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Boys 2 Men, is a R&B group, not a hip hop group.

Meagan Good
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Gabrielle Union
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Vivica Fox
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Janet Jackson
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Eva Pigford
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Eve
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Mary J. Blige
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Keyshia Cole
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I wonder how long its been since those complaining have been to Nigeria. I say this because they speak as though nothing is changing when in reality, even me as an American who's visited Nigeria during the military ruled period in the 90's and in 2001 shortly after its return to a democratic nation and again at the beginning of this year, could see clearly that the nation is progressing rather nicely. The only really faltering area in which everyone mentions is the inability of the government to establish a program in which would see new power plants built and old ones successfully refurbished, increasing the nations electrical supply to sufficient levels. The OBJ administration drastically underestimated just how insufficient the nations electrical demand is and would grow to be, and bureaucracy in the VIRGIN new democratic government made for a server lack of experience to be able to handle the mammoth problem with the establishing of fast and effective plan in a timely manner.

OBJ and other honest entities in his administration openly admitted to their dropping of the ball in the power sector; though one must admire the fortitude of the man to make sure that he managed to at least see through the creation of an effective plan to resolve the issue prior to him leaving so that the the leader who followed after him could simply just go ahead and begin implementing it to scale. That's Yar'Adua, and Yar'Adua in my opinion is just not the right man for the job. He's a good man and all, though he seems too timid, to lay down the hammer like OBJ and get shit done. It's only now that he's getting around to implementing the power plan, with the provision of some $3Bill dollars for the project and a massive increase in bids for private companies to come in and begin power production. This should have been done the first week in office, but hey, at least it is finally getting done. He's cancelled OBJ's wonderfully structured national health care plan in which would of seen hospitals and clinics built in the rural regions of the nation for the first time, and gov. subsidized care with several billion $ worth of federal backing insuring it. The reason for the cancellation is Yar'Adua managed to allow some careless fool in his staff to talk him into thinking that their wasn't enough money to fund the program; that's complete bull because OBJ's administration already set aside the money for it start, and with the nation receiving a steady 7% rice in GNP yearly the program could easily be continued to be funded.

Yar'Adua seems to lack gumption, though slow in his actions he seems to be getting some nice things done, though in al reality it not him but the less mentioned state governors of many Naija states whom are making the greater difference in the nation today. It's really do to them that the nations is progressing so fast. The past state elections have brought into many of the states a stock of very talented and actually caring governors. Fanshola in Lagos is, I believe, the MVP of governor of the year so far. He's done and is continuing to do an amazing job of cleaning up that Mega Metropolis mess know as Lagos. From trash disposal, to power generation to housing accommodations to hotel provisions, to job creation, crime control, to affordable and reliable public transportation, to road infrastructure improvement, to organizing the chaos in which loomed under the bridges and flyovers of the city, to the Airport; he is rapidly making emence change in the Metropolis. It looks multiple times cleaner and inviting already, and it's only been several months since getting in office.

But it's not just in Lagos that such change and growth is taking place, and it's not just in Abuja either. All over the nation small scale and mega alike, developments are being constructed as we speak and load more are about to be started and even more nearing completion in their design and financial securing processes and will begin to be developed within the next couple of years. Mega foreign companies, such as Kia Motors developing a car manufacturing plant in the south east in which will produce affordable vehicle for the entirety of the West and Central African market out of that plant. Tens of thousand of Nigerians will be employed directly and indirectly via the operations of that plant, also Peugeot Motors plant in Kaduna is in the final stages of going back into operation with the production, and Steyr motors has also revved up production. Other Auto makers and in the plans now to bring their operations to Nigeria as well. Significance of this is that, Auto plants secure tens of thousands of jobs each.

The DICON institute, the nations sol weapons manufacturer, after years of being under military governance and mothballed for that time, has been revamped by the gov. using the nations Army engineers and now the plant produces the vast majority of the nation's military's and police's small arms rifles and munitions. It'll soon begin developing its larger arms and munitions as well. Do to outstanding reform in the nations banking industry, the nation has now Africa's second largest banking industry behind South Africa, and at the rate it's growing it won't be long before it surpasses that of South Africa in which the same way as the nation's telecommunications industry has done within just the past couple of years to become the continents largest and fastest growing. The nation has Africa's current largest construction industry, and it is one of the fastest growing in the world, as office buildings, roads, railways, dams, homes, hotels, power plants, refineries, LNG plants, Auto plants and everything else is currently being developed in the nation in mass.

Many of you obviously do not know of the dynamics of Hollywood. Hollywood is not Nollywood; there are loads and loads of very, very talented African-American actresses who are and have been looking for their chance to obtain stardom in that industry but the demand for black characters is just so little, and the few prominent AA actresses Like Halle B., Vivica Fox, Angela Basset, Gabrielle Union and a few others usually get the parts. If Geny was to come to the US to attempt to get into Hollywood, she'd be placed so far down the list for a role, it wouldn't be funny. She is a good actress, though in American standards, she's just average. Actually, I'll say that Omotola would have a better shot than Geny.

It's a draw. The look kinda the same to me. Whoever said Brandy was ugly, needs to get some glasses and or stronger glasses if they already have some.

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If the US can due without it, I'm more than certain Naija can. I'd dump that useless body ASAP. Look how they cheat you all out of holding the 2014 CW games for sorry ass scotland.

Abuja's rapidly growing infrastructure. The pride of Nigeria.

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I love it. I'm building one in the gorgeous Adamawa highlands.

This problem is nothing new, the same happens all the time here in the US. They give very insufficient warning of a closing of a main road artery leaving one to wake up one day to mass gridlock. You get a report stating that the project will take 3 month, though will wonder why apparent simple project will take so long to complete, and then the project will end up taking 9 months. They have a major problem here in the US with milking federal road repair projects. The issues you speak of with the government repair projects are no different than what happens here in the US. It's called bureaucracy, and is just the way it goes.

I wonder why it is that the Nigerian authorities don't like you taking picture around Abuja and various other places. That's not good, in that if the nation is trying to increase it's tourist industry then they can't have policeman going around stopping them from taking pictures of the various sites they visit.

Calabar is better looking and more affordable. It also has a fast up and coming tourist industry in which will provide you with plenty of opportunities for a good job and or to start your own lucrative business at an affordable price. Cross Rivers State, where Calabar is located, is quickly becoming the Florida of Nigeria. Humm, I even hear that plans are on the way to begin having cruise lines operate out of there as soon as the Nigerian Navy and the state of Cross River themselves can assure sufficient maritime security for them while in Nigerian waters.

One major selling point of the cruise operations will primarily target African-Americans and other diaspora blacks in the Americas to sale the sea paths in which many of their ancestors may have journeyed in the bellies of slave ships from Eastern Nigeria to the Americas. Calabar was a major slaving port during that time, and is the only Nigerian port town to have preserved the relics of that day.

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Nice, and sure to do the job-- though it doesn't look much like what I was told it was going to look like. It's not as glamorous looking as I was told it was going to be. Perhaps they've changed the original plans for it's design.

I hear that work on the constructing of the 4th Mainland bridge has begun, is this true? I hear JB is doing it and its going to be a suspension bridge with 12 lanes, 6 going each direction. Another one just like it is also being built over the Niger River by Onitsha. It's about time the gov. began investing in that nations infrastructure. Being a construction worker must be like one of the most lucrative job options in the nation at this time with all this work going on all over the nation.