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[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=515669.msg6789931#msg6789931 date=1285023987][color=deeppink]Nigeria isn't a zoo, Nigeria is a country blessed by God but was ruined by greedy leaders.[/color][/quote]spot on mama gee

cap28:
Don't mind him, he is in for a very rude awakening.

Jonathan will not deliver because he wont win it, the result has already been predetermined and I beleive that IBB will win it, not because he is the best man for the job, none of them are qualified for the job, as a matter of fact all of the current candidates ought to be rounded up and indicted on corruption and in IBB's case murder and drug trafficking charges, but hey this is nigeria that is never going to happen.

But yes as i was saying, IBB will win it because he has already been selected by the US as the preferred candidate, Jonathan is out of his depth and will not be able to fend off the hausa fulani oligarchy who do not even think he should be there in the first place. But IBB will deliver more draconian Structural adjustment policies which will further enrich the western financial institutions and sound the death knell for the nigerian economy and the nigerian people.

bruv time will tell, just a few months to go

ladej:
you again, dem send u ?

Kobojunkie:
WOW . .  we have already forgotten Yar adua's emergency plan on the same sector only 3 or so years ago?
Same would have applied if Yar adua's plan had worked the first time, and last year if the Goodluck lead plan to increase production to about 6000MW had worked . .
lol

as least u laughed here

Kobojunkie:
WOW . . we have already forgotten Yar adua's emergency plan on the same sector only 3 or so years ago?
Same would have applied if Yar adua's plan had worked the first time, and last year if the Goodluck lead plan to increase production to about 6000MW had worked . .
lol

you again, dem send u ?

i feel he will do well for the following reasons

1. he's the first Nigerian president to announce a road map and implementation plan for our dilapidated power supply

2. following number 1, if the plan works Nigeria will enjoy a transformational change, unparalleled in our 50 years

3. in a quiet and unassuming manner he's winning supporters from all geopolitical zones in the country. i believe he will use this goodwill to marry his goodluck.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=515542.msg6782116#msg6782116 date=1284918193]Where credibility lies , trust is due. People can assume and question where credibility lacks.

Anything else?[/quote]true

[quote author=what.lyf link=topic=515540.msg6779715#msg6779715 date=1284872096]is is an indirect way of calling me a gay (God forbid bad thing)?do you know how much i HATE anything that has to do with homosexual? o girl make u respect urself o and no make me swear 4 u! wetin i do u sef?bros thank you, but i NO need help,st least not on this subject at ol[/quote]no shaking

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=515540.msg6779592#msg6779592 date=1284866444]Great point. But I doubt that it'll end well for him.

Talking about closet gays, I see that you've met what.lyf. The guy worries me sef, for someone to even question the existence of his own life.  [/quote]sad story indeed. lol@what.lyf. try help am na,

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=515540.msg6779369#msg6779369 date=1284857808]Nothing. Thanks.
Anything to offer to the issue at hand?[/quote]actually yes. nigeria is a very anti-gay society and has laws against gay marriages. if indeed he were really gay he might be a dead duck on arrival. however its pretty far fetched to come out with that sort of excuse for the sake of it, i mean his name is now out there. anyways i hope this case finds a logical conclusion soon. by the way there are quite a few closet gays in nigeria, predominantly in the north but also in mainstream lagos

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=515540.msg6779283#msg6779283 date=1284855721]Is there a reason why you only pop out when a gay thread has been posted? Kini original ID e?[/quote]whats popping ileke

Onlytruth:
Why do I feel like saving these statements for later appraisal after the dust settles?

I really hope you are right about the north living without power for approaching 20 years (OBJ -8years, UMYA -2+years, GEJ-9 years). The way I see it, unless we are not talking about the northern Nigerians, I will not wave them off like that.
The real test is whether GEJ can handle the real heat when it comes. I would not gloat.

na so is on point. power has changed hands. the circumstances he got there are nothing short of miraculous and hes the best of a truly bad lot.

love u mummy

i hope he can garner enough votes to win this.

I mentioned food and I stand by it. The chinese exported and still export their food worldwide today. Its a billion dollar market. The chinese by the way possibly have a worse human rights record than most, but because of exports such as food, films, and technology, this is buried. Don't underestimate food.I like in the UK which practically doesn't have a national food. The popular indian meal chicken tikks massala or tandori chicken has been adopted. India is also a 3rd world country. They got their acts today and today their food is exported world wide. Before america entered the industrial age just after slavery was abolished, it was a worldwide leader in agriculture, I.e. Food.

Kobojunkie:
Oh! So, you are convinced you actually answered the question asked by that? I believe the question asked was to get people to reveal what exactly it is that people don't already know of Nigeria and would maybe WOW them if they learnt of it or something. What you gave above seems more what I would expect from a Nursery school pupil asked to write of 10 nice things he would tell his friends of Nigeria or something. Not meant as an insult but your list there get as e be.

opinions are like assholes. at the end of the day everyone has one. have a nice day.

@ kobojunkie, i wont bother to counter all you have said. if you had bothered to read what i wrote in RESPONSE to the question asked you wont have bothered. the question was, can you name 10 good things about nigeria? i believe i did so. the question wasnt how can nigeria's image be bettered. hope i cleared that up. thanks for your input.

ada24:
i'm waiting as well. no one seems to want to write this list.

here goes

1. we are one of the most culturally diverse peoples in the world, from the tivs to the nupes, ibibios, yorubas, ibos, hausas, fulanis, etc. over 300 tribes and counting.

2. when it comes to food nigeria has a vast array of palatable dishes [im hungry thinking about]

3. we are abundantly blessed with rich natural and human resources in every nook and corner

4. nigeria is home to over 400,000 plant species throughout its land

5. nigeria houses warm people, if you disagree source funds for a good cause 'heart operation etc' and see how quickly funds are raised. aisha on this forum can attest to this.

6. nigeria has birthed some of the brightest people in the world, from renowned authors to geo physicists, economists, singers, footballers, doctors, professors, lawyers and hard core hustlers (the legal type)

7. nigeria owns some of the most resilient people. its amazing the suicide rate is low with crap we have to go through day by day. but for the resilience and never say die attitude, it would have crumbled a long time ago

8. no other country has more slangs, from effizy, effrebo, jonze, fashee, swegbe, mumu, dodoyo, oponu, were, swagger[borrowed], gbensh, knack, swave, ginger, yes o, and so on and so forth

9. nigeria has rich clothes. whenever i wear my agbada i feel rich, powerful and worthy. whether its worn in nigeria or overseas the casting looks by admirers sure makes the day a brighter one. a suit hasnt been quite able to match the same level of swagger, lol

10. investment wise for property nigeria is good. i got a piece of land in 2008 for about 3 million. today its valued at between 6 and 7 mill, thats what im talking about

11. last but not the least this generation has produced some pretty amazing talents. the list includes cobhams asuquo, chimamanda ngozi adochie, asa, 2face, 9ice, the late dagrin, dbanj, wande coal, psquare, tara [make up guru, only 32 years old], banke meshida-lawal [again make-up], ugoma ebilah[zebra fashion], deola sagoe [ fashion], tolu ogunlesi [234next], jide alakija [photographer]. my point is all these guys are doing extremely well and adding value to nigeria inspite of the hard conditions in the country. make yourself count and do your own bit, no matter how small. God bless nigeria and God bless you.

Redman44:
Hmn, this na serious matter o   CNN has finally decided to create citizen journalists out of Nigerians. It will be easy for some people to take pictures of some renovated areas of Lagos and Benin City and send to the CNN in order to show that things are working in Nigeria.  Yeah, some Governors are trying to improve the living standards of their people and they've constructed new roads and refurbished new schools. The truth is that their efforts are tiny drops into a ocean of hopelessness and mismanagement.  We have very short-sighted leaders in Nigeria. They have refused to package and sell the country as a place to invest and settle in despite her numerous problems. South Africa has a high level of crime and many black townships are just a little better than Ibadan and Akure in infrastructural terms. Yet investors are sinking vaults of hard currency into South Africa's economy. I'm not saying there are no investors in Nigeria, but we should have had more of them coming in if the Federal Government knows out to woo investors by putting basic amenities in place.

I feel pictures and videos of Nigerian Entrepreneurs who are doing well despite the harsh business environment they operate in should be sent to CNN. We need to post videos of the Dundun and Akara seller who has sent 7 children to school through the proceeds of her roadside business. Stories like these will touch the world. Cheers.


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you have really impressed me with your thought process. Bravo brother. About the akara seller I couldn't agree more. Just as I said too, RESILIENCE.

eros:
You are very correct about that. We always have to rep Nigeria in a positive light ALWAYS no matter what happens. But then, who would we be deceiving, ourselves or the people we are "repping" Nigeria to?

The rest of the world wants to see substance and not pictures or videos. If we send pictures of street lights and a bright city to I-report, what obtains here in reality? Do we have 24 hours power supply? Are we simply deceiving ourselves or making an attempt to deceive the world and portray Nigeria as what she is not?


THINK ABOUT IT

being real is good.at work no one dissed nigeria after watching 'welcome to lagos'. You know what they were saying? Resilience, resilience, resilience! Now because of the exposure of that series vocal slender left the swamp and came to london recently.resilience is a good virtue to have, the ability to never give up. I bvelive that's one of our strongest traits as a people.

Kobojunkie:
I agree with you but you and I know how we tend to OVERDO it and get caught telling LIES which the world is very well aware of in the end.

that's why I am objective. In the digital age its all out there so any lie can be verified. There's honour in repping ones country no matter how bad. When in the western world, colleagues etc tend to respect you more rather than being fake or dissociating yourself from naija as some peeps do. Not you

chosen04:
So some people are embrassed by the TRUTH!!

chosen04:
So some people are embrassed by the TRUTH!!

truth is u have to rep your country and never bring it down in front of strangers. Don't deny the bad, but accentuate the good.

shfizle:
@ladej    ah an? Was just a joke na, dint u see the emoticon?

On a more serious note i would ask you and any person who reflects why would nigeria and not another would be the subject of ridicule and negative criticism if something was not really wrong. The world over didn't just pull out our country from a pot of country names and started accusing us of stuffs. Its an established fact that we are guilty of all that has been laid on our doorstep. Even the uneducated, mechanic across my street dreams of millions anytime he sees my laptop. He thinks all he needs to do is learn to press the keyboard and pronto, money flows. He knows the money comes from another person's sweat but does he care? The ruling adults are only content with outsmarting themselves in the looting of the state treasury while the young do not care less. Some are even ready to support, campaign for or even kill for these politicians. Etc. And the bad part is- the world over can see everything we're doing.
IT'S ABOUT CHANGING OUR ATTITUDE AND CHARACTER AS PEOPLE NOT JUST PICTURES AND VIDEOS.

BTW I plan on sending a pic of the sunset in a lagos beach. There's beauty even amidst the failure

in that case I take it back.no vex, and thanks for being mature. Your post was bang on form and you captured the collective mood of the youth. The main reason why nigeria has a bad rep is due to abject lack of governance which led to increase in 419 and other ills. Having said that there are still positives. Its home. It has good weather. People are generally friendly and so creative. Food is also a plus

Kobojunkie:
That is not only DISHONEST, but also silly talk. Do you realize that the news feeds you get in most of Europe is EXACTLY what we get here in the US? If you are on Sky Network in the UK, you can practically claim to be an American because all of the TV you get is straight up same as you would get if you were right here in America.

GROW UP people!!! Stop feeding yourself with useless and meaningless conspiracies

gbam. i concur

shfizle:
Me am sending a pic of a cybercafe filled with boiz. No caption, I'm sure they'd understand.

when you dont respect yourself and your country, why should anyone ever respect you? . im embarrased for you

tpiah:
^^abeg give it a rest.

if you cant see what's going on, then chalk it down to obtuseness.

sheesh- its like having a conversation with a brick wall.

substitute the word 'brick wall' for tpiah, in order words,

tpiah:
hmm, feeling sorrowful at the thought of people having different opinions than yours and folks refusing to be led around by the nose like mugu wey dem don scam?

miss/ms/mrs tpiah, you honestly sound like someone who would argue in an empty room(virtual or real).

dayokanu:
The fact is that parents look forward to their kids being like them.

A man would love to have a son who would grow up to be like him, In him you would see a younger you.

If the man has a business, he looks forward to his son taking over his business. With daughters they might get married and not even live in the same Geographical location.

If you have a biz and your daughter was running it, when she gets married to a guy, In most cases the groom would decide where they would live and the daughter would have to move in with her husband.

Another point, female kids are usually more caring to the parents and a son might be carefree

well said. why do you think wealthy europeans MAKE their future sons in law sign prenuptial agreements before marrying? this is to avoid a guy marrying the heir of a dynasty and pissing it all away[assuming the girl is the only child]. also it isnt unheard of for future sons in law to agree compound surnames and the kids to still bear their grandfather's name. this is particularly true of wealthy families. still very 2010, and very european/american

hayo:
[b]The matter of male child carrying the family name was relevant in the dark ages. [/b]When only men could work due to the strenuous nature of the jobs. And that continued till the industrial age where heavy machineries and the mines provided the jobs. These days where the good jobs are done with brains renders that totally irrelevant. Who cares if the child is a male or female. What matters is the quality of parenting, guidance and education as well as achievements. Do u think Serena and Venus Williams' father cares a hoot about their gender? Would u choose to have an "heir" even if he is a ganja smoking i d i o t ? And what silly inheritance are we talking about here? The small money left in the bank? Only weak men are afraid of not leaving a male child cos that is the only way their name can continue.
Do u think Clinton or Obama give a hoot about not having sons? Their names would continue forever. And gone are the days when girls couldn't aspire to great heights. For me, my greatest legacy would be a good name, achievements and lives touched. Not children sired by my loins. They will be my achievements too but the gender matters not to me.
By the way; I have a gorgeous girl who gives me joy. If she is the only child I will ever have, I will always bless God for the privilege.

bros ye, it will always be as relevant as your wife taking your surname instead of the opposite. always.

Goodyness:
Some of you are just trying to deny the obvious? Inasmuch as there will be deviations, the research is somewhat accurate. [b]Look around you (office, church, neighbourhood, family etc) how many marriages are under pressure because of male child(ren). Truth is that a woman with 2 or 3 sons is not usually under the same kind of pressure that her counterpart with 2 or 3 daughters will be. why is that? [/b]call it african mentality or what you will. Chances are that even the extended family will come to the rescue of marriages with sons more than they will if the reverse were to be the case.

Have you ever heard that a man was 'forced' to take another wife because his wife couldn't give him a daughter but cases of the reverse abound, you don't need to look far. When you hear most men talk about their boys, there is this sense of 'I have to be there for them because they look up to me' and 'I also need to put my stamp of authority over them before they get out of hands'

ORO [word]

latepa:
If your company doesn't pay on time,you should thank God at least they're still paying

i cant argue with this statement. 100% accurate

byHismercy:
typical naija factor cant happen anywhere else. A friend got around £20,000 in back pay after it was discovered he had been underpaid for about 3 years.

your friend should also sue

tweenytee:
Is it not better to be without a job than to have a job and not get paid?
Cos it only means you are using your last change to get to work and eat and yet you not getting paid.
I would rather use what i have in investment or use it to look for a paying job



Trust me! its better to leave your house every morning and return home at night. Yeah its annoyin nt to get paid in tym . am a victim as well. THEY LL EVENTUALLY PAY,

i agree. staying at home for too long can cause early life crisis !