghifo

The heavy propping system used to support this stunning architectural landmark was recently removed to reveal a massive structure that remained suspended without columns or any other visible means of support.
There were gasps from onlookers as some 1,500 tons of concrete and steel remained in place as the supports were all removed in a slow, painstaking process. The weight is equivalent to 50 trucks loaded with cement, making it an outstanding feat of structural engineering.

The Project Manager of CICC, Mr. Reginald Longdon, stated that no building of this kind currently exists in the West African region and commended contractors, Bouygues Construction for their achievement in the making of this world-class facility.
The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke, was clearly delighted to witness the latest chapter of his vision unfolding. During a small celebration on site to congratulate the project team, he lauded the Danish architects Henning Larsen for their bold design and Bouygues for making it a reality, especially for the way it capitalised on the ambience of the stunning natural environment. He further remarked that the convention centre, much like similar venues around the world, will be a catalyst for economic growth in the state, as it will attract tens of thousands of delegates from all over Nigeria and around the world.
One of the experts charged with the task of making this architectural history in Nigeria was Vincent Legros, Senior Methods Engineer of Bouygues Construction, who came from France to ensure the propping work was done properly. After eight years of working on projects in South Africa, Qatar, China, USA, France and the UK, he is yet to see anything like the CICC, describing it as a spectacular and technically challenging building. “I hope this building will be deeply appreciated because nothing around will match this edifice. It is like a diamond in the forest, unique and very precious.”
Finishing work on the building has commenced with floors and rendering of walls.

The installation of roofing struts has also begun on all three blocks. According to the Cost Controller for the project, Laure Schmeltz, construction work is continuing around the clock to ensure that the building is completed on schedule for February 2015 and within budget. She also described the building as ‘amazing’.
Several members of the Cross River State Executive Council attended the event, including Commissioner for Youth & Sports, Mr. Patrick Ugbe, Special Adviser for Mortgage Finance & Estate Development, Mr. Edward Ogon and Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr Nzan Ogbe, who also serves as Project Director for the development.
CICC is set in Summit Hills, a 367 hectare development which includes a 200-bed hotel, recreational facilities, golf course, nature reserve, specialist hospital and a variety of residential units.

The Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC) is a landmark, purpose-built facility.
The CICC is located in a free trade zone (FTZ) and as such, exhibitors and conference organisers are exempted from paying VAT, WHT and other national and state levied taxes on transactions within the FTZ.
Specifically, the government said, “The CICC offers the market an almost unlimited scale capability to host a wide range of events, from intimate business meetings and workshops to large audience product launches, press conferences, congresses, exhibitions and conventions.”
Governor Imoke at an interactive session held recently stated that the state- of- the- art, multi-functional convention centre would host events for national and global audiences, comprising business, government and international associations.
He said that Nigeria has a vibrant and rapidly growing economy that requires facilities such as the CICC, stating that “the CICC has been years in planning, carefully researched and ultimately designed to answer the needs of a demanding market.”
He said the CICC complements the existing Tinapa Business Resort and the new ‘live, work, play’ Summit Hills mixed-use development.

Summit Hills is an innovative, mixed-use lifestyle development that combines convention, recreation, arts, culture, housing and healthcare facilities all within an exclusive and idyllic location bounding the Tinapa Business Resort and Calabar Free Trade Zone.
This extensive real estate project aligns with the vision of Cross River Governor Liyel Imoke “to build an economic engine that creates jobs, increases economic potential and builds on the strength of Cross River State.”
He stated that CICC offers the market an almost unlimited scale capability to host a wide range of events; from intimate business meetings and workshops to large audience product launches, press conferences, congresses, exhibitions and conventions.
He said the scale and flexibility of the venue offered the freedom to design an event that would impress the audience and enhance the stature of the client. “This is coupled with a skilled and well-equipped technical, catering and support team.”
According to him, the CICC aims to earn the reputation as one of Africa’s most enticing meetings, conferences and exhibition venues.
He stated that since “Nigeria’s economy was the largest in Africa, with a dynamic and exciting business culture and an aggressive developmental agenda, it therefore makes sense that Nigeria plays an increasingly important role in the international business events market.”
He said in 2010, the government of Cross River state identified the unmet need of a professional and accessible convention facility and took a strategic investment decision to make the idea a reality.
He stated that from February 2015, Calabar is destined to become West Africa’s business meeting and event destination of choice.
The presentation focused on the unique advantages the facility brings to the Nigerian events market and the numerous advantages it has over the established conference venues in Lagos and Abuja.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/calabar-convention-centre-achieves-architectural-first-for-nigeria/185757/

That guy was impeached during the Congress. Trying to remedy his already battered image. He wanted to unilateral call off the strike, while other members refused. He subsequently suspended the strike unilaterally and was impeached there after.

Innoson marketing strategy is simply terrible to say the least. He needs to step up his game or he will soon be push out of the market by the time Nissan, Peugeot, Ford and all these new comers blow full steam. I understand he presently doesn't have capacity to meet the present demand necessitating the low marketing. But Nigerians need to know the product first before anything. If they don't know how do can they make future request? seems nairaland has done more marketing for him than he has done for himself.

Zobo May Be All You Need
Victor Okeke
— March 10, 2014
Tasty and refreshing, there are lots of medicinal benefits associated
with Zobo drink. Victor Okeke reports.
We call it Zobo locally but it is known as Hibiscus Sabdariffa or
Roselle in most other English speaking countries. Zobo drink is a
popular street-side juice usually sold in refill bottles. Zobo is a
supplemental herb that is derived the plants calyces, which are the
collection of sepals separating the blooming flower from the stem. It
is usually soaked into water and drank for its medicinal and
refreshing benefits.
There are lots of medicinal benefits associated with Hibiscus as it
contains a lot of anti-oxidizing agents and vitamins. According to
Dr. Kurtis Frank, although it has a variety of claims medicinally, it
appears to have evidence to support its role in reducing blood
pressures in persons with elevated blood pressure.
Zobo can be taken hot or cold and as iced drink, it is a remedy for
quenching thirst effectively. It is often recommended as an
alternative to artificially prepared commercial sport drinks that are
marketed to physically active individuals. This cooling and thirst
quenching benefit is probably because of the diuretic properties of
Zobo, which helps in the excretion of excess fluid from the body.
The plant also has antihypertensive properties. According to
esgreen.com, this was noted in a study of 70 people were a half of
the people drank Zobo tea daily and the other half took 25 mg of
antihypertensive medicine twice daily. After a month, 79 per cent of
the tea drinkers experienced a ten point reduction in blood pressure,
84 per cent of the ones that took the pharmaceutical drug also
experienced the same reduction in blood pressure.
Some tea drinkers use Zobo drink as a weight reduction therapy.
Our body produces an enzyme known as amylase which functions to
breakdown complex sugar and starch molecules in food. When a
person consumes too much carbohydrate-rich food, that individual
is most likely going to gain weight. According to health experts,
Zobo contains a substance that prevents the production of amylase.
A person regularly taking Zobo drink can thus prevent too much
absorption of carbohydrate and consequently not gain excess
weight.
According to the book “Healing Herbal Teas,” fresh Hibiscus flowers
contain around 6.7 mg of ascorbic acid, a form of vitamin C, which
is one the more essential nutrients needed by the body. Along with
this, Hibiscus is known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial
properties. Thus, Hibiscus is often used as a supplement to help
treat coughs and cold. Because of its cooling effect, it is especially
effective in reducing the discomfort of fever that may accompany
such ailments.
It is important to note, however, that higher doses of Hibiscus do
exert some toxic effect, although none of these have been reported
in humans, that being said, they have not been disproven either. It
would be better to avoid taking too much Hibiscus, especially since
many Hibiscus benefits are not dose-dependent.
How to Prepare Zobo Drink
Ingredients: 2 cups of dried Zobo leaves, 5 cups of water, ½ bunch
of pineapple, 2 tbs of vanilla extract, ¼ cup of sugar, 1 ½ tbs of
ginger.
Procedure: Lightly rinse the Zobo leaves in cold water. Wash the
pineapple and peel the skin, slice and set it aside. Add the water in a
pot and bring to a boiling point. As soon as sit starts boiling, add
the rinsed flowers, pineapple and ginger. Cover and boil for 15
minutes, turn off the heat and allow cooling for 5 minutes. Using a
large bowl, sieve the mixture to get the juice. Pour the drained
mixture into a pitcher, add additional water if desired and vanilla
extract. Taste to gauge the level of sweetness before adding sugar.
Stir and refrigerate, best served chilled.

Josh316: The coach may be right.

Mind you, she tested positive to the usual masking agents of drugs NOT any performance enhancing drugs. Due to the newer types of designer drugs developed by some pharmaceutical companies for some dubious athletes and the new practice of using diuretics to erase evidence of such use hence masking the presence of the trace components, the World Anti-Doping Agency decided to test instead for the presence of these masking agents which are diuretics. Now Thiazide is a class of diuretics and that was what the young girl tested positive for.

Funny enough, many people do not know that Zobo is made from the commonly known HIBISCUS flower. This flower has many health benefits including lowering blood pressure due to its diuretic properties. Diuretics are commonly prescribed to hypertensives to reduce blood volume and reduce pressure subsequently.

If indeed she went ahead to consume this zobo drink, it shows that her coaches were abreast of vital information and funny enough must be commended (strange yeah?) and the girl must now learn to listen to her coaches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus#Health_benefits

http://www.drugs.com/npp/hibiscus.html

The only sensible post in this thread!
Zobo has a well known diuretic effect. Reason why it is recommended for individuals desirous of weight loss or suffering from hypertension. She was ban for testing positive to diuretic substances not hard drugs. So this story is believeable. But she should learn her lesson by now. As an athlete it's not every thing that the generality of the populace consume you eat. Hope she comes out of this stronger.

leadership.ng/style/353649/zobo-may-need

With the introduction of Fox Sedan and Amazon car brands by the Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company into the Nigerian and West African markets recently, Nigeria has made history as the first country in the sub-Saharan Africa to manufacture the continent's first indigenous cars.

With the introduction of Fox Sedan and Amazon car brands by the Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company into the Nigerian and West African markets, with a price range from N500,000, N1million to N3million, Nigeria has joined the elite club of motor manufacturing countries like the United States and Japan.

“The company also provides good services for repairs and parts supply. All these actions are engineered to meet the customers' special requests, attain the highest possible performance and safety standards and also make the vehicles suitable for the West African market.”

There are also strong indications that in no distant time, IVM would start exporting its passenger cars to West African countries like Republic of Benin and Ghana among others. Already, plans are underway to roll out the new brands from the company’s plant in Nnewi.
It should be noted that IVM was commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration, obviously, has worked assiduously to improve the country’s motor manufacturing industry.
According to an Abuja resident, Chukwudi Enekwechi who has followed the implementation of the new auto-policy of the government, Nigerians are in for a better days.

He said: “This innovation of introducing affordable new cars is commendable considering the problems of environmental pollution which fairly used cars pose to our society. The health hazards inherent in the gaseous emissions of fairly used cars in Nigeria are obviously uncountable, but the most notable, according to health experts is cancer of the lung. Therefore, government’s plan to gradually prohibit the importation of fairly used vehicles or what we know as “Tokunbo” will not only aid the survival of local auto manufacturing companies like INNOSON, but will help to reduce the perilous impact of hazardous environmental pollution.”

“Agreeably, different countries are notable with car brands as exemplified above and these brands represent the image of those countries. In Nigeria, it is gratifying that Innoson has chosen to make the nation proud by initiating moves to start exporting Nigeria’s brand to neighboring African Countries like Ghana, Benin Republic, Sierra leone.

With a long term vision to assist Nigerians drive brand new cars, Innocent has always been at the forefront of manufacturing wholly made in Nigeria brands. During the motorcycle boom, he was one of the first persons who started to manufacture new motorcycles in the country at a cheaper rate, compared to the imported fairly used.

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/flying-the-flag/185688/

Evergreeen123: Dont mind that a55licker

our economy is improving, our foreign reserve is rising yet goodluck jonathan still wants to borrow $ 1billion loan.

Who dey deceive who?

There is nothing wrong with borrowing as long as the money is use for what is meant for. As rich as the USA is, the have the highest debt in the world. And the still do borrow. We can only insist on the money being judiciously use.