how long haveyou been praying for? I read people's comments here and they say that they will pray for Nigeria or pray to get things better. How long have you been praying for? STOP PRAYING AND DO SOMETHING!!
patriot2: No actually france spends about 66 billions on its army, and america spends about 800 billion on its army. Whilr the UK spends 46 billion on its armed forces. What Nigeria desperately need is to employ its science graduates in the developpment of our own technologie. We need to learn how to copy and improve the weapons we have been buying abroad so that we will have time to develop our own technologie. We need to spend at list 70 billion on our armed forces, namely the air force and the navy, but these spendings should only be internal: We have verry qualified people who can build hightech fighter jets and war ships, these our people are doing the job in western states. We need to offer good salaries to our science graduates so that they will stay in Nigeria and developp our armed forces and therefor our independence. Peace
Very true. Also, do you mean 800 billion per year? We need to invest internally very true. Build our own technolgies instead of going to foreigners.
Those Ugandan students need to start small companies that product cars parts. This can be sent to many countries around the world and help their economy. This will bring export revenue.
namfav: why unite with someone for sharing the same color, the same person with your color will eventually stab you in the back if he should and call you names
no thanks, if that is the unity you are talking about
Trust each other we need to unite or we will die. Stop killing each other and go against the enemies who want u dea and see us as subhumans. Why would I stab you in the back, we have one common goal.
patriot2: @cap28 You are not completely wrong, but Nigeria has allways been a much stronger country than Libya, at least millitarily. The Nigerian population is above 160 million, it's army is full with secrets is verry independent from the west and Nigeria is the leading countrie of west Africa. So Nato can not even dream of bombing Nigeria without the consent of our government. Don't mess with Nigeria !!!!!
America, Britain and France sepdn over a trillion dollars on their army for a reason. They keep countries in their place. Do we een make our own weapons, planes, tanks? Or do we import them from the US. The US would not give Nigeria any of hteir best equipment, only their old one. What can Nigeria do against unmanned drones?
BlackLibya: It's great that u take an interest in this, I have an excerpt from a memoir written by a British commander invading the Asante Kingdom. It's not Nigeria, but it is interesting, and sad at the same time.
BlackLibya: They cover you in honey, and then tie you down on top of an anthill.
Murderers and child molesters were sentenced the same way. Today south africa uses the british style of justice. It's funny though, because when they were using their own system they didnt have any crime.
Even in Nigeria, you read the reports from explorers in pre-colonial Benin, they were amazed that the city was larger than some European cities and yet had ZERO crime. No homelessness, no nothing. This was in a city larger than Lisbon, Portugal.
Then the British DESTROYED Benin, DESTROYED our books and history, then STOLE our arts and they still have it today. And we still worship the? It is a DAMN SHAME!!
Horus: The caucasian has programmed the average African so that whenever he hears the name “Jesus,” he automatically thinks of an average Caucasian who is about thirty to thirty four years old. Isn’t this correct?. Now this mentality is what keeps the average African from killing, assaulting, or robbing middle-age Caucasian men. Why? Because he subconsciously sees him as “Jesus” and therefore respects him more. Check the statistics and the media for yourself and you will see that this is true. How many Caucasians between the ages of 30 and 34 do you see being attacked daily? The answer would be next to none.
Mental slavery at it's finest.
BlackLibya: Also shocks me how come whites dont get violated in SA. The violation rate is so high, and white women are free to go, I have asked south africans this and they say they dont know why.
So we dont value our own women enough to not violation them, but the white woman is so great she's off limits?
They shouldn't violate any women. It is a shame that they do that in the first place.
The war in Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, Angola, etc. Why do we always fight each other? Tribalism always kills us. Why can't we unite against a common enemy. We are too busy killing each other based on religion or ethnicity. Divide and conquer, do you see this? We have been divided and conquered for 500 years and we are still fighting each other. WHY Do our people not know our own history?? We are too busy killing each other and cutting off each others hands instead of going against the people who see us as subhumans and want us eliminated.
They took our history and took it as theirs. Claim our philosophies and mathematics theories and take it as theirs. We worship their gods under a wrong image. So we are subconsciously worshipping them, this is why you don't see too many Africans killing whites, we love the people who enslaved us. They went to Kingdoms like Benin and destroyed the city, destroyed the books and art, stole precious art, etc. And we continue to worship them and we see each other and ugly. We hate each other too much.
Even Africans in the Diaspora (Jamaicans, Haitians, African-Americans, Afro Brazilians, etc) we must unite with them too. They are in the same boat as we are.
Let's love each other, let's unite. Hausa, Yoruba, Aashanti, Bofan, Shonti, Igbo, Muslim, Christian, Traditionalist, etc. We must unite under one common goals.
This is great news. They need to do this all around Nigeria so we can refine our oil then export finished products. This is beter for the economy htan importing finished goods.
The CEO had a big offer to go to Ghana but he loves his country so much and this is how the country repays him? Honestly,the government oppresses it's own people. Patronizing foreignors instead of Nigerians. Buying foreign products and letting local ones die. Zinox manufactures computers. Does every government and school use Zinox computers or Dell?
The goernment should use Innoson to develop the steel industry which will open up things for hte other industries (construction, manufacturing). This will give much neede jobs.
GERALD710: If you are considering the strength of an economy,take the following into consideration: Diversity of the economy(that rules out Algeria,Nigeria,Tunisia (80%+ revenue from oil plus Botswana,Namibia,Gabon (80%+ on minerals)Ethopia and Ghana(80%+ on Agriculture) In are S.A,Egypt,Kenya,Tanzania,and previously Zimbabwe. Political stability.No West,Central or Northern African nation.Tanzania and Southern African nations qualify. Balance of Trade.Nigeria qualifies(barely),S.A,Libya,DRC, Manufacturing.S.A,Egypt,Kenya and Mauritius qualify.Nigeria is a net importer. Recurrent to development expenditure.S.A only. The strongest economy is S.A.
Nigeria is trying to diversify but Boko Haram is setting us back. Investors are not coming. All we need is power and roads and the businesses can do everything on their own. I hearda gu who imports diesel gave goodluck a lot of money to keep the system going. But all Nigerians nee is POWER, ROADS, EDUCATION, and HEALTHCARE the Nigerian people will do the rest. Nigeria can grow at 20% a year including manufacturing, tourism, services, agriculture, etc.
gaddaffi wa sa great man. If he led Nigeria then Nigeria would be a top country in the world. Good infrastrucutre, great hosing, and everyone elsecan do business.
But also, Libya only has 6 million people where as Nigeria has 165 million. Lagos alone have like 20 million people so it would be harder to manage in Nigeria. But I don't really beleive democracy works eerywhere. In Libya what he did worked for htem. Most of our leaders steal eevrything. If one good person controlled eevrything then it would be better.
Horus: Angola is one of the fastest growing economy in the world but still many Angolans do not have jobs and President Eduardo dos Santos decides to go and invest in Portuguese companies creating more jobs for them instead. Why doesn't he invest in companies in Angola? Create jobs and empower local Angolan companies. When he does that then these Angolan companies can go and invest anywhere in Africa and create more jobs for Africans.
Because they have a slave mentality. No matter how low his own people are, he will always help his former master. The majority of our leaders are slaves. Besides Gaddaffi, Mugabe, and I think Gbagbo (I need to do more research). But if Santos does too much for his people then he would probably die.
If a governor or politicians were to steal 1 billion naira then he would never have his hand chopped off. But this girl stole a blackberry and she gets stripped naked infront of everyone and embarrassed and raped:
[quote author=PAGAN 9JA link=topic=793468.msg9576638#msg9576638 date=1321530700]define Africa. does it include the arab areas like libya, egypt, etc
also unity in language can only be truly achieved with geographical unity. and we might have to invent a new language, because, say me as a Haussa would never agree Yoruba to be the official language of Africa. it is just unfair.[/quote]We need to STOP CARING man. I am Igbo and I will speak Yoruba or Hausa if it is the national language. Ass we divide each other people are STEALING from us. We should unite against them.
Yes North Africa is included as well. The Moors colonized Spain, Italy, south france, and portugal for 780 years. It was mostly chocolate Africans and there were Arabs too. We should be MOOR NATION!!!
redsun: The only time black is positively used is when it is got to do with bank account. An account in black tend to be credible. Another good use for black is black gold-oil. Oyinbo language is the bane of blackman disillusionment.
For accountants, yes black is good. But black gold is BAD. They say BLACK because many people die for the oil. Just like in the Niger Delta, Iraq, Iran, etc.
BOKO HARAM AND THE DISINTEGRATION PREDICTIONS OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE: Sometime during the Obasanjo regime, the American Intelligence released a prediction that Nigeria will surely disintegrate. Nobody asked how? Now the signs are palpable. Who are the Boko Harams? Who are the gunmen? Who are the suicide bombers? Are they Nigerians? Why are they targeting mainly southerners, Christians and Churches? American predictions have always come to pass because they always make it to come to pass. Who and who are these Boko Haram? Where are they from? How come Nigerians suddenly became suicide bombers?
These are very pertinent questions, which nobody has cared to ask. Do you know that members of al-qeada whom the American Government claims to be fighting against were among the rebels that the same America paid handsomely to oust and kill Gaddafi? Do you know that America used Osama bin Ladin to disintegrate former USSR? You may not believe that this same Osama who became a devil because he turned against American interest and killed by American Commandos, was doing undercover and espionage for the American CIA. The truth is that America can use anything or anybody to achieve her objectives.
How come nobody has asked who are these courageous 'Nigerians' that could open fire on security forces and bomb by suicide and return to base without a trace? They are not Nigerians. No Nigerian can throw away his life in the name of suicide attack. Even Abdul Mutallab who attempted it in USA, hadnt the courage to execute the job to the fullest, hence it was easier to stop and arrest him. Nigerians dont have that type of liver. The people killing Nigerians on behalf of the Boko Haram are Arab Mercenaries and al qeada terrorists. Who are their sponsors?
After the suicide bombing of the UN building in Abuja, Hafiz Ringim, the police IG told the world that the sponsors of Boko Haram have been identified and that Jonathan himself will soon make their names public. But more bombings and numerous deaths have been recorded since then and not even a 'half' name has been mentioned. So laughable! Why is it taking eternity to tell Nigerians the persons sponsoring their killings? Ponder! Reflect! America has no permanent friends, no permanent enemies. Only permanent interests. BY ELEJE OKOAGHA.