₦airaland Forum

Bobbystanley: Age factor is one major problem that has killed Nigerian football..the likes of
Chrisantus
Ramon Azeez
Stanley Okoro
Ajiboye
And most fantastic guys dat won the U-17 world cup back in 2007 and also got to the final of the 2009 edition hosted in our own country..after the tournament u will never hear their names again because the played those tournament wit dia last strength.
See Sunday Mba said he is 23years wen we all know dat he should be in his late 30's.

In conclusion,Let's just be realistic about age because we've got the talents accross the country and we need scouts to discover them..thanks

Abu Mikey: See as their names dey fear person

CFCfan: The 27th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup gets underway in 7 Turkish cities from June 21 - July 13. 24 teams will be battling to lift the trophy last won by a fantastic Brazilian side in 2011 in Colombia. Here are the groups below:

Group A: France, Ghana, USA, Spain

Group B: Cuba, Korea Republic, Nigeria, Portugal

Group C: Turkey, El Salvador, Colombia, Australia

Group D: Mexico, Greece, Paraguay, Mali

Group E: Chile, Egypt, England, Iraq

Group F: New Zealand, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Croatia


Nigeria's fixtures:
June 21: Nigeria v Portugal @ 7pm

June 24: Cuba v Nigeria @ 4pm

June 27: Korea Republic v Nigeria @ 4pm

maasoap: I knew it. That man is a fraudster. He removed 150 naira meter maintenance fee only for this crook Nnaji of a thing to replace it with 500 naira fixed charge. It is only in Nigeria you have counter(meter) and you are still being billed using crude method in combination. Whether you have power supply or not, you will be made to cough out 500 naira every month in addition to per unit charge that he increased from 7.30 to 12.30. Thanks to the Mr Nnaji Fraud.

TeaParty: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/nnajis-power-generating-firm-begins-operation-in-aba/

bobthebuilder99: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/138985-exclusive-hardship-mounts-as-poorly-fed-nigerian-troop-in-mali-are-unpaid-for-three-months.html

PDPwayoo: this guys is good. I think one of the most talented in the squad. Mikel has no skills. Cant dribble, cant score.
Mikel plays give me-i give u... I hope he will not try to take another free kick cos its gonna be waste.

tellwisdom: callup is a choice thing..with the poor management , coupled with incompetency your sports board are showcasing..a sane player wld never step into the country, let alone tapping the ball for a second.

SLIDE waxie: the most observed attitude of a poor man will be the mannerism of using the word, 'because'.if u wanna stay irresponsible and poor, learn that word and keep it healthy in ur life.
[img]http://img1.nairaland.com/attachments/1159997_NNPC-SUSPECT_jpgb7954e81a293c4d902b0ded3e672ffbf[/img]our nigerian police are really trying now o. dem even give the guy puff puff chop ontop counter. wether he go finish am or not go remain between him and more puffins to come

when the guy said they gave him hot slap, you think its a joke?
police don slap the guy sotee without uniform, he can differentiate police slap from other slaps,
this kinda long confession, only god knows the beating he has received in detention before singing.

Moderator abeg use your head, that Guy was not an NNPC staff, he was a contractor staff to NNPC

ace1: I beg to disagree sir. Empty Hen are unreliable. How would u explain the poor network, dropped calls, poor customer service etc. The list is unending. When it comes to data service, MTN is a no go area. I had problems with my line once cos MTN kept deducting my credit even when my phone was off. I went to their customer care centre at Rumuokwuta and guess what I was told, there's no network to check what the problem of my line is. All network have their issues, but MTN is just like PDP

EMMAACHILE: You are a foolish guy. Sorry to say this

SuyaEater: Enough with the pride....bring back odemwingie....

Bring in new fresh strikers or recall some old ones....drop ideye, musa, ujah .....

hollandis: Ideye is the worst there.I so much hate the guu

FilesUpdator: Team News:
TAHITI—Roche; Simon, Ludivion, Caroine, Faatiarau, Vero; Bourebare, Tehau, Chong-Hue, Vahirua; Tehau.

NIGERIA—Enyeama; Ambrose, Omeruo, Oboabona, Echiejile; Mba, Mikel, Ogude; Musa, Ideye, Oduamadi.

EMMAACHILE: How many minutes do u call on the average a day? Those first minutes charges add up over a month period. [b]The average person hardly call above 5 min a day.
[/b]When calculating, use the maths for <5 minutes call.
Glo still have 5 family and friends at 5 kobo per sec and superior call quality

Sike: This just came in. MTN Nigeria revised it’s call tariffs across board. The revision exercise which started at the beginning of the week with the introduction of MTN SmoothTalk and MTNTruTalk, has just been concluded with the revision of two of the existing plans–SuperSaver and MTN Pulse
which were introduced in August
last year . Apparently, subscriber’s
on the old plans have been
automatically migrated to the new
plans already.
The change may related to NCC’s
stance that MTN was a dominant
player as a result “uncompetitive”
practices such as offering cheaper
on-net calls than off-net calls or
the concept of “calling clubs” were
going to be sanctioned.
Here’s a breakdown of the New
plans:
TruTalk[?b]
[b]MTN SmoothTalk Plus
iPulse
SuperSaver Plus
Migration
*450*1#
*450*2#
*406#
*408#
Voice
First minute
N/A
40kobo/sec
42kobo/sec
42kobo/sec
On-net
20 kobo
15 kobo
10 kobo
10 kobo
Off-net
20 kobo
15 kobo
10 kobo
10 kobo
Happy Hour; On-net
(with N100 minimum balance)
free
free
free
free
Happy Hour; On-net
(With less than N100)
20 kobo/sec
15 kobo/sec
10 kobo/ sec
10 kobo/ sec
Happy Hour; Off-net
20 kobo/sec
15 kobo/sec
10 kobo/ sec
10 kobo/ sec
Add-On
Freebies
Free N300 airtime to call 2
registered special numbers after
recharging with N200 and above.
Free N300 is valid for 7 days
§ Free N300 airtime to call 1
registered special numbers after
recharging with N200 and above.
Free N300 is valid for 7 days
N/A
N/A
Free Data on recharge
N/A
N/A
§ 10MB on N100 recharge or
more. Valid for 7 days
§ 10MB on N100 recharge or
more. Valid for 7 days


http://www.techsuplex.com/2013/06/15/breaking-mtn-reviews-call-tariff-call-rates-low-as-10kobo-across-all-networks/

teexzle: @ jarus any idea on us shale oil, I read it now poses a serious threat for african producers

kutchs: Do you know that the growth of the Chinese economy has slowed of late? No nation is immune from the global economic recession as all economies are somewhat interrelated. The economy may grow or remain static for awhile but ultimately it‘s going to start slowing, that‘s the case with China one of the BRICS nation. Brazil, India, Russia and SA are no different, everyone is feeling the pain though to different degrees.

Gbawe: You're correct about corruption ruining the broth - plus lack of focus and ideas. The SME sector in Germany accounts for 70% of total number of Germans employed. Till today, there is no cohesive plan to grow the sector in Nigeria and shape it into a veritable tool of economic emancipation . This is largely because corruption, profligacy, lack of incentives and lack of sincerity means the considerable initial investment required to create a vibrant SME sector will not materialise. Tragic really. This is why educated and exposed Nigerians can only laugh at the deceptive antics of GEJ that Insincere9gerian and others package as "efficient economic management" for the gullible and uninformed.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/smes-part-of-germanys-success-secret/

thelastPope: Do you people even understand these world bank reports? Let me help you a little

1. A poverty appraisal report is not measured on a one year statistics. It is determined by statistics spanning at least 5 years and above.

2. There are 2 types of government policies. Those that affect the short term and those that affect the long term. Even a CNN report indicated some of the policies that led to the last recession where policies dating back to Jimmy Carter. Poverty or prosperity in a nation, doesnt happen overnight. So when you say a poverty report is an indictment on GEJ, you know absolutely nothing.

3. When it comes to issues rise poverty eradication, the issues you must discourse are the immediate and long term efforts and policies the present government has in place to improve it. Not how a poverty report is an indictment on a present government, except that government has been in place for up to 10 years, like some few countries

4. There are many factors involved when you talk about poverty. Population is the biggest factor. Even if people are getting richer, this will always be dwarfed by the fact that the population is exploding. For example, if you say people are not getting richer, who are those buying all the new and used cars in Lagos daily? Are they all politicians too? lol. Lagos has been expanding tremendously in the last 5 years and now Mowe and environs have become part of Lagos. Ikorodu is expanding crazily and so are all the other satellite locations around Lagos. People are building new houses and buying new cars daily in the thousands. But then, that is dwarfed by a population explosion. The implication of that is that the economic growth reports are very correct but other factors must come together to make it an overall transformation for the vast majority of the population

5. This is why I will continue to say that, what you lot are doing is throwing headlines around and trying to score cheap political points off it.

Pukkah: You made a mistake here bro. There is a policy which has been successfully implemented.

The policy to stifle anti-corruption fight...see the speed with which Mr Diepreye Alamieyeseigha was successfully pardoned against all public outcry and common sense.

With that decision, Mr President demonstrated passion, single-mindedness and rare focus which have eluded many previous occupiers of that seat. Please hail him for this.

thelastPope: You lot are just funny. Poverty rates are increasing the world over. The world is on the verge of another major recession. Italy, France, Spain, Greece are already in the mud. Now the ever strong Germany and the UK are on the edge, yet you open a thread claiming poverty is increasing in Nigeria and that it is an indictment on GEJ?


Comedy central!

OMO IBO: So who are these new and expanding companies hiring?

Ghosts?

eGuerrilla: This interesting revelation by the world bank is one that is far removed from the make-belief figures regularly published by government apparatchiks here on NL.

In fairness, as the report highlights the good, the bad and the downright unconscionable within our economy sector, I fully expect those touting ridiculous stats to take a break for a few weeks

On an altogether different note, the FGN really needs to redouble its efforts to ensure that poverty alleviation schemes are implemented with the seriousness they deserve, right across our various regions. I see no reason why Lagos state alone should buck the trend in a nation of 36 states.



Source: Nigeria Economic Report (World Bank). No. 1 May, 2013

Sincere 9gerian: It is the JOINT responsibility of the states, federal and local govt to create jobs and eradicate poverty.

The national purse is shared 50-50 by the federal govt on one hand and the states and local govt on the other (via state-local govt joint account).

So, while we ask how many jobs the federal govt has created in the last few years and what percentage of Nigerians have been lifted out of poverty through policies and programmes at the federal level, we should NOT forget the states.

How are the states and local govts creating jobs and eradicating poverty with their share of the national purse? How many jobs has Fashola or Sullivan Chime created in the last few years? These are critical questions that demand answers.

The problem of lack of jobs and increasing poverty cannot be solved without looking at the issue of exponential increase in population. But how can we tackle the problem of population if Buhari and other northern leaders see population as a tool for winning elections, wrecking havoc and earning more funds from the national purse?

In the long run, if we TRUELY want to drastically cut down unemployment rate and poverty, we MUST re-structure this country. Power must be de-centralised down to the states. The present arrangement where Abuja tries to feed 160million people can only breed more poverty and unemployment. It should be the other way round. It is the 160million people that should feed Abuja. In other words, the states must be allowed to harness their human and material resources for development and pay taxes to the centre. This is the only way forward.

But unfortunately, the northern politicians, with eyes fixated on oil money, will resist any attempt to re-structure this country. Currently, even passage of PIB is witnessing major resistance from the north.

Until the much needed re-structuring happens, we have to make do with what can be achieved under the present arrangement. Also the Boko Haram madness must have impacted negatively in the poverty and unemployment rates in the northern states in the last 2yrs (usually the bulk of these negative data emanates from the north and weighs down on the rest of the country)

malele: The Federal Government, on Thursday, said smoking would soon be banned in the country as soon as the Anti-Tobacco Bill before the National Assembly was passed into law.
It also disclosed its readiness to convene a Universal Health Coverage to help boost strategies towards improving healthcare delivery.
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, who spoke in Abuja, at a ministerial platform, insisted that the Federal Government could no longer condone smoking.
He asked rhetorically: “Why are you smoking? Why are you taking what will kill you? What benefit do you derive from smoking?”
Professor Chukwu listed his achievements in office in the last two years to include establishment of National Trauma Centres in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and the National Hospital, Abuja; completion of Federal Staff Hospital, Jabi, Abuja; completion of Laboratory and Administrative building of the Nigerian Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Abuja, and rehabilitation and equipping of several teaching hospitals in the country.
The minster disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan increased funding for polio eradication to N4.7billion and made further commitment of N2.5billion this year with a Presidential Task Force on Polio Eradication constituted to help in the fight against the disease.
He said, “today in Nigeria, seven of our teaching hospitals can do kidney transplant. This month, we are expecting International Certification Team on the Elimination of Guinea Worm in Nigeria.”


http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/en/news/item/14317-smoking%E2%80%99ll-be-banned-soon-in-nigeria-fg.html

Nastyhatty: she is pretty

Boeing412: Dana Air Almost Killed Me Yesterday

Here's my personal experience with Dana yesterday....passengers beware o!

We boarded a dana flight 9J-357(LOS-ABV) yesterday at MM2 Lagos finally @ past 5pm after an hour delay,only for the plane to taxi,rise into the air a bit and suddenly came down again!

Everyone on board thought it was the end of our sojourn here on earth!

The pilot then announced it was a technical problem and didn't want to take chances so we had to board another plane...just barely a year after the last crash....makes me wonder if anyone cares about human lives in this Country!

Dana should b grounded til they stop "managing" planes.

Chamber10: Must you sound immoral all the time? Because of your comments I stopped my children from visiting Nairaland

deols: man, I doubt that you are a Muslim and even if you are, you are a very ignorant one, sorry to say.

what if some arabs are racists? Does it make Islam so?

are the arabs the ones to aportion your reward?

shouldnt you want to make it for Allah's sake?

cool4ny: No disrespect to you but do you realise that you didnt read my comment before assuming what i never said?

"assume the worst"? Did you take time to go through my comment or you are one of those who are ready to attack anybody with a different view to yours? do we have to all agree?
Is there anything wrong in raising genuine questions about a project which might positively or negatively affect my beloved country or state?

"one should never pander idly to ignorance and innate prejudices because doing that leaves one contributing nothing to the forward movement of humanity" I love that bit. It says it all.