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mrAMG2:
Calm down bros. See as your blood dey hot. He’s a multimillionaire in dollars.

https://www.forbes.com/profile/orji-uzor-kalu/#50de8b962e44

$330 million is not the same as a "forbes listed billionaire"

Now, who is ignorant? Who is lying or is it embellishment?

The truth, kanu is rich and listed as a millionaire but not a Forbes listed billionaire.
Honesty matters.

[quote author=AmadiAba post=78506666]Ignorance is than hiv.

Agreed but show us the link to his position on the forbes website.

Tell me any forbes listed billionaire and I will show you his position right now. Why can't you simply do that rather than nonsensical rants.

Igbere liars. What number is kalu on the forbes list, and what year?

Terrorists, tell me the difference between them and boko haram.

goodnessme1:
If you are Igbo pls put on your thinking cap.

Aguiyi Ironsi was a former
head of state in Nigeria, an
Igbo man. He was killed and
nobody remembers him today.
MKO Abiola a Yoruba man was
not a president of Nigeria. He was killed and the FG of
Nigeria has declared June 12 a
remembrance day to honour
MKO Abiola while nobody
remembers Aguiyi Ironsi a
former Head of state because he's an Igbo man. They are
even telling us not to honour
our own people because Igbo
man is not worthy to be
honored in Nigeria.

Reason We are going to sit @ home on 30th may to remember and honour
over 3.5m Biafrans that were
killed by Nigeria.

Nigerians elected Abiola, no one asked for Ironsi to lead him. Under normal circumstances he committed felony against Nigerians, same goes for all the military rulers after him.

enemyofprogress:
See as her chest flat like man's own,na only big teeth she get she no get breasts. Fine sef she no fine. Mtcheeeèeeeèew

Women are not defined by breasts alone. If all you have in life is your big di*k you will never get a chance with a girl like that. Maybe cossy Orjiakor though, two of you will be able to relate on the same level.

Mrkumareze:
Na wao. Sniper has killed more human beings than insects .. it's time we 'reread the label of that products if suicide is part of it

I believe it will be banned eventually. The brand is now synonymous with suicide.
On a serious note, that guy had serious mental problems. His Facebook page alone is enough to get him committed to a mental institution.

fx45:
You don't want separation? Can't you see the handwriting on the wall? Balkanization of the shithole is the only viable way forward.

Thanks for your understanding.

I spit on Yoruba Muslims...

Your forefathers created this Nigeria after tearing up the independence constitution. A constitution fashioned after the Canadian and the Australian constitution.
If you want to spit on anyone, go back in time and spit on the people who tore our constitution up.

spectroscopic:
OIL, the reason for some wanting Nigerians to stick together for life, is finite. I propose that if necessary, as an incentive, a formula to share oil revenue among the separated States for 10 years can be arrived at, with international support and agreement. This will allow every group to financially develop themselves internally during the interlude. After 10 years, oil revenue reverts to the owners of each oil well.

Thankfully, we now know that oil is not the biggest deal in NIGERIA. Funds From Nigerians living overseas surpassed Oil & Gas earnings in 2018 at $25b against $18b from Oil.

Who are the Nigerians living overseas and sending these billions back to Nigeria? Igbo, Yoruba, Edo and the rest, in that order. You see, with this fact, Igbos will do well in their own country.

Igbos (South East) should exclude non-Igbo and unwilling Igbo South South people from their desired Biafran State, and make a strong case at the UN level for their own country.

It is a win-win for each region to live separately as independent countries. Assuming it is a ''Nigerian factor'' holding the country down. Separately, the North will do well with their massive land and agricultural potential. With Lagos, the West is easily the most developed part of Nigeria and will potentially keep that going. The Igbos are the most resilient Nigerians and have great human resource and acumen to survive and potentially develop themselves. The SS has oil as well as human resources to potentially develop.

Every subject is an opportunity to advance your separatist agenda.
If the rain is too much today, separate us.
Palm wine is not available at the joint, separate us.

Somebody should challenge this in the courts. Dumb, boneheaded law. No company should be obligated to provide transportation for anyone. If the company wants to do it on their own, fine.
This will ultimately work against new employees who doesn't have their own transportation. The companies will now be reluctant to hire you if you don't your own transportation.

KenModi:
Who has been completely grounded in a culture helped.

Have you recieved any award for being completely grounded in the Nigerian culture. Instead hunger, poverty and insecurity wan finish you dia. You dey talk nonsense about being culturally grounded as if dem dey use and cash out for bank.

I would rather be lost between two completely different cultures and live in a country where the government and society function as they ought to, than live in a shithole where corruption thrives, no electricity, hunger and poverty is written on peoples’ faces while armed bandits and terriorists run around freely while the president of the country doesnt give a damn about the citizen’s lives and also enjoys regular vacations in a country that functions properly.

Undiluted Ignorance.

Burgerlomo:
Oba Jagaban 1 of Bourdillon

Lmaooooo

MrsNwaAmaikpe:


Pls remove the Olowo of Owo from the list.


He is now to be known as Emir of Owo.

Owo and Iwo are two different towns.

Stingman:
How will I led a protest in Lagos that belongs to the Yorubas...remember? You want Tinubu led by MC Olumo to kill somebody. You are the lazy and coward man here. Guess why you are helpless...It is because those trailers are owned by the northerners. If they were mainly Igbos, you igbophobic people would have chased them away ages ago. You know this is the truth.

Forget about Lagos, start from your villages. Aba is an eyesore, you can start from there.

Stingman:
She is right. Sometimes I wonder if all Nigerians have been bewitched that they cannot protest like in Sudan and Algeria.

Look at this road..Apapa Oshodi road linking the seaport terminals and the best airport in the country.

If you can show any pic of a place like these in war-torn. Libya, Afganistan, Syria, and Yemen I will send you N100,000 recharge card.

The road leads to hell, Even hell road should be neater...

How about you leading the protests. You wouldn't, you will prefer to run to another place where the streets are clean even though you know in your mind the streets are not cleaned over there by aliens from outer space.
Make your own mark, gather like minded people together and protest rather than taking the cowardly way out by running away.

eposho:
And u think u know me fool.
Go figure, ok.

I don't have to know you. Your dumb opinions are enough.

According to chronicled accounts, an internationally mediated ceasefire/peace was brokered with floated slogan that read: "No Victor, No Vanquished".

Lest you be misled. Biafra was completely defeated and its leader fled to Ivory Coast.
Ojukwu's deputy colonel Philip Effiong surrendered a few day later.
No international mediation was involved in the surrender.

grandstar:
You wicked o!

My brother I know their type. You send them to get something for you, she comes back two minutes later and says; "mummy mi o le rii" She just translated English to Yoruba. Mummy, I can't find it becomes " mummy, mi o le rii" as if you put a blindfold on her before sending her along. Yeye dey smell.

grandstar:
Her nose no fine sef!

She must have gotten there between the ages of 10 and 15years. That's the only reason I can give on her ability to put on and off both the Nigeria and the British accents.

These types are usually the most confused. Torn between two cultures, not completely grounded in either. The result is what you just saw in the video.

oderemo:
SHUT UP run down what fuking country? truth hurts my nigga.

Fucki.ng country? And you are a fuckin.g citizen? Dumb as a rock.

This thing is the future?
Maybe in villages, certainly not cities.

These morons come online to run down Nigeria They will mention everything that is wrong with the country without telling us their own contribution, no matter how little to make it better.
There are millions who are better than you and they are not running away.

A hand of followership indeed.

Maybe because the punishment for disobeying God is harsher than anything prescribed by the constitution. Eternal damnation.
Be careful though, the constitution can still bite you in the arse.

SchmidtHammer:
You don't strike me as one with much knowledge on this matter either. The problems faced by long range missiles at the time were numerous, from accuracy to weather to other challenges. Hitler knew the advantages such missiles gave to his army in wars but didn't believe sending rockets to the moon was significant to his dominance or even possible at all, that's what Wernher Von Braun thought, you know who he is?

What long range missiles? Rocket technology was at the rudimentary stage at that time but the Nazi's knew the military importance and they were working to improve and weaponize it.
You are funny for asking if I knew who Von Braun was.

grandstar:
Your opening statement that Nigeria has comparative advantage in cement production is a very strong indication of your poor knowledge of economics.

If you have comparative advantage in a product, you need to resort to a complete import ban for manufacturing of the product to thrive.

The ban is necessary because you're uncompetitive in the manufacturing of that product. If you're not competitive in it's the manufacturing, how then can you have comparative advantage in it? Let the government lift the ban and place import duty of 10% on it and watch Dangote struggle.

If we had comparative advantage in it, Nigeria will be exporting millions of tons of cement. This is isn't happening.

What you're preaching isnt economics but Buharinomics which plunged the economy into a very deep recession.

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You are basically talking garbage. Huge limestone deposits, massive, able and ready workforce what else else do you need? You can go back to my previous post in which I said the government must step up and do it's part by providing the needed infrastructures.
I don't know where you got all these convoluted theories you are yapping about.
The ban is necessary to encourage local production of cement. You should check out the "cement armada" to see how far Nigeria has come in respect to this product alone.
This policy is working and if you don't think so, your problem.

SchmidtHammer:
space travel wasted more resources and looked to take more than it could give at the moment. Does that mean it's not worth it? And, the U.S got to space with the same project Hitler (of Germany) felt was a waste, the same technology he thought was unrealistic and unfeasible

What the hell are you talking about? Who told you Hitler thought rocket technology was a waste? A beg, talk about things you know.
My post was not about rocket per se. I was merely pointing out the foolishness of the guy who thought Biafra would have surpassed the U.S.

wirinet:
Where are these ammunition? Let's see the technology you guys have been boasting about that would have been better than than the US.

U.S have already landed on the moon at the time they were trying to make ogbunigwe which killed more Biafrans than the enemy.

TheSTreetman:
Na only Nigerian dey die like chicken there. Why would he be rushing to a policeman with a knife like that. I would categorically said that before the police take the shot, they have already warn him not to make a move.

Is there a video evidence that he approached them with a knife?
People have been shot while clutching their cell phones because the cop thought it was a gun.

grandstar:
Yes, that looks like Nigeria. Nigeria has for decades exported more than it imports. Don't you know that? You can confirm from stats

What makes countries wealthy?

One of the foundations of a rich country is to focus resources in areas they have comparative advantage.

For instance, crude oil was the primary reason why at one time Nigeria was considered prosperous.

Now imagine if the petroleum industry was fully developed.

Imagine if Nigeria was refining 3m barrels of crude oil a day, was by far the largest producer of petrochemicals and fertilisers in Africa, was the 2nd largest producer of natural gas after Algeria or even the largest in Africa. Nigeria was the largest producer of electricity in Africa,up to 100,000mw and supplied most of the electricity needs of surrounding countries.

It had oil servicing giants in parts of the petroleum industry and they did projects not only in Nigeria but all over the world. Now Nigeria was the No.1 hub in Africa for anything oil and gas.

How big do you think you the economy will be? Probably 4 times larger than it is today. Now imagine Nigeria had five sectors like that, will the country be rich or not?

It is not until you start producing toothpick, pencil and eraser that you become prosperous.

I remember when Agangan, the Minister of Investment during Jonathan's government introduced the automotive policy which placed import duties of 70% on cars from 20%. The aim was to ensure the country becomes self sufficient in cars.

Pat Utomi, an economist was quick to condemn the policy. He said that instead of that, what Nigeria needed is to become big players in niches within the car industry.

Imagine if Nigeria supplied 10% of the tires used in the car industry. Or 5% of the brake pads used? Or 10% of the fan belts? That is what makes countries rich.

Look at Germany, the largest exporter in Europe. It's not just a leader in niches but in micro niches.

You'll find a mittelsand controlling half the global sale of a product. And you have hundreds of companies like that. I'm always in awe at this.

Now, at this juncture, I want to use an illustration.

Imagine there are 2 villages. We call them Village A and Village B.

Now Village A and Village B both produce forks and spoons and this has been that way for generations.

Then one day, it occurred to Village A that they were better in making forks than spoons. Village B at that time realised they were better at making spoons and forks.

Each Village decided to focus on their strengths and import from the other. So Village A decided to focus on forks and import spoons from Village B while Village B chose to focus on spoons and imported forks from Village A. Yes, they traded forks and spoons between themselves. And this lasted for generations.

Will this trade make them richer or poorer?

Then one day, the chiefs in Village A met. They complained that the youths in the village have been lazy. They wonder why they are importing spoons from Village B when they can make it themselves. They argue it will create lots of jobs if they make spoons themselves. Village A decides to stop buying spoons from Village B

When news of this reached Village B, they were incensed and visibly angry. They said they too can play that game. Village B decides to stop importing forks from Village A and instead produce forks themselves. That ended generations of trade between themselves.

Will the villages become richer or poorer?

Rich countries find out that the more they open their economies the richer they become. And the reverse is the same. This is actually the same with all countries.
That is why any country that joins the EU becomes rich. Britain which chose to leave the EU is already suffering the consequences.

The EU is the largest free trade block in the world. It is actually a single market. There is no import duty on good or services from a member country. Also, goods entering from outside the EU are taxed at consensual rate. Also,once imported into one country, that move without additional duties into other countries.

Why is the single market beneficial?

Let's take look at Britain that wants to leave

Britain's GDP is $2.8trillion while the EU is $18.8 trillion.

A company, let's say Nissan sets up a plant to supply the EU market. It's setting up there because their cars will enter fellow EU countries duty free.

With an exit from the EU, cars exported from Britain may be charged import duties. The import duty maybe 5%.

This import duty will discourage car manufacturers from investing in Britain. They can as well set up in France and export duty free to other EU countries. Now, think if most British manufactured products are to pay import duties, will the effect not be devastating? With a successful Brexit, Britain will lose duty free access to it's largest market. That's why Brexit has been so tough to do. A politician described Brexit as trying to remove eggs from an omelette.

The value of the pound has gone down and investment in Britain has stalled. Britons are already complaining about how things are now more expensive when they travel abroad as the pound has depreciated against other currencies

By liberalising trade,you are compelled to focus on your forks or spoons whatever the case.

You are tying yourself in a knot. Pat Utomi said we should focus on areas in which we have comparative advantage. Isn't that exactly what Dangote is doing? Remember this discussion started with Dangote, isn't that what he is doing with cement and now about to do with oil?

Remember you said Nigeria should allow importation of cement in order to break Dangote's dominance in the market and I asked you if Dangote alone is allowed to produce cement, for which you never have gave an answer.

If the government is trying to help the sectors of the economy in which we have a comparative advantage why then do you think the government should also at the same time allow cheaper and often substandard imports to defeat the entire purpose?
Free trade? Most of the things we export to these advanced countries often come back to us as finished goods and we have to pay higher prices to get them.
Have you ever asked yourself why less industrialized countries are far more protective than fully industrialized ones?
Your approach that the government should just open the borders because importation provide employment for some people is wrong.
What you can import, what you cannot import or the tariffs applicable are carefully considered from time to time, nothing is written in stone
At this particular time anything that will grow our manufacturing base and provide employment for the millions of Nigerians is the way to go.
Your approach is the reason Nigeria is still poor even with all the resources in the world.