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[size=15pt]Walmart hoping to boost sales by selling Guns[/size]

Walmart is hoping to boost sales by putting guns on the shelves at more of its stores.

About 1300 stores currently sell rifles, shotguns and ammunition -- but not handguns, except in Alaska.

Now Walmart will sell guns at about 2,000 stores.

The company stopped selling guns at a majority of its locations several years ago, blaming low demand.

But the company says because of struggling sales -- its adding more merchandise.

Walmart says the stores that will begin selling firearms will be in areas where hunting and fishing are popular.

A spokesman says people will have to complete the necessary forms and background checks before they can buy guns.

Source: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/national/Walmart-hoping-to-boost-sales-by-selling-guns

Seun should decide to take legal action against Sahara Reporter.

GDP (most recent) by country

Rank

# 26    South Africa: $527,500,000,000.00   2010 

# 32    Nigeria:         $369,800,000,000.00   2010 

Source: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_gdp-economy-gdp-nominal

[size=15pt] Tinapa Resort a Waste As Calabar Port Remains Dormant[/size]

Managing Director of the Calabar Eco Marine Terminal, Kingsley Iheanacho has said that the Tinapa Resort business project would be a monumental waste if the Federal Government fails to dredge the Calabar Sea Port for activities to pick up. Iheanacho who lamented the decision of the contractors to abandon the dredging of the Calabar Sea Port, urged the government to as a matter of urgency address the very serious economic problem.

This is contrary to reports that the Federal Government has effected the dredging of the Calabar Sea Port to ensure that business activities get underway. Speaking with journalists in Calabar weekend during the tour of the Calabar Free Trade Zone and Tinapa Business Resort by Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Iheanacho who is the Managing Director of one of the firms that got the concession to run the port disclosed that activities at the port is near dormant situation.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200905060413.html

kcjazz:
^^^Well, the plan is like a 7-10 year plan, bring a team back up to the Premier League, challenge for local titles and go continental. The FA has to take its numbers to investors and the Lagos Governemnt and show them the potential revenue.

The other way is to relocate a team to Lagos but that would be tough because soccer fans love history. Currently clubs with rich history are Shooting Stars, Enugu Rangers, Nationale, Kano Pillars etc. That said I believe without a team based in Lagos, it will be tough to make money. We need Team Lagos!

You have an excellent idea, this will put Nigerian football to a new level.

In America Walmart DOES sell guns. What about in Nigeria?. Well, I know there are all kinds of reasons to own a rifle or a shotgun, but that doesn't mean that someone can't use those guns to kill people.

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Mobile toilets big business in Nigeria

marcar:
we can use that to generate Electricity

Exactly, it is called Poo-fuel

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Muslim Arab racism towards Black Muslims in Iraq. Still called "Slaves"

Honestly USA has a hand in this, many may doubt but they have so much to gain if Nigeria is in Chaos. Go find out about Iraq war and you will see how USA benefited from the problem there, you can as well ask the BUSH family how he profited from Saddam's mayhem.

You are right, the CIA is behind and it is part of the destabilisation of Africa.

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Military Sources Reveal Ground Force Invasion Of Libya

Is the match is not brocasted live on the internet?, any link?

[size=15pt]Made in Nigeria: “E no easy,dem try”,the Mediocrity-Apologia[/size]

Posted on June 10, 2011 by henryik2009

The average Nigerian is an apologist for mediocrity.And knows it,too.Very rarely will you hear,”that is very good”,with regard to any Nigerian process or product.Apparently Nigerian products or processes fall into two categories only: “nonsense” or “e no easy ,dem try”(ENEDT).”ENEDT” has become a euphemism,for that grey zone between very-bad and not-so-bad.Phrases like “ENEDT” are used to describe things that Nigerians consider better than bad,but not good enough to be termed “good”.Nigerians can identify mediocrity when they see it,but because they are unwilling to face it squarely,and deal with it,they prefer not to call it by it’s rightful name.Instead,as a sort of denial,phrases such as “ENEDT” are employed to make it seem better than it is.Thus morally sedated,people can do things that they would not normally be able to justify.This explains how well-educated sophisticates can do things that their education,exposure and background do not predict.

A society that is unwilling to make to a distinction between good and bad is in deep trouble.A people that can find comfort in such fudge,obfuscation and outright denial are morally bankrupt.A culture from whose lexicon,the word “good” has been expunged,cannot be exercised by considerations of excellence.Such a people,strangers to the word “good”,would be wedded to mediocrity.And no wonder.The other day,i saw a broadcast on cable television,where Amaka Igwe,one of the heavy-hitters of the movie and television industry in Nigeria,was been interviewed.In response to the interviewers question about the movie industry’s “progress”,she aggressively defended Nollywood,the Nigerian movie industry,by trotting out the usual excuses about lack of finance and poor infrastructure.But what really caught my attention,was her attempt to justify Nollywood’s mediocrity by pointing out that the industry ,”is just 16 years old”.And that is so typical.

Every time you criticize some Nigerian  practice,no matter how objectively,there is sure to be someone to remind you that,”Nigeria is only 50 years old as an independent state,America has been independent since 1776.In time we will get there.” This argument is so infuriating.Yes,it is true that it took the West a long time to get to their present position.But that is because they had no role-models,no one from whom to learn.They had to discover or invent everything themselves,and of course they made a lot of missteps and took many wrong-turns as a result.But we are not in the same position.We have the benefit of their experience,we are heirs to some 30o years of written history.It is not necessary to exactly re-enact the trajectory of their development,by repeating all the mistakes they made,including some they did not even make.The irony is that Nigerians are early-adopters,of consumer goods.Where the acquisition of the latest cars,phones and fashion accessories is concerned,Nigerians are at par with Europeans and Americans.

But when you insist that the Nigerian process be subject to world-class measures,Nigerians complain.Please do not mis-understand me.I make a distinction between product and process.No one pretends that the Nigerian “product” should be of the same absolute quality as the West’s.What we can insist on,however,is that the Nigerian process be compliant with acceptable international norms,that every effort be made to do things properly.It is gratuitous self-violence,to leave undone that which we could easily do,just because Nigeria is not a million years old.I do not expect Nigerian movies to be of the same absolute quality,as Hollywood’s.However,i expect that the Nigerian film-market would be intelligently enough regulated,as to make it quality-sensitive.It should be able to differentiate between bad and good movies;any one who supports Nollywood,by buying or renting it’s movies,knows how frustrating this lack of differentiation is.Such a “simple” thing can make a big difference.And,throughout the Nigerian reality.

Certainly,we do not expect our infrastructure to be of the same quality as that of the West,but is that any justification for the state of our roads and power-supply? What about our schools and hospitals? Given our natural resources,human and material,should we not be able to match the standards in the West-African sub-region,if not the Middle-east? If we cannot match the level of probity,accountability and transparency of Western governments today,is that a good reason for the institutionalization of impunity ,by our various governments? Can we not justifiably hold our leaders to higher standards? The 2011 elections were not up to the standards of the West,but they were much better than what we were used to.And all because the president “chose” to give the electoral commission boss a free hand.We can do much better,today,but only if we liberate our minds from the bondage of mediocrity,increasingly fostered by our language.Phrases like “ENEDT” constitute the language of mediocrity,of moral-timidity and under-development.Mind your language!!!

Source: http://henryik2009./2011/06/10/nigeria-made-in-nigeria-e-no-easydem-trythe-mediocrity-apologia/

texazzpete:
Yet another brainless contribution from you. Even the likes of Russia have sought external help when their capabilities fall short. The priority is to catch these killers and bring them to justice. That is all.

What about your useless brain?. Try to use facts instead of insults.

Why we have to rely on the FBI?, is there any Nigerian intelligence agency to do this job?. The more you depend on forces outside yourself, the more you are dominated by them.

Explain how the differences in this planet’s races evolved. Some say mankind originated in the Middle East or in Africa, and then people migrated, causing the change in skin color. Perhaps that would explain skin color, but explain the facial differences of people from Asian decent and how this would be a biological change from evolution. Is it possible that we were ALL seeded here instead of Darwin’s theory of evolution?

If the bible dates our existence to approximately 4,000 BC, then how do people explain the pyramids on the Giza plateau, which date back to over 10,000 years ago?

Understand that Caucasians do now teach in schools in the west that everybody originated from Africa, but they do not show in their TV programs that they descended from black people , they show mixed-race people living in Africa in their books and on TV. They will not tell you that only black woolly haired people evolved from Africa at least 10 million years before the other races evolved 17.2 million years ago. Africans of today are at least 10 million years older than the other races. The Africans of today are descendants of the pygmy who are the original tar tribes; those small black woolly haired people who are descendants of an even older ancient Nubian race. In Mali in 2002 AD archaeologists found bones of an African man 28 million years old. These are facts don’t doubt this.

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Nigerian Bishop David Oyedepo in one of his four multi-million dollar private jet

You can all see where the offerings are going to and by the way, are members of the church also allowed use of the jet?

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Bishop David Oyedepo

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Nigerian Bishop David Oyedepo in one of his four multi-million dollar private jet

You can all see where the offerings are going to and by the way, are members of the church also allowed use of the jet?

[size=15pt]Al-Qaeda-linked suicide bomber targets Nigeria police station [/SIZE]

A suicide bomber believed to have been trained by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Somalia drove a car loaded with explosives into Nigeria's national police headquarters, killing himself and one other person. Thick black smoke rose into the sky above the white office block in Abuja, the West African country's capital, after the attack on Thursday afternoon. Olusola Amore, Nigeria's national police spokesman, said two people - " the driver of the car and a traffic warden - " died in the attack. "The body of the bomber has been recovered and we have immediately launched an investigation," he said. The fact that its national headquarters had been hit will be hugely embarrassing to the police force. Boko Haram, an armed group based in Nigeria's majority Muslim north, claimed responsibility. The group has carried out similar attacks on police and army barracks in the past, and was behind deadly bombs in Abuja during national independence day celebrations last year. But this is the highest-profile federal target they have hit. It was also the first time a bomber trained in Somalia was used, again showing how Africa's most failed state, largely under control of jihadists inspired by al-Qaeda, is capable of exporting terror tactics far beyond its borders. In July 2010, coordinated suicide bombers attacked two bars in Kampala, Uganda, where hundreds of people had gathered to watch the World Cup Final in South Africa. More than 70 people died. Thursday's bombing suggests a growth in ambition of Boko Haram. In a statement issued in Hausa, northern Nigeria's main language, the group said some of its members have just returned from Somalia where they went for training. This could not immediately be verified. The group also said it planned more attacks. "It's nasty, and it's significant, that they're claiming that they are now sending followers to Somalia to learn how to do these attacks better," said one European diplomat in Abuja. "They killed more people in the independence day attack, though, and they have already been making statements about warning people next time so no bystanders die.
"It's not exactly widespread murder they're planning, but we all still need to be alert, even if this appears to be a domestic issue. Boko Haram has no clearly spelt-out aims. It has said in the past it wants northern Nigeria to be ruled entirely under Islamic law. Although some sharia laws are in practice there, federal legislation still takes precedence in more prominent issues. Tensions between Muslims and Christians in the area, especially in the city of Jos, has regularly spilt into violence, killing hundreds of people in the last few years. There are now fears that Boko Haram had joined with al-Qaeda's north African branch, given the link to Somalia and the change in tactics. Mr Amore, the police spokesman, said he had no comment on that. The diplomat said, "I think it's unlikely, but it can't be ruled out".

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The White House is going to exploit the terrorism threat in Nigeria to the fullest political advantage, they have now an opportunity to try to bring AFRICOM in Nigeria. The ultimate form of control is fear and the fear that you could lose your life at any moment. The purpose of AFRICOM might be to gain control over regional oil assets.  Who is really behind the bombing in Abudja?, The USA?

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Suicide bomb attack in Nigeria

ezeagu:
We know there is a mismanagement of Africa, but no one is talking about why this mismanagement is not found in most countries out of Africa. Nigeria or Africa's problems can't just start at 'bad leaders' because Nigeria has had plenty of leaders, and unless it gets its leaders from prison, I don't see the reason why all the leaders should be naturally evil, even if they are evil, there are other countries where there have been evil dictators who did not completely collapse the country. I have a thought on why this is, but I want to see first if Nigerian people can separate their brain from follow-follow and cancel out the real reason behind Nigeria's problems instead of the same "it's our leaders".

The Government is the innocent mirror of the nation. The quality of government and its leaders, is simply a reflection of the collective consciousness of all the people in Africa. In some instances, leaders who came to power as the champions of anti-corruption have themselves been charged with being involved with levels of corruption even more serious than those of their predecessors. If the collective consciousness in Africa is disintegrated and negative, and people are not behaving in accord with Natural Law, then problems and corruption will be an unavoidable phenomenon of governments. If, on the other hand, the collective consciousness in Africa is positive, integrated, and coherent, then governments will not be influenced by any negativity. If the people in Africa wish to be protected from corruption in governments, then they must create an integrated collective consciousness. Positivity and harmony should be so strong and dense in national consciousness that negative influences cannot penetrate it.

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Olumide Ayoola                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   [size=15pt]Fight to flight[/size]

The inspiring story of how this man fought to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a pilot.
WHEN HE was just five years old, Olumide Ayoola set foot on a plane for the very first time - and was hooked.
It took 42-year-old Olumide another 25 years of determination to finally become a commercial airline pilot for KLM UK.
Ayoola told The Voice’s Trudy Simpson of his amazing journey. “When I was five, I went on my first flight. The cabin crew
took all the children on board to see the cockpit and the pilot.

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“Once I walked in and saw the buttons and lights, and the view they had from the front of the aircraft, I fell in love with it. I said ‘This is what I want to do.’ “There is a big difference between wanting to be a pilot at five and eventually achieving it at the age of 30. That was down to mainly financial and health reasons. “In secondary school I would daydream and followed any newspaper reports and publications about airplanes and pilots, and every time I flew I tried to get the chance to talk to the pilot. Every opportunity I got, I would go to the airport. “At 16, when I finished my O’ levels, I gathered enough information to go to flight school. However, his parents encouraged him to go to university first.
“I came over from Nigeria to go to school in England. It gave me more access to find out more about becoming a pilot.
“Becoming a pilot was also in the background when I went to university and studied engineering. “When I finished at niversity, I was free to pursue it. But when I found out the cost was so high, I couldn’t afford it. “Flying training is very expensive. It costs about £80,000 to go from scratch to being at the point where an airline can finally employ you ,and even then they have to put you through further training. “There are a number of ways people can get in. You can be lucky enough to have the cash so you can pay for the training yourself. At the age of 21, I didn’t. “I couldn’t ask my parents to sponsor it because the cost was so high and they had already spent so much on my education. On top of that, I had
found out my eyesight was not good enough to be a commercial airline pilot. “At that time you had to have virtually perfect eyesight to be a pilot and I wore glasses from the age of 10, so it looked, for a long time, like I was not going to be able to achieve it. I was very despondent. It was as if the dream was over.

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“But I was told my eyesight was still good enough to be a private pilot. So I said ‘If that is the next best thing, I’ll do that’. I did that on and off and started working as an engineer for London Underground, flying whenever I could as a leisure thing. “I later found out that London Underground had a flying club, which was subsidised so it was cheaper than what I was doing. I went there and started flying more and more. And I (later) read about laser eye surgery. “At 24, once I found out I was suitable for it, the dream came back. I did the surgery, waited two years to make sure the eyesight was stabilised, and applied again to be a commercial pilot. I also started looking into going to flight school. “Airlines were offering sponsorship (to go to school) but for one reason or another, I was not eligible. I realised I would have to self-sponsor. “I worked for a few years as an engineer and saved up and got lucky with the property I bought. I realised that by selling the property I would be able to pay off the mortgage, pay for the flying training and have enough to put down on a deposit for another place. “I did my flight training for three years because I didn’t do it full time. I had a mortgage to pay and bills, so I had to keep working and did the academic part of the training part time. “I finished the training and began job hunting. I sent applications to at least 500 different companies, different types of airlines. But it is twice as difficult for somebody who is self-sponsored compared to somebody who is sponsored by an airline. “But I kept applying and networking, talking to people. I met people who were working as pilots who could make recommendations. “It took me about nine months to find a job. There were times I felt like giving up, when people said ‘You are crazy, you are throwing away a good career to chase this dream’, because I was well paid as an engineer. “It was a good career but it felt all the time that something was missing from my life. “My big break came at an aviation jobs exhibition, given to me by one of the guys I knew from networking. “Nearly all major airlines were recruiting but I sat through presentation after presentation saying they were looking for the type of person I wasn’t. “Half way through, I thought I was wasting my time and went outside. Standing near the door was an old gentleman smoking a pipe. “We got talking and I basically told him that it seemed I was wasting my time here because I was self-sponsored, over the age limit, and did not have enough experience. “He talked me into staying, saying ‘You never know, ’ so I went back inside to listen to more presentations. “Then they said the next speaker is the pilot manager from KLM UK. On stage came the man I had been speaking to. “They had a round table after the presentation and I went over, and he and I chatted. “He said ‘Don’t give up and eventually we will get to your application’. We had a very encouraging conversation and I went home feeling much happier. “Three days later, I got a phone call from one of the guys I mentioned to him and he was saying the gentleman had asked about me. “He encouraged me to call (the gentleman) again. I did. He said he had spoken to my friend about me. He put my CV in the pile of those that he had recommended. “Six months later, I was starting a new job! There was a bit of trepidation but a lot of happiness. I have been with KLM 10 years. “My message (to people) is not to let themselves be railroaded by peer, parental or any other kind of pressure into doing something they don’t feel is for them. Everything is possible.”

Source: http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=15294

If we support death sentence for corruption, Nigerian officials who had committed economic crimes will began to flee overseas, and Western countries will become the favored places of asylum for corrupt Nigerian officials.

panafrican:
Goodluck  Jonathan is a sold out.
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He should change his name from Goodluck to Goodhousenegro

[size=15pt]Erroneous Rapture prophet Harold Camping gives us a new date with destiny[/size]

As you may or may not have noticed, the Rapture did not take place last Saturday, May 21st. Because of this, the man behind the whole prediction – one Mr. Harold Camping, American Christian radio broadcaster and general all-round failed apocalypse predictor – was looking pretty red-faced. His solution? Announcing another new Rapture date, October 21st, precisely five months later.

Now we're not habitual Armageddon forecasters here at Asylum, but after striking out in the most embarrassing way possible – i.e. repeated predicting the end of the world, then seeing, with his very own eyes, that he was wrong – surely there has to come a point when you just give up and admit it's a load of hooey?

Previous dates of doom that Mr. Camping has given the world include May 21, 1988, and September 7, 1994, both of which came and went. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

And why are we listening to this man anyway? Well, it seems Bible-based numerology is the process behind his previous predictions, and as we all know, that's a tried and true method, certified by pretty much every authority going. Wait, um, no it's not. Hmm.

Worryingly, after last Saturday's eventual failure, it turns out Harold hid in a motel with his family, such was the fear and embarrassment he suffered after his prediction was proved incorrect.

He put down his latest mistake to another mathematical error, apparently. He says this in the face of one particular line in the Bible that goes completely against the idea of predicting the end of days, namely: the verse Matthew 24:36, which says on the topic "but about that day or hour no one knows" , except God.

And no offence to Harold, but he ain't God. That we do know.

The people we really feel sorry for are the all-too-believing members of his church, Family Radio International, who donated millions of dollars to the organisation to help spread the word on the end of the world – believing they'd be one of the 'chosen' who'd be taken up to Heaven.

So, in other words, do we think the end of the world will be October 21st? Well, it's a case of three times bitten, fourth time shy I'm afraid, Mr. Campling, and that's just the way it goes,

Source: http://www.asylum.co.uk/2011/05/24/new-rapture-date-harold-camping-prophet/?icid=main|

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First mobile phone plant in Africa starts in Zambia