I think Obama will appreciate it more if GEJ and fellow do-or-die politicians learn from America's electioneering process than any such diplomatic congratulations. Besides, congratulating Mr. Obama means nothing to him

CHESSBOARD: Hmmm, Yoruba and JUJU..... they study and practice JUJUlogy as a major profession

I pity people like you who, like teens, talk for the fun of it. Well, by their comments, we shall know them

Donald is a reckless speaker and Obama's number one hater! I would only be surprised if he says things right

I don't really care whether they are agents of Boko Haram or not: my prayer is that God should continue to foil their plans against innocent lives. May we not be victims of targeted or accidental attacks in Jesus name! Amen!!!

The killing is quite fishy

If we really must move forward as a Nation, people like Ribadu must, and i mean must be deployed to manage/head anti corruption agencies of government. The system as it is today is unprecedentedly enmeshed in deep corruption

I pity Nigerians who believe that Buhari is behind some of the chaos up North; this man who is ever modest, calm and collected, is admired only by the wise and rational. It's painful that some have been politically sweet-talked to think Gen. Buhari is a violent person, or ridiculously enough, an extremist.

What is wrong in being a muslim and dedicating your life to islamic tenets? Why do some of us think he's an extremist without any accessible proof?

If Nigeria must move forward to where it rightfully belongs among the league of Nations, someone who has got the balls to tackle corruption head-long and instill the condiments of discipline and accountability in the system is needed. This person is the imperfect but disciplined Buhari!

God bless Nigeria!

I used to like the Osaze guy until he started putting up errant attitude. I actually support his decision to stop playing for Nigeria because what he has to offer may set us back.

Truth is good riddance ....

I'm happy she's debunked the story by her presence. Unlike many others, I will never condemn anyone unless I have my facts. A money laundering issue can't be easily swept under the carpet like some ludicrously have said. Some people need to hold leadership position to know how it feels like for those who are there.

Madam, be careful cos not many people wish you well.

Lagos is a big encouragement to other states. What a fantastic initiative from an innovative governor and his team!

Most of us are christians and muslims because we were born into such practicing homes. I wonder why we fight for superiority over the two religions?

I knew the constant power supply experienced for a few weeks back then wasn't going to subsist. Have we all forgotten the country we live in? Can somebody tell me what the Federal Govt has done right and sustained in the last 2 decades?

How can we for that we live in a country where we pay for things we don't get, and basic amenities, our fundamental right, are far from our reach?

Let's beg God to help us help ourselves with good and people-minded leaders.

Welcome to Nigeria, a country of abundant human and natural reesources but poor talent management.

The truth is that foreign trained graduates still have an edge in the labour market. If I were you, I'd try get a job here, but if it aint worth it, nobody go tell me b4 I elope .

Because 'A' didn't get a good job after NYSC doesn't mean 'B' would experience same. Anyways, God will lead you right.

Why spend precious time watching the so called Nollywood?

Nice one; more to go

For una dreams abi

As if the governor was not the one they must have dutifully followed into the ill-fated aircraft... What is good for the goose should not be denied the gander. Whichever government took Suntai to Germany for intensive medical care and abandoned his aides is very wicked o. God punish am!

I've said it severally that GEJ has the worst set of media aides in the world. They've done the president more harm than good. Anyway, that's the price for engaging politicians rather than professionals.

What an irony of sort...Europe, Asia and America have natural disasters; Africa is endowed with leadership disaster

abeg, make una no serve me dis kain meat o!

May God heal our land! This is just too much

I'm disappointed in a lot of comments posted here. Do you mean the man does not have a right to sue his wife for false appearance? How would you feel if you found out that your spouse wasn't the person you thought he or she was?

You may need to put yourself in his shoes to feel the hurt of living with an unreal person over a period of time

Happy sallah somebody!

The truth is GEJ is not sincere to tackle corruption in the system, or why set up another committee to alter the details contained in Ribadu's committee? What does the Minister of Petroleum mean by reviewing the report of the committee?

Please, I'm tired of this shit of a government jor. Can we please wish Nigerians a bombing-free Sallah celebration!

I'm happy the governor and his aides survived. We don't want any such incident anymore.

But really, I think GEJ media aides are grossly incompetent, by always commiting blunders, and sending wrong signals to the public. Their management of public information is not only misleading and unprofessional, it also leaves so little to be desired.

Anyway, thank God the Governor and others aboard the plane survived.

Who says Lagos is not working? We now know why there should be good policies to expose us to the world.

I won't be surprised if some people will come here and confuse Lagos State being innovative with a pocket of challenges we still have here and there. I don't think there is any dispute as to whether Lagos is developing infrastructurally.

Although there is a lot more to be done, I can only say Fashola, keep it up!

...she can come back but will struggle to get that best of me she toyed with at first. You must work hard this time to earn my trust!

None. If you doubt me, try being ugly and you'll be stunned by how being ugly can make you lose an opportunity where you're most qualified. Although for Naija na money matter pass o

eduson55: Nigeria exports religion, India exports cars
BY AZUKA ONWUKA

The biggest country in Africa that the United Kingdom colonised is Nigeria. The biggest country that the United Kingdom colonised in Asia is India (which then comprised the present Pakistan and Bangladesh).

When the UK came into Nigeria and India, like all other countries they colonised, they brought along their technology, religion (Christianity), and culture: names, dressing, food, and language, among others. Try as hard as the British did, India rejected the British religion, names, dressing, food, and even language, but they did not reject the British technology. Today, 80.5 per cent of Indians are Hindus; 13.4 per cent Muslims; 2.3 per cent Christians; 1.9 per cent Sikhs; 0.8 per cent Buddhists, among others. Hindi is the official language of the government of India, but English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a “subsidiary official language.” Interestingly, it is rare to find an Indian with an English name or dressed in suit.

On the other hand, Nigeria embraced, to a large extent, the British religion, British culture – names, dressing, foods, and language – but, ironically, rejected the British technology. The difference between the Nigerian and the Indian experiences is that while India is proud of its heritage, Nigeria takes little pride in its own heritage, a situation that has affected the nationalism of Nigerians and our development as a nation.

Before the advent of Christianity, the Arabs had brought Islam into Nigeria through the North. Islam also wiped away much of the culture of Northern Nigeria. Today, the North has only Sharia courts but no Customary courts. So from the North to the South of Nigeria, the Western World and the Eastern World have shaped our lives to be like theirs and we have lost much or all of our identity.

Long after the Whites and Arabs left Nigeria, Nigeria has waxed strong in religion to the extent that Nigerians now set up branches of their home-grown churches in Europe, the Americas, Asia and other African countries. Just like the Whites brought the gospel to us, Nigerians now take the gospel back to the Whites. In Islam, we are also very vibrant to the extent that if there is a blasphemous comment against Islam in Denmark or the US, even if there is no violent reaction in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic headquarters of the world, there will be loss of lives and destruction of property in Nigeria. If the United Arab Emirates, a country with 75 per cent Muslims, is erecting the tallest building in the world and encouraging the world to come and invest in its territory by providing a friendly environment, Boko Haram ensures that the economy of the North (and by extension that of Nigeria) is crippled with bombs and bullets unless every Nigerian converts to Boko Haram’s brand of Islam. We are indeed a very religious people.

Meanwhile, as we are building the biggest churches and mosques, the Indians, South Africans, Chinese, Europeans and Americans have taken over our key markets: telecoms, satellite TV, multinationals, banking, oil and gas, automobile, aviation, and hospitality industries among others.

Ironically, despite our exploits in religion, we are a people with little godliness, a people without scruples. It is rare to do business with a Nigerian pastor, deacon, knight, elder, brother, sister, imam, mullah, mallam, alhaji or alhaja without the person laying landmines of bribes and deception on your path. We call it PR, facilitation fee, processing fee, transport money, financial engineering, deal, or whatever. But if it does not change hands, no show. And when it is amassed, we say it is “God’s blessings.” Some people assume that sleaze is a problem of public functionaries, but the private sector seems to be worse than the public sector these days.

One would have assumed that the more churches and mosques that spring up in every nook and cranny of Nigeria, the higher the morals in our society. But it is not so. The situation is that the more religious we get, the baser we become. Our land never knew the type of bloodshed experienced from religious extremists, political desperadoes, ritual killers, armed robbers, kidnappers, internet scammers, university cultists, and lynch mobs. Life has become so cheap and brutish that everyday seems to be a bonanza.

We import petrol even when we have crude oil in abundance. We also import rice and beans that our land can produce in abundance. We even import toothpicks that primary school children can produce with little or no effort. Yet, we drive the best of cars and live in the best of edifices, visit the best places in the world for holidays and use the most expensive electronic and telecoms gadgets. It is now a sign of poverty for a Nigerian to ride a saloon car. Four-wheel drive vehicles are the in thing. Even government officials, who were known to use only Peugeot products as official cars as a sign of modesty, have upgraded to Toyota Prado as official vehicle without any iota of shame, in a country where about 70 per cent live below poverty line. Private jets have become as common as cars. A nation that imports toothpicks and pins flaunts wealth and wallows in ostentation at a time its children are trooping to Ghana, South Africa and the UK for university education and its sick people are running to India for treatment.

India produces automobile and exports it to the world. India’s medical care is second to none, with even Americans and Europeans travelling to the country for medical treatment. India has joined the nuclear powers nations. India has launched a successful mission to the moon. Yet bicycles and tricycles are common sights in India. But in Nigeria, only the wretched of the earth ride bicycles.

I have intentionally chosen to compare Nigeria with India rather than China, South Korea, Brazil, Malaysia, or Singapore, because of the similarities between India and Nigeria. But these countries were not as promising as Nigeria at the time of our independence.

Some would say that our undoing is our size: the 2012 United Nations estimate puts Nigeria’s population at 166,000 million, while India has a population of 1.2 billion. Some would blame it on the multiplicity of ethnic groups: we have 250 ethnic groups, India has more than 2,000. Some would hang it on the diversity in religion: we have two major religions — Christianity and Islam; but India has many. Some would say it is because we are young as an independent nation: we have 52 years of independence; India has 65 years. Apartheid ended in South Africa only in 1994.

I am a Christian, and nothing can change me from Christianity. But I think that our country is daily sinking into religiosity to the detriment of godliness. Our land is sick and needs healing. “If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” is still a saying that is germane to our current situation. We need more godliness than religion; more work and less of hope; and more action and less of words.

Let everyone tidy up his or her corner first and demand fervently that our leaders tidy their areas of governance. Our nation is degenerating at a fast pace and we need to save it now or it may be too late. via PUNCH





http://www.punchng.com/opinion/nigeria-exports-religion-india-exports-cars/

You did justice to my thought. And another funny thing is some Nigerians still blindly brag Nigeria is the giant of Africa despite its pitiable and under-developed state...

For this country to be great, there is an urgent need for serious individual and national reorientation.

It would have been free and fair had you been declared winner abi? The truth is that you contested against an imperfect but performing Governor.

Left to me, Olusola Oke would even have defeated you if Mimiko were not in the governorship race. Accept your fate and stop these needless excuses.

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