₦airaland Forum

Igboesika:
Everything is increasing in the county even bride price.

$ dey reduce 4 BM.

Hmm.

Na wah.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0767765.html

Trousers in History

In Asia both women and men have long worn pants for warmth, comfort, and convenience.

In Rome and Greece women and men wore tunics.

In the fourth century, women in the Western world wore pants, which they adapted from the Persians. At that time, pants were considered unmanly.

By the Middle Ages in Europe women were wearing dresses and men were wearing breeches.

After the French Revolution, men took off their high heels, silk stockings, and wigs and began wearing trousers.

In the nineteenth century women put on trousers to ride horses, but they hid them by wearing full skirts on top.

All trousers were pull-ons until the nineteenth century, when front closures using buttons were introduced.

Jeans were the first trousers to put women and men on equal terms.

Until 1970 it was not fashionable and sometimes against the law for women to wear pants in offices, classrooms, and restaurants in the U.S.

Trousers (British) = Pants (American)

Any lower body dress requiring putting in two legs into different openings is a pant. Boxers, Briefs, Y-fronts, Knickers etc.

Any lower body dress without leg openings with or without hemming is a skirt. Wrapper, Kilt, Izaar, Sarong etc.

Davidflight:
do we then condition our history and existence on what the white men choose to believe and not believe?
And who said people had not gone to the source of the river? How were the few that accompanied him able to lead him? Oh, I have forgotten they didn't reveal to us he had a company of villagers in his tour.
All the missionaries explored the areas in the Igbo land through the leading of the villagers. They assisted them on road discovery and interpretation.

I bet you, even today very few Africans can/will navigate the course of the River not to talk about ancient times with warring parties and extremely hostile territories. Malaria was a killer then & now even more so for Europeans with very little immunity against the disease. The rapids & waterfalls along the way were treacherous. You will have to deal with bandits too. Exploration was not for the faint hearted and there are still places waiting to be explored in Africa only if you dare. Belief in water spirits and other evil machinations is a stumbling block though.

The reason why Naija people are not explorers or care much about geography & maps or map reading. As at now, many States in Nigeria lack adequate maps for various purposes. The so-called River Niger became such when? In ancient times how many Africans knew it's origin & course? When we try to revise history to become PC we only fool ourselves. Without the advent of Europeans on our shores, it is possible the map showing the course of the River will still be unknown. From the strange shape of the River it seems two ancient rivers must have merged together .

Now for the JAMB questions:

What is the name of the first West African to complete the navigation of River Niger?

What is the name of the first man to draw the map of the course of River Niger?

What is the name of the person that started the use of the name Niger River?

wellmax:
The current status of workers salaries in South West
#SWSalary is currently trending on twitter

@APCNigeria

https://mobile.twitter.com/APCNigeria/status/841599580345159681

What about graphics of IGR?

EMC.

El-Rufai Media Centre. If this was how GEJ dealt with your insinuations & criticism, you will never get to your current post. Free Maikori, Free Suleiman. Keyamo is just APC dog. Chai.

But they said you were hale and hearty?

Hmm.

Hmm.

Na wah for Naija ooo.

PapaBaby:
Maybe you prefer a walking corpse as president but the rest of us don't.

Including those praying for him everyday?

Taraba State governor Danbaba Suntai was sick for a long time and it was two acting governors (the first acting governor was impeached) that finished his mandate.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/taraba-where-is-ex-governor-suntai/165841.html

Enugu State governor Sullivan Chime was sick for a long time too.

https://www.bellanaija.com/2013/02/i-suffered-from-cancer-of-the-nose-enugu-state-governor-sullivan-chime-reveals-the-reason-behind-his-prolonged-absence/

anonimi:
........and away in London burning our scarce foreign exchange after banning all government officials from treatment abroad.
What can be more corrupt

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkdTRfuWsAAJSIi.jpg

Hmm.

vexing:
Even without militancy can Nigeria make up to $100b in a year from crude oil? That must be an exaggeration

It is lies & propaganda.

Nigeria's estimated possible yearly crude oil earnings : $50.00 * 2,200,000.00 * 365 = $40,150,000,000.00 ($40 billion)

How is it possible to lose $100 billion?

Abi na Sanusi calculator?

If you divide the estimated by a population of 180,000,000 you will get $223.06 which is the reason why Nigeria is classified as a poor country with people earning less than $1 daily. Oil accounts for over 80% of forex earnings.

kpaofame:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaF8G9KY8M4

even worst misses herein....Ibra, CR7, Suarez all open goal misses

Na wah.

Yak missed but scored a penalty later against South Korea to force a 2-2 draw.

oyinkinola:
Money is created in centuries ago and the world economists didn't manage it beyond poverty level, why Nigerian economists still have hope in managing it?
So I challenge them to proof me wrong that money had failed the humanity and the only way out is to adopt what is persit to human life which is[b] time[/b]!
You can't even compare time value to money value!
The minimum wage of Nigeria worker is ₦18000 per 8hrs/day in a month =₦75/hr
and the world analyist said that 70% of Nigeria live bellow $1 per day!
but look at the time evebody have, 24hrs per day!
when converted in ₦₦75x24) =₦1800.00k)
if converted to $ (let's say $1 =₦500) every Nigerian have $3.6/day
who can proof me wrong!

Only 21 working days to earn N18K minimum wage. The wage will be spent for the 30 days of a month. Note that many earn less than minimum wage and the unemployment rate is double digits.

nmreports:
So I personally would not want to draw any inference from any pre-formed bias or belief about what the problem is in this country but the following are the reality which cannot be ignored. That;

1. Nigeria is one of the most blessed country in the world in terms of natural resources.

2. Nigeria has a set of leaders who are no different from the same set of people who rule the western world. I mean politics accomodate the intelligent, entertainers as well as illiterates.

3. That we have so many policies and intervention programmes aiming to ameliorate the past, current and futuristic problems and challenges that social scientists and politicians envisage.

4. We are statistically one of the most educated black country on earth.

Based on the above, there are two questions:

a. Why is our development and growth so slow?.
b. Is Nigeria going to ever become developed?.

1. Who Natural resources alone epp? You need local knowhow to exploit the resources otherwise foreigners will be in control and you end up like Nigeria selling crude oil and buying fuel.

2. Nigeria leaders are different, they steal from home and invest abroad. They have no confidence in local expertise like Buhari and his medical tourism.

3. Implementation of policies is the real thing and that is our bane.

4. Black countries are not well educated in the way the world economy works. They lack the pragmatism and long term planning to make the system work in their favour.

Answers:

a. Our development is not slow relatively.
b. Nigeria cannot develop effectively under the current structure of sharing as opposed to baking especially with the population explosion. It's the economy stupid.

If you believe in these outlandish figures, you are on your own.

Lagos State is less than half of the quoted figures.

https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-nigerias-population-figures/

hardywaltz:
Crude oil . $100/barrel - $ 35/barrel
Crude production 2.2 mbd. - 0.9 mbd

Let's help them pupolate the list

http://energymixreport.com/nigerias-oil-sector-growth-fell-1-89-q1-nbs/

Nigeria’s oil sector growth fell by 1.89% in Q1 – NBS

BY EDITOR ON JUL 27, 2016 UPSTREAM

The real growth of Nigeria’s oil sector slowed by 1.89 per cent in first quarter of 2016, due to the reduction in the country’s daily production occasioned by pipeline vandalism, The Guardianreports.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which made this disclosure in its first Quarter 2016 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report, noted that this represents an improvement relative to growth recorded in the preceding year of 2015 when growth slowed by 8.15 per cent.  According to the bureau, the oil sector contributed 10.29 per cent of the total GDP, marginally lower from the share recorded in the corresponding period of 2015, yet higher from the share in fourth quarter of 2015 by 2.24 per cent points.

It stated that in the first quarter of 2016, oil production stood at 2.11million barrels per day (mbpd), 0.05mbpd lower from production in fourth quarter of 2015. It added that oil production was also lower relative to the corresponding quarter in 2015 by 0.07mbpd when output was recorded at 2.18mbpd

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http://energymixreport.com/nigerias-q3-exports-rise-increased-crude-sales-india-u-s-nbs/

Nigeria’s Q3 exports rise on increased crude sales to India, U.S. – NBS

BY EDITOR ON DEC 1, 2016 BUSINESS & FINANCE, MIDSTREAM, UPSTREAM

Nigerian exports climbed 29 percent in the third quarter, official figures showed on Thursday, lifted by crude sales to India and the U.S. that helped cut a widening trade deficit in Africa’s largest economy, Reuters reports.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the trade deficit narrowed to minus 104.14 billion naira in the third quarter, from 484.23 billion naira in the previous quarter, due to the rise in exports which went from $342.5 million to $1.59 billion. The recession in Nigeria deepened in the third quarter as oil output fell due to militant attacks in its crude-producing Niger Delta and global prices remained low, choking the economy of much needed dollars to fund imports.

Oil production averaged 1.63 million barrels per day between July to September, down from 1.69 million in the second quarter. The government’s budget calculations are based on 2.2 million barrels of oil production per day. The NBS said crude exports accounted for 84.2 percent of export trade in the three months to September. It said total exports at 2.31 trillion naira were flat compared to a year ago, with India and United States accounting for more than 40 percent of export trade.

Nice. Next time go to the streets too.

From KOWA TL.

Restructuring is a continuous process.

Nigeria has always been restructuring. From amalgamation to regions, states (12, 19, 21, 36, ...51?), geo-political zones etc. We need to stop the rhetoric and face our critical challenges head on.. Referendum, consensus, enacting required laws by parliament are ways that can make things happen.

Na wa. Fraud no good.

We lack the knowhow. When new technology is developed that will make power more affordable we will have a chance.

Hmm. Zombie becomes Wailer.

Big Brother Buhari given a shot in U.K. hospital.

stadium

ˈsteɪdɪəm/

noun

plural noun: stadiums

1.

an athletic or sports ground with tiers of seats for spectators.

synonyms:arena, field, ground, pitch;More

bowl, amphitheatre,coliseum, colosseum,enclosure, ring, dome,astrodome, manège;

track, course, racetrack,racecourse, speedway,velodrome;

circus;

gayelle;

rarecirque

(in ancient Rome or Greece) a track for a foot race or chariot race.

2.

an ancient Roman or Greek measure of length, about 185 metres (originally the length of a stadium).

akulaxx:
Stadia not stadiums
Note it

Stadiums, Stadia are all correct.