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[quote author=safarigirl]Feza just pick a number and join the queue...other contestants in 'THE BACHELOR' a sub of BBA are: Pokello, Dellish, Maria, Motamma, Fatima and Selly...all 'CHASING' Melvin's heart.....who is Hakeem? Or Elikem? Or O'neal?
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it's only a strategy to get Melvin not to nominate them imo. if all the girls got close, it will make his choice of nomination difficult. Fatima wouldn't want Melvin saying " i nominate Fatima just because im not close to her". rule number 1.get close to the open and friendly housemates

[quote author=ItsModella][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][color=#006600]I'm voting using their website. You have to create an account though.

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got it. thnx. make i vote small

#teamnaija for Dellish #teamgh for Feza for saving Elikem last week. lets save both. btw how we dey vote naw?

[quote author=dominique]If the HoH decides not to swap then he or she automatically comes up for eviction
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wow! that can be harsh! thanks for the info dear. Koketso it is then

this may sound dumb but can HOH decide not to save/replace? its not a force right? will u prefer Biguesas is saved n replaced by Koketso

dominique: Biguesas nominates
Lk4 and Maria

Tally so far
Biguesas 5
Lk4 4
Selly 3
Nyell 3
Sulu 2
Maria 2
Beverly 1
Natasha 1
Bassey 1
Koketso 1
Pokello 1

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if Selly n Nyell (who is he/she) are up, Selly will most likely swap herself with Koketso.

russello: @GH Swagg
In respective of what most of you NL Ghanaians think about we Nigerians. The truth is that an average Nigerian will pick a Kwesi and a Maame over an Mbekeni or an Nwahiri.

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Just as the average Gh'nian will choose an Uti, Chinedu or Uche over Mbola or Zuma! the hate is just a very small minority. isnt it cool knowing Gh has an extra vote in Naija n vice versa? big ups

big ups Naija. Gh will return the favour! rest of Africa voted Selly too? amazing! and to those screaming Selly is boring maybe she is (im yet to begin watching) but just like this thread and other ones i follow, im yet to see some names mentioned here whether good or bad. it was just yesterday i got to know Mohatma (spelling)

whether Ghana or Nigeria or South Africa the question is why cant we sit in our own country? if its for school or vacation/visitation then fine. but to seek work? what can you do there that you cant do in your home country?

[quote author=chris365]are you serious. ghana that cant even summon the courage to carry on with their policy of deporting Nigerian traders because they know how badly they would be hit if they try it. and please y'all should stop comparing this ghana to Nigeria, it's becoming annoying. until ghana is seen as an important player in African security and politics, then they can start shouting. for all i know it's just another small land trying to come up even if obama sleeps there for 1 year.
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hahahahahahaha. are you even listening to yourself? Nigeria was looked up on by many African nations but it's too bad that same can't be said now. name one good thing that can be learnt from present Nigeria?

[quote author=Ricky_Ross]I wonder why it is taking you too long to get out. My wife is from cape Coast like you and I used to have businesses in Accra, Kumasi and Tema, when I couldn't take the stupidity of Ghanaians I moved some of my investments out of Ghana, the few ones i left there now is for my wife and her family. If a country is not good for you move over.

Talking about worst cities Accra has been rated 2nd worst city to live in many times already by the same western media. And until the second coming of Christ I don't think any Ghanaian city will ever come close to what we currently have in VI, LEKKI, Ikeja, Ikoyi etc. And we didn't stop there. The Eko Atlantic City project is world class and can compete with other such projects around the world. Accra is a SLUM with no world class facility. The types of roads we have in Uyo cannot be found anywhere in Ghana, fact. The best parts of Accra is Osu and East Legon and these are behind Ikeja in beauty, development etc, FACT
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you joking right? when was the last time u were in Accra? Bad roads? thats funny. how is accra worse? health, education are reachable and accessible, majority are above the poverty line, cost of living is low compared to other African cities. sanitation is improving, security is high, traffic is better than most cities etc. i dont know of Lagos cos i've not been there before but Accra is far from worse

late reply but i have to agree with the OP on most points. it's everywhere now esp in Ghana here. i had a girl who said she wouldnt do chores. not even cook. i was like "why am i even wasting time with you". modern girls believe so much in gender equality. they believe since both parents are bread winners in recent times then chores must be shared. you can get a banker lady calling her husband to cook with the rice cooker cos she'd be late from work. she expects as she tidies the house on weekends, the man also do something like ironing. if she washes, the man dries the clothes, if she goes to market, the man at least scrub or dust the furniture (all these before the kids are born obviously). i make it clear to ladies i hate kitchen chores. only thing i do without complaining is ironing and washing the car. but a girl openly say she wont do chores and stresses on dishwashers n washing machines is a timebomb. you wont wash, clean and cook? but paint ur face like a clown in the name of makeup? no thank you

[quote author=timecop28]You see advocates of Ghanaian music. From the get-go, Nigerian PARTY JAMS has been a fusion of Dance hall, Hi-life, Hip-hop and pop music. But it has been largely influenced by Dance Hall music. This is why its called Afro-pop cos u can't place it anywhere. It depends mainly on dance and production trends.
@mikeapollo....That they feature Ghanaian artisteS doesn't imply that all they do is Hip-life. Besides, u mentioned Dbanj, Davido and Ruggedman also incorporating the style...Haba! apart from Overseas and Gunshot, mention any other by Davido. mention just one by D'banj and one by Ruggedman
Another correction, Timaya's music is mostly pure Dance hall.
I understand the urge to differ from the crowd, but always get ur findings on point before u do that.
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i dont know Ruggedman n havent listened to Dbanj much but Davido's recent track Gobe was sung to suit the Ghanaian style for him to even dance Azonto in the clip. i listened to the original by Password (i think) and it was waay different. one reason why Davido's is turning a hit while no one even heard of Password

[quote author=mikeapollo]The truth hurts, especially if it is the bitter truth.This IK guy must have been a keen follower of music trends between Ghana and Nigeria

I have been saying this for almost 2 years now, and people did not believe me. Infact, I wanted to post a thread on the same topic!

Most of what young,so-caled Afro-pop Nigerian musicians are playing now is patterned after the Ghana Hiplife music (with lots of Azonto-like beats/rhythm). Only a few Nigerian Afro-pop musicians e.g. PSquare, had been original in recent years.

Any keen and unbiased follower of Nigerian and Ghana music from the 90s would see this trend clearly.
Let us think back to Silverbirds(STV)' Music Africa in the early 2000s and compare the type of songs/music from Ghana and Nigeria. At that time, Ghanaians had already created and playing their Afro-pop/ Hiplife music which is basically up-tempo highlife mixed with rap. In those days, Nigerian musicians were playing R&B....Check the list....Tuface, Eedris,Styl-Plus etc were all playing the so called R&B which was not as danceable. But the Ghanaian musicians had their own indigenous creation of Hiplife(their version of Afro-pop) music which was created/pioneered by REGGIE ROCKSTONE in the early 90s with other musicians like Obour, Obrafour, Praye, 4x4, K.K Fosu(who Olamide mentioned in his 'Bend Down Low'' Azonto dance album) etc

I used to visit Ghana then and I realised a contradiction between the Nigerian and Ghanaian music and film industries. While Nigerian films dominated their TV houses and video clubs, Ghana Hip-life( their self-styled Afro-Pop) dominated all their dance clubs and dance parties. You would never hear a single foreign music at their parties or occassions. Their Hiplife was rock solid for dancehall and parties.
On the contrary, Nigerian club houses were still dominated by foreign songs and Nigerian local music were not rocking our local parties/club houses unlike their Ghanaian counterparts. The reason for this is that the Ghana Hiplife has a faster tempo (more danceable) than the R&B of Nigerian musicians of that era.

The recent influence of Ghana's Hip-Life music in Nigeria started when Tony Tetuila went into a collabo with TicTac and they produced 'Fefe Ne Fe'.
The followed other Ghanaian groups like VIP who had a collabo with Tuface. Then came the collabo between Wande Cole in the song 'Allow me to kiss your hand'

But the emergence of PSquare and their beautyful songs changed the scenario and signalled the emergence of huge popularity of Nigerian songs in Ghana because PSquare were creative and some of their songs had this 'High-life; kind of effect, and Highlife music is very popular in Ghana.

But the heavy percussions of the Hiplife music and its very danceable rhtyhms and beats made it more attractive to dancers and party goers than our fake R&B. I could remember on STV's Music Africa. Ghanaian songs were more dance-inducing than Tuface's African Queen or any other Nigerian songs e.g Eederis or Style Plue or any other.

Soon, the Ghanaians added the crazy and fun-filled Azonto dance and the dance moves were patterned after the tempo of their Hiplife (Afro Pop) music. The effect on the music scene was too much and Nigerian musicians just decided to join!
The emergence of good Ghanaian rappers like Sarkodie and Guru and some onf their innovations and creative beats has also influenced a lot of Nigerian musicians

Check these trends;

Iyanya: The first album he released after winning MTN Project Fame was purely an R&B album which was not very successful commercially. But right now, just listen to his songs....he has jumped on the Ghanaian Hiplife style of music which rocks very well in parties. Infact, a lot of the clips he showed in the video of 'Kukere' are videos of Ghanaians dancing Azonto music which he downloaded from youtube e.g the small boy dancing

Omawumi: Her Bottom Belle album is an extraction from the Ghana Hiplife style.

Eedris: Even he himself has joined in singing the fast tempo beats of Hiplife/Afro Pop

Duncan Mighty; His songs are pure immitation of Ghana's Hiplife. Infact he featured Ghanaian rappers and the type/style of music are clearly new to Nigeria

Olamide: His 'Bend-Down Low' is clearly an Azonto song and he even acknowledged the Ghana influence in the song by mentioning some Ghanaian slangs and even the name of a musician K.K. Fosu. Remember. that song is different from his usual style which is rap.

J.Martins; He sings mostly highlife, but he is gradually infusing the Hiplife style into his music now

May-D: He jumped on the Azonto train without delay. His 2 singles in the market are purely Azonto/Hiplife songs and they are doing well

Timaya; He has joined in the Azonto/Hiplife craze.

D-Banj; He even featured the white guy that danced Azonto (after dancing with his Ghanaian friends on youtube)

Ruggedman/Terry G; Their latest works show a lot of influence on their music by Ghanaian musicians like Guru and Sarkodie.
Infact their beats are now tailored after Sarkodie's style

Davido; Compare his past works to his lastes songs....you would see the clear influence of Azonto on his songs

PSquare: They are preparing to join the Azonto craze (forget Alongo for now). The beats/rhythm of their song for Glo 'UNLIMITED' is a pure immitation of Sarkodie's beats.

.....the list goes on and on.

It is interesting to note that the latest music style/works of these guys are quite different from what they used to deliver just a few years ago. And the best hits in Nigerian music today are songs that are patterned after the Ghana's Azonto dance...e.g Iyanya, May-D, Olamide, Davido, Wizkid, etc


It should be noted that Nigeria and Ghana have always influenced and learned from each other. Ghana had greater influence on Nigeria in the early days up to the 70s. Nigeria had more influences from the 80s.
In the television/film industry, Nigeria seem to have had greater influence. Nigerian films are vitually in every village in Ghana, and they are preferred to Ghanaian films
But Ghana seems to have had greater influence on Nigeria in music. Highlife music came to Nigeria from Ghana and most of the best Nigerian musicians had their roots in Highlife....they either had Ghanaians in their bands or traveled to learn the act in Ghana. Infact there was a time when Ghanaian musicians were the best in West Africa e.g Ramblers Band and Osibisa, ET Mensah etc

Infact Fela was not a force to be reckoned with in Nigeria music (Highlife) until he traveled to Ghana where he lived for years and learned to master the real act of music. That was where Fela got the name 'AFRO BEAT'. He changed his style of music to Afrobeat while he was in Ghana and became an instant hit when he returned to Nigeria. He even brought some big and tall Ghanaian royal drums(which are played for kings) and he learnt how to beat the drums personally.

Interestingly, Nigerian musicians break higher grounds than their Ghanaian counterparts because of 2 reasons;

1. More Nigerian musicians sing in English (or Pidgin English) while Ghanaians sing mostly in their local languages....hence Nigeria songs tend to reach more fans
2. Nigeria has a bigger popluation, which translates to relatively more fan base and economic success.

It is not an offence or crime to be influenced by a neigbhbouring country. But we should also strive to create something that every keen follower can identify with us. Nigerian musicians shoudl also do some deep thinkng and bring out something that can rule the world. We have had series of dance styles/name like Alanta, Yahoozee, Galala etc. but s single Azonto from Ghana has had more impact globally in just a few yesrs.

God Bless Nigeria, God Bless Ghana
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God bless you too bros. im Ghanaian but listen to Naija music more cos its majorly english n danceable now. i speak Twi but hardly understand them in songs just like Ga

[quote author=Profidada]Personally i get mad whenever my country men will be carrying out comparative analysis b/w nigeria and ghana. For goodness sake it should not be. We have nothing to learn from ghana. We should be looking at countries like brazil, india, pakistan, bangledish that have similar size and complexities for comparative analysis. Enough of this bookshit of nigeria is this while ghana is that.
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Brazil, India, Pakistan? for a start learn how to provide n distribute energy and get ur poverty n illiteracy rate low like Ghana 1st before you try Brazil, India etc. at least you dreaming big. that's good

abdulkayus: abeg who is dat silly dude wey no no between his left and right? Even a south african cannot claim dat SA is more popular or better dan 9ja mucis talkless of a silly Ghana music. Who even sabi their artistes apart frm Sarkodie and dat other gal(werin be her name self) BTW and hw many awards (international oooo) hav dey even won. Dis Ghanians wit their inferiority complex self. Mtwsss

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!d!0t. what has this got to do with Ghana and inferiority complex? naaansense! pls dont start.

good news is Ghana will witness stable power once the gas starts flowing to the Takoradi Thermal Plants as we finish up work on the gas pipeline from our jubilee fields to feed our plants. add that to the almost completed Bui dam and we will start selling excess power to our lil West African brothers. our economic growth will be back on track. hope the end of April deadline is true

place looks so neat and serene to work and live at. nice looking place i must say

[quote author=Toluwarni]Eko atlantic city, Abuja centenary city, World trade center, Millenium tower, Building new roads, Major developments in almost all the cities, revatilizing our rail way lines, electricity improving, foreign investors coming into Nigeria daily, Building factories e.t.c please tell me one develpment in Ghana..
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that's good to know but Ghana has ongoing projects of its own. foreign investment is massive. i wont have time to mention all. excess power supply soon after the Bui dam (ready by next month) is completed and fixing the gas pipeline is fixed (later this month). projects ongoing around the main cities as well. all in all despite limited supply of funds, projects are going smooth. as for private n foreign investment, the least said the better.

[quote author=solomon111]Can someone tell me anything ghana has invented,created or even achieved,apart from that crappy dance called azonto.?
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kente - international now. look it up in the dictionary
smock - another type of clothing in northern ghana
lake volta - largest man-made lake in the world used to produce power, farming, fishing, tourism and transport.
achieved the highest economic growth rate in the world for most parts of 2011

[quote author=Steezz]Lets all take a chill pill. First Nigeria's economy is the 3rd best in Africa (if not 2nd presently overtaking Egypt). Ghana Lmao...go figure. I have friends in both countries and I can boldly say BOTH COUNTRIES ARE GOING THRU SOME DEEP SHI.T RIGHT NOW. But In most people's opinion outside Africa, sorry 2 burst ur bubble ghanians...Nigeria is defo far ahead. Most people hardly kno dat ghana exist...no pun intended.
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exactly why i dont understand Naija is not progressing as it should with big GDP etc. Ghana had the highest economic growth rate in 2011 and is still in the top 10 in the world.

[quote author=bankyblue]This Ghana people re taken or doing more. Than there power Oº°˚ ˚°º !
There act towards Nigerians these day re not going down with me at all
I think we should review our international bilateral with them.
And put them in there rightful position.
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interesting! when has Ghana relied majorly on Naija. is it the gas we buy from you. by the end of the year we will be in a position to supply OUR own gas to our thermal plants. is it the unrefined oil? u aint the only suppliers of that you know. Ghana does need Naija just as Naija needs Ghana. reviewing or stopping bilateral relations im afraid wont hurt Ghana. you not China for goodness sake

Nigeria is better than Ghana AND Nigeria made Azonto popular. the 2 most laughable phrases of the decade. seriously?? hahahaha. They are better than Ghana in terms of comedy though.

well...... the thing is if Nigerians feel Azonto will increase their money reserves, create jobs, improve security, provide power, stop BK, stop oil theft, reduce corruption etc they can have it. there are more pressing needs than a dance wey no dey reduce fuel price or taxes. but Nigeria no get flex over Ghana again. what can u possibly boast about? a bigger GDP with majority people still poorer n not improving? or bigger population? last we checked about 2 million Nigerians reside in Ghana n many troop in everyday. you for thank God for Ghanaian hospitality. big boys/brothers indeed.

[quote author=Rossikk]You simply don't compare tiny countries like Switzerland to India. India has far many more mouths to feed. Any comparison is baseless. You compare like with like.

Kuwait is ''more developed'' than China because Kuwait has less than 2 million mouths to feed while exporting massive amounts of oil.

But everyone knows which country is the more economically significant and influential today between Kuwait and China.

Kuwait is even ''more developed'' than the USA by most standard measurements.

Just as you can't compare a tiny country like Ghana to Nigeria.

If anything, Ghana should be like Kuwait considering her tiny population and huge resources like gold, cocoa, manganese, and now oil and gas. I've no clue what you guys do with your money.
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Nigeria always using size and population. with your population, resources and size too shouldn't Nigeria be like China, USA and Russia? its not about size but the general well being of all citizenz. what percentage of people in "nice" Lagos can afford 3 square meals, are employed, have access to quality health care n education, social amenities etc. these are the determinants of development. both countries have a lot to do. long way to go. what of other cities?

kama1210: far beta than Accra

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too bad accra is much cleaner, less polluted, less conjested, better security n has better power supply

Sarkodie rumoured to rep my country. he won't go past week 4. Ghanaians n im sure Liberians n Sierra Leoneans luv Tonto n will root behind her.

[quote author=Cusubaba]pls caution ur short ugly charcoal senseless apes u called brothers. This is nairaland and not Ghana NDC and NPP boring forum like Ghanaweb.com while liars, propaganda and insults is welcome. This is nairaland for christ sake and is created for smart, intelligent and hardworking people like Nigerians not for lazy, ugly, timid and senseless Ghanaian men that women like u feeds in Ghana. Pls sister since u started visiting Nairaland, have u see a Ghanaian posted or contributed meaningful thing in Nairaland except senseless insults, propaganda and liars.
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when most Nigerians stop spewing lies about Ghana, Ghanaians won't be on this board to protect their country. one article about Ghana, and its all insults n disses. i joined Nairaland purposely because of this. one lie about Ghana and i'll most like post/speak the truth

Rossikk: Ghana has just 20 million people and has been the world's 2nd largest producer of gold after South Africa, and largest producer of cocoa on earth for over a century, and now is an oil and gas producer. Yet your population is still mired in poverty and underdevelopment, with only half your population connected to your national power grid. Outside Accra, there's nothing. What happened to all the money? At least Nigeria can say she needs more time, with 170 million mouths to feed. What is Ghana's excuse?? You should be like Kuwait or UAE, instead you're little different from Sierra Leone.

I suggest you stop playing 'perfect nation' while your 'squeaky clean' leaders loot your national wealth to kingdom come.

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what's your country doing with the great labour force, billions from being a great oil exporter, cocoa producer n billions from taxes of 150mil? just asking.
theres life at cape coast, kumasi, tamale and oil city (sekondi-takoradi) n port city (tema)

mekaboy: How much is 1 dollar in ghana against nigeria? That answers every question. Once the price of dollar increases, it affects everything.

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sorry for the late reply. Ghc2.1=$1. the cedi does depreciate but steadily unlike previous. and with inflation single digit, general price level is stable except for recently when fuel subsidies where once again removed.

some Nigerians can really be naive and ignorant. what shows Ghana's econony is crumbling? only problem is power shedding which is ending soon cos
1) the west african gas pipeline will be fixed soon. more gas to power our new thermal plants. besides Ghana will soon finish constructing our our pipeline from our new gas fields meaning should the pipeline damage or should Nigeria not supply us gas we still have gas to power our Tema and Takoradi power plants.
2) the Bui dam will be completed soon. some power from the dam will be supplied later this month.
3) Akosombo dam is also due expansion
Ghana will soon export the excess power to neighbouring countries. you can see us for some
Now back to the economy
1) Cocoa production increases tremendously to increasing world prices
2) more barrels of oil are drilled everyday to reach our maximum barrels per day target
3) we just recorded an all time figure in ounces of gold mined n revenue. add that to the fact that that figure will be beaten this year thanks to increasing gold prices on the world market.
4) Foreign investment coming in because of the stability and big market Ghana now is.
5) wonderful projects on-going.
6) financial stabily in terms of cedi depreciation and keeping inflation in single digits.

Ghana does have its challenges but to say the economy is crumbling is laughable. on what bases are some of you saying that? don't say what you don't know
if Ghana was so crumbling why are my fellow Nigerians trooping in by the day

1) Azonto was popular before this CB controversy having had a documentary on the dance on Al Jazeera, BBC and CNN
2) CB knew of it throug Wizzy who taught him it. it was only normal for CB to acknowlegde his teacher
3) Nigerians haven't made it popular or perfected it. like seriously?? thats a very big joke!!
4) Azonto moves well with most Naija tunes so its not rocket science that Naija is helping to promote the dance because of their superior Entertainment Industry
5) if i were a Nigerian i would be rather sad at having to rather debate Ghanaians over ownership/improvement of a dance when there are Nigerian dances that can improved and marketed.
im Ghanaian but listen to Naija music more cos it's more african, rhythmic and waaaay better than that sh!!!t my GH artiste sing. FACT