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SEFAGO:
But you can screw them-

eku_bear:
I[b] dunno. What else pays more out of college than engineering?[/b]

Trading jobs on Wall Street, I guess? Only finance related stuff, really. Or computer science jobs at elite, elite firms.

It honestly isn't as bad financially as you make out, Ileke-Idi.

eku_bear:
We have a lot of talent in Nigeria. Just not being harnessed  

Yep. In some ways, Nigerian girls are better at academics than Nigerian guys. Certainly a lot more focused.

Why do you say that? Internship, residency, postdoc is enough to make a doctor a scientist. What she went through isn't too much different from MD/PhD.

Also. . . why are you hating on Nigerian women?  

SEFAGO:
What is IMG?

SEFAGO:
fstranger has not sat for the USMLE yet,

Its not that hard for a smart nigerian with an MBBS to learn everything you need to do research. She did residency so she might have learned some stuff in between or worked in a lab. Trust me first class Nigerians could within a year reach the same academic levels as an MIT undergrad. As I have said previously, its more about the IQ curve and where you place on that curve as opposed to your education.
I differ, yes your CP might have spent 7 years completing a PhD but that does not mean after year 2 to three he was not knowledgeable about tons of stuff. Its just that he took time to complete his work. I think a well trained doctor could learn all she needs to know about genetics research in a year max.

coldhearts:
huh , it's a big deal, are you kidding me, it took me several months of study just to pass that exam and it's even harder now, not to mention getting into residency is difficult- not joking  . I give her due respect for getting that high up there.

coldhearts:
I am proud of her and i think any reasonable person should cos it takes a whole lot of hardwork to get to where she is - passing the incredible US Medical Licencing Exam  / hospital residency/ fellowship in oncology .

Some bitter comments here are seriously undeserving. She did extremely well for herself.

SEFAGO:
^ Thats difficult to tell though. Despite all my mouth and imaginary confidence on NL, I am kind of shy, and if I get interviewed in real life I will likely crumble. Does not mean I dont know my stuff.

Also how do you know she is not a scientist and just a clinician? Anyways most Doctors are not the bestest researchers  except they do that MD/PhD thingy or go through an MSTP program. If she is a cancer geneticist she probably works a lot on BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations in which african american women are more susceptible to.

SEFAGO:
See how she dey fake accent 

All NIgerian parents should stop forcing their children to be doctors 

Somatic:
Congrats. The Lord is good. So where's d christening parry?

PhysicsMHD:
That's all well and good, but how does it stack up against:



http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Africa_8/Texas_Oil_Man_The_Kase_Lawal_Fugitive_Scandal.shtml

and

http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/take/11824-yar-adua-clips-efcc-s-wings-now-reports-ag-s-office-2.html


So we know that

1) There was actually a case called Osahon v FGN

2) The connection between this Mr. Osahon and Kase Lawal has never been denied or asserted to be fake, not even by that source you posted.

2) The government of Nigeria can be bribed to do a volte-face or ignore transgressions

4) The fact that Kase Lawal visited Nigeria 70 times after 1999 proves he was never a "fugitive" as claimed by several sites and even the first link I posted above, but it doesn't prove that he was actually "clean" with regard to the Osahon case.

What is the most reasonable conclusion? 

He just bribed the problem away.

PhysicsMHD:
Please, there are limits to my credulousness. That he just so happens to leave after he is found to be involved in a crime by the government, instead of defending himself or turning himself in at some later point to defend his reputation, is reason enough to consider him not exactly clean.


And with regard to the government doing a volte-face, perhaps you haven't heard of Umaru Dikko?

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/30/the-world-s-greatest-spy-capers/the-dikko-affair-1984.html


That the Nigerian government suddenly stops caring and even starts liking the person they were previously against doesn't mean that someone is actually clean.

buzugee:
bruv use your brain. when you buy what you buy from itunes do you not pay cash from a credit card ? then that is a product. do you pay any charges for your facebook page ? then technically it is not a product.

SEFAGO:
Let me lend some Mensa level intelligence to this debate:

Both Bill Gates and Zuckerbergy have speculatory wealth. Speculatory in that they depend significantly on the worth of their companies- if Microsoft stock crashes today (unlikely) then Billy would not be that rich. Zuckerberg same thing, depends on the worth of facebook.

They dont have the type of hard cash you guys are thinking about.

buzugee:
maybe in nigeria they are not. in america its microsoft world baby

buzugee:
yes because it is automatically installed on every computer you buy. you have no say in it

oyb:
Microsoft's core products have always been software - is that a physiacl product?

PhysicsMHD:
My reference to him known as being "not exactly clean" has to do with the whole "escaping from Nigeria in 1999 after being part of a group stealing oil" affair, not with this incident. I don't think he's involved in this incident because he doesn't really have a motive. Just clarifying.

buzugee:
dude learn to stay focused. zuckerberg has phantom money. his money is based on speculations. its not real. i am talking about billionaires with real hard cold physical assets. stay focused

oyb:
who did bill gates kick out of the market?

apple?

linux?

sun microsystems

aloy/emeka:
Why not ask him whether saharareports who also reported this scandal is an Igbo,Edo or Hausa media house?. The best treatmnent for FvckinStranger is ignoring him.

buzugee:
so basically this guy got rich by stealing nigerian oil ? now he diversifying into stealing gems ? what a sweet fella

PhysicsMHD:
Yeah, you're right.

He could easily be involved. He's not exactly clean, after all.

It's just that doing it after you're already a billionaire makes no sense to me. That's why I think he wasn't in on it.

buzugee:
bruv, billions is not easy to come by. people with billions have to TAKE from others. whether you believe it or not is up to you. trace the history of billionaires (real billionaires[b] not phantom billionaires like zuckerberg[/b]), its all being achieved by drugs, alcohol, gem smuggling,  and gun running

buzugee:
bruv ? its not risky at all. they all do it. all the rich wealthy people do shady deals to stay on top. like chris rock said, behind every great wealth is a big crime. the only reason he got caught is because he did not cover the bases well. the kennedys and all the rich american families all sell drugs and bootleg alcohol. ITS THE AMERICAN WAY.

buzugee:
bruv ? its not risky at all. they all do it. [b]all the rich wealthy people do shady deals to stay on top. [/b]like chris rock said, behind every great wealth is a big crime. the only reason he got caught is because he did not cover the bases well. the kennedys and all the rich american families all sell drugs and bootleg alcohol. ITS THE AMERICAN WAY.

PhysicsMHD:
Well I think that it is risky, actually. And[b] he might be involved or have been involved in shady oil deals,[/b] but that's quite a stretch away from going directly into gold smuggling.


But once again, there's no way to know at the present moment. I'm just assuming. Either one of us could be right on this one.