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Nigeria won the Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) World Cup2013.
Nigeria has won the Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship(SAGE) World Cup2013 competition, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
It was organised by SAGE Global onSunday Night in Abuja in collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and other Federal Government agencies.
Nigeria was represented by Junior Secondary School (JSS), Jikwoyi, Abuja, and University of Calabar International School (UCIS), Calabar.
JSS took the lead in the Social Enterprises Business (SEB) category, while China emerged second and South Africa came third.
UCIS came second in the Social Responsibility Business ((SRB) Category.
Prof. Curtis DeBerg, Global Coordinator of SAGE, who announced the result involving 11 countries, said Nigeria was leading in the integration of entrepreneurship in school curriculum.
Deberg said entrepreneurship was not well taught in any country butthat Nigeria had taken the lead in integrating it.
Other countries that participated in the event included: USA, South Korea, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Russia and Singapore. Nigeria had won the SAGE World cup seven times by beating USA, Russia, China, Singapore, Canada South Africa, Great Britain and Ghana, among others.
Agwu Amogu, Africa Coordinator ofSAGE, said it was established as part of efforts to galvanise the enormous creative energies and resources in the world to eradicate poverty.
According to him, it will teach beneficiaries entrepreneurship andfinancial literacy skills needed to be successful.
The Director-General of SMEDAN, Bature Masari, commended the two Nigerian schools for the victory and for retaining the cup.
Mr. Masari said the government was working round the clock to give youth empowerment a pride of place in the scheme of things.
“Right now, there is a new thinking in government to ensure that entrepreneurship development is given the needed support.
“That is why SMEDAN, which is the agency saddled with the responsibility of leading the fight for the development of SMEs in the country, is being repositioned, funded and empowered.
“This is to ensure that we continue to provide leadership anddirection for SMEs and entrepreneurship development all over the country.’’
Mr. Masari said the hosting of the competition was an indication that the government “is ready to develop our youth and nation economically, socially and politically.’’
The competition, second to be hosted by Nigeria, and 11th in the series, is aimed at advancing youthentrepreneurship and community service.
It emphasises ethical business practices, social responsibility, civicengagement and environmental awareness.
Teenage entrepreneurs from around the world showcase their innovative business and communityservice projects to a panel of judges.
The competition has two major categories – Socially-Responsible Business (SRB) and Social Enterprise Business (SEB).
(NAN) SOURCE:http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142616-nigerian-students-defeat-u-s-china-south-koreans-to-win-entrepreneurship-world-cup.html

Skye Bank donates N600m ICT centre to OAU Skye Bank Plc has donated a N600m state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology centre to the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, handed over the centre to the Vice Chancellor, OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, on Tuesday. Built on the campus of the university, the 700-seater centre, according to Durosinmi-Etti, will expand the frontiers of education and aid learning. He said N150m was spent on the construction of the centre, while N450m was used for procurement and installation of equipment. Omole said the centre would be utilised to harness modern technology for effective and efficient learning, and research. “The problem of large classes will soon be a thing of the past as lecturers and students can interact real-time online,” Omole said. Durosinmi-Etti, on his part, said, “It is our desire to support causes that are of benefit to aid the extension of the frontiers of education. “The application of information technology in our education has assumed a more important dimension as it confers several advantages.” Speaking on the occasion, the Pro Chancellor, OAU, Prof. Rowland Ndoma-Egba, said, “With this magnanimity from Skye Bank, the university should maintain its lead in ICT education with a view to developing software that are technologically advanced, but purposely indigenous. “OAU is coming to a point that we should be able to produce indigenous computers, iPads, iPods and other gadgets to address the challenges facing Nigeria.” The ICT centre has a tele-presence unit; cloud computing laboratory; software studio and Internet access laboratory.

dr dams: So e is both an alumnus of oau and unilag. Also an x student of unn..

Wots ur prob
U ad beta start working towards bcoming an alumnus to reckon with..

my PROBLEM? Av got none man,just informing u meanwhile thanks 4 the spur

gazilion: EA Adeboye did BSc at UNN and PhD at Unilag. Please which year did he school at OAU.

he didn't complete it in UNN,he did in OAU,get ur fakts rite

seedord247:

What criteria are you looking for?

Does OAU have computer library for students?

Does OAU have free wifi for student or any available internet for visitors ?

Doess OAU offer master degreee?

Does OAU gives scholarship or grant to students that score above 3.5 or probably 4.0.

Does OAU have any sport activity?

Tell me what OAU students or professors have produced or discover for the last 10 years...

Answer the question above......

Coming wih more question....

u are d d dumbest of posters av ever seen here this week,Oau doesn't offer Masters degree?u are a joke,OAU doesn't av wifi? U probably avn't heard of INTECU,computer library?u nid to visit d skyebank compulibrary up to world standard,sports facilities?u nid to ask yourself y they are hosting NUGA.inventions?u probably havnt heard of prof.Ige who is known for chemical nanotechnology.U nid to google up smthngs man

traffickz: For now I don't see anyone to be their flag bearer in 2015 that will give the PDP a good run for the presidential seat, may be in 2019 that is if they can hold for that long.

I see authoritarians, betrayers, fanatics,greeds and money hankers as the party elders. It will take time before a credible candidate can emerge from APC.

Just my observation o.

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prolove22: 4 good road vote PDP PDP PDP PDP PDP

yes,like d east-west road,lagos-ib exp. Road.fantasies

presher: TY DANJUMA AND BUHARI AS HIS VICE WILL PROVIDE STIFF OPPOSITION FOR GEJ ,

i know u didn't mean this arrangement,well,only if 2014 proves to be a de-amalgam year

My points exactly,Danjuma is well respected in the North if he finally contests i see him providing a stiff competition with GEJ provided PDP runs him.DANJUMA/FASHOLA won't be bad at all; the only problem here is the south -east.I see them seceding if this happens,2015 will be like merlin,it will be interesting,exciting and intriguing plus if Nigeria finally survives the ALMAGAM scare in 2014

My points exactly,Danjuma is well respected in the North if he finally contests i see him providing a stiff competition with GEJ provided PDP runs him.DANJUMA/FASHOLA won't be bad at all; the only problem here is the south -east

The registration brouhaha of the APC has come and gone as they are now certified to be a political party thus becoming africa's biggest single opposition party.Whether they are here to stay or not is not a plight but their emergence has further enliven our hope and wish for a truly competitive democratic dispensation.So,putting aside political and religious inclinations,who do you think has gotten the super intelligence and unarguably the best hand to salvage this country's woes and help it to her apogee; on the platform of APC?

just rejecting this man without cogent reasons.Am aint his fan though but Nigerians are quick to rejecting candidates with prejudice.I dnt think there is anyone who is 100% perfect,if u are,then u probably aren't human

Coming on the heels of its formal registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Nigeria’s newest political party, the All ProgressivesCongress, APC, is currentlyworking round the clock todraft a former Minister of Defence (retd.), General Theophilus Danjuma, into the 2015 presidential election race.
The North decided to shift its focus to the newly registered APC when it realised that it was difficult to get the PeoplesDemocratic Party’s presidential ticket.
According to a reliable insider, the region is hastily looking for a competent candidate, who could bring its people together.
He said, “Unlike in the FirstRepublic when the late Saudana of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, was around, the North is divided. Some northern leaders reason that as part of efforts to reunite the region, Muslimsmust be ready to concede the Presidency to the Christian North. We are zeroing in on T.Y. Danjuma.”
However, it was learnt that a final decision has not been taken yet because consultations are still ongoing.
Also speaking on the development, another close source in the new party said the decision to make Danjuma its presidential candidate had started generating controversy in the party. He said, “What is happening now is really worrisome.
“We understand that the game plan is for the merger partners in the (defunct) CPC to produce the presidential candidate while the Action Congress of Nigeria is to produce the Vice Presidential candidate.
“General Buhari is still verymuch interested but some elements in the North withthe active support of Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, are looking towards TY Danjuma.
“The thinking is that he will have greater national appeal and he is perhaps the only person who Buhari can step down for, because of the tremendous respect he has for him.
“They are considering the option of co-opting him into the APC, using this window to give him a platform to challenge Jonathan, who appears almost certain to run on the PDP platform.”
Reacting to this development, the Spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said nothing should be ruled out.
Abdullahi said, “We (the Northern Elders Forum) believe that the North should produce the President otherwise, the President of Nigeria in 2015 should be of northern extraction.
“Our position has been consistent that a suitably acceptable good candidatefor the position of president should garner support hopefully not only in the North but also elsewhere in the country.SOURCE:http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/08/03/2015-north-moves-to-pick-danjuma-for-apc-presidential-candidate/

OBJ farm to generate
30,000 jobs for Liberians on July 29, 2013 at 1:00 pm in Business Monrovia – Liberia’s Minister
of Agriculture, Dr Florence
Chenoweth, on Sunday said that
Obasanjo Farms in Liberia would
create about 30,000 job
opportunities for the citizens. Chenoweth made the
observation during the
dedication ceremony of Obasanjo
Farms Liberia Incorporated at
Gbah Foboi, Grand Cape Mount
County, in Liberia. She noted that the Liberian
government had focused its
attention on the agriculture
sector in its efforts to create
jobs for the people. She, however, urged legislators,
chiefs and superintendents from
Cape Mount County to advise
youths in the area to seize the
opportunities presented by the
new farm to become productive, while ensuring the area’s
development. Chenoweth stressed that the
establishment of Obasanjo Farms
would help in addressing one
the salient aspects of the
government’s efforts to
ensure food security. She noted that more than 40
per cent of Liberian children
had stunted growth, stressing
the need to solve the problem
by fast-tracking the production
of eggs and poultry in Liberia. “We need to produce proteins
either in beans or meat, which
the cattle, goat and piggery
produce, in Liberia, so as to
ensure balance diets for our
people’s nutrition,” she said. Earlier, President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf described President
Olusegun Obasanjo as a
visionary leader who was
responsive to the needs of the
people in critical areas. She commended Obasanjo for his
constant support for Liberia
and for having faith in the
future of the country. Also speaking, Mr Daniel Atsu,
the Group Managing Director of
Obasanjo Holdings Limited, said
that the farm was set up in
anticipation of the adverse
effects of global warming and climate change on poultry
production in tropical Africa. He stressed that such
anticipation informed the
decision of Obasanjo to develop
African poultry breeds which
could thrive in hot and humid
environment. Atsu said that the farm had six
standard poultry houses, adding
that two of them were for
breeding young chicks, while the
remaining four were equipped
with three-tier automated layer cages. He said that the first and
second batches of about 10,000
layers had started laying eggs. He said that the layer houses
would soon be increased to 16,
a capacity which would produce
about 15,000 farm fresh eggs
daily. Atsu said that the farm would
offer unlimited opportunities to
farmers to grow corn, soybeans
or supply dried or smoked fish
in large quantities, saying that
the farm was situated on 125 acres of land. (NAN)

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previousnext decade, with the very real,very daunting, problems it has?
This is a valid question.
I raised just a few - theincreasingunemployement despite apparent economic growth. Rapidly increasing as well, which is just weird...if it were staying more or less the same it would still not be great...but it is getting worse.
So...just explain that instead of huffing and puffing. If those figures are incorrect, fine, just post some correct figures.
I mentioned roads in relation to infrastructure.
Infrastructure is key for any economy to grow. Nigerias infra is in a bad way, and much too underdeveloped for the economyto continue to boom.
Apart from the poor road, rail and other basics, the electricity production is minuscule for a country of this size.
Again, just enlighten me...this needs massive, long term investment.
Etc etc. I posted figures from wiki and others, yes. I refer to the world bank, CIA Facebook, the IMF, local and international news.
I do this because of these claims of Nigeria growing into a giant, and simply do not see the foundations for this to be so.
Also, I just enjoyed annoying Tbite to start with...but now youguys are frothing at the mouth too!You didn't refer to the world bank, you didn't refer to any CIAmembers facebook and you didn't refer to local and international news. You cited Thisday and Wikipedia. I can say that Thisday is local news, but you already said LSB wasn't credible so why the hell is Thisday? Tell me what is Thisday.Tell me the history and context Thisday serves in Nigeria and compare it to the LSB. Then tell me if discrediting the LSB allows you to use Thisday as a source
You came in speaking of what you didn't know, embarrassed yourself and now that you're losing the arguement you're ready to point blank lie and say that you cited the CIA's twitter.
Tell me the daunting problem? Unemployment? Insecurity? a wealth gap?
It is still beating south africa in every single sector that can be called a problem let alone a daunting one. South africa is theAIDS patient of africa looking down on everyone with a malarial fever just because he has a two car garage instead of1.
Who even brought being 'the powerhouse of africa' into the thread. The thread stated a specific economic fact about Lagos being a large economy, which you don't believe (?), and that's fine if you don't believe it but tell me in exactly what sector of national livelihood doesSouth Africa have less of a problem than Nigeria
Health?
Tension?
Insecurity?
Poverty?
Unemployment?
Underemployment?
Growth?
Corruption?
Urban development issues?
?? You can say 'infrastructure' but what is the point of south african infrastructure if it is the least sought after place in AFricatoday for people to do new business in. We're speaking of a place that is growing at 2-3%. Ending the worlds largest wealthgap at 2-3% per annum. Fightingworld worlds worst insecurity of a non war-time state at 2-3% per annum.
South africa has the problems Ethiopia, Nigeria, and the lot have, but the later two are changing their situation at 10 and 7 percent per annum and South africa 2 to 3. As you speak of infrastructure you country has erected 4 cities modern cities out of thin air. 6 inthe works. Nothing like this can happen in South Africa and thus is not. Absolutely nothing. The list of projects in SA compared to the list of projects in the average african economy is desolate. The issue is you face worst health conditions and worst economic injustice and poverty than most of these countries but you're still telling us about roads.
Go and face your problems. Go and face your country. Go and tell yourself the reality you look at everyday. While I can say Nigeria's present isn't what anyone should expect, there's an unquestionably small percentage of observers that will tell you Nigeria's future is anything but exceptional based on the real numbers on the ground. We can not say thing about South Africa what so ever. South Africa is a done deal,the issue is it was done well before anyone else thanks to robbery land grabs and ethnic genocide.
People don't die in Nigeria at themeaningless rates by which theydie in south africa, and more over there's nothing in South Africa good or bad that isn't in Nigeria. If you're convinced that Nigeria doesn't produce at a rate comparable to SA that's you're own issue and ignorance. If you are convinced you live in awealthy country that good for you because while having everything you have we Nigeriasstill feel there needs to be moreand won't enter South African threads to argue about how we feel the Johannesburg Statistics Bureau has the nerve to say there's money in Johannesburg.
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Again, no facts, just ranting.
I am not talking only about this thread, I have referred to all those sources for info, in this and other threads.
I explained quite rationally in the post you just quoted, but you seem to have missed all my points or just misunderstood.
Perhaps read it again. The blindingly obvious infrastructure shortfalls, the worsening unemployment.
Let us just look at one single point, seeing as how you are confused - Unemployment.
Now, as I said, SA has high unemployment which has stubbornly stuck at its current rate for a decade.
That is bad.
We know it is bad, we admit it. As I said, our biggest problem.
Nigeria also has high unemployment BUT as I have asked/pointed out...not only is it not decreasing, it is in fact INCREASING...fast!
Now, as you point out, Nigeria has one of the fastest growing economies anywhere.
So, my very simple question is...how? How can it be that unemployment has Doubled in 5 years?
That's all. Don't get all offended and hurt and start crying...just simple facts and reasons.
Lets try that.
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any economy that's witnessing restructuring is going to witness and increase in unemployment. Many of the jobs in Nigeria were created to cope is the dysfunction of the country. As the country starts to function, these jobs are becoming obsoleteor illegal. Same thing is happeningin SA.
How bad the situationis – with unemployment at the core.
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HILTON TARRANT: The Momentum Unisa Household Wellness Index shows us to a large extent whatwe already know – household finances are worsening.
Lee-Ann du Toit is head of financial wellness at Momentum. Lee-Ann, 65.23 in 2011, 64.77 in 2012. Without getting into too much detail with those numbers, how do you measure wellness?
LEE-ANN DU TOIT: Hi, Hilton. Yes, just looking at how we actually measure financial wellness, and based on the Financial Wellness Index of Unisa and Momentum, we actually take a completely holistic approach.
So we look at your physical wellness, which links to your income-earning capabilities, like can you earn a salary, your accumulated wealth – which is your assets – how you can actually look at the environmentand what's in your environment; for instance do you rent a house, do you live in a house, where do you live, for example.
And then also your human capital – what your level of education is, which has got a very strong link to your financialwellness.
And the very last one that we look at is your social capital – for instance your personal situation, your parents, your mother-in law, is there someone that can take care of you if youdo lose a job and if you actually become unemployed.
We put all of those together andfrom there we actually create the Financial Wellness Index.
HILTON TARRANT: Now, financial wellness in South Africa, in SouthAfrican households, deterioratedin 2012 across almost all income groups. So this was across the board. It's not as if the well-off income groups were immune to this.
LEE-ANN DU TOIT: No, not at all. And I think that was a trend that we picked up compared to the previous year – that it's all income groups, whether you arein a highly affluent state, all the way down to the low income [group]. It's not a massive decline, but there is a declining trend.
And because of that we looked at what types of interventions are necessary. And looking through that, different interventions for different income segments. For instance, for the very low-income segment it's very much around getting the dependency on socialgrants down, and finding a way to become self-sufficient.
And in the highly affluent segments you look more about making sure that you are alwaysemployable, no matter [what]. It's not just tertiary education; are you relevant? Can you maybe focus more on entrepreneurial mindsets and reduce the debt that even high-income earners have, increasing debt ratios and your high liabilities versus your assets.And focusing on those types of interventions.
HILTON TARRANT: Thanks to Lee-Ann du Toit. David, unemployment is I guess obviously at the core of allof this. One step that cameout of the financial wellness index – the number of unemployed persons in South Africa increased by 12 for every four jobs that were created during 2012.
DAVID SHAPIRO: We don’t even know the real unemployment levels because there are so many people that don’t even bother applying for jobs, just knowing that they are not goingto get them. So I think the statsare much higher, and it's a source of major worry for our economy. http://www.moneyweb.co.za /moneyweb-s...-update/r-1505
There's also the phenomia amongsouth africans of flat out giving up on the job market. Not counting these people is what's keeping the countries unemployment rate "static" as ithas been for decades. It's funny that SA has spent effort and money trying to paint it's self asan emerging economy like Angolafor instance when it's more like Portugal in every sense of understanding.
You can't come in here to tell Nigerians about their unemployment rate when it's lower than yours.
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don't mind that fool digger dog South Africa infrastructure is really nothing to write home about. South Africa is really a one eye man in a continent full of the blind, with right leadership rising African countries like Angola,Nigeria, Ghana Kenya Rwanda Ethiopia etc, these countries can catch up with South Africa infrastructure in less than a decade.Haha...no these countries aka the African Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China aren't going to be catching up to RSA anytime soon... maybe Nigeria and Kenya are the exceptions.
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Herachio, this dude is so in love with his South Africa that he will never publicly accept the fact that there is a country in west Africa previously hindered by decades of military rule that is finally climbing out of the pit. Whyare you wasting your time with this nonentity. What is he to Nigeria, will he bring a billion dollar project to Nigeria? no, If DiggerDog were to go and hug atransformer and die today will anybody in Nigeria care?no.WillDiggerDog and his army of Nigerian Haters stop Nigeria fromit impressive 7 PERCENT GDP growth? no. please stop wastingyour time with this overgrowngoat.Theonly thing digger dog and his kind can ever do to Nigeria is to come to sky-scrapper city and utter gibberish. In the first quarter of 2014 the re-based GDP will comeout Nigeria will have the biggest economy on the continent, like i said before it is nothing worth celebrating because, Nigeria should really be competing with the likes of Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil.I like to travel, in the past couple of months i have been to about a dozen African Countries the infrastructural projects going on around especially in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda is very impressive, someAfrican countries are really roaring back.
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Herachio, this dude is so in love with his South Africa that he willnever publicly accept the fact that there is a country in west Africa previously hindered by decades of military rule that is finally climbing out of the pit. Why are you wasting your time with this nonentity. What is he to Nigeria, will he bring a billion dollar project to Nigeria? no, If DiggerDog were to go and hug atransformer and die today will anybody in Nigeria care?no.WillDiggerDog and his army of Nigerian Haters stop Nigeria fromit impressive 7 PERCENT GDP growth? no. please stop wastingyour time with this overgrowngoat.Theonly thing digger dog and his kind can ever do to Nigeria is to come to sky-scrapper city and utter gibberish. In the first quarter of 2014 the re-based GDP will comeout Nigeria will have the biggest economy on the continent, like i said before it is nothing worth celebrating because, Nigeria should really be competing with the likes of Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil.I like to travel, in the past couple of months i have been to about a dozen African Countries the infrastructural projects going on around especially in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda is very impressive, someAfrican countries are really roaring back.Diggerdog is an idiot, the guy doesn't even know about the military rule Nigerian went through and its transition to civilian rule. He talks about Infrastructure and unemployment but doesn't realize infrastructure have improved rapidly in Nigeria compared to the military era, yes unemployment is high but you can't compare it with south africa with a whopping 25% for its population.
Eko atlantic will never be reality if we were still in military rule, allthese changes have been brought to the table since civilian rule began in 1999.
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Ignore this idiot eke
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South Africa
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It's very sad that he was able tofeel comfortable saying theWikipediaand Thisday.com(nigerian) were credible sources but the Lagos Statistics Bureau wasn't because Wikipedia and Thisday were downgrading an african country and the LSB isn't.With 0 knowledge of that the LSB and Thisday.com(which could be the nigerian TMZ for all he knows) do, are or have to offer,he was firmly convinced that which everyone validated his hateful disposition and inferioritycomplex.
Then he wants to give, in typical hateful fashion, 'credit' to 'eko atlantic'. If Eko Atlantic is worth accrediting then what of the Lekki Freetrade Zone, Tinapa, Rainbow City, Abuja, Enugu Golf and Lifestyle city and other incredible leaps of national development that are done, halfway done, or underway in Nigeria that have absolutely to equivalent rival or shadow in theSouth Africa?
It's really pathetic.
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AND let me add that I don't understand the mentality in South Africa that they're in a different situation than the rest of Africa, more over Nigeria. Nobody will doubt SA has good infrastructure and a large economy, but the believe that such doesn't exist elsewhere or that SA's infrastructure and economy are noteworthy on a global scale. When someone starts boosting in a race, you assume he's won, but if he isn't#1 and he's stops to jump and dance, he's never going to win and didn't expect to.
Then when some says the OBVIOUSLY ENORMOUS Lagos economy that supports NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE and HAS A LARGER MIDDLE CLASS THAN JOHANNESBURG and a GDP closer to Johannesburg that has been previously estimated due to the fact that Nigerian economic estimations were done in a time before the country hadphonesandbanks,suddenly the person that says that it a bad guy because god forbid you say two african countries are doing well for themselves. loser mentality.
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AND let me add that I don't understand the mentality in South Africa that they're in a different situation than the restof Africa, more over Nigeria. Nobody will doubt SA has good infrastructure and a large economy, but the believe that such doesn't exist elsewhere or that SA's infrastructure and economy are noteworthy on a global scale. When someone starts boosting in a race, you assume he's won, but if he isn't#1 and he's stops to jump and dance, he's never going to win and didn't expect to.
Then when some says the OBVIOUSLY ENORMOUS Lagos economy that supports NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE and HAS A LARGER MIDDLE CLASS THAN JOHANNESBURG and a GDP closer to Johannesburg that has been previously estimated due to the fact that Nigerian economic estimations were done in a time before the country hadphonesandbanks,suddenly the person that says that it a bad guy because god forbid you say two african countries are doing well for themselves. loser mentality.How is it possible for a city with a bigger GDP to have less middle class population than a city with a lesser GDP? And can you explain to me what is Lagos producing be services or manufacturing to be on the scales of J'burg?
Is Lagos having banks of the likes of Absa? Or having an airline the likes of SAA? Or having a global phone company the likes of MTN or having supermarkets the likes of Gamesand Shoprite? Or a largest stockexchange on the continent i.e. JSE? Plse u Nigerians stop ur delusion! For a minute, can Nigerians be reasonable? Jesus Christ....
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How is it possible for a city with a bigger GDP to have less middle class population than a city with a lesser GDP? And can you explain to me what is Lagos producing be services or manufacturing to be on the scales of J'burg?
Is Lagos having banks of the likes of Absa? Or having an airline the likes of SAA? Or having a global phone company the likes of MTN(makes more money in Nigeria than SA )
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Its Nigeria operations however remained the most profitable as MTN Nigeria delivered Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization(EBITDA) of 52.2 percent, compared to 32.7 per cent for South Africa
http://www.proshareng.com /news/singleNews.php?id=645
or having supermarkets the likesof Games and Shoprite(more expansion in Nigerian than SA, registered in Namibia under Namibia Exchange)
? Or a largest stock exchange on the continent(good job)i.e. JSE? Plse u Nigerians stop ur delusion! For a minute, can Nigerians be reasonable? Jesus Christ....because Johannesburg is situated in the country with theworlds largest wealth disparity? Have you been to Lagos to reach the conclusion that Johannesburg, a subpar world city, has a absolute monopoly onproduction, let alone a notable advantage.
I don't know what the educationsystem is like in South Africa butthis assumption that Lagos supports 18 million people, is theindustrial hub for the entire west africa, and doesn't produce, has to eventually register to you as ridiculous thinking.
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Herachio there is no point trading words with this fools ignore them all we really want tosee is prosperous Africa From west to South. I don't hate South Africans even though theyalways feel they are better thaneveryone else. I dream and hope that one day we will all see the Africa in the future where Africans will not be running way to Europe, America,and Asia where they are being treated as second class citizens. I only attacked Digger Dog because i just don't understand why somebody from a third-world hellhole should feel that his fellow Africans is so beneath his majestic heaven on earth South Africa.
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I am kind of hoping Luanda goes for a few taller ones...they have that building boom going on, andthey don't have the same opposition we face in SA from the Nimby brigade!
A couple of 250m towers would propel that skyline right to the front, forcing the rest of us to respondAhh I forgot about Luanda.
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Herachio there is no point trading words with this fools ignore them all we really want to see is prosperous Africa Fromwest to South. I don't hate South Africans even though theyalways feel they are better than everyone else. I dream and hope that one day we will all seethe Africa in the future where Africans will not be running way to Europe, America,and Asia where they are being treated as second class citizens. I only attacked Digger Dog because i just don't understand why somebody from athird-world hell holeshould feel that his fellow Africans is so beneath his majestic heaven on earth South Africa.Really? Calm down, new boy.
I want to see a prosperous Africa, for sure. Just look at my history of supporting Angola, Moz, Namibia. I like the way Ghana is going.
I don't even have a problem withNigeria per se - it is a huge potential market, and South African companies are making a lot of money there, and rampingup fast.
I only respond to this constant Nigerian boasting. And it is not even the boasting that is bad, ifit were true.
This is yet another thread boasting the Lagos economy will be bigger than 'another countries' - which is unnecessaryto start with - but there are nofacts, no hard evidence.
Its just all supposition. Until you can get some decent, verifiable facts and figures - just stop running your mouths
And...what is wrong with me likingEko Atlantic - I just said it looks cool?
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Really? Calm down, new boy.
I want to see a prosperous Africa, for sure. Just look at my history of supporting Angola, Moz, Namibia. I like the way Ghana is going.
I don't even have a problem withNigeria per se - it is a huge potential market, and South African companies are making a lot of money there, and rampingup fast.
I only respond to this constant Nigerian boasting. And it is not even the boasting that is bad, ifit were true.
This is yet another thread boasting the Lagos economy will be bigger than 'another countries' - which is unnecessaryto start with - but there are nofacts, no hard evidence.
Its just all supposition. Until you can get some decent, verifiable facts and figures - just stop running your mouths
And...what is wrong with me likingEko Atlantic - I just said it looks cool?where is the boasting? Point outof piece of boasting in this entire thread. If someone says Nigerians can afford food, jealous people like yourself with bad intentions will call it boasting. This thread says Lagosis set to be the 13th largest economy in Africa as it stands, and this is boasting?
You then respond by saying the Lagos Statistics Bureau is boasting by saying a city of 18 million people that in all reality sustains an entire region of africa has money. This is after two years a the LSG meticulouslycombing the city to find facts and figures on the economy of the country under RBF (i'm usingacronyms because you seem to know Thisday and LSB's levels of credibility well enough to know exactly what i'm talking about). You don't think there's something wrong with you?
Your immediate response was that there's no way Lagos has accurate records because onWikipediaandThisdayonline statistics show otherwise. You know nothing about Thisday, youknow nothing about the LSB, butyou were convinced. You were ready to assert confidence in the more hurtful of two notions because you came in here to attack Nigerians.
You were firmly convinced that Lagos was lying to you because it said that Lagos, a country 35% the population of your entire country, has money. People like you are threatened by Nigeria for absolutely no reason. You had no reason to point out that south Africa has roads. That is boasting because it has nothing to do with the discussion. Everyone can see youfor what you are and what you're doing and the extent you've humiliated yourself and made South Africans at large look insecure of ill-spirited.
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South Africans at large look insecure...because I am having a bit of fun knocking down some ofthese Nigerian claims? A bit too general, I think, old bean.
You are blundering around, seemingly outraged, but completely ignoring the point.
The point is this - how is Nigeria to become the powerhouse of Africa at all, let alone in the nextdecade, with the very real, verydaunting, problems it has?
This is a valid question.
I raised just a few - theincreasingunemployement despite apparent economic growth. Rapidly increasing as well, which is just weird...if it were staying more or less the same it would still not be great...but it is getting worse.
So...just explain that instead of huffing and puffing. If those figures are incorrect, fine, just post some correct figures.
I mentioned roads in relation to infrastructure.
Infrastructure is key for any economy to grow. Nigerias infra is in a bad way, and much too underdeveloped for the economyto continue to boom.
Apart from the poor road, rail and other basics, the electricity production is minuscule for a country of this size.
Again, just enlighten me...this needs massive, long term investment.
Etc etc. I posted figures from wiki and others, yes. I refer to the world bank, CIA Facebook, the IMF, local and international news.
I do this because of these claims of Nigeria growing into a giant, and simply do not see the foundations for this to be so.
Also, I just enjoyed annoying Tbite to start with...but now youguys are frothing at the mouth too!
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South Africans at large look insecure...because I am having a bit of fun knocking down some of these Nigerian claims? A bit too general, I think, old bean.
You are blundering around, seemingly outraged, but completely ignoring the point.
The point is this - how is Nigeria to become the powerhouse of Africa at all, let alone in the next

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It's very sad that he was able tofeel comfortable saying theWikipediaand Thisday.com(nigerian) were credible sources but the Lagos Statistics Bureau wasn't because Wikipedia and Thisday were downgrading an african country and the LSB isn't.With 0 knowledge of that the LSB and Thisday.com(which could be the nigerian TMZ for all he knows) do, are or have to offer,he was firmly convinced that which everyone validated his hateful disposition and inferioritycomplex.
Then he wants to give, in typical hateful fashion, 'credit' to 'eko atlantic'. If Eko Atlantic is worth accrediting then what of the Lekki Freetrade Zone, Tinapa, Rainbow City, Abuja, Enugu Golf and Lifestyle city and other incredible leaps of national development that are done, halfway done, or underway in Nigeria that have absolutely to equivalent rival or shadow in theSouth Africa?
It's really pathetic.
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AND let me add that I don't understand the mentality in South Africa that they're in a different situation than the rest of Africa, more over Nigeria. Nobody will doubt SA has good infrastructure and a large economy, but the believe that such doesn't exist elsewhere or that SA's infrastructure and economy are noteworthy on a global scale. When someone starts boosting in a race, you assume he's won, but if he isn't#1 and he's stops to jump and dance, he's never going to win and didn't expect to.
Then when some says the OBVIOUSLY ENORMOUS Lagos economy that supports NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE and HAS A LARGER MIDDLE CLASS THAN JOHANNESBURG and a GDP closer to Johannesburg that has been previously estimated due to the fact that Nigerian economic estimations were done in a time before the country hadphonesandbanks,suddenly the person that says that it a bad guy because god forbid you say two african countries are doing well for themselves. loser mentality.
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AND let me add that I don't understand the mentality in South Africa that they're in a different situation than the restof Africa, more over Nigeria. Nobody will doubt SA has good infrastructure and a large economy, but the believe that such doesn't exist elsewhere or that SA's infrastructure and economy are noteworthy on a global scale. When someone starts boosting in a race, you assume he's won, but if he isn't#1 and he's stops to jump and dance, he's never going to win and didn't expect to.
Then when some says the OBVIOUSLY ENORMOUS Lagos economy that supports NEARLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE and HAS A LARGER MIDDLE CLASS THAN JOHANNESBURG and a GDP closer to Johannesburg that has been previously estimated due to the fact that Nigerian economic estimations were done in a time before the country hadphonesandbanks,suddenly the person that says that it a bad guy because god forbid you say two african countries are doing well for themselves. loser mentality.How is it possible for a city with a bigger GDP to have less middle class population than a city with a lesser GDP? And can you explain to me what is Lagos producing be services or manufacturing to be on the scales of J'burg?
Is Lagos having banks of the likes of Absa? Or having an airline the likes of SAA? Or having a global phone company the likes of MTN or having supermarkets the likes of Gamesand Shoprite? Or a largest stockexchange on the continent i.e. JSE? Plse u Nigerians stop ur delusion! For a minute, can Nigerians be reasonable? Jesus Christ....
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How is it possible for a city with a bigger GDP to have less middle class population than a city with a lesser GDP? And can you explain to me what is Lagos producing be services or manufacturing to be on the scales of J'burg?
Is Lagos having banks of the likes of Absa? Or having an airline the likes of SAA? Or having a global phone company the likes of MTN(makes more money in Nigeria than SA )
Quote:
Its Nigeria operations however remained the most profitable as MTN Nigeria delivered Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization(EBITDA) of 52.2 percent, compared to 32.7 per cent for South Africa
http://www.proshareng.com /news/singleNews.php?id=645
or having supermarkets the likesof Games and Shoprite(more expansion in Nigerian than SA, registered in Namibia under Namibia Exchange)
? Or a largest stock exchange on the continent(good job)i.e. JSE? Plse u Nigerians stop ur delusion! For a minute, can Nigerians be reasonable? Jesus Christ....because Johannesburg is situated in the country with theworlds largest wealth disparity? Have you been to Lagos to reach the conclusion that Johannesburg, a subpar world city, has a absolute monopoly onproduction, let alone a notable advantage.
I don't know what the educationsystem is like in South Africa butthis assumption that Lagos supports 18 million people, is theindustrial hub for the entire west africa, and doesn't produce, has to eventually register to you as ridiculous thinking.
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Herachio there is no point trading words with this fools ignore them all we really want tosee is prosperous Africa From west to South. I don't hate South Africans even though theyalways feel they are better thaneveryone else. I dream and hope that one day we will all see the Africa in the future where Africans will not be running way to Europe, America,and Asia where they are being treated as second class citizens. I only attacked Digger Dog because i just don't understand why somebody from a third-world hellhole should feel that his fellow Africans is so beneath his majestic heaven on earth South Africa.
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I am kind of hoping Luanda goes for a few taller ones...they have that building boom going on, andthey don't have the same opposition we face in SA from the Nimby brigade!
A couple of 250m towers would propel that skyline right to the front, forcing the rest of us to respondAhh I forgot about Luanda.
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Herachio there is no point trading words with this fools ignore them all we really want to see is prosperous Africa Fromwest to South. I don't hate South Africans even though theyalways feel they are better than everyone else. I dream and hope that one day we will all seethe Africa in the future where Africans will not be running way to Europe, America,and Asia where they are being treated as second class citizens. I only attacked Digger Dog because i just don't understand why somebody from athird-world hell holeshould feel that his fellow Africans is so beneath his majestic heaven on earth South Africa.Really? Calm down, new boy.
I want to see a prosperous Africa, for sure. Just look at my history of supporting Angola, Moz, Namibia. I like the way Ghana is going.
I don't even have a problem withNigeria per se - it is a huge potential market, and South African companies are making a lot of money there, and rampingup fast.
I only respond to this constant Nigerian boasting. And it is not even the boasting that is bad, ifit were true.
This is yet another thread boasting the Lagos economy will be bigger than 'another countries' - which is unnecessaryto start with - but there are nofacts, no hard evidence.
Its just all supposition. Until you can get some decent, verifiable facts and figures - just stop running your mouths
And...what is wrong with me likingEko Atlantic - I just said it looks cool?
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Really? Calm down, new boy.
I want to see a prosperous Africa, for sure. Just look at my history of supporting Angola, Moz, Namibia. I like the way Ghana is going.
I don't even have a problem withNigeria per se - it is a huge potential market, and South African companies are making a lot of money there, and rampingup fast.
I only respond to this constant Nigerian boasting. And it is not even the boasting that is bad, ifit were true.
This is yet another thread boasting the Lagos economy will be bigger than 'another countries' - which is unnecessaryto start with - but there are nofacts, no hard evidence.
Its just all supposition. Until you can get some decent, verifiable facts and figures - just stop running your mouths
And...what is wrong with me likingEko Atlantic - I just said it looks cool?where is the boasting? Point outof piece of boasting in this entire thread. If someone says Nigerians can afford food, jealous people like yourself with bad intentions will call it boasting. This thread says Lagosis set to be the 13th largest economy in Africa as it stands, and this is boasting?
You then respond by saying the Lagos Statistics Bureau is boasting by saying a city of 18 million people that in all reality sustains an entire region of africa has money. This is after two years a the LSG meticulouslycombing the city to find facts and figures on the economy of the country under RBF (i'm usingacronyms because you seem to know Thisday and LSB's levels of credibility well enough to know exactly what i'm talking about). You don't think there's something wrong with you?
Your immediate response was that there's no way Lagos has accurate records because onWikipediaandThisdayonline statistics show otherwise. You know nothing about Thisday, youknow nothing about the LSB, butyou were convinced. You were ready to assert confidence in the more hurtful of two notions because you came in here to attack Nigerians.
You were firmly convinced that Lagos was lying to you because it said that Lagos, a country 35% the population of your entire country, has money. People like you are threatened by Nigeria for absolutely no reason. You had no reason to point out that south Africa has roads. That is boasting because it has nothing to do with the discussion. Everyone can see youfor what you are and what you're doing and the extent you've humiliated yourself and made South Africans at large look insecure of ill-spirited.
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South Africans at large look insecure...because I am having a bit of fun knocking down some ofthese Nigerian claims? A bit too general, I think, old bean.
You are blundering around, seemingly outraged, but completely ignoring the point.
The point is this - how is Nigeria to become the powerhouse of Africa at all, let alone in the nextdecade, with the very real, verydaunting, problems it has?
This is a valid question.
I raised just a few - theincreasingunemployement despite apparent economic growth. Rapidly increasing as well, which is just weird...if it were staying more or less the same it would still not be great...but it is getting worse.
So...just explain that instead of huffing and puffing. If those figures are incorrect, fine, just post some correct figures.
I mentioned roads in relation to infrastructure.
Infrastructure is key for any economy to grow. Nigerias infra is in a bad way, and much too underdeveloped for the economyto continue to boom.
Apart from the poor road, rail and other basics, the electricity production is minuscule for a country of this size.
Again, just enlighten me...this needs massive, long term investment.
Etc etc. I posted figures from wiki and others, yes. I refer to the world bank, CIA Facebook, the IMF, local and international news.
I do this because of these claims of Nigeria growing into a giant, and simply do not see the foundations for this to be so.
Also, I just enjoyed annoying Tbite to start with...but now youguys are frothing at the mouth too!
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South Africans at large look insecure...because I am having a bit of fun knocking down some of these Nigerian claims? A bit too general, I think, old bean.
You are blundering around, seemingly outraged, but completely ignoring the point.
The point is this - how is Nigeria to become the powerhouse of Africa at all, let alone in the next

25 July 2013, Source: Vanguard
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A Nigerian, Jacob Ajomale, who alleged that he was maltreated by the United States' Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, officers, by forcefully insertinga tracking device (chip) in his body through his anus, has petitioned the United Nations Council on Human Rights over alleged inhuman treatment meted to him.
Ajomale through his lawyer, MrFemi Falana, SAN, claimed that the chip was inserted in him in December 2010.
Falana in the petition to the UN, is urging the world body todirect the United States to remove the tracking device from Ajomale's body with immediate effect.
Besides, Ajomale has also sued United Airlines and the NigerianMinister of Internal Affairs before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, demanding$100 million and N100 million damages for the violation of his fundamental rights to dignity of human person and right to mental and physical health as guaranteed by Sections 35 and 41 of the Constitution and Articles 6 and12 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act.
His arrest
Ajomale had averred in an affidavit that he has been living in the United States since April 12, 1997 with a visiting visa and became a permanent resident in February 2008, and never hadany criminal record all throughthe period.
According to him, on January 22, 2009, he travelled to Nigeria for his father's burial and on his way back, he was arrested on February 5, 2009 by one officer, Derrick, at the BWI Airport in Baltimore, Maryland, kept in a cold room for nine hours, where he was tortured in order to make an incriminating statement of using falsified passport in 2001.
He was subsequently arraigned, tried, convicted andsentenced to six months imprisonment at the DC jail andRivers Correction Centre, all inNorth Carolina.
Second arrest
According to Ajomale, he was released back to the community on August 11, 2009at 7pm, after being cleared byImmigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, but surprisingly, he was arrested again by the same officer, Derrick, on August 15, 2009 onthe ground that his release from detention was a mistake.
He said: "While in detention at Worchester Detention Centre Snow Hill, Maryland, an ICE officer, William Malone told me Icould be released but it was going to cost me money. I told my lawyer about it who reported to senior ICE officers.Investigation was carried out and Officer Michelle Rawlings interrogated me and promised to get back to me, which she never did. Afterwards I becamethe target of all the officers.
"I was hospitalised on July 12, 2010 at Atlantic hospital for sinusitis and body weakness, but was discharged without adequate treatment. I was maltreated by three officers, who flung me on an empty steel bed, and I put in a grievance report concerning the issue. In August, 2010, I was moved to Frederick Detention Centre, Maryland, and the same aggression continued against my person. I felt some vibration on my bed and reported to the authorities but no action was taken."Source:http://m.allafrica.com/stories/201307250410.html/?

South Africa urges Nigerians to pray for Nelson Mandela
Amb. Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General of the South African High Commission in Nigeria, on Sunday urged Nigerians to join in prayers for former South African President, Dr Nelson Mandela’s quick recovery.Monaisa in Lagos, said that South Africans were “earnestly praying” for their former president’s recovery, and would also need the prayers of the Nigerian people.“As we all know, our former president is in hospital right now. South Africans are holding special prayer sessions for him, because we cannot afford to miss him.“We arealso calling on our Nigerian brothers and sisters,...Source:http://citifmonline.net/news/south-africa-urges-nigerians-to-pray-for-nelson-mandela..Officially they want us to believe we are friends but we know the truth.Btw,I never heard they prayed for Yaradua

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India Supplants US as Nigeria's Biggest Crude Oil buyer
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India has overtaken the United States as the top buyer of Nigerian crude oil, a top Indian diplomat in the country was quoted as saying by the Economic Times of India Monday.
Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mahesh Sachdev, said recent statistics had shown that India had been buying more of Nigeria's crude than the US over the last three months.
“India will continue to cooperate with Nigeria to improve its economy and it will also assist the country in capacity building of workers in both the public and private sectors,”Sachdev said, during a courtesy visit to the Niger State Governor. Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, recently.
On the bilateral trade, he said the present figure was $10 billion, even as the total investment of India in the Nigerian economy could be valued at $16.6 billion.
Sachdev disclosed that India would partner the Kano State Government to establish a film city and collaborate with the Niger State Government to establish health care facilities as well as improve agriculture.
He also promised assistance to Niger State in the training of young people who wish to embark on vocational education.
Responding, Aliyu commended India for being one of the few countries that had kept faith with strengthening the workforce. According to him, this has helped Nigeria to develop in every ramification.
India has recently reduced its dependence on Iranian oil in the wake of the US and European sanctions on oil imports from the Islamic Republic.Source:http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/india-supplants-us-as-nigerias-biggest-crude-oil-buyer/153462/

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On June 20th 2013, West African
NGO Network (WANGONeT) launched a web portal called
Anti-Corruption Internet
Database (ACID) www.antigraft.org, Nigeria’s first web repository for all
corruption related issues in the
country. According to Tunji Lardner, the
founder of WANGONet, the idea
of creating a website to monitor
and report corruption related
activities in Nigeria first came
into fruition 13 years ago, a period when internet access in
the country was still a novel
idea. He however reaffirmed that
the relevance of ACID today is
timely. The Anti-Corruption Internet
Database (ACID) aims to create
an informative and educative
corrupt practices data archiving
and reporting platform with
modern features for multi- dimensional public advocacy and
civic engagement in the fight
against corruption. ACID is a first step to ensuring
that Nigerians are able to rate
themselves as well as their
government leaders on efforts
made to curb corruption. The online portal which is
available on both web and mobile
application http:// www.antigraft.org has different strategic tools that everyone
can use to report corruption or
feel the pulse of corruption in
the country. To visit the website on your
computer, please click www.antigraft.org To download the mobile apps for
your BlackBerry or Android
enabled phones, please visit: www.antigraft.org/bb and www.antigraft.org/android. Below are some of the
tools available:
ACID Wiki: A source of information concerning
definitions, laws, treaties and
strategies concerning corruption. Asset Declaration: A list of Nigerian politicians and
government officials that have
declared their assets. The
"Report Asset tool" helps user
report known asset of political
actors and also upload supporting documents. Bribe Reports: A tool to report corruption cases either
from public or government
agencies. Also allows for user to
upload supporting documents.
(Multi-media and textual). Budget: Monitor Public Projects yourself
View and share Budgetary
Infographics
Download budget resources such
as actual budget documents and
budget monitoring toolkits WANGONeT's Corruption
Calculator: An application which computes the opportunity cost
of acts of corruption. It provides
contextual comparisons into the
actual cost of stolen and
misappropriated funds. Corruption Profile: A list of
individuals who have been
involved in corruption allegations,
cases, and convictions. National Applaud Ranking:
Applauding outstanding
individuals who work hard
despite the temptation of
corruption. Users can nominate
and vote for ANY individual they believe is worthy of applaud. Other resources available
include FREE download of
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act
and other important documents. For more information please
email info@antigraft.org

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