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slightlyMad:
last minute looting.

You are right on the button!

Two Months to Presidential election.... Approving this and that like "Approval is coming to an end"?

Shoeless Arrow was sleeping in the last SIX YEARS or what?

These gimmicks no dey work, walahi!


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BTW: So, this last minute is the time for "him" to start begging Yorubas to vote for him?
Do we look stewpid or shoeless?

You Kill somebody = Murder!

You Murder = You get hanged/Killed.

Manslaughter = Inadvertent Killing of another => Medium Jail Sentence

But the girl did not like/want the marriage to the man.
What options does she have, to "defend herself":
1.) Run away ? (2) Kill Herself ? (3.) Contact the Police ?

Rather, she chose to poison not just the man, but also two others!
If at 14yrs, she can muster the "skill, determination and conviction" to murder someone whom she does not "want" ...or even hate, imagine what she would be capable of doing when she is a full adult!

Thank God the Paedophile is dead otherwise, l would recommend life imprisonment for him.
But her Father and Mother who facilitated this "abuse" and collected the prize-money, should also be sent to jail, just as she will snd must pay for her "own actions" ---- Maybe at least 45yrs imprisonment.


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@Poster of this thread:
As much as l dont like "Chris-Embassy", l think this article was written in very bad taste and with bad motive.

Good, a few people perpetrated CRIMINALITY on the Lady.
Eventually, Nemesis caught up with them.

One of the four happens to attend "a Remote Parish" Christ Embassy church and because he is an Actor and Musician, he manages the Music Instruments in that obscure Parish!
That is the begining and end of this story!

Now, how does that summary metarmophose into the heading given the thread?
What about the other "three criminals", WHY NO NAME THEIR CHURCH AS WELL?

If like me, you dont like Pastor Chris (for whatever reasons) PLS DO SO WITH DIGNITY.... based on "real issues".

Simply put, it is blissfully-idiotic, foolishly-pedestrian and petty, to try to muddy a whole Church, based on the behaviour of one member.

Now Gerrout and do something worthwhile with your life.


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Looking at the "seven tips" given by the poster concerning relationships, it is not only silly, it is immature and reeks of crass ignorance!

As someone who is married for close to two decades, l can tell you that l have "forgone" some "moral values" (things very important to me) of mine, to suit my wife. For example, l stopped taking alcohol completely cos my wife does not like it.
She in-turn has had to change some of her own "values" to suit me. That is the way "marriage works" .... give and take!

My wife has had to chose a particular colour of Suits & Tie for me because she thinks it fits me more. She has sewn native Attires for me because she sees it on some men and thinks it will look good on me. I have seen some look beautiful in some clothes or hair do and have told my wife l will like her to try it out and it has always worked. The whole idea is to "compliment each other". We would "adjust for each other" as need arises.

Marriage means TWO DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES ARE "TRYING" TO BECOME ONE! (Take note: I said "trying"!).
There is no more two unique personalities! You cant be striving for "uniqueness" in a marriage... what you strive for is "blending"!

growing-up, l have heard "intelligent and matured people" say that when you live long enough with your spouse in a good and healthy relationship/marriage, tow of you start "resembling each other and becoming like Brother and Sister"!
I am sure other people have heard this also.
That is "blending".... not Uniqueness.

As for "handing over the reins", ..... you never had the reins! NEVER!!
But a smart woman knows that despite not holding the "reins"... she can direct the "holder" to steer the horse in the direction she want!
It just takes "subtleness and confidence inspiring" to make a husband do what you want...... not all these "gar-gra and over-sabi"
"Good Mothers" need to inculcate this into their daughters and live by such example.... as my wife is doing.
My own wife knows that if she tries to 'struggle or order me around' on something, l will do the "exact opposite" but because she uses the "right approach" as a wife, l will sacrifice my life for her!

We dont even have this "power struggle" as each one of us is "always trying" to satisfy the other and make the other person happier. Making her happy is my goal and she does her possible best to ensure that l am happy as well.
What else does one want from a spouse or in a marriage?

When immature folks come on here to post nonsense in form of "advice", like they are some authority on "How marriage woks", l just pity the foolish person that will "swallow such gibberish" and start acting it out in their own relationship.
Dont give advice, (even if it is copy and paste) on what you are clueless about.

Anyway, its your life, you can ruin it if you want but dont blame one "foolishly anonymous post" on Nairaland.
Discretion is always advised.


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GeneralShepherd:
With the rate of vandalism in nigeria and our poor maintenance skills, I as.an engineer will rather build any pipe as short as reasonably possible. In this case Niger is nearer and also economically cheaper.

The best alternative is not to build such infrastructure in the North. It's too dangerous up there, the risks are far too great.

The solution to vandalism does not lie in running away from it.
Even that Niger republic pipeline "MAY" eventually be vandalized by Boko Haram!

If there is vandalism, the solution is to "secure and prevent" it. There are people trained and competent in doing that.

What l am on about is that we cant place projects that have significant national Security issues, in the hands of foreigners.
It portends danger.... in the future.

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Everyone is telling the @Poster to "be a man, wear your trouser, ban her, stop her, ... e.t.c" but dont we remember and agree that "she is an adult" and "you can only take a horse to the river, you cant force it to drink"?

A woman in her "state of mind" does not listen to the husband..... she takes her instructions from her "man of Gawd"!

This Op is fighting a loosing lost battle.

Its sad but true.

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Tallesty1:
A pastor may father your first child if you are not careful.

You must be one of those "Pastors wey dey see road"!

Jeez! I was just about saying the same thing!!

@Poster: You made the first "fundamental MISTAKE" of Marriage: You assumed you can change your spouse!

There are some "innate characters" we all have that NO ONE can change..... not even we ourselves.
Those "traits" make us who we are.

If you notice a particularly IMPORTANT INNATE TRAIT in a lover..... a trait you know very well you CANT LIVE WITH, please just let that person be.
Dont go ahead and marry them (being beclouded by LOVE!) with the hope that you can change them or they will change, as time goes on.
If you do, you (will) have just created the first crack in the crevice of your marriage!
It can only get worse!

Marriage is not a game of chance, even when "well thought-through", it still poses grave challenges!

"CHURCHISM" is one of those innate trait.
Any woman/man that is the "churchism type" (My Pastor this, My pastor that), .... should be avoided if you the other mate, is NOT the churchism type!
It just doesn't go away or get better.

Just watch as the disagreements and disappointment get worse.

I feel really sorry for you because l can imagine what you are going through...even more, what you will go through, as time passes.
Simply put, your wife has more trust in her Pastors, than you her husband.... or almighty God for that matter!

I dont want to offer you advice because l am generally very "brutally honest" with my advice and experience has taught me that not everyone can take "brutally-honest advice"....... It might not be what you want to hear but then, that changes nothing.


The best l can tell you is to BRACE YOURSELF and be strong.
Did l hear you say you dont have children yet?
Well, maybe the "spirit" has not departed you yet...... I hear this is the "last Bus"......

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Caveat: My posts are just my personal opinion, to be taken with a pinch of salt. Please just ignore it if it does not go down well with you, l must have written it when l was feeling giddy!

Jenams:
who is dis imbecilic almajiri? I'm sure dis was ur plan wen u promised to mk d country ungovernable! Right? Damn u guys! Enjoy d blood bath! Get soaked in it! My flight ticket is already booked, wen una wan start una madness for dis abj, na to fly go my waff city #NO TIME!

Naaah, who wants someone with your type of "mentality" abroad?

No one wants you to 'import' the same "selfish madness" you spread in Nigeria, into their country.

Remember, Visas get cancelled and even foreign citizenship get revoked!

It might just be YOU.

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lalasticlala:
They do this for reasons best known to them. One actress once said that Nigerian based guys don't really like marrying actresses while their abroad based counterparts are more open to marry actresses.

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16 TAIWO AROMOKUN

The Yoruba actress who is married to a London based man recently revealed why actresses go for abroad based men:

"“Nigerian based guys have a stupid mentality about actresses. They believe actresses are prostitutes. Most of them just want to date them and dump them later. They will start broadcasting that they had dated this, and that person. Another reasonis because they don’t understand the terrain very well.
Most of them stopped their spouse from acting after marriage. This is why people go for guys who are based abroad.”

The highlighted is the "REAL REASON"!

Most of this "abroad guys" are lemons who dont have a clue about "what" they are marrying down here in Naija!

The same "mentality" operates when "Abroad guys" come back home to take a "Nigerian wife" thinking she would be better behaved than the "Ashawos" he has been used to while living abroad.
In truth, he discovers TOO LATE that "the Devil he knows... is better than the Angel he just got entangled with"!

Guys in Nigeria are "current" (as in "familiar with the terrain) and know what the Naija-based actress have been up to, for some years now and will not touch them with a bean-pole ...except "hit and run" sha.

The "Mugun-Guy" from abroad thinks he has found a wife!....
No wonder if you look at that list, all you will see is "former this, Ex-that" ... aftyer one baby or one year of marriage!

Go Figure the rest!

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GeneralShepherd:
Niger is closer to Katsina. Building a gas pipeline network from Niger delta to the north, makes no economic sense.

And what do you think will or can happen, if and when Nigeria has a disagreement with Niger Republic?

You dont think it is foolish to put such a "strategic power" in the hand of unpredictable neighbours?

Let us learn from what happened to Russia, concerning the buying and building of its Mistral Warship from France.

That Ship was paid for, was built for Russia, Russian Seamen have trained on it and a delivery date has been set..... until Russia and France /E.U had a disagreement over Ukraine.

France simply REFUSED to DELIVER THE WARSHIP!

REASON: It is dangerous to sell such advance warship to Russia, which it might use against us in-case war breaks out over Ukraine!

When it comes to items that border on "National Security" (Power, Weapons, Water, e.t.c), even if it is not economical, you still dont hand it over to foreigners!

When asked why Britain is not building its Warship from France, who seems a specialist in such items, British PM replied: It is a matter of "National Security".
When furhter probed on why Britain is not selling Warships to Russia, like France, He replied: There are technology that we own and are proprietory to us! We wont share such technology.

I guess it is only in Nigeria that isuses like national Security starts and ends with chasing Political opponents!

I hail o!

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Signing $One Billion-Billion [size=18pt]MOU[/size] since 2007!

Gerrout with your foolish MOU, we have had enough of MOU!

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JECBOSS:
Fayose is the Man of the people

So whenyou want to clear drainage, you will use one long stick....

Not even a Rake or Shovel?

And you will wear a French Jacket with a Police Security to boot?

I tell you one thing, this THUG thinks he is smart.... but the problem lies in the hungry people of Ekiti state.... WHO SOLD THEIR FUTURE FOR A BAG OF RICE AND ONE TIN OF GROUNDNUT OIL!

#StomachInfrastructure

Yeye dey smell, big time! Humility my black bottom.

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Dont blame Tiwa Savage for this nonsense she is wearing! She looks like a Marionette!

BLAME HER TAILOR! Walahi, if l catch that Tailor, l go flog wella-wella!

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Emaprince:
This is scary!!!....women are indeed devils!

@coogar...do you think a man can do. DNA test on his kids without his wife's consent?

FOR INFORMATION ONLY:

I will assume this question is being asked by A MAN!

There are TWO WAYS to answer your question:

1.) LEGALLY: As the "biological father" of a child, you are BOTH LEGAL GUARDIANS of that child (Father and Mother).
You both have absolute right over the child. Under such circumstances, the mother cannot accuse you of "legal assault" if you take samples from the Child, without her consent.
As a matter of law, you dont need her consent because you both exercise same right, over that child.

When you are NOT NAMED as the Father of a child on the Birth Cert or when you are not "LEGALLY MARRIED" to the Mother of that child, in some Jurisdiction that l know of, you are not a "Legal Guardian" of that Child and do not have the right to take DNA sample from that Child without the Mother's consent.... even if the sample was to prove/disprove you are the father, (Notwithstanding that the Mother claims you are the father!)

If you take the sample without her consent, you could be charged for Assault and will be found guilty!.... JAIL TIME BRO!

2.) CLANDESTINELY: In this case, let us assume you have doubts about a Child who does not look like you or anyone in your family.

Now, "Looks" are not enough to trigger a DNA test ... I will assume there are other "issues" that will push you to the "next level".
For example, if the Man thinks the woman has been wayward around the period of conception of that child, if you never had "shex" with her around the time of conception, if you have observed that she keeps boyfriends/lovers, e.t.c

Now, the best thing you can/will do is to SECRETLY TAKE THE SAMPLE!
There are "DNA Kits" sold cheaply on the Internet. Its simply a "sterile and slightly abrasive cotton wool/cotton bud" material.
*You buy it (less than two thousand Naira equivalent).
*You ask the child to raise his tongue upwards and you rub the swab ("cotton bud-like" item) on his under tongue, especially the soft tissue where the tongue attaches to the base of the mouth. DNA material looses easily at that point.
*Ensure the child has not eaten anything that morning. Not even a Mouth brush. Do it very early in the morning.
*LABEL his own SWAB by putting it into the supplied Envelope or a properly labelled Envelope (Child).
*You do the same thing to yourself, observing the same precautions as above. Label your own sample (Father?) as well.
Be very careful not to mix-up the samples! very important.


Caveat: Dont use anything not sterile, dont use an "ordinary cotton bud" because you may not be aware that Omo-Ibo that produced that cotton bud may have used his saliva is sealing the 'ends' to the plastic stick! You will be wasting your money if you do!
Results would be void and inadmissible!

Now, there are independent testing Labs that you can send the samples to, who will do the analysis as stated in the write-up submitted by Cougar. They will then forward the result back to you.
You can use Google to find them "directly". I can help anyone who wishes to ( ) get in-touch with a Lab or has difficulty in paying them (Maybe you have no foreign visa card or postage and addressing issues, e.t.c) ... FOR FREE!, I take that as my own contribution to "Family Trust building! )

These testing Labs will do the test for you and get the result back to you. SIMPLES!

When you see the result, you can either keep quiet and continue to be the good father that you are or....

You can raise-up and issue of "Paternity Dispute" if it turns out that the child is not yours.
Now, note: If the DNA test shows that the child is NOT YOURS.... and you are thereby not the father, (in the case where you are also not legally married to the Mother), that sample you took and the method you used suddenly becomes "ILLEGAL"!
Hope you understand how it becomes illegal? You, who is not the father of a child (as proved by DNA test), has taken a DNA Sample from a child that is not yours, without the consent of the Parents (Mother and whoever the father turns out to be!)
So, if you are not legally married to the Mother, exercise some caution in announcing the result...for legal reasons.
You can persuade her to allow a test (most "confirmed ashawo" living abroad will refuse! All you need do is refuse to pay Maintenance and if and when she takes you to court, you will insist on the test before Maintenance is addressed.
But in Nigeria, she cant refuse sha. Shame will not let her but in "Obodo Oyinbo", most women have no idea what shame is!

Let me also mention that this "clandestine move" is just to put your mind at rest or to put you in the KNOW!
You cant take it to court.

If you want to go to court with a DNA result (having done it clandestinely and seen the result), you will have to take the child to an "accredited hospital and Doctor" who will take the samples independently and handle the samples such that its authenticity is NEVER IN DOUBT or suspicion of 'pollution' can never be raised.
It is still the same test but the "chain-of-command" in sample-handling is the difference.

Now, before anyone accuse me of being a "man lover or woman hater" l think it is only fair that l point out that DNA Test is not actually target at women. As a matter of fact, it is targeted at MEN!.
Yes, those men who dont want to "own-up to being the father of a child".....
Dont start by telling me "WHY" you dont want to own-up.
Your child is your child and you are the father! While l understand that "she may have tricked you into being pregnant for you (for example she says she is on pill or says she is in her 'safe period' e.t.c ....while she is actually lying!
That is still not an excuse not to "accept your child".
A child is a life and he/she does not know or have a part in what goes on between an adult man and woman! He should nto be allowed to suffer the consequence of the wickedness between "men and Women".

So, let me say that because the woman actually carried the baby in her tummy and delivered the baby, her maternity is never in-doubt (except where some medical staff and hoodlums are known to steal people's "live baby" and exchange it for the dead babies of others, ...for a fee!).

So, being the biological Mother of the child, you are always "LEGALLY FREE" to take the DNA sample of the child!.... even without the father's consent.
The problem occurs where you need to prove Paternity and the father is not willing to submit his DNA sample.
Only a Court can "legally force" a man to submit his DNA sample for Paternity test.

CLANDESTINELY: You can also "steal" his DNA Sample, if he will not give it to you!
Infact, you may just want to do the test behind him.... to assure yourself that like Femi's wife, ...you are on sound ground, before arguing his paternity. You know, its like "seeing the answer before hand, to exam questions. It can give you a leg-up but does not mean you will pass eventually sha!

Though more expensive, you can steal his toothbrush, his pant, his hair brush, his drinking cup and other personal items that can trap "DNA laced" materials, from which a DNA sample can be extracted.
It is more costly to do since the Lab obviously has to do extra work to get the DNA sample out of those items.
Once the sample is got out of the items BY THE LAB, the same process above applies. I am always willing to help you to establish the truth, if you want.

Let me end by saying that it is better for a child to be loved and bonded to his "true biological parent" if and when alive!
It is a cardinal sin in the eyes of God and Man to knowingly give the child of another man, to another.

Like the Yorubas will say: Omo'ale lon'dale ru!
(Its a bastard child that scatters the family bond, .....literally translated)

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bilaya:
I wonder why Russian women[b] love blacks[/b].

I only hope you know the level of Racism against Blacks, ...in Russia!

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Seun:
Me too.

In Linda Ikeji's voice: Me too!

Hmmm......


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Aghaowa was a hard working footballer, in his days at the Super Eagles.
It is also obvious that his work ethics has filtered into his daughter and the "bond" between them is not difficult to spot.
Go-Girl, l wish you the best in life!


I hope all those "runs-girls" that populate Nairaland take a cue from this girl?
This is what you should be doing with your God-given gifts.... not waiting for a boy to buy you B.berry or bags!

Or planning to turn yourself into some unfulfilled "baby Momma" waiting for divorce settlement!

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saxywale:
1. Deal
Russia’s $400 billion deal to supply natural gas to China
after more than a decade of negotiations is tilting the
world’s largest energy exporter toward Asia as ties worsen
with the U.S. and Europe .

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-21/russia-signs-china-gas-deal-after-decade-of-talks.html

2. Deal
Russia to build second gas pipeline to China
after Beijing agreement

http://rt.com/business/203679-china-russia-gas-deal/

That is a "Smart Govt, led by a "Smart Leader" who has foresight and saw the need to diversify his country's source of income and trading partners.

If it were to be Nigeria, they would spend the next ten years "bragging, begging and eventually capitulating" in scuh circumstance.
Eventually, they would "devalue their currency and increase Taxes and fees" on the local population, as THEIR ONLY SOLUTION!

Honestly, if you are not above average intelligence, dont even venture into Politics or any leadership position!
All these Touts, Thugs and Area Boyz ruling this country are trying their BEST.... they are out of depth and cant do any better!

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BTW: So you sef dey listen to "alternative source of News"?
Now, that is what l call smart!

miky:
You guys should just shut the f*** Up



They say the best place to hide your money from a Black Man is within books, because they are too dump to read... with Nigerians ,the case is worse, the information is already posted here, and available on the WWW, but fools are talking about gari?.

Virtually every single oil producing nation is tightinging fiscal policy whether it is devaluing their currency or interest rate, except Saudi arabia, do you know what it means to have a worthless naira? devaluing the naira is inevitable except you want a worthless naira..

But it shouldn't stops there, we need increased IGR from every damn state.. Every state is a parasite on the federal government as it is.. We only feed on oil, and we wonder why we are poor? .. You have corporation that make more money than our oil makes for the entire nation in a year ( Walmart, shop rite, Apple, ibm, McDonald's, coke, Microsoft) I can go on, in fact its sad that 180 million people are just parasites and contribute nothing to productivity, instead they are talking about increase in garri, bloody Magas!!

Remove the damn subsidy and even add a tax of 10% on it, if u can give your tithes to thieves called pastors with 5 jets to their name alone, you can continue to a country which your grandchildren will inherit..

180 million parasites and you expect to feed off chicken change of 25 billion dollars from oil, and still want 1st world roads, hospitals, rail, jobs, infantructure, security, with only 25 billion in capital expenditure, GTFOH mad people!!!.

Gawd! People like you say a lot .....while saying NOTHING!

You remind me of that Village Boy who said he needs to climb to the top of a very tall Iroko Tree.... but he does not want to start from the base of the Tree ..(he prefers to start somewhere very close to the top).
When asked why he thinks its not "prudent to start from the base and gradually go upwards", he responded by saying that "the base" dont matter, as long as l get to the top quicker".

A wise man standing by asked him to start his venture and lets see how long it takes him to get to the top!
Ofcourse, he cant even get to the point of starting since there was not "a ladder" around!

"Those who fail to appreciate and learn from there PAST will only go round in circles, trying to move into the future"


Like that Village Boy, you have "jumped right into the middle" of the problem, trying to proffer a solution (reaching the top)...by not considering:

1.) "What led to Nigeria being in a position that we MUST devalue our currency, ...just because of fluctuation in oil price"?

2.) You have failed to consider that there are ways and means to "buffer" one's currency such that when the "expected and inevitable fluctuations" in oil price occurs, our currency will still stand firm (examples are strong foreign reserve, diversification of streams of foreign exchange income, strong domestic manufacturing economy, to mention just a few)

3.) You said every state should increase IGR (Tax, Fees and Fines) and called them parasites .......but you fail to even understand that before you can increase your IGR substantially, you need a "booming economy" where people are working and trading, thus paying more tax, fees and fines! (Take Lagos as an example, compared to say Ondo). IGR does not just "jump-up" except you fall into the category of people who think it is okay to tax a poor man to death, irrespective of ability to pay! Oppressors!

4.) Again, your lack of understanding of "basic economics and dynamics of governance" is exposed when you said "remove subsidy and even increase petroleum price by 10% after"... 180 Million parasites want to feed on $25Billion from Oil".

The issue of subsidy has been repeatedly shown and proven to be a SCAM by the members of the Oil cabal who simply buy or bunker petroleum produced in Nigeria, load it on a ship and sail for a few minutes into the sea, do a U-Turn and voila: That Petrol has become "Imported Fuel" .....which qualifies it for subsidy!
That is a short summary of the SCAM called Subsidy, so whether it is there or removed, it changes nothing for the common man who does not benefit from it in anyway.

I dont know your "level of education or the quality of it" but judging by what you have written, it is obvious you need to "re-educate" yourself properly! You cant even spell (tightening) correctly!!

Take an O'level Economics textbook like "O. Teriba" and read about the most basic idea of "creation of wealth/money".
$25Billion, if properly utilized, is more than enough to "generate enough wealth" to feed 500Million people.
Govt will/should create the enabling environment for those millions of people who in-turn, create goods, work, trade such that the money multiplies itself rapidly... and the IGR you are mouthing about, will roll-in without fuss.

But how can you "create wealth' from an economy without the "basics" of industrialisation?
Infact, l like to ask people like you... Which comes first: The CART or the HORSE?

Why do we have a Government, if that Government cannot "organize and marshal the people into a formidable productive unit"?

[b]Even "Black Ants" have been known to overcome that process?

Give the people Stable Electricity, Give them Roads, working Refineries, Give them a few Industries like Steel Plants, Petrochemical Plants that can provide inputs like fertilizer at a cheap rate... and see whether Nigerians are the 'lazy parasites' you call them!

The Masses, most of whom are on your level of intelligence, "need to be led and properly organized" by the few ones with higher intelligence; That is what LEADERSHIP is all about ...... not the other way round, as we have it in Nigeria for some time now

Before Oil was discovered, Nigerians fed themselves easily.... Yes, before we were saddled with clueless people (very much like yourself!) masquerading as "Leaders"!

Like someone posted earlier, Nnamdi Azikwe, Awolowo, Tafa Balewa were not as "Greedy, Corrupt, Visionless and Inept" ...as the group of leaders Nigeria has been saddled with , of recent!

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BTW: I agree with the part about people allowing pimping Pastors to "airlift their wallets" in the name of Religion!...

anonimi:
The current geo-political reality of Nigeria is that the North has 19 states plus Abuja FCT to the south's 17, which cascades into everything about REPRESENTATION at the federal level and impacts the ability or (non) of the NASS to pass any meaningful amendment that will reduce our NATIONAL dependence on oil revenues to fund NON-viable states.

Granted that "if we give the Niger Delta all the oil" it MAY not be prosperous overall, however we are only SPECULATING on that future possibility. Why don't we also SPECULATE that they will turn into Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Quatar with their small population

BTW, is for anyone to give what BELONGS to you in the first place?
Did "we give" the south and north rights to their cocoa and groundnut/cotton revenue respectively prior to the Jan. 1966 coup and subsequent UNITARY government?

Don't you think that there is an anomaly somewhere currently

This issue of "give all the Oil revenues to the South" is mere wishful thinking, IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!
I am a South Westerner from an Oil producing state (call me Southerner just to lump it together and make it easier, for discuss purposes).

I say NEVER because, Natural Resources (like Oil) do not belong to "a part" of a Nation like Nigeria, which operates a federal Structure.

Some resources which are "farmed, manufactured or engineered" can be "localized' to where those "actions" take place but let us be honest with ourselves: Unless there is a very bloody Civil War (Even Sudan is still not out of theirs, despite splitting the country!), ....
...such things wont happen and[b] if there is a bloody civil War, the "future benefits" will pale compared to the "immediate loss" resultant from such war, thus making it economically unviable and foolish venture.[/b]

Its not about one region being stronger or not, its about WAR!
Mind you, l am not clouding my thoughts with sentiments arising from ethnicity or tribal nationalism, in saying this!
If l do, my thoughts will be completely different but definitely wrong!.

Having said that, let me point out a few mistakes in some of our post:

Downward spiral of the Oil Price is not just about the production of Shale Oil in America or elsewhere:
Shale oil is a very dirty Oil (more impurities) and it costs a lot more to refine and thus, sells cheaper than say Brent Crude Oil. This means that for Shale Oil to sell, it must be attractive enough for buyers (factoring cost of refinement) and profitable enough for Sellers (to cover production cost), at the prevailing "selling price".

Now, as long as Crude Oil sells above $100, shale Oil will have a market because it will be "still cheaper to buy" (after factoring refine cost), than crude Oil. So, on one hand, major Oil producers have been flooding the market (and keeping Crude price down viz-a-viz laws of Demand and Supply) to ensure that Shale Oil is never attractive to "new Customers" who will like to switch!

On another level, in doing so, they've also lost revenue since this is tied to the price of Oil in the market.
Countries like Nigeria who depend solely on such revenues will be most hit...and that is what we are witnessing now.

On a third level, "Geo-Politics" is also at play whereby countries like Russia and Syria (which also depend heavily on Oil for most of their revenues) "can" .....and "are" also being strangulated by the likes of America (targeting Russia) and Saudi Arabia (targeting Syria!) by ensuring that their main source of revenue "dry up" via deliberately very low prices. We have been seeing the effect of this on the Russia Rubble of recent.

Finally, let me add that Population (as shown by one poster) is not a major factor in this quagmire that we find ourselves.

Granted that we have a large population "to feed" (compared to countries like Saudi Arabia or UAE), we must not also forget that our large population could have been our best weapon and advantage (if our leaders and economists/policy makers are not so stewpid) since we would have a "very large internal market" for our manufactured goods so much so that we will be dictating who we want to trade with on one hand, ... and most countries will want to establish trade links with us, on the other hand. T
his is the kind of advantage that the E.U provides for its members and countries like Ukraine are dying to join them and even Britain, despite its huge bill to the body, does not want to be excluded somehow!

So, Population and size like Nigeria is actually an advantage but we are clueless on how to take advantage of it.
Smaller countries like UAE have taken advantage of their small population and large oil.

Whether we accept it or not, 170Million Nigerians cannot FORMULATE POLICY for this country!
Only a "select few" who we trust to lead us aright can do so.
If those trusted with that responsibility are greedy, selfish and corrupt, we end up where we are today (a little greed is even permissible sef).

But if those we saddle with such responsibility love this country (despite a little greed), we will be like Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Venezuela and UAE, in terms of development.


In order of preference, we can change this country's destiny by:

1.) Stable Electricity (Not the paddy-paddy privatisation that is currently going-on where even a sitting President is using cronies to corner Energy Market (Discos) and fail to invest in Energy "production", despite escalating price paid by consumers.

2.) Manufacturing and Agriculture: Once power gets to an appreciable level, massive mechanised Agriculture will give us food stability and raw materials for industrial growth.
A lot of manufacturing will start (as compared to exporting CHEAP raw materials).
Petrochemical and Food processing, will blossom

3.) Stemming from the two above, JOB CREATION [/b]will no longer be by "magic" as our Govt does but it will be available naturally (and you will be surprised how our neighbours and Westerners will start demanding for Nigerian Visas as was the case in the early 70's.

Other things like increased Foreign Reserve, Strong Currency, improved standard of living, Reduction in crime rate, e.t.c ........ will NATURALLY FOLLOW.
[b]They will happen without the intervention of any "20 yrs Economist" or Minister.

But if you take my points from bottom-Up (3, 2, 1) you will see how impossible it is to create Jobs, without having a good Agriculture and Manufacturing base and further more, you will see how impossible it is to have a good manufacturing and Agric base, without stable power!

Does that not sound like what "Successive Nigerian Govts" have been doing?
Now you know why this country is going from bad to worse... year-in, year out!

I know "know Book O" but l thank god sha.

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Billyonaire:
Why dont you just keep quiet if you know nothing about Quantitative Easing as a way of boosting Economy. Why not just keep quiet so we can think clearly. Quantitave Easing is not the same thing as Inflation, and we can see what devaluation has done by way of transformation of the Chinese Economy. Some of you have not earned up to 1 million in your life but you want to criticize what learned Economists with over 20years of experience are doing.

Billionaire!
I find it quite amusing that you would compare the "very diverse" Chinese Economy (an Economy that produces virtually everything and thus earn enormous amount of foreign currency so much so that it is always having excess Dollars and needs to devalue its Yuan, to keep the price of its products low, and thus competitive in the "international export" market, hence why Nigeria is flooded with Chinese-made imported goods) ....

...with a "mono-Economy" like Nigeria which Produces NOTHING and imports EVERYTHING.... thereby depleting its foreign currency reserve from its only mono-export product (OIL)?

Chinese "Quantitative Easing" is sensible given the facts of their economy but with respect to Nigeria, it shows "cluelessness of how to move the economy forward".

What we should have done (what the guy is pointing out) is to have been re-investing our Oil proceeds in a Diversified economy that embraces "manufacturing and production of TANGIBLE PRODUCTS" ...so as to export tangible products that earn foreign exchange .... and this would have cushioned our economy viz our currency (naira) if and when the price of Oil falls.... which always happens every now and then anyway.


Even if anyone has been an Economist for over twenty years and he does not have the "primary interest" of their country and people at heart, they can churn-out very warped and self-centered policies which serve only the interest of their oppresive cabals.... it does not make them less an Economist,... just a wicked Economist!

Please get "real" or shut-da-phuck-up because you are the one who is "half-baked" when it comes to fiscal and monetary policies (Maybe you are not and you are just trumpeting the "Political Song" you have been asked to sing by your paymasters...just maybe because l dont think anyone, not even you, can be this dumb!)

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BTW: I am not into all these PDP Vs. APC nonsense and wont engage anyone on that "gutter level" please.

Walexz02:
Please what do you mean by divine intervention of God

He means "A Miracle"!

Its the kind of thing you "hope" for... in a very "hopeless" situation, like that which we find ourslves in, at the hands of our wicked leaders!

I tell you, it will take a "Miracle" for Nigerians to stand Up for their right.

Do you figure now?

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chemali:
The naira never appreciates in time of high oil prices but very quick to depreciate when the oil price falls. Apart from the mono economy which is a problem, the increased earnings is being looted and not reinvested in our future. This for me is sufficient reason to kick pdp out from the centre. When oil prices recover or exceeds previous highs, it is certain that 168 will become the new normal in readiness for the next price crash.

Let us even leave PDP or APC out of this discussion so that it does not get hijacked by those scumbags who see only "Ethnicity, Party-Affiliation or religion" in any and every discussion.

I can tell you that "price of PETROL at the Pump" (fuel stations) has decreased by close to 30% in the USA, Canada and all European Countries including the the U.K, ..... over the last three months or so.
The reason for these is that "Price of Oil is falling worldwide". That, no one needs to argue and even the Nigerian Govt agree on that.

But funnily or ironically, the Price of Petrol at the Pump" in Nigeria has remained the same (at a minimum of #97) over the same period!
As a matter of fact, Govt is saying it wants to INCREASE THE PRICE, using its time-tested "Scam tactics" of removing "Subsidy" that was never their ab initio!

If prices has reduced considerably, l think a caring Govt will either uses this reduction to:

1.) Offset the "Subsidy" by maintaining price at the current rate (assuming there was actually a Subsidy, .......and not the current scam of round-tripping over the high seas, they call "importation of finished products) .....instead of again threatening to raise fule price through their never ending "removal of subsidy!

...or

2.) Reduce the Price of Fuel "at the pump" as is done in all the other countries of the world, so that public citizens can ta least get the "short-term" benefits of this dramatic decrease in price.

But Hell No! Nigerian Govt is run by Cabals whose only interest is EXPLOITATION of its Citizens. All they want is more and more money otherwise, why devalue the average man's "fixed income" while not letting him enjoy the benefit associated with the decrease in price of products he buys with such income?

If truly the Nigerian Govt follows its mantra of "Free Market nay Privatisation", then it should have allowed the Pump price of Fuel to reflect the "true market forces" that is at play right now but as we see, the Govt and the Marketers (of course, its the same people who stole our Oil blocks, looted our treasury to set-up the Oil Marketing Companies and who also runs the Govt!) are conniving together to form a kind of Monopolistic Cartel for "PRICE FIXING"!

This is the problem Nigerians face.... and they are on a "long thing" if they cant "see it and do something serious" about it.

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teeowl:
it is burning with riots in ferguson in USA right now... they have their own problem also...

As a matter of fact, you are more likely to be gunned down in cold blood, in America....than in Nigeria!

Yea, l know they dont have Boko Haram in America but hey, you are a BLACK PERSON, even if you be American citizen!

Right now, l am listening to the interview the young WHITE COP (Darren Wilson) that killed the BLACK Ferguson guy is giving: You feel the lack of emotion and hatred this Cop has for the black guy! Despite the lies this lying bast@rd is strewing together (after all, "the dead stay dumb"!), you could feel the message of the White Supremacist KKK, oozing from this Cop... "if it ain't WHITE, it ain't RIGHT"!

Asked whether there is anything he would have done better, using hindsight, he just said he would have done the same thing over and over again!
I was expecting he would say "maybe l would have shot him in the leg, to immobilize him"! but hell NO, these guys are working to a plan.

Like somebody said in a public discussion on a Bus today, a time may come when "Blacks" have to start buying guns openly, just to "protect themselves",.... just like a lot of white folks in Ferguson were doing, a few days/hours before the jury delivered its verdict.

Even as we are speaking about the Ferguson guy, another "WHITE Cop", shot an 12yr old BLACK KID who was playing with a "TOY gun, in the park! A replay of the 911 emergency call, by another white member of the public shows that even the "untrained called" knew the gun was just an imitation (carried by children of that age group) and said so TWICE, in the call.

Yet, this WHITE COP who is trained in identification and use of firearm still thinks it was a "real gun" (but instead of even approaching the kid and try to make him hand it over like it took over eight hours to persuade an grown-up white man threatening to shoot people on a street, to hand over the "real gun" he was wielding!), ...hell NO, this WHITE Cop simply shot the 12yr old Black kid to death!

How many more "young Black Kids" have to die form the hands of these white "supremacist" Cops, ...before someone gets the message that: America is dangerous and unwelcoming for BLACK people?

I just hope folks realize that "Abroad" of today, is not the same Abroad of Yesterday. Buyers Beware!

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Kidash:
This morning as the ongoing protest continue in unijos.the military men opened fire at student killing 3 and leaving others injured the administration have asked the student to vacate the hostel...please right now we are scared and the militry people are chasing us pointing guns at us is this another war? *update*The University of Jos has now been shut indefinately by the authorities to avoid further escalation. Source-ICEfm 96.1 aka Ujay fm

I respect the men in Uniform but l think this our own Military men are nothing but pure cowards!

How do you open fire on Students that are not armed.... while Boko Haram is busy anexxing Nigerian soil and chasing you all around in Borno?

Cant you just "save your fire' for the terrorists?

Okay, l got it ... the students are your kind of "match" when it comes to military warfare, since they are not armed!

Shame on the Nigerian Military for this show of COWARDICE.

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ZUBY77:
How did black men become this useless?

...and what are you? WHITE man?

People like you who suffer from "IDENTITY CRISIS" and are not comfortable and proud in their "skin"... should go bath with hot Oil.



Now run-off before l change my mind.

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wazoboy:
That symbol on the note is an arewa symbol, as shown below, its just that some part of it is faded! I think that muslim prof is a nimcompoop!

[quote author= Muslim Prof!]“MURIC recalls that Arabic inscriptions which have always been on Nigerian currency since independence were unceremoniously removed in 2005 from N5, N10, N20 and N50 denominations. They remained on N100, N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations.[/quote]This dunce of a Prof should get busy!
Did you just acknowledge that the 'highest denominations' of our currency has your Arabic inscriptions on it, since independence?
Why did you not cry foul then, knowing that Nigeria is a secular country and not an "Arabic" country?
Now that something different is there, you are shouting on top of the roof!

[quote author= Muslim Prof!]“Nigerian Muslims regard the latest action, namely, the supplanting of Arabic with Jewish symbol from the new N100 as a continuation of the campaign of elimination by substitution against Arabic language and, by implication, against Nigerian Muslims.

“It is well known that a large section of the Nigerian population use the Arabic Ajami and removing it from the new note will deprive millions of users of the Arabic Ajami of the ability to recognise, identify and use the new currency.

“Furthermore, putting the Jewish symbol on the new N100 falls short of international standard, as currencies worldwide are designed to suit each nation’s culture and history.

“Where does the Jewish symbol fit in? Which Nigerian community speaks the Jewish language? The insertion of the Jewish symbol is, therefore, clannish and parochial. It is tainted with undisguised religious fanaticism.[/quote]This shameless Prof needs to be flogged publicly as he seems to have lost his senses!
Is Nigeria and Arab country? Why must we have "Arabic wordings" on our currency when according to you, currencies should represent national cultures and values?

As someone has pointed out, that symbol this blind Prof is refering to, is definitely not the Jewish Star.
Infact, maybe we should remove all the stars in the sky since we dont like whatever looks like a Jewish star!

Even if the inscription was a star, who gave "all' stars to Jews or Israel?
Moreover, why not ask Jonathan to remove all the Arabic inscription on our money first, so that you can be justified in calling for the removal of the "star"?

When does the Kettle started calling the Pot "Black"?

Mind you, l dont like the Jews/Israelis one bit, they practice parthied, they are muderous and genocidal, they are inhuman and adept at lying brazen-faced but then, l dont also like it when some jobless Muslim Prof is trying to incite religious animosity in such a brainless manner.

Before tomorrow now, some Almanjiri will start cuttimg people's throat claiming he is fighting to get "Allah's handwriting" back on our Niara note!

Abeggi o, Boko Haram is still a big nuisance, dont add Maitasine to it.

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BTW: When Lawmakers in the North voted not to extend the Emergency rule, they knew Jonathan wanted to use that as an excusenot to conduct elections in those areas .... which would give him a better advantage, being a catchment area for Buhari.
On the other hand, Jonathan has deliberately ensured that the crisis in the North lingers-on by taking half measures on just looking-on at most times.... knowing that if they refuse to extend the emergency rule, he will simply withdraw the soldiers (which he just did) and give Boko Haram a free hand to slaughter the people more.

Either way, Jonathan is a wicked and selfish fella. You dont use people's lives to gamble and play politics.
That is very ugly!

APContherun:
This is a big slap on the face of ASUU. For the ASUU chairman to call into question the integrity of the senate means he doesn't even know what he's doing. ASUU is the highest academic decision making body in universities made up primarily of ASUU members, the chairman being one, professors the other. So that the Senate is rubbish as ASUU would want us to believe means ASUU too is rubbish.

You are not sounding coherent at all!

Lets break it down:

a.) A lecturer or student fulfils all the requirement to be awarded a PhD degree.

b.) The University SENATE SITS over the "students" academic work/results ..and then the SENATE DECIDES to award such degree (or decides NOT).
c.) In this case, LASU SENATE DECIDED that the award was in order and awarded the PhD Degree.

d.) Two years later, the same SENATE came out and said they made an ERROR in awarding such PhD degrees.
They said their "error" was about "nomenclature" of the Certificate (Note: Not that the student falsified or the error was critical to the award itself).... in writing the word "Marketing" on such Cert!
Ofcouse, the "marketing Department" is under the Faculty of Business Admin, in most, if not all Universities in Nigeria.

Now, you must ask two questions:
1) Who benefits and who looses from this Certificate withdrawal? (The Awardees, the Certificate Holder who are at loggerheads with the V.C!)

2.) Why cant they just "WRITE OUT" A CORRECT CERTIFICATE, ask the holders to bring the "wrong one" and just EXCHANGE it.... without all the noise and publicity, coupled with the shame this brings on the University, its Senate and its students?

Some Eediots, even though they are very literate (as in Professor), will still act like an illiterate by trying to "Cut-off their own nose, just to spite their face"!

This is what happens when you have a corrupt puppet leading a University

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Thebrightest:
So, how does FG expect them to comment on Nairaland?

You mean "Prisoners" are commenting on Nairaland.... in real time?

No wonder... some of the comments l read on NL have to come from the "inside".

Henceforth, l will have to take some comments with a pinch of salt!

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tuffgongjo:
Sacking a coach most time(not all time though)refreshes the squad,it brings in new "hunger"$challenge.
If chelsea did not sack AVB,they won't have won that highly coveted "Big ears"champions league trophy.
If the guy b4 SAF was not sacked Man u won't be so great.
If Sia1 was not sacked Keshi won't have won the Afcon trophy.
And like all great men with self dignity,they take the bow after such dishearten occurrence.
So I think he should quit b4 the "axe"falls.
My piece of mind though.

Even "almighty" Brazil SACKED their coach, after their failure at the last World Cup they hosted.

In most cases, when a Coach fails in his job, HE RESIGNS.... but not Nigerians nay "black people", with their greedy, sit-tight mentality!

The fact that he wants to stay=put should tell you that its all about selfishness, greed and what he is getting from the job!
No SELF DIGNITY AT ALL!

Phuck-off Keshi... YOU HAVE FAILED over and over again!.


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Where are all those "jobless people" who collected "Song of Praise" MONEY from Mr. President?

Please come here and justify your income!

Do your JOB here or loose it (with refund of TAN Money!)

#Singing praises for Mr. President....#

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BTW: Dont forget to add that Nigeria is ranked 4TH in the WORLD...on Terrorism index under this President
Add that under his watch, there are more strikes (Health Workers on Strike again, right now!) than in all other President's tenure combined!
Meen, I wish you to be President for life sef!

When over 200 young Chibok girls are still missing, six months after.... any reasonable person will find it difficult to celebrate anything!

Imagine...just imagine if that girl or boy his his side (l believe they are his children, even if not the biological Children of "Dearis-Gowd-O"!)..

Juts imagine if they are ONES KIDNAPPED... will he or anyone be shouting happy birthday here?

Can the Parents of those missing Chibok girls or the kidnapped boys even remember when day turns into night, out of sorrow?

I just hate the INSENSITIVITY of these clueless family and their "otimkpu" sycophants!

#entirely my opinion, you are entitled to yours#

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