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scholes0:
And who are those calling Ibadan a Town?? :lol:
On the McKinsey Global city Index, Only Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja are Ranked in Nigeria.
In the Entire West African region, only these three cities Above, and Accra, are ranked {4 in total}

And in Sub saharan Africa, only these 4 cities, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cape Town, East London and Durban are ranked
Ibadan had a GDP of $7 Billion, and per capita income of $4,000{Higher than the Nigerian average} in 2007, this is expected to grow to 20 Billion in 2025, {More than Triple}.

#How can anyone in their right senses, call that a town??

yu knw, i was wondering too, anyone who questns the City of Ibadan's status must b on cheap crack!

Ds piece is so stale, posted ds lyk ages ago, is ds jst making d frontpage? Lol!

^^^^you r rite about blacks being discrimated against in hollywood to some extent, considering the fact that the big guns in hollywood are majorly whites *stands to b correctd though* however do u think somewhat of a 'collabo' btw african americans and their nollywood counterpart would b beneficial to us, considering the naija factor.

Nollywood

Nollywood would definately go places, though its been making important strides towards this, but with better planning and investment. It would def make us proud! Read on, Taraji P.
Henson’s twitter rant last week is
definitely an
indication that
something is
amiss in
Hollywood when it comes to earned recognition for black actresses. After
being subbed from appearing along
with her “Person of Interest” co-stars
on TV Guide’s cover, Henson tweeted:
“WOW!!!! TV Guide is NOT including me
on the cover with my cast members……, I am the female lead of a
3 member cast and I’m not included on
the cover!!!!!! Do you see the shit I have
to deal with in this business…, I cram to
understand!!!!” As controversial as Henson’s tweet may
have been, considering the fact that she
scored a role on a much-anticipated
show on a major network, it certainly
brought to light frustrations that clearly
a lot of actresses of color seem to share in an industry that is still struggling to
figure out how to be politically correct
and creative at the same time. But this thread doesn’t run true in
Nollywood; in fact, it’s quite the
opposite. Nollywood is Africa’s answer
to America’s elite film industry —
without all the money and power,
which is still a work in progress. However, there are plenty of
opportunities to flex your acting
muscles and bite into juicier roles as a
black actress when you are cast in a
Nollywood film. The Nollywood film
industry originated in Nigeria and was inspired by the dramatic nature —
almost Shakespearean quality — of the
TV soaps. Someone had the ingenious
idea to translate the popularity of the
Nigerian primetime soaps to the big
screen, and so far, it’s paying off. The Nollywood film industry is currently
flourishing. It’s the second largest film
industry in the world and annually
produces more films than the U.S. —
just slightly less than the booming
Bollywood (Indian) industry. The only glitch? Bootleg DVDs, which is
ultimately hampering the financial
capabilities of the talented filmmakers,
churning out numerous movies yearly. Actresses Nia Long and Kimberly Elise
have both caught the Nollywood fever,
and earlier this year, were cast in“ Tie That Binds,” a film by acclaimed Ghanaian film director Leila Djansi. Their
roles are both challenging and vital to
the shape of the film. And their visual
factor is quite high. Compared to the
state of affairs in Hollywood, it’s hard to
ignore the roadblocks that black actresses have been struggling with for
quite sometime in order to make an
enduring impact in the world of film
and television. Yes, we have made
some strides — thanks to the talents of
actresses like Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, and Halle Berry
to name a few. But despite all that
progress, there is still that sense of
wasted talent and unfulfilled career
goals. Angela Bassett, an Oscar-
nominated actress with an impeccable film career, finally had to succumb to
the Tyler Perry movie factory, and Viola
Davis did a great job in the summer hit,
The Help. But after seeing her in
supporting roles, it would be nice to
watch her carry a movie for once, considering her wealth of talent. I can definitely picture a scenario where
Nollywood and Hollywood will merge,
and black American actresses follow the
footsteps of Nia Long and Kimberly Elise
— embracing an environment like
Nollywood where their talent is celebrated, and they are given the
opportunity to shine. Won’t that be refreshing? *forgv any typo, it was lost in transit*

Calling IBB “a fool at 70” is at best a compliment. Nigerians surely know who is truly a fool or the GREATEST fool of this century.”[/b]

extract from: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/obj-ibb-at-war/
[quote][/quote]wow! well said, both of dem na fool but as the poor spokesperson rightly pointed out, one is the GREATEST, am very sure Nigerians truely knows, or UNA NO KNOW?

Sagamite:
I am really struggling not to derail this thread.

Graduate?

[Shakes head]

lol! Why u dey shake head nah? *sorry i cudnt reply u so quickly, went to 'open my mouth' lmao!*

tanimola22:
Sorry for the deviation eyin managers in the making---I just want let this person know werin dey.
@i[b]ts.me[/b]

Just to let you know, a master's in economics is not a piece of cake; it is not about cramming, adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying. It is much, much stronger than those. I don't know the material covered in a typical msc economics class in naija, but all I know is that a master's in economics is heavily mathematical here in Europe. You will need an above average knowledge of calculus, differential equations, probability and statistics, graph theory(basic) and group theory(basic) to fully understand what your professors teach you in class. You will further need these tools if you hope to do a PhD after your master's. These math courses are the things that will help you understand graduate level economics. Contract theory, for example, depends on logic, differential equations and calculus.

The best economics students in my class are not those that did economics at undergrad level, they are those that studied things like statistics, math and econs combined, physics, computer science, engineering and pure math. The ones that studied economics at undergrad are just average students.

I am not saying all these to kill your dreams or to kill your spirit, but I am saying them to truly let you know what you are planning on getting yourself into and therefore help you make an informed choice. Information, as they say, is key!  

Notwithstanding, you can learn all these above mentioned math courses if you are eager to learn them. They are not rocket science. They are things that, with the right approach, discipline, resilience and attitude, can be eventually learnt if you have the passion to. So, brother/sister, follow your mind.

NB: The story may be different if your aim is to do the master's in Naija.

Oh boi! U just scared d hell outta me, i rili tink i nid 2 take a chill pill now, cos seriously mathematics is my BIGGEST problem, which then made me tink about Msc econs, i felt i cudnt b goin 2 work daily jst crunching numbers, Tanx a bunch man!, nid 2 sit up 4 ICAN nw den! Haaaa!ols if you hope to do a PhD after your master's. These math courses are the things that will help you understand graduate level economics. Contract theory, for example, depends on logic, differential equations and calculus.

The best economics students in my class are not those that did economics at undergrad level, they are those that studied things like statistics, math and econs combined, physics, computer science, engineering and pure math. The ones that studied economics at undergrad are just average students.

I am not saying all these to kill your dreams or to kill your spirit, but I am saying them to truly let you know what you are planning on getting yourself into and therefore help you make an informed choice. Information, as they say, is key!  

Notwithstanding, you can learn all these above mentioned math courses if you are eager to learn them. They are not rocket science. They are things that, with the right approach, discipline, resilience and attitude, can be eventually learnt if you have the passion to. So, brother/sister, follow your mind.

NB: The story may be different if your aim is to do the master's in Naija.


[quote][/quote]Oh boi! U just scared d hell outta me, i rili tink i nid 2 take a chill pill now, cos seriously mathematics is my BIGGEST problem, which then made me tink about Msc econs, i felt i cudnt b goin 2 work daily jst crunching numbers, Tanx a bunch man!, nid 2 sit up 4 ICAN nw den! Haaaa!

Really informative!, Pls i really need a 'big' career guidance, am currently a b.sc acct undergrad bt av always loved economics, so am thinkin of doin M.sc econs after grad instead of ICAN and even preferably Mba str8 up, pls do u think dats a gud path to take, I wud rili appreciate ur informed advices.

Me think Mr Abati is basically doing his job, he performed 'wonders' criticizin the government, now he is also performing 'wonders' being Uncle Joe's no1 apologist, Mr Abati is just GOOD at wateva he does,

How about sum1 like the former speaker of Edo State house of assembly. Tunde Akogun nd other examples like that, i even grew up wit sum families like that ( 3 fams on my street) thinkin they were Yorubas later 2 knw that they r Edos, i think both cultures were in the middle of cultural assimilation or 'blending' which fortunately or unfortunately was disturbd by modern civilization or european colonization IMO, i stand 2 b correctd though.

" I maintain that the sudden collapse of the health system of the late head of state started previous day (Sunday, 7th June. 1998) right from the Abuja International Airport immediately after one of the white security operatives or personnel who accompanied President Yasser Arafat of Palestine shook hands with him (General Abacha) " am i d only one seein ds!

Wooow! Being highly impressd is an understatement in qualifyn some candid, honest and intelligent posts av seen here, having said that, Posts like dis from d OP r sum of the results of half education and also intellectual laziness of the present day youths in nigeria, which is rather unfortunate!

society. Even time, as Benjamin Franklin told us, is money, a doctrine which
horrified Max Weber in his searing
indictment of the capitalist mentality as
an "iron cage" without "spirit". Note for example the ways in which
the great professional vocations of the
West - lawyers, journalists, academics,
doctors - have been co-opted and
corrupted by bottom line thinking.
Money and "efficiency" are the values by which we stand, not law, truth or
health. Students are imagined as
"customers", citizens as "stakeholders".
Professional associations worry about
the risk to their bottom line rather than
furthering the values they exist to represent. Graduates of elite Western
universities, imbued with the learning
of our great thinkers, are sent off to
corporations like News International.
There they learn to shut up, obey, and
collaborate in the dark work of exploitation for profit, for which they
will be well rewarded, at least
financially speaking. Thanks in part to the grip of corporate
power on the media and on political
parties, few today in the West can
imagine any other politics than those of
big money. In the US, and increasingly
even in Europe, the income differential between the poor and the wealthy
already resembles that of banana
republics. The downtrodden are asked
to bear the burden of a financial crisis
created by bankers. America's wealthy
fly their children to summer camp in tax-free private jets amid a real rate of
unemployment of over fifteen per cent. Neoliberalism has only accelerated
these processes at the heart of capitalist
society. Here is a far more convincing
threat to Western values and "social
cohesion" than the lunatic fears of
fascists. Notably, this is a threat that emanates from within, not without. It is
precisely social democratic parties like
Norway's Labour Party - Breivik's target
- which have sought to contain the
corrosive effects of capitalism and
ensure the survival of the West's most humane values. Tarak Barkawi is a Senior Lecturer at
the Centre of International Studies,
University of Cambridge.e well rewarded, at least
financially speaking. Thanks in part to the grip of corporate
power on the media and on political
parties, few today in the West can
imagine any other politics than those of
big money. In the US, and increasingly
even in Europe, the income differential between the poor and the wealthy
already resembles that of banana
republics. The downtrodden are asked
to bear the burden of a financial crisis
created by bankers. America's wealthy
fly their children to summer camp in tax-free private jets amid a real rate of
unemployment of over fifteen per cent. Neoliberalism has only accelerated
these processes at the heart of capitalist
society. Here is a far more convincing
threat to Western values and "social
cohesion" than the lunatic fears of
fascists. Notably, this is a threat that emanates from within, not without. It is
precisely social democratic parties like
Norway's Labour Party - Breivik's target
- which have sought to contain the
corrosive effects of capitalism and
ensure the survival of the West's most humane values. Tarak Barkawi is a Senior Lecturer at
the Centre of International Studies,
University of Cambridge.

The paranoid style in politics often
imagines unlikely alliances that coalesce
into an overwhelming threat that must
be countered by all necessary means. In Clash of Civilizations, Samuel
Huntington conjured an amalgamated
East - an alliance between "Confucian"
and "Islamic" powers - that would
challenge the West for world
dominance. Many jihadis fear the Crusader alliance between Jews and
Christians. They forget that until
recently, historically speaking,
populations professing the latter were
the chief persecutors of the former. Now Anders Breivik has invoked the
improbable axis of Marxism,
multiculturalism and Islamism, together
colonising Europe. As he sees
multiculturalism as essentially a Jewish
plot, Breivik has managed to wrap up the new and old fascist bogies in one
conspiracy: communists, Jews and
Muslims. Like his terrorist counterparts who kill
in the name of various Islamic sects,
Breivik is willing to slaughter people for
an invented purity. Modern Norway is a
latecomer to the world of nations,
becoming sovereign only in 1905. Vikings, Arctic explorers and
international humanitarians all went
into imagining the place. Given how readily jihadi texts are
dismissed as ravings, it is notable how
much attention has already been paid
to Breivik's wacky ideological brew.
This is a worrying portent of the line of
analysis that says that the "root causes" of Breivik's madness - immigration and
cultural difference - must be addressed.
Otherwise, European societies will lose
their social cohesion, to choose one
current euphemism for the Volk. To the extent such a view takes hold,
the far right may be forgiven for
concluding that terrorism works. As for
the rest of us, now facing terrorist re-
imaginings from both sides of obscure
battles in a mythic past, we may long for the leftist and anti-colonial
insurgents of bygone days. They at
least could offer plausible accounts of
what they were up to. To be sure, tactically speaking, Breivik
thought through his operation. Unlike
many jihadis, however, he lacked the
courage to face men armed like him,
and to offer his own life for his beliefs
as well as the lives of others. Nonetheless he wanted at his court
appearance to strut about in some kind
of military uniform. Smartly tailored uniforms, an
abhorrence of cultural difference, and a
desire for racial purity are all of a piece
with fascist mysticism. As with jihadi
ideology, it is precisely the non-rational
elements of fascism that give it emotive, and hence political, power. For
what Breivik and others see as under
threat in the West is the vital source of
meaning, of ultimate values, which
they associate with the communion of
a purified people. Since the West faces no obvious threat
of such existential scale and
significance, one must be fabricated. It
is here that the unlikely alliance of left
wing parties and Islam plays its role,
purportedly importing on a mass scale Muslims to colonise Europe. In Norway,
Muslims account for less than three per
cent of the population; in the UK, less
than five per cent. Even so, the
fantastical fear of the "loss" of Europe to
Islam animates many on the right. It is part of mainstream electoral politics in
Europe, and has long been an element
of right wing discourse in the US. In this vision of danger,
multiculturalism plays a key role. Many
will have noted Breivik's odd
invocation of "cultural Marxists", folks I
have only spotted in small numbers in
university departments and cafes frequented by graduate students.
Breivik's reference is in part to the
Frankfurt School, a group of German
Jewish scholars who fled Hitler for the
Western cosmopolis of New York. The idea is that "Jews" have
encouraged cultural mixing in the West,
fatally compromising its purity and thus
its values, while Muslims and Jews
retain their cultural strength and
identity. Europe must therefore declare "independence" and fight the Muslim-
Jewish-Marxist hordes, apparently
starting by killing their children. We can only assume that Breivik has
confused the computer fantasy games
he played - using a busty blonde avatar
named "conservatism" - with political
analysis. What is truly frightening,
however, is that the core of this vision of multiculturalism as a threat to the
West is shared by leading political
parties in the France, the UK, Germany
and Italy, among others. This is why
there is every chance that Breivik's
murderous and cowardly rampage will achieve some of its aims. Immigration,
it will be argued, has unbalanced "our"
people. It is already being curtailed in
all the leading Western powers. Shut up, obey, and collaborate The irony is that the West brought us
empire on a global scale and drew its
cultural, economic, and political
strength from interconnections with all
parts of the world. The cosmopolis of
New York, London and Paris - a "brown" not a "white" West - are more
appropriate beacons of a West flush
with power and confidence in its values
than the imaginary purification
achieved through concentration camps
and closed borders. But just what might be corroding
values in the West? This was one of the questions that
animated the Frankfurt School and
those who influenced it. They focused
on the interaction between capitalism
and culture. They noted the ways in
which capitalism progressively turned everything into something that could
be bought or sold, measuring value
only by the bottom line. Slowly but
surely such measures came to apply to
the cultural values at the core of

*rollz eYEz* preety deep insights

Insensitivity taken to a new height**** he shud av been killed then, atleast we wud av bin saved frm dis embarassing comment from this f.aggot, semi literate, mumu almajiri!

**cringe** this got me laffin so haaaard! :-)

hmmm* Nigeria we hail thee!

e-hating at its best! Aneways na wen God go answer 9ice prayer? ENU OSHE!, AH! Bentley no b beans o! Lols*

hmmmm!* wat an article! Bt u knw, as the writer has rightly pointed out again!, we all deserve the kind of govt we get, *sobs*

BB all the WAY!

That was a CLARION call on our Government to wake up!

Sincerely i dnt really knw where 2 put ds guy *tribalist*ethnicist* or whatever, today he says hez nt hausa-fulani that hez fulani 2morow its anoda tin blah blah blah, basically i dnt knw where he belongZ!

I no dey suprised sha

mehn! personally i think its nt alrite, bt if she is d one why not go for it, av seen it b4 bt most times its nt always easy!