kushma: Just ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States, a former assistant secretary of state, Johnnie Carson, is now saying that the discussion between nigeriaand United Statesshould not be restricted to insecurity alone because nigeriaas he said is “the most important country in Africaand must be treated as such”. The former assistant secretary said in an interview with Reuters that Washington should not let security issues overshadow the need for closer trade and investment ties. In his words: “Nigeriais the most important country in Africa, now more than ever the relationship withNigeriashould not rest essentially on a security and military-to-military relationship” Similarly, US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken told Reuters that: “President Barack Obama has long seenNigeriaas arguably the most important strategic country in sub-Saharan Africa.” Over the years the ties between the US andNigeriahave strained because Nigerian government refused to investigate corruption allegations in the country. Blinken said “The question is would there be an opportunity to deepen our engagement and that opportunity is now” when speaking on Buhari’s three-day visit to Washington. Hopefully, this Buhari’s visit would yield a lot of fruit! Also, I’m very happy that even the Oyibo people know that Naija is a force to be reckoned with. If only we can just get past all of this little little things holding us back. God will help us my people.
When did a US former assistant secretary of a common state turn to "US".Stop celebrating mediocrity
Johnnoah1st: ANYWAY, i will like to come to ghana some day, u are in accra or kumasi? cus i tink dats d two big cities u have.
I think you should say "that's the two big cities I've heard " Rather than saying "you have" .You don't know Ghana so DONT make such ignorant statements again.
Iamsynord: To get a hit song is no joke. The chance to get a Hit song is increased if a dance step comes with it.Here are the Top ten most popular and widely accepted dance steps in. Nigeria and their originator ( Artist).
In no particular order
1) Azonto( Wizkid)- Though azonto was created in Ghana .Wizkid popularized it.Then the Dance went viral.The dance also had a kind of beat.which went viral has well. Azonto.Azonto.Some pple had a 2 1 in Azonto dance wen it came out then.Nollywood didnt slack as they released Azonto babes part 1- 4.Many other artistes released azonto themed Songs afterwards.
2) Galala(Daddy Showkey) Many have credited Daddy Showkey as The Galala Creator .Some say its Father U turn .However,one thing we know is that it is synonymous with Reggae Music..
3) SuO ( Danfo drivers/Marvelous Benji) - Remember SU0.Many claim it was Created by Marvelous benji but i remember in Danfo drivers song where They said " I am a Danfo driver , SUO,sebi u be danfo ..
4) Yahooze ( Olu Maintain ) -If i hammer,first thing na..Dat one is left for u to decide but Olu maintain yahooze was a mega hit as it came with the Yahooze dance. Oya karmakazee on d Kentro level .
5) Alanta ( ArtQuake) - Open your eyes as if you wan..ArtQuake came thru with Alanta Dance which became a hit and got many people behaving like possessed.. lol let me stop here
6) Skelewu ( Davido) - Davido Skelewu became a Mega hit .He shot 2 videos for the additive song which also came with a dance. however,Dammy krane laid claim as Many critics claimed it resembled d artist Gbetiti dance.. Skelewu was d known one sha..
7) Kukere ( Iyanya) - After doing RnB and i love you baby ,i like u songs in his first album and he didnt blow.Iyanya had to do something . Kukere clicked the right buttons and launched the Etighi Dance which is a dance from where he hails from..Though another artist released etighi,iyanya kukere is d most recognized.
Sekem ( Mc galaxy) -Oya Sekem one hand for your waist ..This was one of d favourite songs of Mama Peace.MC Galaxy assisted by Tspize d producer made d song a hit and the dance went viral.
9) Bobo ( Djenimoney/Olamide) - Talo fa Bobo.Consistent Hit maker Olamide made a Massive hit from The Song Shakititi bobo which came with a nice dance.The dance went viral after .Though an upcoming artiste claimed Olamide stole his own Yobo dance.Bobo is still d most popular and accepted..
10) Shoki ( Lil kesh / Orezi) -Shoki.shoki is one of the most danced dance style in Nigeria. Be like say it goes with every song.The originator is disputed. But The battle is between Lil Kesh and Orezi..
notable mentions
Alingo by Psquare Makossa by Awilo longomba Awor By Kcee,Harrysong,iyanya Gbetiti- Dammy krane ijo Oloti- Omo Akin Gangnam style PSY
Which is Your Favourite and the one you are good at
Compiled and written by Iamsynord
Azonto is a Ghanaian dance made popular by Ghanaians.
safarigirl: This is just my personal opinion. Vector's King Kong remix featuring Phyno, Reminisce, Classiq and Uzi has to be the d-opest rap song in Naija (ever?)
The visuals were crayyy! Butterfield beyond the video, the contribution of every artiste on that track was just out of this world....they all came correct. I haven't seen artistes go as hard as those guys did on a collaboration. Like they all wanted to prove something, and boyyy did they prove it! (maybe they were tryna outdo Sarkodie's remix? ).
I had some favourites, so i'll break them down from my best down to the least IMO....they all did good, but some were amazing.
1) Uzikwendu(Uzi): the lil bro of Killz did not disappoint his big bro. This dude was just FIRE on the track. Like, where the hell has he been? We've got Twista here and we've been rockin' to a bunch of 2Chainz niggas? I loved EVERYTHING about this dude's lines. The rhthm, the speed, everything was just....DAMN! I have to see him again.
2) Classiq: first off, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Vector for finally getting a REAL A-boky on a track, Ann boy did this dude represent! On a track with fairly established guys, these new bloods definitely took the spotlight. Classiq was just waoh! Rapping in Hausa, he delivered the language of the North so beautifully, one is tempted to sign up for an Hausa class. Thank you Nasarawa for giving us Classiq
3) Phyno: As usual, Mr. Obago delivered his punchlines with enough infusion of Igbo so you make no mistakes where he's repping, but at this point, we should all know how Phyno does it....I particularly liked his line "Real recognises real, ma nigga so why don't you look familiar?".
4) Vector: As much as Vector owned the original of this song, he had to tone it down for the other guys, but he still brought his heat. Would've preferred if he opened the music, but he was still pretty awesome on it, I liked his Johnny line
5) Reminisce: Baba Hafusa was my least interesting act on this beat. I just feel like Olamide would've murdered this song more than he did. He was just okay, he went as hard as he has in recent times, but still, he fell short just a little compared to the other guys.
Totally, Uzi and Classiq were the stars of this song and MattMax definitely did some magic with the visuals....even though there is a resemblance to Jay-Z's "On to the next one". Certain scenes stood out for me. The illuminati-ish scene with Uzi as well as the Horse rider scene with Classiq.
KINGOFJAPAN: gaynaians never learn. . This trash u posted coming from American would make more sense but you, a gaynaian you guy's aren't in list of top 100 men Nigerian women will do d dirty with,you gaynaian assholes are just there, irrelevant piece of shit.. . if a Nigerian woman agrees to go down with ya or any of you kenke eating dumbos, she's probably after your money so wise up deadbrains n stick to your ugly, masquerade looking piece of dung gaynaian women ...Nigerian women got class, they don't do leftovers
ucheokpara100: from my observations cos i 've stayed in Ghana 1. our currency is bigger than ghana's currency 2. our population is an advantage to business. let's say everything visa, business etc if u have 1.5million u 'll be fine, let's say visa, flight everything 500, 1million here i think u are ok, then the types of busines are 1. saloon, 2. restaurant 3. buying accident cars, fix them and resale, 4. taking alot of flats and rent them out. these are the once i know, thats what majority of us do here. exchange rate here is an advantage.
1. our currency is bigger than ghana 's currency # NOT TRUE
The biggest ever global school rankings have been published, with Asian countries in the top five places and African countries at the bottom. . Singapore heads the table, followed by Hong Kong, with Ghana at the bottom. The UK is in 20th place, among higher achieving European countries, with the US in 28th. The OECD economic think tank says the comparisons - based on test scores in 76 countries - show the link between education and economic growth. "This is the first time we have a truly global scale of the quality of education," said the OECD's education director, Andreas Schleicher. "The idea is to give more countries, rich and poor, access to comparing themselves against the world's education leaders, to discover their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to see what the long-term economic gains from improved quality in schooling could be for them," he said. iFrame The top performer, Singapore, had high levels of illiteracy into the 1960s, said Mr Schleicher, showing how much progress could be made. In the UK, the study shows about one in five youngsters leave school without reaching a basic level of education - and the OECD says that reducing this number and improving skills could add trillions of dollars to the UK economy. "I think it's partly a mindset, an expectation. There are plenty of examples of schools that have raised the bar dramatically," said education minister Lord Nash. But a leading UK head teacher, Sir Anthony Seldon, criticised such league tables as "arguably doing more harm than good". "They are skewing schools and national education systems away from real learning towards repetitive rote learning," said Sir Anthony, head of Wellington College in Berkshire. The analysis, based on test scores in maths and science, is a much wider global map of education standards than the OECD's Pisa tests, which focus on more affluent industrialised countries.Countries ranked on maths and science 1. Singapore 2. Hong Kong 3. South Korea 4. Japan (joint) 4. Taiwan (joint) 6. Finland 7. Estonia 8. Switzerland 9. Netherlands 10. Canada 11. Poland 12. Vietnam 13. Germany 14. Australia 15. Ireland 16. Belgium 17. New Zealand 18. Slovenia 19. Austria 20. United Kingdom 21. Czech Republic 22. Denmark 23. France 24. Latvia 25. Norway 26. Luxembourg 27. Spain 28. Italy (joint) 28. United States (joint) 30. Portugal 31. Lithuania 32. Hungary 33. Iceland 34. Russia 35. Sweden 36. Croatia 37. Slovak Republic 38. Ukraine 39. Israel 40. Greece 41. Turkey 42. Serbia 43. Bulgaria 44. Romania 45. UAE 46. Cyprus 47. Thailand 48. Chile 49. Kazakhstan 50. Armenia 51. Iran 52. Malaysia 53. Costa Rica 54. Mexico 55. Uruguay 56. Montenegro 57. Bahrain 58. Lebanon 59. Georgia 60. Brazil 61. Jordan 62. Argentina 63. Albania 64. Tunisia 65. Macedonia 66. Saudi Arabia 67. Colombia 68. Qatar 69. Indonesia 70. Botswana 71. Peru 72. Oman 73. Morocco 74. Honduras 75. South Africa 76. Ghana
legacyint: true talk my broda this list is either false or outdated,,canadian passports is ranked 2nd,,i couldn't evenfind south Africa on d list self.
Why don't you open the link and see.Dumb brain indeed
NgwaManNaija4LF: KOFI ANNAN? IS THAT A BOTANICAL NAME FOR KOLA NUT OR AN EGG PLANT? It's only a stupid Nigerian that will bring Ghana issue when Nigeria is mentioned, you can't compare sleep and death. Nigeria and Ghana can never be compared till Jusus come. We are too BIG for Ghana, Compare us with Mexico and Turkey I will listen. By the way, there's no BILLIONAIRE AND NOBEL LAUREATE IN GHANA.
aimuan: what makes you think Ghana is better than Nigeria? I live in Ghana they re no way close to Nigeria in anyway, except the fact that they re peaceful.
Same thing people from Togo, Benin etc will say.Anyway I don't think any Ghanaian in Nigeria will also say Nigeria is better than Ghana. So that's normal.Everybody thinks his/her country is better. Some folks from Somalia were even saying their country is the best in Africa( On Facebook ).
Lordave: How far have their icons gone in academics? I would love to see a comparison
Do you need a prophet to tell you that?When was the last time a Nigerian became first in WASSCE? Ghanaians have been snatching first to third place since 2007.TALK with FACT and stop talking trash. Over 2milliom Nigerian students sits for wassce yearly as compared to about 400,000 Ghanaian students. . ATLEAST I KNOW OF KOFI ANNAN.FORMER UN SECRETARY GENERAL.
Lordave: Stop talking trash! Are you saying they are better than us in academics?
Do you need a prophet to tell you that?When was the last time a Nigerian became first in WASSCE? Ghanaians have been snatching first to third place since 2007.TALK with FACT and stop talking trash. Over 2milliom Nigerian students sits for wassce yearly as compared to about 400,000 Ghanaian students. . ATLEAST I KNOW OF KOFI ANNAN.FORMER UN SECRETARY GENERAL.
lyntiffany: Emeka is expected to be so, being the giant of Africa what do you expect if it is south Africa I won't bother compairing but Ghana! I give up
Apart from Population and economy ,Ghana is ranked higher than Nigeria in everything positive. Lets face facts.
lyntiffany: Imagine Ghana passport strong pass our own
Ghana-52
Nigeria-57
We will get there soon.
Why do we always have to compare Nigeria to Ghana? Is Ghana the only country you saw there.Besides were you expecting Nigeria to be better than Ghana or what? This ain't surprising .It would've been rather surprising if Nigeria was to be ahead of Ghana.
The ranking shows which passports give holders the most global mobility, based on how many countries can be visited without a visa, or by getting one upon arrival. The ranking of the world’s most powerful passports was put together by financial firm, Arton Capital, which specializes in helping wealthy individuals obtain multiple citizenships, sometimes through immigrant investor programmess. Nigeria passport offers access to only 61 countries while a Chinese passport offers only 74 countries. Tied for first place are the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) which give holders access to 147 countries. The top-ranked passports, followed by the number of countries they offer access to: . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 1 United States of America 147
United Kingdom 147
PASSPORT POWER RANK: 2 South Korea 145 Germany 145 France 145 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 3 Sweden 144 Italy 144 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 4 Denmark 143 Luxembourg 143 Netherlands 143 Singapore 143 Japan 143 Finland 143 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 5 Switzerland 142 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 6 Norway 141 Portugal 141 Spain 141 Ireland 141 Belgium 141 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 7 Canada 140 Greece 140 Austria 140 Malaysia 140 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 8 New Zealand 139 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 9 Australia 138 Hungary 138 Czech Republic 138 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 10 Slovakia 137 Poland 137 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 11 Cyprus 136 Malta 136 Hong Kong 136 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 12 Slovenia 135 Iceland 135 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 13 Latvia 134 Estonia 134 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 14 Lithuania 132 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 15 Bulgaria 131 Liechtenstein 131 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 16 Argentina 129 Israel 129 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 17 Monaco 128 Romania 128 Brazil 128 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 18 Brunei 125 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 19 Chile 124 Croatia 124 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 20 San Marino 123 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 21 Andorra 122 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 22 Barbados 119 Mexico 119 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 23 Bahamas 117 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 24 Seychelles 116 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 25 Vatican City 113 Antigua and Barbuda 113 Venezuela 113 Uruguay 113 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 26 Mauritius 111 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 27 Costa Rica 110 Panama 110 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 28 Taiwan 109 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 29 St. Kitts and Nevis 108 Turkey 108 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 30 Macao 106 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 52 Qatar 66 Ghana 66 Gambia 66 Niger 66 Belarus 66 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 53 Kazakhstan 65 Maldives 65 Samoa 65 Lesotho 65 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 54 Ecuador 64 Guyana 64 Kiribati 64 Kuwait 64 Vanuatu 64 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 55 Thailand 63 Fiji 63 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 56 Nauru 62 Colombia 62 Swaziland 62 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 57 Philippines 61 Zambia 61 Tanzania 61 Mali 61 Saudi Arabia 61 Bahrain 61 Tunisia 61 Azerbaijan 61 Nigeria 61 Namibia 61 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 58 Morocco 60 Mongolia 60 Benin 60 Malawi 60 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 59 Georgia 59 India 59 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 60 Suriname 57 Senegal 57 Uganda 57 Indonesia 57 Papua New Guinea 57 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 61 Bolivia 56 Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 56 Cape Verde 56 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 62 Armenia 55 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 63 Marshall Islands 54 Kyrgyzstan 54 Oman 54 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 64 Zimbabwe 53 Egypt 53 Uzbekistan 53 Congo 53 Mauritania 53 Tajikistan 53 Burkina Faso 53 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 65 Mozambique 52 Liberia 52 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 66 Algeria 51 Guinea-Bissau 51 Viet Nam 51 Palau 51 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 67 Micronesia 50 Bangladesh 50 Togo 50 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 68 Haiti 49 Jordan 49 Dominican Republic 49 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 69 Cameroon 48 Syria 48 . PASSPORT POWER RANK: 70 Libya 47 Turkmenistan 47 Sudan 47 Sri Lanka 47 Iran 47 etc . www.passportindex.org/byRank.php
Politics › Re: U.S Declare That Nigeria Is The Most Important Country In Africa by emeka1101: 8:08pm On Jul 19, 2015
Sekem ( Mc galaxy) -Oya Sekem one hand for your waist ..This was one of d favourite songs of Mama Peace.MC Galaxy assisted by Tspize d producer made d song a hit and the dance went viral.
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