yes always a gunner

sorry sister i just notice that, wat a pleasure to know a sister is watching footie

thank yu  brother , enjoy the game

guys pls does anyone know where i can watch this online

Arnold1 stop wasting your time debating this post. Just read, laugh and understand why nigeria ( their country ) is so backward. You wonder why niger rep. should now be a model for nigeria.Very soon the likes of them we return to nigeria ( their country ) with a doggy diploma degree from one arab country and before you know wetin dey happen e don become minister of dis and dat.  very shameful indeed.

Nigeria1 sorry i meant Bode Eluyera. Thanks

Nigeria1 are you by any chance the same guy from NVS with the name iyalata. In case you are not, you might want to read some of his articles on Nigeria village square its in line with the vision of egbe omo oduduwa. May Eledumare(God) bless the Yoruba nation.

blacksta:

Very sad

I don't even know who to blame do i blame the government who have failed to provide necessary infrastructure to improve standard of living or the ignorance level in the people - i don't know.

Exactly how i felt but i think we could start from the grassroot , people in those villages should see the videos with a translator, i dont think any sane person would see that and not have a change of heart or maybe am wrong.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2008/02/29/wus.trapped.part.1.cnn

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2008/03/07/untold.stories.trapped.part.3.cnn

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2008/03/07/untold.stories.trapped.part.4.cnn


I pray that God would deliver us, i used to think i was strong but this really broke my heart.

mikeansy:

them don sort out Soludo since

na Onyiuke-Okereke go be next

Na Shamsudeen usman I dey wait, since he destroy Soludo him never come up with any programme

spot on


check this out :http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=99222


I think the situation in nigeria we remain until we have a voice,like a strong opposition party,sometimes i wonder why people like pat utomi,wole soyinka and gani cannot form a party,i know political party mean a lot of money exactly the way it is in most "developed" countries but sometimes the rule of the game "politics" does change and money will not be the real factor.

I am convinced the people of nigeria including myself want change but i think we need a "boat" .May God help us soon as a nation so we dont sink.

very funny, lol

Nigeria open for business

Jocelyn Newmarch | Johannesburg, South Africa



05 September 2007 06:00

Business in Nigeria is booming -- and South African companies are determined to be a part of an economy they say has sky-high potential, despite the challenges posed by unpredictable regulations, unreliable power and a lack of infrastructure

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=318320&area=/insight/insight__economy__business/

China's inroad into Nigeria, others unsettles U.S.
From Laolu Akande,
New York
AT least in the last three years, the United States (U.S.) government, through the office of the Secretary of Defence, has been monitoring Nigeria and Africa's increasing relations with China in its regular review and observation of China's military power.

A yearly report to the U.S. Congress from the Secretary of Defence for this year and last year, specifically mentioned Nigeria in the American government review on China's military while in 2005, the same report referred to Africa.

The U.S. government, though said in the 2007 report that it welcomes the rise "of a peaceful and prosperous China and it encourages China to participate as a responsible international stakeholder", expressed worry that "much uncertainty surrounds the future course China's leaders will set for their country, including in the area of China's expanding military power and how that power might be used."

Although the reports are in themselves essentially glimpses into the deeper core of America's own foreign policy and military complex, observers say the U.S. government is clearly considering China's inroad to Nigeria, Africa and some other regions of the world as an essential aspect of military strategy which the Americans cannot ignore.

There has been widespread speculation on an international scale about the recent upsurge in China's bilateral and multilateral foreign policies which has seen other super powers, especially America, getting increasingly uneasy without openly admitting such. For instance, there is a lot of suspicion that one of the most critical factors that ultimately compelled the decision of the Americans to set up a U.S. Military Command in Africa is to checkmate China's inroad into the continent. But U.S. government officials have consistently denied such notions.

The 2007 Annual Report to Congress on the "Military power of the People's Republic of China" released by the U.S. Defence Department and recently made available, declares that "China's reliance on foreign energy imports has affected its strategy and policy in significant ways. It has pursued long-term energy supply agreements in Angola, Central Asia, Chad, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Venezuela."

The report added that "China has used economic aid, diplomatic favours and in some cases the sale of military technology to secure energy deal."

Lampooning the Chinese government and by extension some other countries, the Americans said China's desire to meet its energy needs, has led it to strengthen ties with countries "that defy international norms on issues ranging from human rights, support for international terrorism and proliferation." But the report did not mention such countries by name.

In last year's version of the same report in which Nigeria's name also featured, the American government noted under the sub-heading: "Communications and international contracts" that although China is still dependent on foreign providers like INTELSAT and INMARSAT, yet it is expanding on its indigenous capabilities, including marketing its own technology to include satellite development, manufacturing and launching services to the international market.

The report then stated: "China currently has two international contracts one with Nigeria and one with Venezuela for the design and manufacture of communication satellites based on their Dongfanghong-4 (DFH-4) spacecraft."

The report added that China may be developing "a system of data relay satellites to support global coverage, and has reportedly acquired mobile data reception equipment that could support more rapid data transmission to deployed military forces and units."

In 2005, under the same report, the Americans were focussed generally on China's inroad into Africa. Under the sub-heading: "Trends in China's strategy in the Asia-Pacific and other regions of the world," the report observed that in year 2003, China became the world's second largest consumer of oil, coming after the Americans themselves. It also said China became the third largest importer of oil.

According to the 2005 report, "as China's energy and resource needs grow, Beijing has concluded that access to these resources require special economic or foreign policy relationships in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, "


The Nigerian Federal Government has been actively engaging the Chinese in what is believed to be mutual economic relationship of recent. Earlier this year, the Nigerian government sold half of 45 oil-exploration licences without any bids from oil firms in western countries including the U.S. China and India however won some top slots.

A U.S.-based energy journal, AfrikEnergy quoted an unnamed western diplomat in its July edition as saying "a lot of western oil companies backed out because all the prime acreage has gone to Indian and Chinese companies on right of first refusal."

Many such deals with the Chinese and the Indians are given in exchange for promises by those countries to help invest in Nigerian railways, refineries and chemical plants.

The concern of the Americans seems to border on what the 2007 report called "the limited knowledge of the motivations, decision-making and key capabilities supporting China's military modernisation."

Under the U.S. National Defence Authorisation Act of 2000, Section 1202 provides that the U.S. Secretary of Defence "shall submit a report on the current and future military strategy" of China. The acts mandate such a report to the U.S. Congress for the next 20 years beginning 2000.






© 2003 - 2007 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).



And i think this confirm what the author was saying. check this links :http://odili.net/news/source/2007/sep/4/419.html

oceanblue:

Been to SA, & i can tell you even their roads are not improving. all the infrastructures left by the whites are poorly maitained. Corruption is eating deep into every sector and even the police force.

But this makes me realise that Nigeria is not that bad compared to how long we have been managing our own affairs. Give south Africa 10yrs from now when all the Whites leave in frustration, you will see Naija evolving as the best best in the continent.

However, the big question is, Why can't it work for a black Nation?

word

denex:

Let's just declare Sharia nationwide and stop this whole snail movement.

I can't believe Lagos is trying to declare sharia law through the back window.

i think this futher confirmed what denex said. http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/august07/04082007/f604082007.html

IDINRETE:

i am not surprised. this is not the seven or eight wonders of the world and it is not phenomenal
i am not casting aspersion or denigrating your thread but there is nothing out of ordinary or fantastic about her singing in Yoruba inasmuch people who are not English Ibo, Hausa, french can speak and sing in those languages, i bet you can speak English and sing in English, people will not be in awe and utter amazement that you are able to do so,

Nice rendition of yoruba song albeit,

i got your point fela ,now lets take english language out of the content. have got asian friends and they taught me how to greet in their language and anytime i greet asian with those few words it does the magic,as in you get better services even as little as a genuine smile.i can't see your location but if you are anywhere outside nijja you would understand what i meant.
anyway thanks for your view  am still waiting for more.

check this out guys and tell me what yu think .cheers


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kywXb31c2HA

crazykid:

Stop decieving yourself because there's no way you can date two guys and they both know about it. and claim to be in love.
You're just being used by both of them.
When they are true with you, they would dump you like hot potato. Open your eyes and wake from your slumber.

true word.

to the poster ,darling get yourself a life.

dejia:

They are u just stingy. they hardly call. they claim they don't have time, they feel they are above the world and most of them still live in poverty washing plate from one restuarant to the other. i am sorry to insult some people but i am not impressed by them or should i say my friends over there. they feel everybody needs their money.i have deleted some of them from my phone.even when u call them sometimes they don't pick the cal because they are afraid.
they are not the only once abroad, calls are cheaper but they still don't even call, Pple in other countries don't do that.
i know most Pple in UK wont accept but i think its true. You guys can't do anything to it.

i

what a contradiction, how do yu expect people in poverty to get the money for call cards. i bet those yur friends wud be glad yu stop calling them cos yu dont sound like a true friend here, have yu ever took time to find out what kind of situation they might be going thru, those assuring words from yu, like everything is going to be fine if they dont get discourage might be the only word they needed at that particular time. wake up and smell the coffee yur friends are in a strange and foreign land busy to make themselves a better person, so go get yurself a life fela.

omoge:

oh!!! my waist don break with laughter . well, there are better things to do than to wait for someone else call abi? i just think it is easy to forget friends when you are not together or in different place. you got your life where you are now, you busy with school, busy with your relationship, new friends, job, multi tasking etc so it might not be because they are tight fisted. instead of waiting for their calls, why not go ahead and make new friends. hold on to the memories but don't limit yourselves with friendship or stuck your tent with one that is thousands of miles away

true word , darling

GNature:

@jockey112

Thanks for sharing the LBS ranking with us. I am so happy for the school's accomplishment. I have said before that the establishiment of private higher institutions of learning is going to be a plus for Nigeria. The best is yet to come.

its my pleasure brova am glad yu enjoyed it.

just thinking this might be relevant to the topic


Lagos Business School Attains World Ranking

The Financial Times of London has made public today its list of the top 50 business schools world-wide in the area of open enrolment executive education programmes. For the first time ever, this list includes a Nigerian business school, the Lagos Business School. Indeed, it is the first time that an African business school outside South Africa is included in this prestigious ranking.



Perhaps some considerations will help to appreciate better the significance of this event.

In the first place, the Financial Times rankings have a well deserved prestige. Many newspapers and magazines compile rankings of business schools these days, but those of Business Week and the Financial Times stand out among them; while Business Week focuses on American schools, the Financial Times is considered by many the pre-eminent international ranking. Its methodology is rigorous and it is compiled on the basis of data from the schools themselves, participants in the programmes and third-party sources. Many business schools all over the world work very hard to be included in it.



To gain insight about the significance of being included among the best fifty providers of executive open enrolment programmes, it is useful to consider how many—and how good—are the schools that do not manage to get included in that select elite. Some statistics may be help here:



The total number of business schools in the world is estimated by the top accreditation agency to be around 10,000; new ones are created literally every week.


In the UK alone, there are over a hundred business schools; only four of them managed to be included among the top 50 worldwide in open enrolment programmes.


A country as economically powerful as Germany has no school in this ranking; only an Italian school is included; and there are no schools from Eastern Europe or Russia. Even more significantly, not a single Asian school was included, even though India, China and the Philippines have a good number of very well respected schools.

See more info at http://rankings.ft.com/rankings/openProgrammes/rankings.html

http://www.lbs.edu.ng/lbs_news.php#2

degoat:

Wow, it is nice to know that Nigeria at her lowest point is still able to flex muscle. I will never count this country out. I still think Nigeria is heading toward greatness and very soon the rest of African countries will start to look up to Nigeria once again.
With excellent leadership, Nigeria as a country is untouchable.
Incredible Topic.

Good thinking !!!!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1272256,00.html

pls give Handsome Duke a break

sad indeed

Anti-corruption -All Noise

Posted to the Web: Thursday, June 14, 2007



DO you still remember that Nigerians were told that after May 29, all the Governors who had dipped their fingers into their state coffers would be prosecuted? Nobody could have forgotten that the reason given for not prosecuting these Governors was the immunity Section 308 of the Constitution offers them.

More than a week after they lost their immunity, none of the 23 Governors that were regularly rated as serial offenders has been prosecuted. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had said it had taken all measures to ensure the Governors did not escape. It made appropriate noise about telling foreign missions to cancel their existing visas and not to issue new ones.

What are the EFCC and the Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, waiting for now that the immunity of those governors is gone? Do they also know that Nigerians expect them to investigate and prosecute all, whose activities could not be scrutinized as a result of their immunity?

There is enormous work for both organisations to do. The Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, scandal that put the Presidency to shame at the twilight of last administration deserves to be thoroughly investigated for its criminal dimensions, rather than the political treatment the National Assembly gave it.
However, it looks like Nigerians are in for another round of excuses. The ICPC Act of 2000 empowered to investigate the activities of public office holders has offered the first excuse - it has no funds to carry out its functions.

According to Mike Sowe, ICPC Head of Media, “The Chief Justice of Nigeria has to appoint an independent counsel to prosecute the corrupt governors. It is the responsibility of the CJN to prosecute. But, the money for that purpose is not there”. The finality of the financial constraint rings through Mr. Sowe’s submissions.
Nigerians would not be impressed by this latest excuse. At what point did money become a problem? Was it after the immunity of those officials elapsed? How can a government that claims to hate corruption and would do everything to fight it refuse to fund the institutions the law has set up to fight corruption? Are there no annual budgets for these bodies?

The attitude of government to fighting corruption has been wrong from the beginning. Instead of a national battle, based on the realisation of the dangers corruption poses to the development and well being of the country, corruption has been fought more as the private war of those who are in a position to deal with perceived enemies. The excuse about funds is unacceptable.

Heads of these organisations should have a serious meeting with the new government to resolve whatever issues are involved. President Umaru Yar’Adua has consistently alluded to giving impetus to fight against corruption. The present posture of the ICPC and the EFCC, which has reclined to a deafening silence, cannot qualify for the new government policy on corruption.

Alternatively, if the war on corruption is over, government should, with as much gusto as it had deployed in prosecuting it, tell the world. It would be sad if this legacy of the Obasanjo administration goes with him.

docokwy:

I like your line of argument. But isn't surprising that the Yoruba ministers could not achieve anything when their brother was a president. For example, look at the CBN under Sanusi (Yoruba) and compare it to now. Does that by any chance confirm the Yoruba penchant for incompetence and mediocrity?

i think you miss my point .

ijogbon:

The tribal slant to proactive discussions on this forum is getting very boring.

We should be celebrating the fact that NIGERIANS were given the chance to serve their fatherland and were given the resources and the support to do so.

If you are given the chance to serve your country you should do it with pride and integrity. If you choose to serve yourself, your tribe, your family or any other so constituted constituent the shame is on you.

The list of people who served their country with Pride and Integrity in the past political dispensation is long and worthy of pride. And includes every type of persons, ALL Nigerians.

Thanks could not have said it better

@yktj
that could be true 75% of achievements by ibo but if you have the opportunity to meet any one of them ,they will tell you they could have never be successfull without the political will and that credit goes to the former president who is a yoruba man,so tribe or no tribe we would never get anywhere unless the will to make things work is there and  my hope is that the new president have the will and determination too

@ babasin
was it a wrong story that ALAMS is infact in  JAIL ?

Africa Loses ILO Seat to Albania
From Juliana Taiwo in Abuja, 05.31.2007



Following Nigeria's decision not to step down for Congo Brazzaville over what it termed illegality at the Fifth Ordinary Session of African Union Labour and Social Affairs Commission (LASAC), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa yesterday lost the opportunity to head the presidency of the 96th Session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in Geneva, Switzerland to Albania.
Congo's nomination was characterised by crisis at the LASAC meeting in April and was only resolved in Geneva by African representatives where it lost woefully to Albania. The 96th Session of the ILO is expected to be opened Tuesday.
From a total vote of 376, Alibania, a European country unexpectedly defeated the African candidate by 198 to 90.
The African Group in Geneva, especially the workers and employers groups which vehemently kicked against the nomination of Congo, blamed the loss of ILO Presidency by Africa on the Director-General of the ILO, Juan Somavia.
Somavia is seeking a third-term as the ILO Director-General, and the African Group accused him of creating frictions amongst their groups.
However, South Africa remains the chairperson of the ILO Governing Body, till the new voting takes place, but no date has been fixed for the election.
The issue of who become African nominee as the ILO President, which had been zoned to Africa polarised the last (LASAC) meeting which ended in crisis, as the workers and employers groups rejected the attempt to impose Congo, instead of Nigeria, which had been nominated based on the normal procedures.
Procedurally, Nigeria had been chosen by the African Group in Geneva to be the ILO President during the 96th Session of the ILO, the position which was ratified by the expert meeting at Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, before the arrival of African Ministers of Labour.
However, an objection raised by Congo that the African Heads of State meeting had ratified its candidature was described by the Expert Meeting as “unprocedural,” and rejected attempt by the Government Group (Ministers), to imposed Congo.
The crisis could not be resolved and was moved to Geneva, where Nigeria finally withdrew for Cameroon, which turned round to withdraw for Congo, being a fellow Francophone country.

i agreed with you ,i think its time we review our foreign policies .

simple, to make nigeria or africa great get the best people on the job and we would all be better for it.

God bless her

very strong post indeed

I dont know what Islam says about love and forgiveness,but I do know that ,that is the core teaching of christianity because christ died for us when we are yet a sinner,so for christians to take arms against muslim might be a very bitter pill to swallow,not many christian can do it .
I think that is why the bible say we fight against not flesh and blood but principalities of darkness.Like someone said earlier i think its a spiritual battle.