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we are all sitting there asking why the chicken crossed the road.. to distracted to see the robber walk out of the bank with the loot

The most important factor that will influence you to change religions is REASON.. in a strange way when one is faced with strong convictions about the validity of his Faith and it stands un-proven.. one considers or seeks answers elsewhere.. usually the closest religion with similarities to the one has has issues with.
Some things one must not give in to is FEAR, GUILT and SHAME. where these 3 exists you have seeds of a Religion with falsehood buried deep within it or Preached with a deep sense of deceit

At least God should have been forgiving. he should have resurrected them, abi resurrection juice don finish

Jym Iyke is not a fake actor.. that is just who he is.. FAKE!

MILF ALERT..!!!

hornipipe: did you get my post at all? I was referring to the person in front who's suppose to be the guy having something that looks like bòobs, It looks like he is even bustier than the lady

you did not get my joke either. it's supposed to be fun for the girl squeezing them.. but i get, you are not a pervert

[quote author=trix!]who is this karen that appears in nearly every event?

We know Denrele is a Vj, and an eccentric dresser

we know Tonto is supposed to be an actor/musician

we know charlie boy used to be a musician, and is now a linda,

can someone tell me what exactly does karen do? [/quote]She is good at impersonating ugly..

hornipipe: And you know this how?

Sexx scenes may not be frequent in a movie that has them.. but they sure show you the gazzonkers longer than any other part of the body.. why do you think that is so

hornipipe: So who's the lady and who's the guy, cos the person in front also has bòobs

the boobs is to enhance the fun

what happened to our $5 billion satellites in Space can they not do mapping

free2ryhme: @op there is no such thing as xtian boyfriend/girlfriend. There is no where in bible were any man/woman had a gf/bf and do u even know the true meaning of boyfriend/girlfriend it is called fvck mate. Check your dictionary. The bible emphasize marriage not premarital cohabitation.

in the 21st century

Pa Soyinka is bereft of crucial grey matter at this age

Nice post. kinda reminds me of this poorly paid body guard who took a bullet for his madam

Nigeria is also "planning" to establish a similar projects before the end of 2012
FG To Establish ICT Innovation Hubs Before 2012 End – Minister
http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/39177/2012/11/04/fg_establish_ict_innovation_hubs_2012_end_minister.html

The Federal Government would establish Information Communication Technology (ICT) hubs this year to encourage young ICT entrepreneurs to drive their ideas into innovations and money.

The disclosure was made in Abuja on Sunday by the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, when she fielded questions at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

She said the hubs would serve as part of efforts to encourage young Nigerians to go into ICT businesses.

The minister told NAN that there were lots of Nigerians who were into different forms of ICT development, while others actually had ideas that could grow into businesses, but lacked mentorship or funds to translate those ideas into innovations.

Johnson said that the hubs would also serve to bridge that gap between the young ICT entrepreneurs who had wonderful ideas and access to mentorship, certain ICT infrastructures and support infrastructure.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
1: Hope City is a planned high-tech hub outside Accra, Ghana
2: The technopolis will house 25,000 residents and create jobs for 50,000 people
3: Construction is expected to begin by June and to be completed within three years

Source: CNN
Source Url: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/20/tech/hope-city-ghana/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

(CNN) -- Right now, it's nothing more than an empty plot of land, covered by just a few shrubs and the odd Neem tree. But within a few years, these grass plains just outside Accra, Ghana, could be transformed into a fertile breeding ground for world-class innovation.

Earlier this month, Ghanaian president John Mahama launched Hope City, a $10 billion high-tech hub aiming to foster technological growth and attract major players in the global ICT industry to the West African country.

The ambitious project is the brainchild of Ghanaian businessman Roland Agambire, head of local technology group RLG Communications. Smart and futuristic, the hub's sustainable facilities will include an assembly plant for various tech products, business offices, an IT university and a hospital, as well as housing and recreation spaces, including restaurants, theaters and sports centers.

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Italian architect Paolo Brescia (center) showcases the Hope City design to Ghanaian president John Mahama, standing next to him.

"What is lacking in the African continent is a place where you can have well-designed products, backed with concrete research and proper hardware and software developers to be able to create infrastructure for the telecoms industry," says Agambire, 39, whose company has acquired the land where the technopolis will be built.

"So the inspiration behind Hope City is to have an iconic ICT park where ICT players from all over the world can converge to design, fabricate and export software and everything arising from this country," he adds.

onstruction is expected to begin by June 2013 and when completed -- within three years, if everything goes as planned -- the technology park could house 25,000 residents and create jobs for 50,000 people.

Agambire, one of Ghana's top businessmen, says his company is financing 30% of the project, while the remainder will be funded by a wide array of investors and through a stock-buying scheme.

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The entrepreneur says the IT hub has already attracted several partners, including Microsoft, with Microsoft corporate vice president Ali Faramawy among the guests at the Hope City launch event.

Agambire adds that the Hope City project also has the support of the Ghanaian government, as it aims to create create thousands of jobs and help turn technology into one of the country's main economic drivers.

"What we want to do is to create the environment and the human resource base for the technology industry to be able to use that [environment] and tap that opportunity," he says. "That's what has happened in China, that's what has happened in other places of the world."

'Africa's highest tower'

Hope City will be developed in an area of about 1.5 million square meters, located some 30 minutes west of Accra's city center.

Designed by Italian firm Architect OBR, the technopolis will be made up of six towers of different dimensions, including a 75-story, 270 meter-high building that is expected to be the highest in Africa. A system of bridges at different heights will link the towers together, creating a circular connection between the buildings' functions and public amenities.

OBR co-founder Paolo Brescia says the project's goal is to create a living place of discovery and exploration that reflects the tradition and culture of local people in a contemporary urban setting.

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The hub will include an assembly plant , an IT university and a hospital, as well as housing and recreation spaces.

To achieve this, the architects designed Hope City with Ghana's traditional compound houses in mind. Originally made of mud brick walls and thatched roofs, compound structures have been a prevalent form of housing in the country for centuries, built to promote communal life and mutual assistance.

"We wanted to recreate, at a different scale, the same feeling of the compound house in a way that it could work as a compound cluster," explains Brescia.

"This place is designed to keep people together," he adds. "We developed this idea, not as a campus, where you have buildings which are dedicated to single functions, but as a city which is developed in a vertical way so that everything could be interconnected."

'ICT revolution'

The launch of Hope City comes just a few months after Kenya broke ground on its own flagship tech mega project; located some 60 kilometers southeast of the capital Nairobi, Konza Techno City is being touted as "Africa's Silicon Savannah," a major IT hub that aims to create some 100,000 jobs by 2030.

Similar spaces have also mushroomed across Africa in recent years, from Egypt and Nigeria to Tanzania and Madagascar.

In Ghana, one such center is Accra-based Mobile Web Ghana, a vibrant tech space with more than 300 members. Florence Toffa, director of Mobile Web Ghana, welcomes the launch of Hope City.

"This city hopefully will bring the tech companies together and spark a new ICT revolution in Ghana," she says, adding that the project could equip local techies with the necessary skills to develop apps that would solve community problems, as well as provide a platform for tech companies to find new talent and opportunities to invest in.

For Agambire, this is a project that will position Ghana at the forefront of African technology.

"Africa is hungry for development," he says. "Want to make sure that in three years down the line, Hope City will be a reality and will be one of the biggest dreams that Africa has ever seen."

eriegua83: Mgbeke feeling funky.

correct talk

See what age and over-heating the engine can do to you.. girls take note

yea.. it will still be available but I am thinking in the range of $13 to $14k dollars outside shipping costs should bring it to about N3 million Naira. but hey, I am not the seller

money, money, marriage

Well tomorrow when DSP Alams becomes the Minister of Niger Delta and continues in his old ways, we will praise him and say give him another chance.. Nigerians.. we deserve the bad leaders we get

euromilion: Thnx bro,
You re a hard man to get hold of,he said in nigeria it take's long to get things done especially in d land reg office,.There re few of us here in Nairaland that re interested in the estate called Dominion Garden.

Let me see if the others will be interested in getting u to run round for us in the land investigation.

Cheers,

i am interested.. how do we get this going.. ibeju/lekki is still free? at that price it is a steal.

I have often said, it is the responsibility of all to be pro-active about Security, however it is the foremost responsibility of the Chief Security Officer of the State to form an ACTIONABLE Framework on the issue of In-Security in the State.. It has hard enough dealing with common hoodlums in traffic and purse snatchers on okada or the more scary, Ritualist and local Obas who must have heads for some inane Oro festival. we are talking about philosophically focused, spiritually motivated and well-trained Killers who fight a cause of Allah. Lagos is the least bit prepared for this. OPC is just blowing hot air as usual (what have they done regarding all of the above). Lagos is a plum target for any terrorist.. she is just soooo over-populated with vast structures that are easy targets from many perspectives. I was very skeptical about the CCTV programme not because I don't believe in it. i just don't see the impact outside traffic reports since it was launched.

Hmmm.. this could be a very cool addition to my SPY Police status.. I have never been able to beat-up people as a SPY Police.. but with this ..

julioralph: Nice news.
But i have a feeling that 'baba ijebu' wenger will ruin everything by offering peanuts for him.

and sell him for a fortune when he is nearing retirement age that wenger is just an ibo dude

when the army traces the syndicate to the oga at the top, they will forget their website address

the practice of hiding posts may not be remotely connected with making nairaland profitable and keeping the clueless sheeple in check

That Elder Jim Iyke needs to accessorize his clothing a bit. haba!! at least stick a hand-full of freshly plucked lemon-grass in your asre5 before you wear the shorts and always leave a rat-burger sandwich dangling from your mouth

azpekuliar: I see the guy for Ijesha bus-stop last month. Na so him wear suit on top jeans with Bowler hat and dark sunshades tink say nobody go recognise am. I trail am reach where him dey price Okada. I bin wan take him pics as per say him b celebrity d guy no gree ooo. I hope he's up to some good this time.

You are right, i saw him at ConOil bustop Adetola.. looking like a bouncer

What makes frontpage these days is simply befuddling.. i mean WTF!!

azpekuliar: The ransom would be paid with tax payers money. Tinubu to take note.

Tinubu pay which ransom abi he will simply put another candidate - dem plenty for ACN naa

You are right.. i have no answer to all your questions (not all - just 1)

20.What accounts for the empty tomb, resurrection appearances and growth of the church?

Martians planned to abduct the body for extensive anal probes, this scared the bjezz out of Jesus, he upped and outta there like a mofo .. WTF is BehindBased