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 Politics › Re: Senator Kanti Bello Attacks Akunyili At Screening by KnowAll(m): 7:04pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
[size=16pt]Dora behave like a typical Naija babe, the man with the fattest wallet gets the babe, hence sisi Dora jumping ship, me I no blame am, if na my sister I go tell am make she do the same thing  [/size] |
| Politics › Re: What Do U Think Is In Store For Segun Aganga In Our Gaff Prone Senate by KnowAll(op): 5:36pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
Senator D: I understand you get paid $500,000.00 dollars a year as a fund manager, why leave such a luxirious job in london to accept a Nigerian minsterial job of less than N2 million a year. Do u have a hidden agenda or have u bought into what the rumour mills have being peddling, that u can be a millionaire in a day if u are minister in Nigeria. All the Senators gasped into thunderous laughter  OA:  |
| Politics › Re: Senator Kanti Bello Attacks Akunyili At Screening by KnowAll(m): 3:28pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
I know our democracy is evolving, but senators like kanti should behave civilized not coming to a forum like the senate to behave as if he has a personal grudge against someone and not the interest of the nation. He cant even discuss issues. those are the kinda leaders we have. senators that wants criminals to contest for positions. However am disappointed in Dora she didn't prepare herself at all she should have expected senator like anti kanti bello to react venomously. Anyway shes not a saint either just an opportunist.That is why they pay those foolish Senators N40 million a year, so that they can hire bright smart minds who will draft their question and answer sessions for them. But Naija Senators would put the whole bloody money in the bank and come out in public and start asking silly, nonsensical question. |
| Politics › Re: What Do U Think Is In Store For Segun Aganga In Our Gaff Prone Senate by KnowAll(op): 3:02pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
Jonathan dosen't want double wahala, Dora's own has genearated enough quantan already. |
| Politics › Re: What Do U Think Is In Store For Segun Aganga In Our Gaff Prone Senate by KnowAll(op): 2:47pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
Lol but on a serious note,i think its going to be hard for him since he's not from lagos Looks like he has being drop completely, I dont think he would be facing the senators anymore, but if he would I bet it would be a bestseller. |
| Politics › What Do U Think Is In Store For Segun Aganga In Our Gaff Prone Senate by KnowAll(op): 2:25pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
With this Kanti Bello howler, insinuating that Dora use to cook for Turai, can you the good people of NL imagine or envisage what is in store for Olusegun Aganga. Senator A: What State are you from OA: Well my parents are from Edo State, but I was born and bred in Lagos. Group of Senators chuckles Senator A: So because u where born and bred in Lagos State u think u are from Lagos state, do u have any idea how Nigeria is run at all, Senator Gambo here was born in Lagos but he is not a Lagosian so is Senator Akpan, and Senator Obi. Senator B : Are u even a Nigerian, you strike me as someone who does not even know his state of origin, how can u be an effective minister when u don’t know where u came from. Senator C: what is the capital of Nigeria? Any other silly gaffs from our error prone Senators |
| Politics › Re: Akunyili's Confirmation Stirs The Senate! by KnowAll(m): 1:52pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
i'm not being tribalistic here,all i'm saying is that your sister should have honourably thrown in the towel before she start singing her anti-yaradua campaign.is that hard enough for you to understand? [color=#000099][b]I agree with u, people don't kiss and tell whilst still in goverment of course only in Nigeria courtesy of madame Dora.[/[/b]color] |
| Politics › Re: Akunyili's Confirmation Stirs The Senate! by KnowAll(m): 1:18pm On Mar 30, 2010 |
[size=14pt]Kanti Bello allowed his emotions to override his reason, if he had gathered and pace himself properly or better still ask a lawyer friend to draft a thorough quizzical question that would have cornered Dora, and if Dora scale through that then she gets her job, but now he has made Dora a star by asking questions that where totally off point alas cooking for the first lady.[/size] |
| Career › Re: How Much Are You Making Abroad Convert To Naira by KnowAll(op): 11:56am On Mar 30, 2010 |
@frosbel And don’t forget if u are married the wife’s income will keep the family afloat until things straighten out for oga. |
| Career › Re: How Much Are You Making Abroad Convert To Naira by KnowAll(op): 11:50am On Mar 30, 2010 |
So how do you compensate for the deficit. Not many people take home that amount here in the UK , believe me But I refuse to post how much I earn, my enemies such as fellow Nairalanders Hatch et al will be happy to jump on my case. I compensate the deficit with the believe some debts and commitments would fizzle out and I will have some disposable income in some months and years to come. |
| Career › How Much Are You Making Abroad Convert To Naira by KnowAll(op): 11:43am On Mar 30, 2010 |
Ladies and gentlemen in other for our brethrens in Niaja to no say nothing dey abroad I have decide to post how much I am making a month in London convert to Naira and how much I have left after all expenses. The good thing is we are on the internet and nobody really knows who you are, so ladies and gentlemen feel free to post how much you are making a month on this thread. I make £2,750 in Naira ( N687500 ) pounds a month and my outgoing is £3,100 (N775,000.00) , so I am £350(N87,500.00) worse off every month, Oh boy obodo oyinbo no easy oh, |
| Politics › Re: Akunyili: I’m Loyal To President Yar’adua: I’m Loyal To Nigeria by KnowAll(m): 11:25am On Mar 30, 2010 |
You people supporting Dora, u need to see Dora’s demeanour when Yaradua breezed into town, the press conference she gave, a day later, she looked like a woman who has just seen a Ghost, all that confidence and bravado she was extolling and exhibiting in that interview days b4 had drained from her face and voice. I can remember what she said “yesterday the, President of the federal republic of Nigeria arrived from Saudi Arabia” was she not the one harping on about the incapacitation of the President days earlier abi the woman wan change sides again. |
| Politics › Re: Akunyili's Confirmation Stirs The Senate! by KnowAll(m): 11:24am On Mar 30, 2010 |
You people supporting Dora, u need to see Dora’s demeanour when Yaradua breezed into town, the press conference she gave, a day later, she looked like a woman who has just seen a Ghost, all that confidence and bravado she was extolling and exhibiting in that interview days b4 had drained from her face and voice. I can remember what she said “yesterday the, President of the federal republic of Nigeria arrived from Saudi Arabia” was she not the one harping on about the incapacitation of the President days earlier abi the woman wan change sides again. |
| Politics › Re: Senator Kanti Bello Attacks Akunyili At Screening by KnowAll(m): 11:23am On Mar 30, 2010 |
You people supporting Dora, u need to see Dora’s demeanour when Yaradua breezed into town, the press conference she gave, a day later, she looked like a woman who has just seen a Ghost, all that confidence and bravado she was extolling and exhibiting in that interview days b4 had drained from her face and voice. I can remember what she said “yesterday the, President of the federal republic of Nigeria arrived from Saudi Arabia” was she not the one harping on about the incapacitation of the President days earlier abi the woman wan change sides again. |
| Politics › Re: Akunyili: I’m Loyal To President Yar’adua: I’m Loyal To Nigeria by KnowAll(m): 10:29am On Mar 30, 2010 |
That Katsina Senator lost his cool, he should have asked a clear focused question bordering on the press interview Dora gave whilst still in government. It is clear what she is trying to do by giving such a brazen, unwise and thoughtless interview. She wanted to make the Yaradua loyalist look like traitors, but what she invariably did was she made the whole cabinet including JG look like a bunch of lame duck cowards and stupid, thereby painting herself in a different light by appearing to be the only real and pure heroine. Obviously when u make your boss look stupid, how does that help her cause, the man that would hire you, u make him look stupid. |
| Politics › Re: Why Nigeria’s Governors Forum Is Bad For Nigeria. by KnowAll(m): 10:05am On Mar 29, 2010 |
It is not moreso the Nigerian Governor’s Forum but the Northern Governor’s Forum they started this disruptive busy body lobbying abandoning their core duties and focusing more on the centre they are a bunch of self centred men who were more less silent when the substantive President was on seat. I think OBJ dealt with them by using the EFCC to make them back off, Jonathan is learning fast, EFCC has now being unleashed to deal with these dishonourable men. |
| Business › Re: Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 7:34pm On Mar 28, 2010 |
Transport is the backbone of all development since egypt to today. Early civilizations only rose from the fact that they were in a geographically advantageous area for transport and as they expanded their ability to transport goods and ppl the prospered and gained great power and developmentWhen you have 18 million people cocooned in lagos and another 7 or 8 million of them willing and wanting to travel East on a regular basis, even a clueless investor can see that their is money to be made. The problem we have is our polticians would rather spend a $100 million dollars in sponsoring sectarian violence alas Jos killing fields than seize this mouth watery prospect of making a quick buck. The reason why our politicians have this kind of attitude and mindset is because they are never too far from the till and secondly they have a career in politics that is infinitum. Danjuma a man who physically saw Ironsi and made sure the mission was accomplished is still strutting around in the coridors of power 43 years later. Politicians like Danjuma abounds in the polity, these are men and women who can play at the higest stake in any gambling hall in the world and never live to regret it, the only way the gravy train will come to a halt is when the cold hands of death snatches them or better still the black gold in the delta dries out completely. With these gentlemen ruling the roost we would have to wait for about 2 centuries before we can make a headway. Fortunately the proposal I am putting on the table is a proposal that can be funded by private money not goverment and definately not politician's money all I ask the goverment is draw us a comprehensive rail route map, the delivery, and final execution could be in a 100 years time, at least one can point to the existence of a master plan, let the private sector worry about that. |
| Politics › Re: Former Nigerian Military Ruler General Muhammadu Buhari Launches New Party by KnowAll(m): 10:47pm On Mar 27, 2010 |
Buhari is a disillusioned fool, like I said in one of my other post at this serial Presidential Candidate, he has become part and parcel of our election lexicon, even at death, this unsettled soul would be exhumed to run once more again, how ungratifying would Buhari find such a spectacle especially trying to get his attention when he his entangled to the bosom of his 72 virgins. 1 Like |
| Business › Re: Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 9:37pm On Mar 27, 2010 |
In Britain with Mordernisation came changes, the proliferation of Railroads in the 1830's to 1870's came with her own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was there was a rail road to almost any conceivable route, profit and safety was compromised. It came to a head in the early 1990's after the Hatfield crash. The British goverment changed tack, the railway lines maintainance where seperated from the train operators running on those lines. A new company was now in charge with building, maintaining, and improveing the lines, whilst several other companies where runiing the trains, this new law took a huge burden from train operators. The Nigeria state has 2 important steps the way forward. 1. Draw a comprehensive rail routes for the whole country. 2. Four prong approach in the running of the railways (a) Sell the rail lines to independent companies who will run it - that means they would build the railway line and charge whenever a train runs over them. (b) The goverment can build the railway lines themselves and do the maintaing and charging. (c) Sell the license for the train operators. - just like u have the goverment owing the airports and private people running airlines. (d) Sell an infrastrutural License - this is not done in the uk, but could be introduced in Nigeria because of the huge capital outlay involved in running and operating railways. In the UK the stations in most cases belong to the train operators, I think the UK being a more affluent society it is easier to run it that way. In Nigeria it would be the most sensible thing to do for individuals to plan and develop train station taking advantage of the other businesses that can develop around the station. The aim is to make areas around the stations to be the hubs of smaller towns and communities, rather than the goverment shouldering these responsibilty afflunet sons and daughters from the area can take it as a civil responsibility in contributing to their community. The suggestions above will not cost the goverment a penny, the whole enterprise can be 100% privately funded. I see this as the way forward. |
| Politics › Re: Let’s Celebrate Our First Phd Chief Of Army Staff by KnowAll(op): 9:08pm On Mar 27, 2010 |
It is the application of knowledge for beneficial outcome that creates value, not just the knowledge in itself. Again in this particular case I would suggest that a PhD is indicative of potential and knowledge it is the effective delivery application of knowledge innovation that will become the unit of measurement of Dambazzau being fit for purpose. To make an informed deduction, what area of research is his PhD in and what is the awarding institution or body finally link that in to his current position in terms of value added. Otherwise i will be inclined to stand with Sapeleguy and zidd Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh SapeleGuy's " List of concrete acheivments" does not hold water in this dicuss, because Damabazzau's constituent does not include people like me or you, his constituent's are the military, I think there is a post from one of his core Constiuents apart from platoon 18, who gave credence to the mordernisation the miliatary is undergoing and the professionalism it is inculcating into her culture. Having said that, Dambazzau' performance appraisal is done by the present Cin C in no other person than the Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, I am sure if the Cin C find him not up to the task he would have done what he did to his ministers. Your input or Sapaleguy's or even my own input on whether he performed in his job or not is not within our remit, he did not canvass for our votes before he became the COAS, how dare we ask him to list his acheivements, his CinC knows his worth hence he still being the COAS. Those that promise rain and brimstone b4 they came to office are the ones we should hold responsible, we are their constituents and it is within our remit to ask them of their stewardship. |
| Politics › Re: Sharia Gov. Sani Ahmed Yerima Marries 13 Year Old Child by KnowAll(m): 7:45pm On Mar 27, 2010 |
If a man chooses to take a wife at the ripe old age of 62, it means one thing, this paedeophile is not ready to pack it in, that is retire. This shameless and psycologically impaired gentleman will still want to be relevant to the Nigeria polity in one capacity or the other in the months and years to come. What this country is moving towards is gerentocracy, goverment of the greyed haired men. In that kind of sitiuation nothing seriously gets done, it is tantamount to giving one's grand mum or dad a very difficult puzzle to unravel. All these senile buffoons parading themselves for elections in 2011 must be resisted with all our might, after all why did they send us their kids to school when it is clear they want to rule for eternity. I have a friend who is from Oyo State, his father was once the Governor of the state, the boy I mean the man, Nigeria for some strange reason make a full grown up man of 40 year old appear as a boy anyway b4 the interruption, his father resisted him running, insisting he too at the ripe old age of 75 will like to also run for the Governorship, the chap had to pull out. How long are we going to continue to put up with these old men who are only in power to increase the harem of wives at their beholden. Another one is already being lined up to take over the Presidency in 2011- IBB. Do we really have anyone to blame. |
| Nairaland General › Re: Congratulations! Nairaland Now Over Half A Million Members. . . by KnowAll(m): 7:12pm On Mar 27, 2010 |
It means those in Authorithies will always use this meduim as a barometer to test public pleasure and displeasure. Congrats to Nairaland |
| Car Talk › Re: Join The Ride From London To Lagos By Road by KnowAll(m): 12:37am On Mar 27, 2010 |
Has it happened yes or no since 1996, pickin wey dem born sef go dey go 4 years now. |
| Business › Re: Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 9:14pm On Mar 25, 2010 |
The Bottom line is the FG should hands off railways. All they need to do is draw up a comprehensive master plan for all routes and let private money develop it. I am sure IBB will be itching to bring out his cheque book to develop the Minna - ABUJA ROUTE. Look at what private money has done to the airlines, I travelled by Arik airlines once and it marches any top world airline in its service and the kind of planes they use. This success can be replicated in the railways too. |
| Business › Re: Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 9:06pm On Mar 25, 2010 |
The problem we have is our minds and the biggest unfortunate of all Yaradua our so called graduate President's mind is still set at pre-colonial Nigeria. Do you know the rail road that ran from Lagos to Nguru, was designed by the colonialist for the trains to get to Nguru and bring the groundnuts to the ports in lagos. It is outdated line of over a 100 years old why is our Mr President launching this obsolate line in the year 2010 for a whooping sum of 4 billion dollars or there about. For goodness sake we are in the year 2010 our goals and development needs are not the same as it was in 1946. |
| Business › Re: Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 8:53pm On Mar 25, 2010 |
don't forget that kaduna has already reactivated some of its rail lines, the FG can partner d states. These are the kind of things we are talking abt, identify probs and proffer workable solutions. The Kaduna goverment wanted a fast rail from Kaduna to Abuja. But the FG felt it would not be fair on the other states so for some reason did not encorage their own involvement in this deal. Although they still compensated Kaduna by rejuvenating the old colonial Lagos to Kano route recently. The Kaduna -ABUJA route which is niche route and very profitable route for any will be investors is still up for grabs as the FG is not really intrested in developing this route. It can be develop by private money or the state goverment going public by issue out right offers for the project to take off. |
| Business › Re: Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 8:16pm On Mar 25, 2010 |
We had rail tracks in some towns as at independence and there where trains moving in along those tracks. Whatever happened to them That is why it is necessary for the goverment to draw out a comprehensive railroad routes which would be sold as a concession to investors. When we have people like Danjuma who does not know what to spend $500 MILLION DOLLARS on, he could easily invest on some route he feels that he will make money. There are a lot of Nigerians with money that can invest in little short routes, develop them and start making their money. I see this as the way forward rather than wait for goverment for eternity. |
| Business › Railways Revisited - The Way Forward by KnowAll(op): 7:51pm On Mar 25, 2010 |
I was recently reading the history of the British Railway or Rail roads, from the 1830's onwards quite an intresting read. What I realise about the development of rail roads or railways is we should change tact in Nigeria and tackle railway development on a short distance basis that is we should start looking at the smaller pictures rather than bigger and grand pictures. When u look at the bigger picture u shrivel at the cost involved in embarking on this highly capital intensive investment. Nigeria's six geo political zone would be a very good starting point. The essence should be linking all the major urban areas within those six geo-political zone together in a cacophony and labyrinth of railroads. The primary goal will be profit for the investor, the objective and the role of the state is draw or map out all the potential routes which would be sold to business men as a concessional routes. Where there is money to be made, smart funds will always follow suit in tandem. Let us use the SW as a case sturdy, the SW for example can boast of over 50 towns with a population above 75,000 people, this is a huge minefield for revenue generation, movement of agricultural products and general marchandise. Other business that can develop around the railroad towns are hotels or railroad hotel, eateries, bars, unfortunately brothels, and and shops selling different marchandise. The whole experience and spectacle will generate huge employment and growth across the land. After the 2nd world war, Britain was short of man power, as an immediate solution to solve the problem of lack of direct labour, the goverment of the day decided to go to their colonies especially those colonoies where English was not only the official Language but was the mother tongue to seek manpower. This singularly act, led to the great migration of west indians to Britain in the 1950's, most were hired to man the railroads which had massive and huge gaps in its manpower. The advantage of railroads cannot be over emphasised in the development of any nation, it is a developmental goal which we should endeavour to pursue with a renewed gust and vigour obviously hinged on the most sincere of convictions. Let us have a look at some routes in the SW Marina- Lekki - Epe -Ikorodu-Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Abeokuta- Ibadan Lagos -Shagamu -Ibadan -fast route Ibadan-oyo-Ogbomosho-iseyin-shaki-Abeokuta-Ota-Agege-Lagos Ibadan-ife -akure-Ondo-Ore-Shagamu Osogbo-ife-Ondo-Akure-Ado-Ekiti Agege-Ota-ifo-Abeokuta-Ibadan-Iwo [b]Let us look at some routes in the SE and SS Enugu-Akwa-Onitsha-Asab Enugu-Akwa-Aba-Owerri-Porthacourt Akwa-Enugu-Nsukka Owerri-Porthacourt- Yenogo-Brass Porthacort-Yenogoa-Warri-Sapale-Benin Benin-Asaba-Onitsha-Enugu PorthHacort-Uyo-Eket-Oron Uyo-Porthacort-Calabar-Ogoja-Obudu Enugu-Abakalili-Ogoja-Calabar Aba-owerri-Porthacourt- Bonny The middle Belt and the North will have two or three pivotal centre in Abuja, Kaduna and Jos. Because North does not have Towns clustered together like in the SW and to some extent the SE and SS, all destination should gravitate towards Abuja and Kaduna and Jos Abuja - Minna- Kebbi-Sokoto Abuja-Ilorin-Offa-Kabba-Lokoja Abuja-Kaduna-Kano-Dutse Kano-Bauchi-Maiduguri Maiduguri-Yola-Makurdi Abuja-Jos-Jalingo-YOLA Abuja-Kaduna-Bauchi-DUtse The most important thing is the six or seven states in each zone should sit down and draw a comprehensive route which will take full advantage of the developmet needs and goals of the whole region, these goals should then be concessionalise based on the drawn out plans, adhererance must be strict. Concessions should also be issued to dedicated lines that will link all the rigions together in one big unify conglomerate. Do we have a development plan at all, that is something that needs to be looked into. |
| Politics › Re: Chief Justice Katsina–alu, Aondokaa Plan Jonathan’s Exit! by KnowAll(m): 10:34am On Mar 25, 2010 |
A time comes when all these nonsense has to stop there is a saying in pidgin english " if na play make them stop am ", it is time for all these actors involve in the Yaradua illness spectacle to draw the curtain, this play has run it course Nigerians has stop playing the fool. There ain't a Murder unless there is a body, If Yaradua is going to issue any kind of command, statment or broadcast he would have to do it physically with th cameras rolling otherwise some Nigerians like myself believe he is actually six feet under. The onus on Turai to prove us wrong. |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Is Confused! Dumps Mega Party by KnowAll(m): 10:15am On Mar 25, 2010 |
If one want to see or know what the embodiment of failure is, in the Northern Political context, Buhari is a classical case. He overthrew a legitimate civilian goverment which is the most idiotic thing to do, even the most silly of men will hesistate doing such brazen and callous mutiny in a world where the gospel of democracy is preached to the high heavens. When he thought he was settled, salivating at his own thaught, ready to tuck into that gravy train called the treasury he got swept away by a bunch of trusted brigands, clearly this unsettled soul has unfinish business. Nigerians are now use to seen his picture every 4 years clamouring and beckoning to the public to vote for Buhari. This gaunt looking scare crow is now part of the Nigerian electioneering lexicon, even if he chose to stand down or better still goes six feet under, there would still be a sizable number of electorates who have seen this spectacle called Buhari as the best clown in town, after all who is going to amuse them during electionnering. |
| Politics › Re: Let’s Celebrate Our First Phd Chief Of Army Staff by KnowAll(op): 10:08pm On Mar 24, 2010 |
Ph.D does not equate to competence. When will you people get over this colonial mentality. Please list his work related achievements. It is high time Nigerians of every creed and tribe give credit where credit is due, just because he is not from ughelli or agbor people have colonial mentality. If it were one of your southern officers with the assured backing from the queen of the castle egging you on, they would grab with all ten fingers, after all the ADC to the President is from your part of the world. |
| Politics › Re: Let’s Celebrate Our First Phd Chief Of Army Staff by KnowAll(op): 5:05pm On Mar 24, 2010 |
Whether he has 10 Ph.Ds or not, whether the Devil presented Aso Rock to him on a platter of gold and he still declined, the fact remains that HE FAILED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN JOS, and we're needing him to tender his resignation immediately. At times these guys they read too much book hence my reference over-qualified, their judgement at times can be questionable. How do u explain Jonathan’s appointment of a man who does not know what to spend $500 million dollars on. |
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