₦airaland Forum

This reminds me of when abacha died! People rushed out of their houses in my area beating drums! I have never seen such joy on the faces of people in the country.. That time I chop beta jollof and drink better mirinda

[quote author=xynerise]SUPER FORCE WILL BE RIGHT BACK!![/quote

Ohhhhh!!! The memories!!!]

oh! Don't tell me u guy have forgotten about the nigeria 99 theme song

Welcome to Nigeria 99
Welcome to Africa
Welcome to the land where milk and
honey flows!!

The toyota ad that goes like “Yoi shina, yoi kangae” bedford trucks, gino, GP tank, michelline, robocop and bago super sack avert.. Not forgetting the merry christmas adverts . Secret of the sands.. I sure loved tv those days than to what we have on our local tvs.. Children of this generation just won't understand

prof800: *singing along*
...thank you...
'...for making us serve you well.'
NTA2 Channel 5... your reach out station!

mehn...
I loved it.
My best station then!

Gosh.. NTA channel 5!!!.. My goodness!!! .. U just brought strong memories to me.. Tales by moonlight, speak out, candle light, cabdury breakfast show, the bear the tiger and others, pingu, gladiators, danger mouse, candle light, news line !! Beautiful memories .. I still take what we had on tv those days than to now

Awww!!! Bless you Op.. This thread brings back a lot of loving memories.. Those days were surely good ones. I had my own positive feel of it ! Back then there was still UTC in lagos, Kas chicken, And Flavors - if u carry unilag , ISL, or queens college girl there.. U don finish work lol. A lot of products where in the market back then.. The likes of prawn cracker, planta margarine, 2 mins instant noodles, fanta chapman, tandi goranda, elephant omo, limca , goldspot, richoco , pronto , afri cola, M & K ...chai life for here don spoil.. Those days were surely good ones

Ghana's Ebola strategy: 3 isolation
centres to be ready in two weeks
Ghana’s Minister of Health, Dr Kweku
Agyemang-Mensah, says three Ebola
isolation centres for the entire country will
be completed in two weeks.
The isolation centres are part of strategies
government has put in place to fight the
Ebola scourge that has hit West Africa
since March this year.
The centres are expected to be fitted with
technical and personal protection
equipment to deal with the situation in the
instance of an outbreak.
Also, government has resolved to improve
medical screening at the country’s points
of entry.
These came to light after a closed-door
inter-ministerial crunch meeting of the
Health, Interior, Communication, Defence
and Local Government ministries Monday
at the Flagstaff House in Accra.
“We also reviewed the work done so far
and we are convinced that we’ve
managed to do a lot of work to strengthen
the surveillance system. At the moment
what we need to do is to make sure that
the frontline workers are trained and well
equipped," the Health Minister told Joy
News.
He also acknowledged the need to bring
agencies such as the Ghana Medical
Association (GMA) and the Ghana
Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) on
board to fight the deadly disease that has
claimed more than 900 lives in the West
African sub-region.
Dr Agyemang-Mensah said they also
resolved at the meeting to decentralise
efforts to fight the disease across all ten
regions.
He noted that the decentralisation process
is important “so that the inter-ministerial
committee will be duplicated at the
regional level and also at the district level
so that we have all these players working
together in concert to make sure that we
are able to take measures to control this
Ebola.”
All of these efforts, according to the
Minister, will be guided by the World
Health Organisation (WHO), during
periodic assessments.
The Minister also revealed simulation
exercises will be conducted in the coming
days to test the readiness of specially
trained doctors.
The simulation exercises are expected to
bridge gaps that may be inherent in the
country’s Ebola fighting strategies.
Head of the Disease Surveillance
Department of the GHS, Dr Badu Sarkodie,
who was part of the meeting, also told the
media that as part of the Ebola strategies,
the country has been divided in to three
zones – northern, central and southern
zones.
The three isolation centres will cater for
each of these zones.
Meanwhile, the Noguchi Memorial Institute
for Medical Research has called for calm
amid growing misconceptions about Ebola
virus and fears of a possible outbreak in
the country.
There have been a number of tests at the
institute over cases suspected to be Ebola,
but they have all proven negative. The
Institute recently confirmed the tests
conducted for blood samples of four
persons feared to have contracted Ebola
have proved negative.
The Director of Noguchi, Professor Kojo
Koram in an interview with Joy News’
Francisca Kakra Forson called for more
education for the public and health
workers.
"Especially the health workers, we need to
douse the panic a bit," he said.
Ebola causes fever, vomiting, bleeding
and diarrhoea.
A highly contagious disease, it kills up to
90 percent of those it infects; it is
transmitted through contact with blood or
other fluids of infected persons.
There are fears Ghana's health system is
not equipped to handle a possible
outbreak. Some doctors have confessed
they will run away from Ebola patients due
to non-availability of protective
equipment.
Source: myjoyonline.com

For those that are thinking ghana is not doing anything and leaving in self denial

360command: you do not know what is happening on the other side(ghana). They(Ghanaians) are happy that Nigeria has recorded ebola case in Nigeria. They are not considering the fact that it was a liberian that brought it to Nigeria. I smell school is about to resume and I know they are like 'this Nigerians would bring Ebola to Ghana'.

Am a ghanaian and I pray that it does not etend in nigeria.. Am just a pinch compared to the many ghanaians that feel the same.. Does the talk of a select few you heard determine the opinion of a nation?you should know better than that.. If u want to hate.. Its normal to find reasons to justify yourself

anitank: From the comments I see here and on twitter, it's very clear Nigerians are disappointed to find out Ghana has not been hit by any Ebola case, and I find that pathetic really

Sadly I have noticed the same things!

tebirim: In Ghana or not, one still need to take precaution.

This is the best thing people should have said instead of criticisms and denying the story.. Like the ears tingle for bad news!!!.. I know the health minister may be talking too much but it does not mean ghana is not taking the necessary measures to contain any spread,, just like nigeria..there have been a lot of changes from the airports to the borders of both countries.. even if it may not seem enough.. They cannot do above their means but will surely do their very best. And we all have a role to play by following the necessary steps to stay healthy and avoid contacting it.. And to stop spreading news that has not been certified

Lucasbalo: Gbam. That's a country Nigeria is supposed to be, but corruption and mismanagement makes Nigeria a perpetual third world despite her God given wealth. Hope the youths of Nigeria will rise up for massive revolution to salvage their future.

There was an article I read about ghana and singapore.. Back then ghana was better than singapore, now look @ what we have today.. See what corruption can do to a people

InvertedHammer: /
Try flying into Lagos at night and you will understand why it is a one-eyed man among the blind.

You missed the point.

Every country in the world has a few cities with tall buildings.

Even freaking Cote D'Ivoire as seen below:


https://www.ventures-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/abidjan-toward-the-ocean.jpg

/

Abijan is a great city people tend to over look.. The skylines are better planned than that of lagos

ujoinme: Uyo, Nigeria

Uyo is one of the cleanest states in nigeria and west africa.. But now the needs to be more emphasis on mixed use development projects.. And a break in the height barrier to grace the skyline

elvistheking000: Hey,I am also a Ghanian,but why you put Ghana so high
I am a proud Ghanian but i have to cool down and not to put my Country much higher than is it.
Ghana is a small but a nice Country.But we have simillar problems like nigeria only smaller !!

Nigeria vs Ghana
For financial is like: Big brother(Nigeria rich) vs small Brother (Ghana is becoming to be rich)
For Problems in the Country is also like: Big Brother( bigger Problems) vs small brother (smaller Problems)

ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEIR OPPINION LIKE "WE ARE BETTER THAN THEY " LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
NO ONE OF YOU PEOPLE HAVE CREATE SOMTHING BIG IN - NIGERIA OR GHANA - BUT TALKING SO PROUD LIKE YOU ARE THE HEAT OF DOES COUNTRYS[color=#990000][/color].ONLY TALKING NONSENS AND BULLSHIT TO PROVOCAT THE OTHER

If u r truely a ghanaian? Then I will like to have u as a friend cos u have pointed out a lot of truth.. Time will not let me expanciate on ur comment..cos it could make up a whole thread.. But we as ghanaians and nigerians need to be matured.. Am a ghanaian and will want to talk to fellow ghanaians. That some of the rantings we bring up here is uncalled for. Ghanaians are not known for this.. Its when I came up on NL I started seeing this.. I don't know if has to do with immaturity.. For every negative pic posted about nigeria.. A similar case has occurred in ghana. And vice versa.. We need to be matured in our dealings on here.. And to my nigerian people on here i will say the same thing.. Ghana is a small country by mass but great in its acomplishments ..and the country should be expected for that.. We both have a long way to go.. And share similar issues..so rather than come up here and rant against each other, we should concentrate more on learning from each other and solving our countries problems and forging ahead

segunaremu6gma: Ghana closed it'd borders against Nigeria even wen only a case was recorded....now I think Nigeria should do likewise.. DAT Ghanian minister of health must be stupid for making such comment.. even America, China, Australia etc who are millions of miles away are in full readiness....

Do u read news at all to confirm
Or u just come to nairaland and go away with the threads u see ?

Although the writer made some valid points I see some of his posts to be wrong. From 07 till date ghana has enjoyed the influx of Nigeria investors almost all sectors . The amount of nigerian companies in the country can attest to that

datguru: I smell something about most guys commenting on this thread . Why should you be afraid when you've done nothing wrong . I smell a group of Yahoo boys commenting

Yahoo boys wey never collect up to $50.. Wey dey use 1997 format

Abeg those ones are bad market .. They should be kept in isolation centers and concentration camps. Lol

WHAT HAPPENED TO GHANA …AND
LESSONS FOR NIGERIA
It did not help matters that Ghana did not
treat her neighbors such as Nigerians
kindly during their years of abundance. I
recalled all the obstacles the Ghanaian
government put along the way to dissuade
potential Nigerian investors. I'm sure now
they wish they hadn't done so, but again,
the damage is done, for I can't see those
Nigerians rushing out to rescue Ghana
from herself.
Not so long ago Ghana was the poster
child of everything that could go right
about sub-Saharan Africa, and this wasn't
anything new, the country has always
been ahead of the pack. In spite of the
works for agitation of independence by
people like Herbert Macaulay and Nnamdi
Azikiwe both of Nigeria, Ghana managed
under Nkuruma to obtain her
independence from Britain in 1957, three
years ahead of Nigeria and most other
African countries. In recent years, Ghana
became the place to be in Africa. Their
economy was booming, the country was
stable with successive peaceful and
transparent democratic successions. They
had steady light, low inflation, and new
offshore oil discoveries that portends vast
riches. Ghana became the number one
destination for black Americans and
Jamaicans for resettlement and for
investment. Even Nigerians began
flooding the streets of Ghana for business
and leisure, while many more simply sent
off their children to schools there.
In the past few days, however, Ghanaians
have taken to the streets in protest about
the state of their economy, rising inflation,
and the declining value of their local
currency. The Ghanaian President, John
Muhama, recently indicated that Ghana is
about to seek financial bailout from the
IMF. Isn't it amazing how times have
changed for Ghana, and rather suddenly
because just a couple of years ago Ghana
was still recognized as the shining
example of stability in West Africa. Only
last year the country celebrated ten years
of uninterrupted power supply, something
most Nigerians can only dream about.
About six months ago I heard of the first
signs that all was not well with Ghana's
economy. At first I thought it might be just
a minor hiccup, perhaps a small or rather
soft landing of an overheated economy, or
maybe that it was only an unfounded
rumor without any merit. Unfortunately
everything I heard turned out to be true,
and even worse.
I have since wondered what happened to
Ghana, how could a well-managed
economy with seemingly less corruption
than their Nigerian neighbors suddenly
take a nose dive? The answer is still
blowing in the wind, but there are a few
pointers that might lead us to where the
problem began. First, sometime ago
Ghana decided to revalue their currency,
the cedi. Their central bank applied a
reverse split that ultimately brought the
formerly weak currency to par with the US
dollar. For example, if one had one million
cedi in the bank, after the reverse split
the person may now end up with a
thousand cedi, but that cedi will have the
same purchasing parity with the US dollar.
I recalled publishing an article in the US
when Ghana did this, warning them that
they are embarking on a never-ending
slippery slope. At the time I sighted
countries like Mexico that have tried doing
this with their Peso and how they have
revisited that valuation more than once. In
2007 Nigeria's Central Bank Governor,
Chukwuma Soludo attempted a similar
revaluation of the Naira, and I published
an article (Go East, to China, young man)
in which I cautioned against that move. I
reposted that same article in March last
year, cautioning Sanusi.
Fortunately for Nigeria, but for political
reasons, the Yar'adua's government
stopped Soludo from carrying on the
revaluation. I believe that Ghana has
revalued their currency more than once
since the first time, and currently the cedi
has lost 50% of its value this year alone,
making it the worst performing currency in
the world so far in 2014. As the cedi
depreciates, so does the cost of buying
products from overseas, which is passed
on to the consumers and consequently
inflation in Ghana has now topped 15%
this year. As mentioned Ghana celebrated
ten years of uninterrupted power supply
last year. It was as if Nigeria, which has
failed to achieve even a day of
uninterrupted power supply, decided to
rain in on their parade. Nigeria supplies
most of the gas used to power the electric
plants in Ghana, and lately as Nigeria
experienced stoppages due to gas
pipeline vandalism, their supply to Ghana
was finally affected. And suddenly Ghana
began to experience rolling blackouts and
just downright power failures that
sometimes lasts for weeks in some
neighborhood. Well, I say to them,
welcome to the Nigerian world.
Surely lack of power must have accounted
for significant drops in manufacturing and
other business activities, especially for
people that have grown accustomed to
steady power supply through the years,
and some might have failed to make
necessary provisions for alternative source
of power as most Nigerians do. But the
major measurable source of decline is
about the price of gold. Gold represents
about 45% of Ghana's export, and gold
prices have declined in recent times,
undoubtedly affecting that nation's
income. Cocoa has equally been on the
decline though Ghana has significantly
reduced their dependency on cocoa
export since it was the dominant foreign
exchange earner for them back in the
fifties and sixties. Apparently overreliance
on one product as it is with gold in this
case has come to bite Ghana harder than
they expect. As bad as it is for Ghana that
gold represents 45% of their export, can
you now imagine what could happen to
Nigeria if and when oil prices crash as oil
represents well over 90% of our export
revenue. The potential outcome is simply
unfathomable yet no one in Nigeria's
government has taken out time to think
seriously about its potentially devastating
effects.
A few years back Ghana discovered oil in
their offshore waters and they have spent
quite a bit of money to develop those oil
wells. Their planning on what to do with
the oil revenue was more structured and
acclaimed to be something of a forward
thinking approach. But in the end, the
amount of oil being tapped have falling far
short of expectation. Amid all these
shortages here and there, the government
of Ghana has become highly stretched,
and are now desperately struggling to
make up for these shortfalls, but it
appears that the damage has been done,
and anything short of a major bailout
would mean doom for the country. Ghana
has come a long way; in 2007 it became
the first country in sub-Saharan Africa
other than South Africa to issue
international bonds. Today, it's unlikely
that issuing more international bonds
would be part of the solution as those
international investors are now fleeing in
droves. It did not help matters that Ghana
did not treat her neighbors such as
Nigerians kindly during their years of
abundance. I recalled all the obstacles the
Ghanaian government put along the way
to dissuade potential Nigerian investors.
I'm sure now they wish they hadn't done
so, but again, the damage is done, for I
can't see those Nigerians rushing out to
rescue Ghana from herself.
The bottom line is that Ghana is not quite
Nigeria. The economy of Lagos and Akwa
Ibom combined is greater than that of
Ghana, and its population is under 30
million. But there are lessons here for
Nigeria. If this can happen to Ghana it
surely can happen to Nigeria. Our over
reliance on oil for export revenue is one
thing that makes Nigeria overexposed to
the risk of price fluctuations or worse a
crash in price. Our inability to provide
constant power supply continues to be a
drain on the cost of doing business in
Nigeria. Our cost of supporting the Naira is
unaffordable to this economy, and I have
written about this issue before. There is no
doubt that corruption has played some
role on what is going on in Ghana, I am
certain that we have far greater
corruption in Nigeria. And finally, we must
always keep our doors open, this is
America's best kept secret. Open doors
means a constant flow of hungry
immigrants that are willing to work harder
than the otherwise settled population. We
have repeatedly flaunted how Nigeria is
growing at 7% annually, it is no longer
true. Last year, Nigeria's economy grew at
just under 6% but I am sure that your
political leaders won't tell you this. And
finally, as the Champaign begins to flow in
Abuja and across most state capitals in
anticipation of next year's election, I hope
we still keep our eyes on the ball…on the
economy of Nigeria before we suddenly
hear stories as it is happening in Ghana
today.
Michael Nnebe is a former Wall Street
Investment Banker and the Author of
several novels, including; Every Dream
Has A Price, Riverside Park, Blood
Covenant, Gloomy Shadows, Passing
wishes, Prime Suspect, and others.
Source: Michael, Nnebe

judedwriter: I could offer you a sledehammer to break your legs... When adeboye became head of RCCG, it was far from what it is toay. He earned more money as a unilag lecturer than a pastor-adeboye didn't enter ministry for money-infact he tried his best not to be the GO of RCCG. Pls check facts before talking.

Epic story for the gods

kennydee05: Brother, I didn't tell any bible passage being quoted.
And please don't quote me again because am not in for it. and if I have offended you, am SORRY.
Posterity will judge

Don't play the innocent pls.. U made refernce to the unforgivable sin in mark 3 and matthew 12. Even if you didn't post the verses.. And I was trying to make it clear to u that u r using it for the wrong purpose.. It does not. Reflect to this matter

nora544: and that is why Nigeria is where it is now because the people get brainwashed and all this pastors are Gods who have their own doctrine and their own bible

Bro I used to be in that school of thought
But I got a testimony for you

My eye clear !and I was able to pick race
Now in 9ice voice »I like the kind of way I dey live now! Its the whole africa bro ... I have seen a lot of crap and bs.. From the religious biggots.. Am tired!

oweniwe: i can bet with my preek that this thread has the highes number of hidden posts on nairaland

Well I can see ur post ! So this night your preek will be western unioned to our base in the forest for the necessary contortions

kennydee05: You guys should just stop all this insults, remember that not all sins can be forgiven by God.
Brothers you are not the first to abuse, even JESUS CHRIST was condemned, persecuted and abuses were raised upon him and that doesn't stop the will of GOD over HIM. So therefore all of you guys should just stop all the rants.
And please give your lives to JESUS CHRIST

Mofo preach! U don't even understand the verse u got ur point from

nora544: I hear a pastor can live when he has about 50 followers and it is easier to be a pastor than to work and it is so easy to get a pastor in nigeria, 6 month study ..... and you have a good life.

U see am! I heard something similar but it was around 100 followers or so. In the whole area the only flouurishing business are the churches and filling station.. No wonder people r rushing to be pastors.. That's the gold mine..I just pity for a lot of black people

ladygogo: Oh??That it's not compulsory to visit your useless and bacteria infested camps?

God doesnt give a rats azz about your camps, honey.


Maybe he also needs to be informed that his 'ordained' pastors need to stop littering every nook and cranny with churches.

In my street alone there are over 4 redeem branches on my street .. to top it up cele, 4 square,MFm, CAC.. And some I don't know .. They even use an eatery close to my house , a just completed duplex and my primary school


I mean has the country turning into in the name of religion .. This is not revival.. !! Just that the brainwashed congregation see nothing wrong .. And are ready to defend their cause at all cost. The harvest is really plenty

ladygogo: Oh??That it's not compulsory to visit your useless and bacteria infested camps?

God doesnt give a rats azz about your camps, honey.


Maybe he also needs to be informed that his 'ordained' pastors need to stop littering every nook and cranny with churches.

In my street alone there are over 4 redeem branches on my street .. to top it up cele, 4 square,MFm, CAC.. And some I don't know .. They even use an eatery close to my house , a just completed duplex and my primary school


I mean has the country turning into in the name of religion .. This is not revival.. !! Just that the brainwashed congregation see nothing wrong .. And are ready to defend their cause at all cost

kr0ne: Pastor Adeboye is not even sexy enough to get a free f-ck. Abeg, start telling us the truth.
Rubbish!

Lol! U crazy

But why should this make front page

Wale112: test for Ebola in Ghana proves negative

Link pls?

Godwit1: Africa is not in any trouble, JESUS is the answer

You know what u need?








A HOT slap!! Sorry !

Nobleval: The heart of men is full of evil,
after all d good relationship
between Nigeria and Liberia,
after all Nigeria effort in peace
keeping mission, we even lost
some of our young men fighting to make peace in
Liberia, after all this all they
can only pay us back is to send
Patrick sawyer to come n give
us #ebola virus.

Pls u don't need to say all ths bs!!!