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@milehigh06

dont put yourself in such a stituation if you know they see you as nothing but a pest
wasnt guede a drug dealer,why would an african go and deal in stuff like that,no matter how highly placed you are,you will suffer more punnishment than a citizen of that country

This is about a murder case we are talking about involving 3 suspect and not Guede as a drug dealer. The media hype was on the side of the privileged Kids and no one paid concrete attention to that poor African underprivileged kid.

Hey bro, I see that you are in the USA. Be careful oooo to venture into those restricted neighborhoods meant for those Special people oooo before you are charged with false intrusion for how you look and sentenced because no one will pay attention to your Story oooo not even the Nigerian government oo let alone the American one ooooo even if you are an American citizen of the wrong colour ooooooo??.

Eha Guede , Poor Black African. Who is going to help him get out? Or is he going to be in Jail like a Monkey(Not my word)? Is the world Just? Especially towards unprivileged Africans

@debosky

Good analysis

Give that guy who claim to be "JustWise" some lecture. Too bad, he is not so analytical.

@Justwise

Just don't be ridiculous, if this topic is beyond u just log off. For pple like you every thing is seen as black and

white, just read from pple making meaningful contribution and stop making a fool of urself.

This is my last reply to your silly comments.

Why are you always emotional. Sometimes you express yourself like a pregnant woman full of emotions and

other times you appear Logical. Define "meaningful". If you can't express yourself with facts on forums most

of the time, better go where you belong. It is a free world, everyone is entitled to their own views and opinions

my friend. I do not see the world in white and black. I am only stating the obvious and facts. At the end of the

day, I am just being pragmatic.

The way you approach issues and distort viewpoints shows that you embody the characteristics of an Egoist who claims to know Everything. You do not like to be challenged neither do you like your views to be critically analyzed. If you cannot stand constructive criticism based on facts. Then you had better stick to what you know best, that is chasing scammers and be careful there.

My friend, your Reality is a result of False Consciousness.

Although I do not know/have the whole evidence of the crime. But going by how this trial was conducted, it clearly shows Guede( Ivorian) was hastily charged and sentenced to jail. There was a huge PR campaign for the alleged killers(Amanda and Raffaele) to free them. Now they have achieved their aim, while the African rut in jail. Was this a fair trial?


Amanda Knox was to fly back from Italy to the United States on Tuesday after being acquitted of murder and released from prison in a dramatic climax to a four-year battle to prove her innocence.

Knox was discharged from the Capanne jail near Perugia in central Italy on Monday after her conviction for killing her British housemate Meredith Kercher was overturned in a rare such ruling that prompted outpourings of emotion.

The 24-year-old Seattle native was then driven to Rome ahead of her flight, according to representatives of the Italy-USA Foundation, which has helped out during what her jubilant family described as an "ordeal" and a "nightmare."

In a letter released by the foundation on Tuesday, Knox said: "I am forever grateful to whoever wrote to me, defended me, was close to me, prayed for me."

Knox's former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, who was convicted on the same charges and appealed together with the US student, was also acquitted and released and was back in his home in Giovinazzo in southern Italy on Tuesday.

Knox sobbed as the verdict was read out on Monday and there were tears of joy among friends and family in Seattle. The US State Department reacted saying it appreciated the "careful consideration" of the case by Italian courts.

Knox was acquitted "for not committing the act," judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann said, reading out the ruling after 11 hours of jury deliberations.

Her sister, Deanna, told reporters: "We are grateful Amanda's nightmare is over. She suffered for four years for a crime she did not commit."

But outside the courtroom in Perugia an angry crowd of hundreds of local residents gathered and there were shouts of: "Shame! Shame!" and "Murderers!"

Some heckled Knox's lawyers and one man shouted: "They're guilty!"

Although she was cleared of murder and sexual assault, Knox was found guilty of slander for incriminating the owner of a bar where she worked as a waitress in her first interrogation just days after the November 1, 2007 murder.

She was sentenced to time already served and will have to pay compensation to the unjustly accused man, Patrick Lumumba, as well as his legal fees.

Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini said he will petition against the ruling in Italy's highest appeals ourt to "ensure justice is done." Prosecutors had been asking for Knox's and Sollecito's sentences to be increased to life in prison.

"We have won the battle, but not the war," one of Knox's lawyers, Luciano Ghirga, told reporters outside the prison gates after Knox was freed.

The final appeal would probably have to be held in absentia as the US does not normally extradite its citizens abroad for prosecution.

The 21-year-old Kercher was found in a pool of blood on the floor of her bedroom in the cottage she shared with Knox. Her body was covered in knife wounds and bruises and investigators found traces of a sexual assault.

At the original trial in 2009, Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison and Sollecito to 25 years. A third person, Rudy Guede, was also convicted and is serving a 16-year prison sentence after exhausting his appeals.

Knox, Sollecito and Guede have all denied any involvement in the killing, although Guede said he was in the house at the time of the murder while Knox and Sollecito said they were at Sollecito's house that night.

Prosecutors had alleged that Kercher was killed in a drug-fuelled sex attack involving all three and had claimed that Knox delivered the final blows to the victim while Sollecito and Guede held her down.

"I did not kill, I did not rape, I did not steal. I wasn't there," a tearful and ashen-faced Knox told the court on Monday, before the eight-person jury retired to chambers to consider its verdict.

"I am not the person they say I am. I am not into perversion and violence," she said, after her accusers told the court that she was a "she-devil".

Kercher's family meanwhile complained their loved one had been "forgotten" in a case that has focused on the figure of Knox and they lashed out against what they called a "large PR machine" working to secure Knox's acquittal.

"We can't understand how it's possible to completely overturn the verdict in the original trial. We want the truth to be determined once and for all," the family said in a statement after the verdict.

The Kercher family is set to hold a press conference later Tuesday.

Appeal verdicts that overturn the original case are relatively rare in Italy but Knox's defence had the upper hand for much of the appeal, particularly after independent experts cast serious doubt on some crucial DNA evidence.

http://news.yahoo.com/knox-set-leave-italy-murder-appeal-win-030339409.html

@babowo

there is no place like your home, and together we can make our country to become of home we dreamt of,naija government can't do jack,its we citizen can turn things around for ourselves,ppl should be preparing to go back home now. Its better to be d leg of an elephant than to be d head of an ant.

More grease to your elbow brother. That is the only way we can save Nigeria and redeem her from the shackles of corrupt government officials. We can make our own Home livable, we can turn it into a paradise if we start thinking deeply about it and acting. Our Home(Nigeria) is blessed with abundant resources, both human and natural that can make it one of the greatest in the world, if only we the people can work towards it.


@Redman44

I have always said the Home office is a death trap for British Politicians. There seems to be a curse placed on the Home Office that humiliates its Secretaries and destroys their careers. Remember David Blunkett? Remember Jacqui Smith? I read recently of an embarrassing incident at the Home Office. Theresa May might go the same way as her predecessors. Scrapping Permanent Residence Permits for legal immigrants will not solve Britain's economic problems. The Conservative Party is toying with a wild fire that will consume it in the end. David Cameron and his cohorts are thinking up and implementing all kinds of ideas that will lead to the return of the Labour Party to Power during the next elections in Britain. Things seem to be falling apart in the UK as Scotland is planning to have a referendum towards becoming independent. I wonder whether people are talking through their buttocks when they say the UK is too populated Huh Huh Huh Huh Germany has a bigger population more than the UK with a large Turkish and Polish Migrant community. To be honest, there are too many old people and pensioners in Britain. Just try and go to Essex ( Beyond Barking and Dagenham ) and you'll be shocked by the number of old people you'll come across in places like Grays, Stifford, Purfleet, Tilbury, South Ockendon etc.

I have been considering moving to Canada for some time now. Canada has different routes that allows immigrants to become Permanent Residents. Besides, Canada is bigger than Britain more than 15 times if not more. To me, the Brits are just myopic. There are more EU Migrants in Britain than Non EU Migrants. Immigrants from Poland, Spain, Romania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Hungary etc come into the UK without visas and they're free to cross the borders easily. Immigrants from Africa and Asia find it very tough to even get Visas to the UK. So they try to settle in Britain through Work Permits EEA Family Permits and Residence Cards. Education has become more expensive in Britain. I am looking at a brochure of a school I applied for ( Masters Degree ) and the fees are just so high. In Canada, the fees are half of what obtains in the UK. Britons themselves are emigrating to Australia and Canada. Axing the Permamnent Residence Permit will cause a lot of problems for the Home Office including classic court cases and judicial reviews. To me, it seems Asians and Africans are the ones being targeted by the fresh immigration policies coming out of that building in Croydon. I owe UK a lot for some things it has done for me, but Canada seems to be a better option for me and I won't hesitate moving across the Atlantic. I have been researching Canada deeply for some time now. I'm getting irritated with the attitude of Britons towards immigrants nowadays Sad Sad Sad. Have you also noticed that the UKBA has arrested a lot of illegal immigrants in the last 8 months? People are being deported on a daily basis with more arrests made every hour. I thank God for his favour on me. Cheers.

You make a lot of sense. However, running from one western country to another won't solve the long term problem. Nigerians in diaspora have to start thinking about to use their aquired skills to develop their motherland. Read the history of these western countries, they have always been hostile to immigrants and will continue to be. Infact, Africans and others with darker skin as you pointed out in your post will continue to bear the huge brunt of these policies. They(UK politicians) knows who their targets are. My friend, until we begin to think for ourselves and move towards improving our homeland. We will always be scape goated outside our land.

@justwise

Only those on work permit. Its an insult to pple who have worked hard and kept their nose clean for 5yrs.

Are you outraged? When I told you that your view of your "adopted homeland" was short sighted and highly subjective, you dismissed it as absolute garbage. The reality check is just beginning my Friend. Expect more protectionist policies for the sake of their own. To them, you are just a bloody opportunistic immigrant!

What happened to renewable energy sources? They are not promoting or encouraging it. They ought to be thinking about coming up with ways to give subsidies so that people can be able to afford these new technologies and generate electricity as well.

Other countries are already in the new age of electricity generation by investing in new technologies but Nigeria is still in the stone age of coming to terms about having constant electricity using already existing old technology is proving difficult. This country is a JOKE!

Corrupt professors that have not done or presented a reputable research in their academic career. Running this country we call Nigeria is becoming a child's play. In fact, Biafra should start thinking of succeeding. This artificial country called 'Nigeria' is a joke and has always been.

@Justwise=Disillusioned

I don't even have time to start arguing with u, its obvious that u are still living in the past with your old fashioned view about life, and please go and read up about Troy Davies b4 you start waving your race card, you don't appear to know much about many issues you have raised here.

Everything to you is racism, its embarrassing to read from pple like you talking absolutely garbage.

Man, stop letting emotions take over your reasoning. If you want to engage in constructive criticism , do it with facts instead of throwing tantrums like a 2year old. You seem to be one arrogant individual living in the 'present'. Justwise =Disillusioned, It is uncle toms like you that will defend the system that is undermining them.

what do you know about life in the system you are living in? You should try to be analytic to people/issues on here. You are one guy that is so full of himself.

Why do people like you always assumed to know what is good for everyone of us? What is your 'longsighted' view of the word: Home? People like you are full of theories and stories without a single concrete solution, where i call 'home' is where i felt at home, you may want to die for Nigeria as a 'patriotic' Nigerian but you know what? I will not, all i can do as a Nigerian is to keep my hands clean anywhere i found myself and I'm perfectly entitled to do that.

My friend, I am not trying to tell you what is good for you or anyone else. I stated the underlying facts. The typical African mind needs to do away with his individualist approach to life. How do you know that I have not taken a concrete solution so far? Do you know what my portfolio contains?

Besides, theories is first step to experiment. There are scientific theories centuries old that are being applied today, all you need is to get the right tools available. That is what the poster is trying to highlight, by working hard and getting the right tools to challenge the status quo.

In your 'adopted homeland', there are neighborhoods that you can't freely walk into because of the colour of your skin. You are more likely to be stopped and searched than the natives. You can be wrongly accused and charged for no just cause. Go and ask Troy Davies and many others who have fall victim to institutionalized racism. You coming across people in your 'home felt home' who tell you to go back home where you come from.

The Jews have contributed significantly to western civilization than any minority group. Almost 60% of Nobel prize winners are Jews, many of engineers and scientist who pioneered the internet are Jews. Many companies successful and reputable in the western world were founded by them. Scientific breakthroughs and many more. Yet go and ask them what it feels like to feel at 'home' when they are constantly targeted. Barack Obama despite the fact that he also has white heritage, many of constant attacks carries racial connotations.

What I am trying to say in essence is that no matter how hard you try to assimilate and fit in to your 'new home', your hosts will never accept you as equal. Forget their fake smiles and rhetoric about equality and so on. Man, the day reality check hits, then they will put you where you truly belong. No matter how bad naija is, it is still our home and those who know where their true home is will continue to think about how to go about acting to make it better. In fact, revolutions was what brought about changes and developments in those countries that our people are dying to get passports and permits. My friend, stop living under false illusion and face reality.

@Justwise

Your view of home is shortsighted. Go and ask the Jews and African Americans amongst other groups while they have never felt at home in their 'adopted homeland' for centuries. Those who adhere to this kind of thinking are living under false illusion. When you are presented with a reality check, then you will know where you truly belong.

Until we can start thinking ways to better our homeland against all odds, we will never earn respect from our so called 'adopted homeland' natives or others. Our hosts knows it , that is why immigrant and minorities are the first to get laid off when recession occur.


@Poster

You raised some important points. However, much in depth analysis on the issues you raised is needed than you will ever get on nairaland. Mediocrity rules on this forum.

This one pass broad day light Robbery oooooh.

How many % of expenditure is located to the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and Technology?

Hahahahaha , e ba mi o. I laugh in YORUBA.

Of course we should be PROUD because it is homegrown and initiated by us. It is a language that is spoken fluently and understood easily by almost every Niajan regardless of tribe. It is the original LINGUA FRANCA in Naija and not the 'Queens English'. Our linguists and literally scholars should work towards structuring better for academic usage.

Language is a form of communication. If you don't or can't speak the language one understands very well, you are not communicating. And the person is not understanding fully. Which leads to limited information and knowledge being transmitted.

If you take a look at many countries, especially better developed ones. You will notice that they do almost everything in their native languages including teaching at schools from kindergarten to university level. But in Nigeria, students struggle to understand basic concepts at school due to the lack of good command of the foreign language 'English' we exalt.

Come to think of it, even countries like China, India, Brazil and many European countries teach their students in their native languages. Some people in Naija will even mock you, that you cannot even speak "Good English". Do not get me wrong. I think English should be taught as a second language for business usage worldwide. But English text books for our schools should be correctly translated into PIDGIN for students in Niaja to easily grasp the CONCEPT of the subject matter.

na wetin me think be dat.

Do you think academic performance will improve should textbooks be written and lectures be held in our "pidgin or native languages" which everyone understands better ?

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday bemoaned the rot in the judiciary, raising the alarm that court judgments are now given on cash and carry basis. This development, according to the body of lawyers, is the root cause of the growing number of political assassinations, unresolved killings and terrorism in the country.

The NBA’s concern came as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, announced a total overhauling of the judiciary to improve efficiency and enhance public perception regarding its capacity to dispense justice without blemish.

In what appears like cleansing the Augean stable, the CJN said the apex court is liaising with the executive and legislature to facilitate several amendments to the constitution and other laws to bring about judicial efficiency and probity.

In line with his reform agenda, Justice Musdapher warned judges against the application of procedural rules and technicalities that do not lead to the attainment of substantial justice as it was clearly against modern trends of adjudication and should be reversed.

Justice Musdapher disclosed that a reform committee would soon be inaugurated to look into the problems of the judiciary and proffer solutions to the myriad of problems confronting the third arm of government.

The Acting CJN said the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI) are to be restructured and repositioned to improve on their capacities to meet their constitutional and statutory roles.
The NBA president, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), and Justice Musdapher spoke separately yesterday at the special session of the Supreme Court to mark the commencement of the 2011 Legal Year.
Mr. Daudu had, while speaking on corruption and the justice system, said there is empirical evidence that justice had been purchased on several occasions in the country.

While accusing justices of the various election tribunals as major culprits on this travesty of justice, Daudu feared that modern democratic society would cease to exist where confidence is lost in the justice system.
His words; “There is a growing perception backed up by empirical evidence that justice is purchasable and it had been purchased on several occasions in Nigeria. We are reaching the point in time where accusations of corruption in the system will be at its loudest. The various election tribunals are in the process of delivering judgments. The Court of Appeal is beginning to deal with interlocutory appeals and some final decisions in some governorship disputes.

“Already, the strain or effect of the over balkanization of the intermediate appellate court into numerous divisions by way of conflicting decisions on very serious matters in the electoral process is beginning to be felt. An example is the court’s decision on the manner of initiating pre-hearing session, which is a prelude or condition precedent to the actual hearing of an election petition. As things stand today, the decisions of the Abuja, Makurdi, Calabar and Kaduna divisions of the Court of Appeal on the matter are conflicting.

“This state of affairs does not help the judicial process. Firstly, people read meanings into the inability of high-ranking judges to state a clear position on a simple matter of the interpretation of a statute. Secondly, discordance will ultimately, exacerbate recourse to self-help and extra-judicial measures. No wonder assassinations, unresolved killings and terrorism are on the rise in Nigeria. The root cause is the failure to provide authentic, credible and indeed, realistic justice to Nigerians.
While eulogizing the virtues of Justice Musdapher, the NBA said it would not bother him with all the gory details of the ills that currently afflict the judiciary and the legal profession.

However, the NBA said all these would be ventilated upon at a restorative forum with him just as it announced the convocation of a national summit on the state of the legal profession to re-visit the problems confronting not only the judiciary, but also the entire legal profession.
Earlier, Justice Musdapher called on judges and judicial officers to remain politically neutral and rise up to safeguard our fledging democracy.

According to him, “we must deflect the tides of impropriety and immunize the entire judicial system against all different iniquities, adding that as judges of our courts, we must act according to the highest dictates of our conscience.
“We must be guided by the fundamental values and principles of constitutional democracy as well as the value of simple decency. Our judgments and pronouncements must not appear to be against the essence of justice. Surely, the application of these broad principles cannot produce judgments that appear unfair or unjust.”

In addition to the proposed amendments, the CJN announced that the current mode of judicial appointments must also be reviewed with due emphasis on diversity of experience to add quality to judicial deliberations.
Besides, he spoke of plans to commence a process where members of the Bar aspiring to judicial office may apply to join the Bench based on objective and transparent criteria.

He disclosed that the apex court had disposed off 166 cases comprising of judgments and 85 motions, adding however that there are still other 1, 149 civil appeals, 58 criminal appeals and 177 motions are pending before the court.
“It is clear that based on the existing realities, even if we had a full complements of 21 justices of the court, it will still take years before the backlog is cleared notwithstanding the increasing spate of new cases that are being filed almost everyday.”

Others, who spoke at the ceremony, included the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), who was represented by the Permanent Secretary and Solicitor-General of the Federation, Alhaji Abdulahi Yola and former justice minister Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN) on behalf of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.

While the AGF expressed the need for the Supreme Court to have its full complement of 21 Justices, Akinjide condemned the creation of the division of the Court of Appeal as he called for the setting up of committee for the reformation of the judiciary and the Bar.
Dignitaries at the event include Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambawal, who was fully robed; Justice Muhammed Uwais, former Chief Justice of Nigeria; Justice James Ogebe , retired Supreme Court Justice and Justice Mustapha Akanbi, ex- President of the Court of Appeal, amongst others.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/sept/20/national-20-09-2011-001.html

As an Agriculturalist that he is, I see no other better place to engage and further expand his business than in Nigeria and other African countries. But if he insist on going outside Nigeria on personal reasons. Then he should research on African countries with favorable business conditions. From Ghana to South Sudan.

It depends on what kind of business he wants to invest in. Then, he would be able to know the country that is suitable for that, how business friendly it is, their laws(immigration,commercial law, etc), tax system and other factors that is crucial to business operations.

@2bosun

I respect your point of view and in depth analysis.

Come to think of it,If you are not an insider, for the most part you tend to get your information as an outsider by watching these financial news network on what Central banks is going to do about interest rates, unemployment/employment reports, budget deficit and other factors that moves the market either stock or currency. However, a lot of IB also rely on programmable robots to trade, which can be very risky. The guy being a computer science graduate might have tried it, who knows.

When I said money "only changes hands", it wasn't limited to cash. Money could be cash, electronic money and so on. Well, I don't know what gave him the guts to engage in such, maybe he has some GODFATHER behind the scene, time will tell. But he should have understood that he is not George Soros, who speculated against the British pounds and made $1billion dollars from it. Many of these hedge fund managers are owners/co-owners of their firms and have solid political connections, where they get insider information's.

@Sagamite

You seem to have a quite sense of humor. They ought to understand that "what goes around, come around".

Does it matter?

As Karl Max put it "Religion is the opium of the people". No wonder our brothers are killing each other over these imported religions. Africans and religion. The same religions that enslaved your forefathers and treat you like inferiors.

Go back to our roots before we can have any dignity.

Anyone who believes that guy pulled the deal alone must be very naive. Do not believe everything the media says. Do your own research! A "Rogue" trader is a code word for a "Gambler/Crook" . You do not need to be a rocket scientist to do what he did. All you need is to be connected, know a few people at the top,belong to the right alumni, a COMPUTER TERMINAL,scant analysis of financial news probably from Bloom-berg or CNBC, with a courage and instinct of a Gambler AKA risk-takers and you are ready to go.

There are few questions I would like to ask, if anyone has answers to them.

Why are they not reported when they win money? They are thrown a party and given fat bonuses.

Where did the $2billion go? Someone always benefit from a transaction. As they say, "Money doesn't burn, it only changes hands". Still waiting for more information on that one.

Who was he under and how did the trade go on with no one noticing?

In the investment banking world, when you bring in BIG MONEY, you are celebrated like a hero. But when something goes massively wrong under your head, you become the "fall guy",called a "Rogue trader" or worst scapegoated by your superiors AKA the managers, directors, supervisors and CEO's.

In fact, I don't feel sorry for Swiss banks, they are the ones that have been helping African politicians keep their stolen money under the guise of their hypocritical "banking secrecy law".

From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna
Thursday, September 15, 2011


Twelve years after he lost his wife to ill-health, an Army pensioner said the recent bomb blast at the office of the United Nations (UN) in Abuja nearly sent him to his grave having developed high blood pressure over the incident.

Waziri Bassi, 70, told Daily Sun in his Kaduna home that as soon as he heard that his 33-year-old son, Williams Bassi, was a victim of the UN bomb attack, his health worsened, which he said forced him to utter some words involuntarily.

He said words like “government knows the bombers, you can’t kill my son for nothing sake, if some people don’t want us to live together, let’s divide the country into two, I am feeling very bad and sad about the whole situation,” were some of the ones he said.

The retired Army Sergeant (SGT) who is a native of Borno State served the Nigerian Army for 29 years and fought the civil war. He said despite his ill-health, he did not know when he hit the road to go and see his bomb blast survivor son who he said is receiving treatment at a private hospital in the Federal Capital:

“I feel bad that my son was a victim of the UN house bombing in Abuja, I feel very bad. I can’t train my son, and for somebody to come and kill him for nothing. So I am not happy. My son’s name is William W. Bassi, he works with the World Health Organization (WHO) at the UN building. He is receiving treatment at a private hospital in Abuja. He is 33 years old.

“I am not feeling fine; even now I am still going to hospital for treatment for High Blood Pressure. My blood pressure rose as soon as I heard the news of my son as one of the victims in the bomb blast. They wanted to kill my son for nothing. My BP is just coming down, but I am still seeing the doctor.

“If people think this country is too big for one person to be President, why not divide the country so that one group can go this way and another group that way. I do not see God-fearing people getting themselves involved in this bombing. They must be people who do not like peace. Let the government fish them out as quickly as possible.

“I served the Nigerian Army for over 29 years, starting from Kaduna, transferred to Ogun State, from there to Lagos, to Sokoto, to Kaduna again. I fought the civil war, and I still believe that Igbo have not forgotten the war. In fact, they have not forgotten. Time will come when the Igbo will come back to fight again. And if they fight again, I will support them because there is injustice in the land now.

“In my days, there was no incidence of bombing on the streets of Nigeria. There was no bomb at all, no situation like this. I want to blame what is happening on religion and politics. One of the presidential candidates once said that if he did not win, there will be no peace in Nigeria. So think about this talk, you can now see there is no peace in the country.

“I pray for those who died in the bomb blast to enjoy eternal rest and to those receiving treatment in various hospitals to recover quick. But it is sympathetic that those who died have gone for forever, they will never come back again.

“I have eight children, one is a Wing Commander of the Nigerian Air force, another one has HND in Catering, the third one is about to finish Accounting course at the University of Maiduguri. I lost my wife on May11, 1999. She was sick, and that led to her death. It would be devastating for me to lose my son having lost my wife just few years ago.

“I am a pensioner, and I have been getting my pension, but the increment which the government has done in other sectors is not extended to the pensioners. Government should increase our pensions as a matter of urgency.”

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/sept/15/national-15-09-2011-007.html

Most investment bankers are risk-takers anyways, Gamblers I would say. The headline should be 'Investment banker arrested over $2Billion Rogue Deals'. It is highly unlikely he pulled that deal alone. Further investigation should be undertaken.

@Chino11

Don't the DOKITA, he is just jealous. Let him go and develop his Yoruba states instead of being tribalistic. Without lagos, yoruba's don't have say. Even the Lagos is economically controlled by non-natives.

@seanet02

I smell envy? Tell me it is not true

Anyways, "just two" is better than nothing. A journey of a million miles start with a single step.

@beespak7

Hahahaha, funny video. I no fit shout. The white guy soji wella.

As for our naija broda faking American accent, him dey try sha. I like when he said, dats some damnshit mehnnnnnnn!! LOL but he would have flowed with the white "dude" in pidgin through out na.

Tomorrow when(no bi if) China become super power, those our presenters will start to imitate them. lol

@ Okada Man

It seems you know them very well. But at least we know how to use words. You know some Americans are always trying to look best. That is why they changed spellings of the English language to sound and write different. It started with their founding fathers after they defeated the British.

Color instead of Colour.
Realize instead of Realise
And so on.

@Ironi

Some Nigerians that are heavily indebted to the pidgin English can be something else. But, an average educated Nigerian that knows himself/herself can speak clearer concise English. I used to live with an American priest back in Moscow and came across different nationalities. Some even envy our accent and thought we were British.

Have you ever heard a Nigerian born and bred diplomat speak on an international network? You go bow, even the interviewer or reporters are surprised.

You will tell me if the likes of Wole soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Lamido Sanusi and plenty of them have finished using their Nigerian accent , let alone to imitate Americans.

@pinkrex

At least we are not at the bottom of the list, for us to fake American accent. lol

@Ironi

CNN conducted a survey. Naija came 5th best/romantic accent in the world. Apart from that, I have come across different nationalities when I was in school outside Naija and they commended our accent plenty of times.

I see no reason why we should try to imitate others. We have to curtail the massive inferiority complexes swinging around in our society.

Kudos to the OP for that observation and for sharing your thoughts.

@blacksta

You said it all. I don't know why some people can't be themselves.

When last did we hear an American trying to imitate Nigerian accent to belong. The last time I checked, Nigeria has one of the best accent in the world.

Some have not even traveled beyond Ghana as Princek12 pointed out. Why can't some of our people appreciate what they have?