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It is now normal to accept the abnormal as normal in Nigeria. Good gracious they did not legalize this homo-sexual bullshit.

prettyboi1989: If I start talking now, dem go wan chop me, m jst tired of d way ppl on dis platform despise positivity, progress n excellence of a party, individual or group of persons. Ur situation is not any better so y u criticising another's performance, nawa o, dey'll come here spikin bossy n arogant bt if u chek dem well shingbain dem no get. Trully d empty barrel makes d loudest noise

That's a fallacy! "empty barrel do not always make the loudest noise".

annoymous: just like that? if you were professor at Harvard, will you go to CU and become professor? its not even the money, CU may want to pay anything for him, but he has to be around his work, his students, his projects, his grants etc. unfortunately, money can't buy all these.

It doesn't matter, do no forget that the said professor is a white man and not a Nigerian, Money doesn't mean everything. I believe he's doing this as his personal contribution to foster knowledge. Don't forget he's only visiting, he's not staying on permanent basis.

A nice step in the right direction. Instead of him visiting why can't the university make his stay permanent? Anyways why he's there I believe the amount of contribution he makes will be beneficial to the students there.

Aside this step I believe the University should start making steps to involve student unionism in the school and also stop caging the students there like animals.

Only a fool will be surprised by this.

voltron: There are 5 key requirement for success in leadership positions - in order of importance IMHO
1: Character
2: Experience
3: Education
4: Open-minded
5: Passionate about Progress

If Education was the only quality, then Leaders will remain failures.. all 5 qualities must work together.. but the evidence is clear for all to see. Nigeria is over 50 years old and what has been the result of our Leadership during this period? I leave that in your capable minds

The answer is simple: we are being lead by narrow-minded, selfish and heartless individuals.

voltron: 100% Correct.

You are being one sided. Education is something that is holistic, it is an eye opener, as you said "many of us went to school but not all of us are educated". Education goes through you and you go through it, this is why in advance countries like U.S, China, France, Russia everybody involve in active governance are well educated, that is why their country move forward.

I tell you the reason why we as a nation are still backward is because most if not all of our leaders put themselves and their political ambition first before the entire nation. One who is truly educated will not that in everything that is good "your country comes first".

Yes! Yes! and yes! It's about time. I honestly see no reason whatsoever why an individual with school certificate will be allowed to contest for election. Come to think of it, what does a mere school certificate holder know about governance?

Over 15 per cent of the Earth’s population use Facebook, with 1.19 billion users logging on each month.

The social network knows intimate details about most of these people - whether it be what they eat for lunch or who they spend most of their time with.

While the concept is unnerving, the vast quantities of personal data can also provide fascinating insights about the world we live in and how it’s changing.

Facebook data scientists recently compared users’ hometowns with their current residences to uncover the top 10 cities that had ‘coordinated migrations’- or the movement of large numbers of people from one place to another.

The top destinations were found throughout the world in countries that are rapidly urbanising. In these areas at least 20 per cent of the population of one city had moved to another city.

London was listed as the 10th most popular region for migration, with a growth of 1.4 per cent in ten years. Around 94 per cent of these migrants came from within the UK.

The data found that Lagos in Nigeria grew 18.6 per cent between 2000 and 2012 as a destination city

Istanbul was the second most popular city. A large proportion of migrants came from other parts of Turkey, with the rest originating from Eastern Europe.

‘We believe that these migrations have cultural and political motives, on top of economical ones,’ said Facebook.

‘For instance, we observe migration from Bulgaria (with a considerable Turkish minority) and from majority-Muslim Bosnia.’

According to this data, countries such as India, Nigeria, and Turkey are becoming increasingly urban, with many people moving from rural areas into large cities such as Hyderabad and Chennai in India and Lagos in Nigeria.

For most of the cities on the top 10 list, the megacity migrations are coming from within the same countries.

But there are a few interesting patterns. Kampala in Uganda, for instance, is absorbing a significant number of people from towns in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.

In the U.S. coordinated migrations tend to come from other countries, such as from Cuba to Miami and from Mexico to cities such as Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and Los Angeles.

The Facebook data, however, excludes China, where the social network is banned but which has undergone the largest migration in human history.

A separate study used Facebook data to look more specifically at movements between countries, rather than cities.

A team at Wolfram Research found major inflows of U.S. immigration from India, China and the UK.

This isn’t the first time scientists have used Facebook to analyse migration trends. Two years ago, former Apple developer Pete Warden published a blog revealing data he scraped from public Facebook profiles.

He initially shared the data with the world but later took it offline after a legal threat from Facebook. The social site said he had failed to obtain prior written permission.

Source, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2529905/How-Facebook-reveals-human-migration-User-data-shows-London-Lagos-Istanbul-places-relocate.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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GEJ's reply is as shallow as his administration... In my opinion he should have kept quite instead of this shallow response. See how he openly ignored the key areas in OBJ's letter. Just like he's been ignoring his number one responsibility....

What will be the outcome when a murderer who is the chief of police asks his lieutenants to investigate a murder he commits...

If Patience Jonathan's name is on this list I see no reason why her husbands name is not here. Ever since he came up with his subsidy removal nonsense the abuses never seize to end, from clueless to retardeen etc.

Our President should be given an award for the most insulted Nigerian ever created. sometimes i just came help but pity him.

Afam4eva: Chei, Nigerians like money sha. This is the first time i'm seeing over 5000 comments on Linda Ikeji blog. Normally comments are always less than 400.

This ploy to give away money is simply to attract more comments from her readers and it's working out just fine. Remember the blackmail stuff a while back?....

Afam4eva: By default, she'll give 100k to the most popular commentator which happens to be Bonario. I like the fact that she's appreciating her visitors.

So when will Seun appreciate those who make his site the best in Nigeria. By banning them? lol

Sincere 9gerian: When the NASS, especially house of reps, politicizes or fumbles and wumbles with probes (eg the Farouk Lawan and SEC probe bribe scandal), then it is only RIGHT that the president conducts his own probe and acts based on his own probe or investigations. For example, the probe by the presidential committee on fuel subsidy established fraudulent practices by fuel marketers initially cleared by house of reps. After all, in the end, the buck stops on the president's table and he has to act based on a well-informed position.

Personally, I cannot touch any of house of reps jaundiced, APCnized, Tinubunized, Buharinized and bribe-tainted probe reports with a 10 metre pole. I dont know about you.

Meanwhile, we are still expecting the report of the house committee that probed bribery allegation against Farouk and the clerk of the house. It seems when the probe involves members of the house of reps, it goes on FOREVER.

A fine point you made but you always seem to be attacking other rival politicians or political parties and from the way you sound it's as if these rival politicians are spreading lies against GEJ. Your boss is not a saint as you always make him out to be.

vanguard1: It ought to be mandatory, it is an Nysc thing so all NYSC members ought to donate.

From what Iwas thought as a former corps member. to serve Nigeria doesn't mean one has to part with his or her money, I was thought one has to use whatever skills and knowledge one learned in school put it to good use in a way that it will affect the lives of the people in the community one resides in.

vanguard1: The officials aint corp members. We are always fast to cry foul in Nigeria, afterall corps members don't pay tax.

So? Is that the reason why the NYSC officials decided to exploit them? The donation should not have been made mandatory plain and simple. One shouldn't use the guise of service to our nation as a motive to rip people off.

This will not be the first time government have tried to bribe their way out...

vanguard1: Its called service to ones nation and in the serv ice, you have to make sacrifices in every possible capacity including financially.
I just pray the money is used to construct the building not ending up in peoples pocker. I SEE NO FRAUD IN THIS.

"Service to our Nation" doesn't mean one has to be exploited. If this was truly "service to our Nation" how come it is only Corps Members whose allowances were deducted or the NYSC officials in that State don't know how to make sacrifice?

My good man, this reeks of fraud!!!

abbakacici: let him explain what godluck has to do with it

Huh? That's outrightly speaking out of context.

nwanna89: When did Nigeria Inland Waterways Agency become FG? They "recommended" and not "asked". There are some people on nairaland who will see the topic without reading the post, and will then go around saying Goodluck wants to ban okada all around nigeria.

Very misleading IMO

If they are good enough to "recommend" ban of okada then they should be good enough to "recommend" another source of livelihood for the okada riders.

Did you even notice in the post that their reasons are not even cogent?.

chukjojo: I blame GEJ for this mess.

Dude if you don't have anything meaningful to say please just keep quiet.

Sometimes I wonder why some women can't keep their legs close.

Just because they want to get a job or retain their jobs some women are ready to shag satan himself.

What a country!

According to popular saying there's someone for everyone. Guy if de girl no send you look for another girl wey send you abeg. Girls yapa for naija wey go trip for all the stuf wey you do for this girl wey no appreciate class and style.

lorretta u: Is that the answer to my question?
Instead of you to answer the question you're telling me what 'people' like me would say under such circumstances.
I know you'll keep avoiding the question cos truthfully it'll be a big deal if your wife should sleep with another man
But you see it as a little thing if you do

It's not a big deal if ma wife should sleep with another man. We all have different way of reacting and dealing with issues.

The issue of infidility is not only common with men, but women too.

Men accuse women of cheating and women accuse men of cheating. It's a battle that's been raging on for centuries. If you ask me, I believe it's overrated!.

lorretta u: Hope it will be a small thing when the wife cheats
Mtchew!

Actually if it's a small thing when the wife cheats people like you would say the husband never really loved and cared for her in the first place.