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It doesnt matter if Nigerian GDP outgrows South African GDP. Infact, the difference is only about $120bn. What matters is that living standards are getting worse for the common man, whilst living standards improve in South Africa. There is no point beating our chest and saying we can outgrow South Africa, when we have a much larger population than them. GDP is generally supposed to be positively correlated to living standard, but in Naija, it is negatively correlated. As our GDP goes up, our living standard falls.

In essence, Sanusi's estimation is not a blind one. Our GDP has doubled in the last 4 years alone. The question is, have we seen any benefit on ground?

Choosing between PDP and an Atiku/Tinubu coalition is like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea.

MrCrackles:
Look at the state of the yatch already
Was that shit bought brand new for that sum or what

Nah, that yacht was parked at Royal Albert in Docklands, on the DLR line. . . . it looked a lot better than this when it was there. . . . perhaps the humidity in Nigeria peeled the paint off. . . .

[quote author=Aloy~Emeka link=topic=343963.msg4816524#msg4816524 date=1256738585]Do you have common sense at all?. The funding for these railways come from south east and south south oil wells and you want FG to use it and build railways to nowhere while those that will actually make use of it should figure out a way to build theirs from their allocation. People like you should be banished in Nigeria.

For your information, rail lines run from point A to point B, so its not a question of hey, this project must be cited in my village. Watch the Nigerian govt build that railway from lagos to Damaturu even though the traffic in that route is not up to 1%. The busiest traffic in Nigeria is lagos-Onitsha followed by lagos -Ibadan and people die on these roads in large numbers every year. The FG should first fix the roads to these places before talking about railway. Enough bloodshed.[/quote]hehehehe. . .  .dont even bother trying to teach common sense to sjeezy. . . . if they like, they can build the line from Lagos to Borno. . . . more chance for Boko Haram to slip in undetected. . .

In all seriousness, if we are talking about this rail line driving the economy, then demand must be foremost in any decision process. . . . and we all know where the demand is greatest.

@ all Mancs,

How did orangutan do yesterday sef?

One particular journalist is Suraj. . . . I've forgotten his surname. . . the guy is so rubbish, yarning opata all the time. . . . I believe he even visits Nairaland.

[quote author=tpia. link=topic=343963.msg4816194#msg4816194 date=1256735528]@ topic

Its highly doubtful that the volume of travel between east and west is more significant than the one between north and south.[/quote]Then why do they say that Igbos are flooding everywhere?. . . . its quite obvious that Easterners travel within Nigeria significantly more than Northerners. . . . infact, that is undebatable. . . . the volume of traffic between PH and Aba alone is more than the volume of traffic between North and South 

tkb417:
FBS

its simple
losing to Liverpool at Anfield is expected. meaning Liverpool on a good day will beat any club in the universe on that turf
same cannot be said of Villa at Villa park.

more than a dozen clubs will stroll to victory at the Villa park. (i can name them; UTD is one of them)
spot the difference!!!

why is this hard to figure?

One more thing, we played badly and lost but that cannot be said of Chelsea, you played well against Villa but still lost the game. Are you not afraid that your team will lose even when they play well?
when UTD play well, any team that play against us will suffer. Im sure the 3-0 spanking last season is still fresh in your memory!

UTD will win the league

bros. . . . how business. . . . I hear say Sanusi and Waziri dey find you cos of some public-private partnership schitzo you engineered a while back. . . . is that why you've been scarce on NL?. . .rumour has it that you are posting this from Cotonou. . . . if you wanna do an Erastus, you can come and chill at ma place, no shaking. . .  


Anyway, with reference to your post above, have Utd played well at all this season with the exception of the Spuds and Wigan game?. . . . never mind that. . . . does United have the resources to play well?. . . . if the absence of Ronaldo can cause Real Madrid to lose 4-0 to a village team, I wonder what the absence of Ronaldo would do to Utd in the long run.  

Is there anything wrong with Yara's statement?

He is correct.

The question is does he have the power to bring his weight to bare on the judiciary and House to remove the immunity clause?

Can he also start with all those who are no longer under immunity such as Ibori, Odili etc?

PH already has a rail line but is in disrepair.

Abagworo is correct. The greatest movement of people occurs in the Eastern Region.

Any investment in rail infrastructure will surely post much quicker returns if we capitalise on the traditional movement of people from the East to West and backwards. Any line from East to West will pass through Lagos, Enugu, Onitsha, Aba and PH. Without blinking, anyone can tell you that these are the most traversed lines of traffic in the country. The current state of the Niger Bridge is another factor for taking the load off the road network.

This yacht was parked near my house before Tinubu bought it. . . . when it was in the UK, it looked better than this. . . . only one year later, Naija don spoil am finish. 

I suspect some intimidation from his political rivals. . . . Soludo, welcome to the game, since you chose to play it the PDP way. . .

What nonsense. . . . Orji has always proven himself to be an idiot just like his mentor Kalu. . . what cause are kidnappers in Abia fighting for?. . . . why dont they extend amnesty to peodophiles and ritualists as well. . . . Yar'Adua's amnesty move was a calculated move to buy out militants who would ordinarily be sponsored by MEND. . . . it succeeded in diminishing MENDs military capability. . . . what is the thinking behind Orji's move?. . . . . when strategists like Y'aradua are calculating moves, idiots cannot wait to join head. . . .sometimes, it is better to stay silent than speak and be considered a fool. . . .

Joe Cole isnt even a winger. . . . as a winger, he is no more effective than Young, Lennon, Walcott etc. . . . cos he lacks pace. . . simple as. . .as a playmaker, he may be a don, but Joe Cole has never set Chelsea alight as a winger apart from a brief 10 game spell at the start of 05/06.

Most annoying poster of the year: Bamsyle

This is why I liked the National Students Union during Babangida days.

That was when we used to see real riot anytime government phuck up.

During those days, you always keep a green bushel of leaves in the boot of ya car, just incase those mothaphockas start a riot. 

nateevs:
He is doing a decent job to be honest. . . but very far from a brilliant job. Until one player from the academy or youth holds down a first team spot we will never see what he's done.
Personally I will give him one big round of applause the day Kakuta makes his debut. I gave him one for Jefferey Bruma.

Other of his signings like DiSanto, Miroslav Stoch are on the verge but not quite there yet.

Having said that, his job is a unique one. He can and must never rest. He is only as good as his last signing. If a kid out there will make Kakuta look average, he has to go bring that kid. There's always one kid out there ready to explode. A kid that needs only a handful of chances to lock a place on the bench at least. Until Frankie does this, we is never going to be seen as having done a brilliant job. . .

Arnesen's failures are not due lack of talent, but lack of opportunity. . .

Look at the ones that got away. . . . in particular Lassana Diarra.

Did they get the opportunity?

Branislav Ivanovic is also an Arnesen signing.

IMO, Di-Santo is already a certified hit.

Watching Stoch in Holland is like watching a certified hit also.

Benjamin?. . . . I wasnt aware of his campaign.

Anyway, welldone to the good people of Nairaland who sent cheques in to pay for his surgery.

Deep Soul:
I think Amaechi is trying to hard to do everything all at once and that, to me, is folly.

How and why should most major roads be under construction at the SAME time?

Imagine Rumuola and Mgbuoba Roads being "constructed" at the same time

And in the same vein, bikes have been banned so every tom, privates and jane claim to be cab drivers these days.

Too many cars with few roads which are incredibly bad which results in nightmarish traffic that can compete with Lagos traffic

And like someone rightly said, the quality of work some of these contractors have is downright scary.

A good example is the bridge being built across Agip Junction/Mile 3. The contractor looks like he's doing trial and error.

I have promised myself not to ever be caught dead on that bridge when or if it ever reaches completion stage.

Amaechi should just concentrate on what needs to be done rather than trying to do everythin all at once just in the name of getting ready for another term. Thats just blind zeal.

On d other hand, the primary schools being built across the state is commendable. Coming from the govt, they look like solid structures that would last another good number of years. Another commendable point is the training of the primary school teachers in the state. I like that education is finally being given some attention. I can only wish the attention is spread to the tertiary institutions. The Rivers State University of Science & Technology is a rot. ANd thats putting it very very mildly!

And oh, the increase in the number of doctors is also commendable.

But biko, we need roads. I hear Gov Amaechi has formed "Operation Zero Pot-holes". And I whole-heartedly agree with him because what we have in Ph arent pot-holes. They are freaking valleys!

Nice one. . . . the town planners know nothing about traffic management. . . . UST has been in a state of disrepair, no be today. . . .

So Swine flu hysteria has finally hit yankee. . . . you should see the way they were disturbing us in UK with all manner of predictions of doom. . . . in the end, the thing came and went. . . for most people, it was like normal flu. . . even MrCrackles had it. 

nex:
The green economy with green jobs, green factories, green cars, green power and a green government will only put some green in the pockets of some countries.

hehehehehehe. . . . . GBAM!

Nice one lalaboi. . .

I wanna see us use mostly young players even if it means losing. . . its time to see whether we have good enough youngsters to weather FIFA's 18-month transfer embargo.

"Unfortunately for many of you noise makers . . . what i have achieved educationally so far is what you can only dream about." - Daviddylan


hehehehehehehe

nateevs:
We have passed the era of spending £30m on one player let alone £50m. Arnesen should off his back side and do what he is f.ucking paid to do.

The way you keep hyping our reserve team, I would have thought Arnesen is doing a brilliant job.

@ lalaboi. . . . I can see the improvement. . . . the ideas are clever, but the delivery needs work. . . . I think ya ready to battle Mykali. . . .


Me sef, I no fit carry last. . . .had a surge of creativity last night and wrote one of my illest verses ever in record time. . . .I just started and couldn't stop. . . . be patient with it. . . .it starts off slow. . .




Nobody on the corner got stagger like you/
cos nobody on the corner drank a gallon of brew/
The raps that I spew/ will depict ya defeat/
cos I can walk on water. . . without lifting my feet!/
Which kid can compete/ with my vociferous speech/
I wear a vest . . .and hit you with the tricks in my sleeve/
Im spitting the heat/ What you kick is Petit/
Even[i] Portuguese players[/i]. . . couldn't fit in Ma niche!/
You're quick to conceive/ thoughts of bringing the beef/
so I hold you upside down. . . .and make you think on ya feet!/
If you thinking Im weak/ cos I sinked to defeat. . .
Ill make you change ya view. . . without switching ya seat!/
How many niggas could keep/ multisyllable schemes/
and keep on throwing punches. . . . without missing a beat?/


Tell me which flipping emcee/ is as prolific as me?/


What I spit is unique/ You should be paying for these/
Say goobye to ya money. . . cos Im waiving the fees/
I stay in the street/ seven days in the week/
fishes inhale my weed. . . .when Im blazing the reef!/
I must be crazy indeed!/ but I got babies to feed/
so if my dough come up slow. . . then Im raising the yeast/
If you dont like this verse, you're too lazy to read/
but my word is God's law. . . you could take it as creed!/


Bitches stay on their knees/ just to gratify lust/
so like a rabbit, I just. . . have to rapidly bust/
We walk on thin air. . . defying gravity's thrust/
so nobody on the earth. . . got swagga like us!/
Im in a Phantom deluxe/ You at the back of the bus/
when my flow test ya mettle. . . ya bars gradually rust!/


Which man can I trust?/ when there’s snakes in the grass?/
Im making bitches Crackle. . . so Im labelled as Brash/
Still, I pose the questions you’re unable to ask/
I can play with the stat[/i]s. . . . so lets [i]table the facts. . .
You say that Im wack/ but there's no debate I can rap/
cos Im off the hoo[/i]k. . . and you were [i]raised on the rack!/
The AK's that I pack/ were made in Iraq/
and I use acidic flows. . . as my base for attack/


I make nations collapse/ when Im going to war/
A blow to ya jaw. . . would place ya dome on the floor/
I put my verses on display. . . so you know that Im raw/
but eyes haven't seen . . .  .what Im holding in store!!/
I could open the door/ but Im too greedy to share/
Im bout to blow this place. . . .like a helium flare/
Im known for blowing weed in the air/
so there's no reason to stare. . . if I fall asleep in my chair/
In a season of cheer/ I find no reason to share/
The way I tax niggas. . . not even Caeser compare/
I defeat ya career/ so it's me that you fear/
I give birth to ya depression. . . when I[i] breed [/i]ya despair!/
I instruct you how to rap. . . and my[i] teaching is clear[/i]/
cos Netcees need an e-manual. . . and Jesus is here!!!!/

eldee:
H.J's Verse

[b]A[/b]ccept [b]A[/b]n [b]A[/b]dvise [b]A[/b]sshole [b]A[/b]nd [b]A[/b]mputate your [b]A[/b]dam's [b]A[/b]PPLE/
cuz u Bein Bitchmade Bringing out d Bullshit in your BABBLES/
u Cockless Chicken, Caught Cryin to your Chick 4 ConDOLENCESs/
n your [b]D[/b]eadbeat [b]D[/b]roppins are [b]D[/b]reams, [b]D[/b]awg, [b]D[/b]ey (they) [b]D[/b]ONT EXIST!/

the alphabetic ish was just a FLICK IN THE START/

What a coincidence. . . . you started ya verse with an alphabetical slaughter. . . . and I also started my verse with an Alphabetical Slaughter. . . . 

hmmmmmm. . . . . . Dora try with the magazine sha. . . . . its very professional. . . . a job well done. . . . I wish other ministers could present such a professional face to the outside world.

The one thing that makes me laugh though. . . . in the profile of famous Nigerians, only three footballers were profiled. . . . Okocha, Kanu and Tijani Babangida. . . . . yea, thats right. . . . . Tijani phucking Babangida?. . . . . . . is this some sort of quota system?. . . . . . . . . abegi, Tijani does not merit mention in any list of Naija famous footballers. . . . before dreaming of Tijani, we would talk about Finidi George and Sunday Oliseh.

texazzpete:
As if to buttress my point that it's only intellectually challenged Nigerians that are in the fight to discredit sanusi, It's a shame that even the original poster has issues comprehending simple English. The article he quoted makes no mention of fuel importers being removed from CBN debtors' list. All it says is their names have been removed from the list maintained by EFCC for investigation.

DEATH!!!

Thread Closed!

Naijaking should now apologise to the house for creating an unnecessary thread.

Aguero. . . . £50m ke?. . . . I wouldnt cross £25m for that church rat.

geeflexxx:
Alright its a competition lets do it MUTHERFUCKERS:::

{GEEFLEXXX}
Aight,
I'm the sickest with this microphone, nigga better learn it
All them bitch industry niggaz you know I ain't concerned with
See I move thousands hand to hand, even got an increasin # of fans
in foreign lands, Amsterdam, Australia to Japan(geeflexxx baby)
All before my sign hit the line that was dotted(no pretense baby)
The man holdin the golden apple, y'all grapple for the one that's rotted
To the core I've been hard, since 1580
Mack attack nigga I've been scarred, knowin what the mess I gotta do
Fuckin rockin a spot or two I wanna leave an impression on minds
Like reading "Behold a Pale Horse" for the first time
Expose wack niggaz like secret societies when Murs rhyme
Explore cyphers after I visit, for close encounters with the serf kind
Your nigga thought he was nice, until he heard mine
And the doper you think you gettin the more you ain't understood the first line
I said learn of my affliction, and how my words wrap around
more niggaz necks than the pictures of the crucifixions
Rippin mics when on
Name hold more weight than a 24 inch python
So what'chu gonna do, when Murs-mania run wild on you?
Bringin that crack to your back like the whip in Castlevania 2
And I'm through, bitch

[Chorus]GEEFLEXXX
When I grab a microphone, all I want is feedback
Energy from the crowd shit a nigga need that
Y'all wanted a change in rap, well fool we be that
And all you bitch niggaz best to ease back
Now when I grab a microphone all I want is feedback
Energy from the crowd shit a nigga need that
Y'all wanted a change in rap, well fool we be that
And all you bitch niggaz best to ease back

[GEEFLEXXX}
Now I write rhymes as dope as Jennifer Lopez
Words, beautify blank paper
Like, top to bottom pieces on skyscrapers
Ain't no stoppin us
Rollin thick like smog through your metropolis
Makin it hard to breathe
When you enter the 20,000 leagues, so stay at your level and place
Cause amateurs fuckin with the treble and bass
Will get left dead before they make the third pace
See I turn around shootin off at the mouth, like New Year's Eve
Sayin that shit you just, wouldn't believe
Retrieved from the far corners of my mental space
Leave you shocked like John Travolta once you open up this mental case
So we happy, as long as fools stop tryin
to come up from the back and attack me, like my name was Marcellous
And those overzealous we got our blowtorch and pliers
So you for damn sure gonna tell us what we want to hear
Sorta like my album but "Life is Too $hort" so I'm tryin to make one a year
To make y'all niggaz watch what you do like the Wonder Years
Watch them niggaz you think is down
They only down cause they carryin, a ton of fear
It's been a while since I've relieved myself of that burden
So I'm makin sure I'm goin all out, until they call it curtains
While you busy in the man's face shuckin and smirkin
I'll be lurkin in the cut, happy with bein the broke nigga that I am
It's all about the Washingtons, WHAT?!
geeflexxx got them asking like what da, mess!

Biter Alert!

How dare you bite Murs rhyme? You think we haven't heard the song?

http://lyrics.filestube.com/song/6ed4c50daf88a97b03e9,Ease-Back.html

[center][size=14pt]How Branislav Ivanovic proved the doubters wrong[/size][/center]

With the finest performance of the season under their belts, Chelsea's players woke up on Sunday morning to rave reviews after their 5-0 defeat of Blackburn Rovers.

Unsurprisingly, and understandably, the majority of the plaudits were focused on the returning Joe Cole and the goalscorers, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba.

But for Carlo Ancelotti, while the beauty of the performance was overshadowed by the serious illness to his father that has seen the Italian fly back and forth to his homeland in the past week, it might have been the latest performance of arguably the least heralded member of the team that was the most rewarding element of the victory.

After all, defender Branislav Ivanovic has emerged as a genuine star under Ancelotti's watchful eye.

Ex-Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink, who watched the game against Blackburn as a pundit for ESPN, might have also taken particular pride in the Serbian's solid performance.

Between them, the two managers have managed to turn around the career of a man who looked destined to be mentioned in the same breath as that most infamous of Stamford Bridge flops, Slavisa Jokanovic.

Switching between right-back and centre-back, this season Ivanovic has been on the winning side in each of the eight starts he has made, an indication of his new importance to the team.

"In any position I try to give my maximum on the pitch and it is sometimes difficult to change, but I am ready for this and I try to do what the coach asks me," Ivanovic told Chelsea's official website.

"Generally when you play right-back you have to attack and when you play in the centre, you have to keep concentrated and you have to keep the focus on our goal. This is the main difference, but it is okay."

Saturday evening was a case in point, as the Serbian's power and physical presence on the right seemed to cause Blackburn no end of problems.

Ancelotti should rightly have been delighted, and vindicated, by yet another imperious performance.

It wasn't always such a success story for the unassuming 26-year-old. To compare any player with Jokanovic would seem unfair, but after Ivanovic's £9 million move to Stamford Bridge in January 2008 – he said on arrival: "It is the dream of every footballer to want to move on and improve yourself, and the ultimate is to play for such a big team as this" – Ivanovic seemed well on the way to reaching the unwanted level of his fellow Yugoslavia-born ex-Blue.

Unfancied by Avram Grant – the man in charge when the player was signed – the Serbian made just two reserve-team appearances in his first season at the club, after his fitness was openly questioned by the club's staff.

When Grant departed, new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari was even less impressed by the defender's ability, and virtually cut him adrift from the squad.

As recently as January this year, Ivanovic was reported to have agreed a deal to join Italian side Fiorentina, so desperately unhappy was he with his situation. Fortunately, for both the player and the club, the Blues decided not to go through with the deal.

And it was the arrival of Guus Hiddink that would prove to be a turning point for Ivanovic, as the Dutchman's faith helped reinvigorate the Serbian's career.

Three months after almost leaving the club, and after just one start for the club gained a week earlier, Ivanovic scored twice against Liverpool at Anfield in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final to set the club on the way to a much-needed victory.

It was a massive night for Ivanovic, who would go on to start the majority of the club's games throughout the rest of the campaign.

"You have to give him credit," goalkeeper Petr Cech said after the Anfield game, "because it's not easy to come into a match of that size having not played many games.

"He was the difference, he was my man of the match."

More than a year after signing with the club, it felt like the Serbian had finally arrived.

"I am settled in English football now, and it always helps to be playing. It has taken a long time to establish myself," Ivanovic admitted after that career-defining game.

"There has been a definite change under the new manager, and that has helped me feel a lot more comfortable being a Chelsea player."

Considering Hiddink’s influence, it is perhaps unsurprising that, initially at least, Ivanovic feared another change in management after the Russia coach's short-term contract at the club came to an end.

"If the players had a vote on who would be their coach, the Dutchman would be starting next season with us," he said.

"But unfortunately in these situations, nothing depends on the players. It is all about the directors.

"We understand that he only came to us for a short period and that he has to work with the Russia national team. If Hiddink had brought us the Champions League, there would have been a chance. The whole team would have begged the boss, 'stay!' But it was not to be."

Yet the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti has arguably proven to be the best possible alternative for the defender.

During his darkest days at Chelsea, it was the then-AC Milan boss who remained intrigued by the player's ability.

Fans laughed at the idea that the recent European champions might want to sign a player that looked woefully out his depth in the Chelsea reserves, but Ancelotti was deadly serious and, according to Ivanovic's agent at least, a deal was nearly done in the summer of 2008.

"Branislav chose Milan and he told that to the club, and for that reason he will probably wear the Rossoneri shirt this season," agent Vlado Borozan said in the summer of 2008.

"The deal will be done because no one will keep an unhappy player."

For whatever reason, the deal was not done. But with the confidence of knowing that the new manager coveted him, Ivanovic has gone from strength to strength since the 50-year-old took the reigns this year.

After supplanting Ricardo Carvalho in the centre of defence for last week's clash with Atletico Madrid, only injuries to Jose Bosingwa and Ashley Cole forced Ivanovic to return to his makeshift right-back role on Saturday.

With both full-backs likely to be back in time for Saturday's clash with Bolton, it will be interesting to see if Ancelotti picks the Serbian ahead of Carvalho again.

Such has been the No. 2's form, that it would almost be a surprise if Carvalho does start against Gary Megson's in-form side.

But that doesn’t mean Ivanovic will be resting on his laurels.

"That is because it is a good group [of players]," he insists, "and I try to take every chance and try to do my best."

A year ago he was on the outside looking in, but now the Serbian finds himself at the team's core. And he knows they have the opportunity to achieve great things – if they put in the effort:

"We need to keep going. We have to play much better and keep our concentration. We work hard in training, and we try to do better."

duduspace:
I think the Mannone experiment is over and the Fabianski one can begin

That one is out of the frying pan and into the fire.