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V0lv0:
Who be your sweetlove? Gerroutahere menn

But I will say that no other country in this whole world is as hospitable as Ghanaians. Do you think you guys can even open up companies like this or even be in top positions in other countries. Then some i[/b]diot here says they control 92 % of SA economy. Lol foreigners can never ever be in such positions there. Instead of you guys to thank us and be grateful for our continued hospitality we also hear rubbish and insults about Ghana and Ghanaians. Just travel more and you will understand what I am talking about.

I said that Ghanaian's kindness and hospitality will be the end of them. [b]It's time stricter laws and regulations are put in place so the likes of you won't come and run your mouth thinking you own Ghana and the economy.

Oliburuku

Should I furnish you with details of Nigerians in top public and private firms in west Africa?

Believe me lady, Nigerian banks have reached eastern and southern African countries. Dangote is in 16 african countries already.

AzontoGhost:
Give REFERENCE where is due!

Nigerian and 419

The very nature of the post is enough indication is was curled from a source. But if you thought I claimed it as my own effort, sorry then.

Now deal with the facts and stop quivering : http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/top-stories/394990-nigerian-tycoons-making-it-big-in-ghana-s-economy.html

V0lv0:
Who be your sweetlove? Gerroutahere menn

But I will say that no other country in this whole world is as hospitable as Ghanaians. Do you think you guys can even open up companies like this or even be in top positions in other countries. Then some idiot here says they control 92 % of SA economy. Lol foreigners can never ever be in such positions there. Instead of you guys to thank us and be grateful for our continued hospitality we also hear rubbish and insults about Ghana and Ghanaians. Just travel more and you will understand what I am talking about.

I said that Ghanaian's kindness and hospitality will be the end of them. It's time stricter laws and regulations are put in place so the likes of you won't come and run your mouth thinking you own Ghana and the economy.

Oliburuku

. Are you breaking up with me already?

There are stricter laws in Ghana alright. Don't forget that for a foreigner to operate a business of import export and sails and retail in your country, he has to invest 300 thousand US dollars and employ 10 Ghanaians.

finniblinks:
your list is loopsided. U didn't touch the following industries:
entertainment,transportation,commerce(the bedrock of every great economy) and real estate

The list of course is an inexhaustive publication of the socioeconomic road map Nigeria has made into Ghana.

If we are to delve into all sectors of the economy of Ghana, you will see greater and more in depth participation by Nigerians.

Nice spirit of Ecowas integration. Ghana is a beautiful country.

V0lv0:
jiggamangh, iamord, azontoghost, batman123, royalpearl, captainswag225, achimotan,

These people have started again .

@ Lezz source please I can bet my last cent that a Nigerian made that ish. Am a but busy now but will respond accordingly later


Nonsense

Sweetlove, the piece is written in the first person narrative by a Ghanaian. Lolz.

This post is submitted to show the economic integration of west Africa. The love between Ghana and Nigeria.

It's beautiful day.

*modified * I almost forgot to drop the source : http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/top-stories/394990-nigerian-tycoons-making-it-big-in-ghana-s-economy.html

finniblinks:
OP read,ignorance is a disease.
http://m.modernghana.com/news/455846/1/africas-most-entrepreneurial-ethnic-groups.html

I just went through your link and I find it shocking -to say the least- how you would ethnicize my post and attempt to wed it to your list of african tribes who did what and when.

19- Dotun Somoye is the Country Manager GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Ghana which deals in Pharmaceuticals. He was the Marketing Manager at GlaxoSmithKline before his current appointment in June 2007 where he is responsible for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare business management and development in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia. . He attended Lagos State University, University of Lagos and Baptist Boys High School Abeokuta.




20- Mr. Banigbe Obafemi is the Chief Operating Officer at Tigo (Gh.) Ltd, Whiles in school in June 1996 he got his first job in a small computer shop. Even after completing his university education he decided to leave his parents’ home just with 20 cedis equivalent to look for his destiny. Today many young people attend his conferences where he share inspiring stories about his life, and one that I personally enjoyed was LESSONS I WISH EVERY STUDENT WERE TAUGHT BEFORE GRADUATING as a motivational speaker; He has also worked in east Africa. He loves taking risks.



21- Babalola Babatunde owns and runs First Deep Water Discovery Ghana Limited. His company is a big time player also in the Nigerian Oil and gas sector. A graduate of Electrical/Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology, Akure, Mr. Tunde bagged an MBA degree from the same university whilst he obtained an MSC in communication engineering from the University of Lagos. Engr. Babalola was a Mobil Scholar, and a Dean’s award winner. He started his working career with Mobil producing after his service year with them before moving on to Chevron on contract basis where he was exposed to engineering procurement/Oil & Gas transactions and installations of equipment. He later left Chevron to work as a consultant to a number of Oil and Gas companies. Engr. Babalola is widely travelled and has attended a number of courses/seminars abroad majoring in the Oil & Gas industry. Engr. Babalola has experience of over 13 years in the Oil and Gas industry and he is also an Alumni of Lagos business School and FATE foundation.



22- Alex Mbakogu, a seasoned Accountant is the Managing Director of Leaseafic Ghana Limited which is a leading name in Finance and leasing services in Ghana. Alex Mbakogu is a qualified Accountant and a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigerian (ICAN) and the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants of Nigeria (ICMA). He has an MBA (Finance) from the University of Lagos. He holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Alexander has worked with C & I Leasing since 1998 in various capacities in its Finance Department, his last position being Manager, Finance and Accounts, with oversight responsibility for Treasury & Funds Management since 2005. He has considerable experience in leasing. Alexander has been seconded to Leasafric.



23- Ben Hastrup owns and runs Alliance Legal, which has its headquarters in Accra. Ben Hastrup is one of the highly-rated Nigerian lawyers in Ghana today.




24- Chief Crystal Djirackor the CEO of Crystal TV runs three TV channels dedicated to African movies, Emmanuel TV and a Music Channel which are mostly watched in Accra.



25- Joshua Bola Olalere is the Chief Executive of Delight Communications the conveners of Miss Nigeria, Ghana beauty pageant.


OTHERS INCLUDE:


Sola Peregrino Taiwo is the C.E.O of 3 Equatumn Associates. Wale Adeoye also runs Premium Advertising Ghana Limited. Mr. Oluade Nikiti is the Managing Director of AP (Gh.) Ltd. Mr. Razak Abiodun runs Wapic Insurance Co. Ltd. Mr. Chuks Okoko is currently the manager of A-Z Petrolieum Co. Ltd Ghana. Ibem Anya is the Managing Director of Oando GH Ltd, Ghana and the Owner of Aiban Universal Services Ltd. Roy Bernard manages Capital Assurance, Ghana Limited, Dennis O. Carter is yet another big player he is the Chief Executive Officer at Maxigate Petroleum Ghana Ltd and Mr. Uche Okogu also runs International Energy Insurance (I.E.I) Ghana Limited.

Aareonakakanfo:
Re-arrange it properly,its too disjointed

will try....piece is awfully long

11-Mr. Bode Oseni of Regency Alliance Insurance Co. Ltd is one of the finest hands in the business of In[/b]surance. He was trained at the London School of Insurance and became an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute of London in 1989. He also holds an MBA from one of Nigeria’s three leading Universities, University of Lagos. An Insurance marketing Guru, Oseni started his career as a Broker. He was Assistant Manager, Man Mountain Insurance Brokers of Nigeria from 1989 to 1991. He was appointed Manager, Marine Insurance of Hogg Robinson Nigeria in 1992. He had a stint with the defunct Nigeria Arab Bank Ltd as its Manager in charge of insurance. Other positions held by him include Assistant General Manager, Operations, Triumph Assurance Company Limited and Head, Eastern Operations, Phoenix Nigeria Assurance Plc. He became Regional Director, Regency Alliance Insurance Plc, Nigeria in 2007.


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12- Mr. Sam Ayininuola of Energy Bank Ltd. obtained his First Class degree in Agricultural Science from the University of Ife in June 1976. He also had an MBA degree from the University of Lagos, in December 1985. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He started his banking career with NAL Merchant Bank Limited in 1981. He rose to the rank of Head of Foreign Exchange before joining the team to set up Rims Merchant Bank Limited in 1988. He rose to the positions of General Manager, Executive Director and later Managing Director/CEO of the Bank before resigning in November 1995 to join the team that set up Consolidated Discounts House Limited, one of the leading discount houses in Nigeria. He became the Managing Director/CEO in January 2001. He was appointed an Executive Director in Union Bank of Nigeria Plc in March 2006.



13- Kennedy Okosun owns and runs the biggest upscale stationeries outfit in Ghana, KRIF Stationeries. Mr. Kennedy Okosun, Chairman in 2011 receives Best Entrepreneur Office Suppliers & Stationery Award.



14[b]-Mr. Dolapo Ogundimu a seasoned banker is the
Managing Director of Access Bank. Dolapo Ogundimu is truly a seasoned banker with over 25 years of high level professional banking experience in the sub-region. He has been recognized as a change manager and contributor to the development of the financial services industry in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana. In Ghana, he pioneered Guaranty Trust Bank to become one of the most successful banks in the industry. [/b]Dolapo is an alumnus of the Kellogg School of Management, Executive Management Programme of the Columbia Business School (USA), International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Switzerland and the Lagos Business School. He holds a B.Sc. and an MBA from the Ogun State University in Nigeria.


15-Mr. Lekan Sanusi of Guarantee Trust Bank is the current MD of Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited. Since he took over, he has kept the flag of the bank flying as one of the biggest financial institutions in Ghana.


16- Mr. Gabriel Edgal is the CEO of First Atlantic Bank Ltd. The Board of First Atlantic Bank Limited appointed Mr. Gabriel Edgal as Managing Director of the Bank. Mr. Edgal is an astute and seasoned banker with over 23 years’ experience. Until his new appointment, Mr. Edgal was with United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) where he held various key Management and Executive positions including those of MD/CEO, UBA Africa, Regional MD, UBA West Africa and MD, UBA Ghana Limited. As MD, UBA Africa, Mr. Edgal provided strategic direction and leadership for 18 African countries. As MD/CEO UBA Ghana Ltd, he led the restructuring of the Bank’s business and returned the bank to the path of profitability. Prior to that, he was the Group Treasurer of the bank. He had equally held diverse management positions at Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Capital Bank International Ltd, Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.



17- Mr. Oliver Alawuba UBA ([/b]Gh.) Ltd. Mr. Oliver Alawuba has over twenty years’ experience in investment banking, corporate finance retail and commercial banking as well as project management. Oliver started his banking career in 1993 with Diamond Bank Plc in Nigeria. He has worked with some other major African banks in various managerial capacities including being Regional Director, South Central Region of Standard Trust Bank Limited now United Bank for Africa Nigeria PLC and Executive Director of Finbank Nigeria PLC for South South and South East Regions covering over 11 States in Nigeria. Until his appointment, Mr. Alawuba was the MD/CEO Designate of UBA Cote D’Ivoire. Oliver is a member of several professional bodies including the Nigerian Institute of Management, Nigerian Institute of Directors, and Association of Bank Directors in Nigeria.


18- [b]Charles Adeniji of Wapco (Gh.) Ltd is currently the Managing Director of the West African Pipeline Gas Company, WAPCo in Accra, Ghana and a Secondee from Chevron. Charles A. Adeniji has more than 30 years of experience covering both Downstream and Upstream sectors of the Petroleum Industry. His experience gained both local and overseas range from Facilities Engineering, Crude production operations, Shipping, Trading, Gas Commercialization and Business Development. In Nigeria, Mr. Adeniji had worked in several capacities starting as a Production Engineer, Corrosion Engineer, Platform Supervisor, Coordinator of Crude Oil Deliveries, Manager Gas Commercialization, to General Manager Gas Marketing & Commercialization and Executive Director of the Oil Producers’ Trade Sector (OPTS) of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Before his current tenure as Managing Director of WAPCo, he served as Legislation Compliance Advisor for Chevron Nigeria. His specialties are in the areas of Operations, Gas Commercialization, Negotiations, and government relations

http://ameyawdebrah.com/revealed-meet-nigerian-tycoons-running-ghanas-economy/

You might have never heard of them or see them in public, but they are ones seated in the big executive chairs behind the CEOs and MDs tables at the head offices of various financial institutions, oil companies, insurance companies and other big multinational institutions managing and controlling the economy of Ghana.

This has being a revelation through a research I conducted on heads of both Ghanaian and multinational institutions operating in Ghana. The result indicated that most of these institutions are being managed by foreigners with Nigerians being the majority where Ghanaians are assigned to the deputies and assistant positions. But what baffles me the most is whether our fellow Ghanaians are not qualified to hold such positions or never played a role in bringing such institutions to Ghana but it is a debate for another day. Nigerians no doubt play a big part in the Ghanaian economy.

Below is a list of them and their profiles.

1- Chief Dr. Prince Christopher Obareki is the CEO/Chairman of CHRISBAKI Group Of Companies. Dr. Obareki is the CEO of CHRISBAKI group of companies’ including Bar Purity, Baki Farms, Spec Autos Ltd, Bamar properties, Cobagco Nig Ltd etc. A Nigerian royal, Prince Christopher Obareki, began his career in Business at a very tender age. He attended St. Francis Catholic School in Nigeria. Later went to study auto-mobile engineering in Sapele Technical School. He then became the manager of Jabara Construction Company but resigned to put up his own company at a very young age. He is indisputably one of Nigeria’s finest exports in the Diaspora. He is also very much strongly represented in the Corporate social responsibility endeavours as a philanthropist of having sponsored Children’ Republic reality TV show, built churches and schools with over four thousand beneficiaries of his unflinching generosity cutting across different tribes and cultures of Ghana and Nigeria. He was recently honoured with a doctorate degree by the Rescue Mission Theological University. He is a silent achiever and married with 4 children.



2-Yemi Adetuwo is the MD/CEO and board member of Equity Assurance Ghana Limited. Mr. Adeyemi Adetuwo B.A (Hons.), MBA, ACII (Lond.) attended both University of Lagos and Enugu State University of Science and Technology for his Bachelor and Masters Degrees respectively. He is an associate of both the Chartered Insurance Institute of London and Nigeria as well as that of the Nigerian Institute of Management. He is also a member of the society of fellows of the London Institute. He has acquired over twenty years working experience in the Insurance Industry. He joined Equity Assurance Plc in 1995 where he rose to the position of General Manager, technical operations where he seconded as the Managing Director of Equity Assurance Ghana Limited in 2008.



3-Mr. David Ishola Akintunde is the Chief Operating Officer of Equity Assurance Ghana Limited. Mr. David Akintunde (Bsc. MBA, FCIMN) the General Manager/ Chief, graduated from the University of Lagos in 1991 had a PGD in Marketing from the University of Calabar in 1996 and obtained an MBA from University of Ado-Ekiti in 2002. He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Marketing Nigeria, a Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and an Associate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Managers. Prior to joining Equity Assurance in 1997, he worked with Lion of Africa and ELMAC and also has attended many insurance and marketing seminars.

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4-Dele Momodu owner of Ovasion Magazine [/b]bagged his first degree in Yoruba from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in 1982, and a Master’s degree in Literature-in-English in 1988. He’s the only Nigerian ever to have such a rare combination. Between 1983 and 85, he was the private secretary to the former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Chief Akin Omoboriowo. In 1986, Dele Momodu served His Imperial Majesty the Ooni of Ife Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II, when he managed the Motel Royal Limited owned by the influential monarch. He contributed powerful articles to The Guardian, Sunday Tribune, African Concord magazine and others. He started Ovation International in 1996, and it was a big struggle to keep the business afloat. Today, Ovation Magazine is a global brand. Ovation is also the leading events magazine dishing out the most glamorous pictures of the lifestyles of the rich and famous Africans. Ovation has covered stories and events in over 60 countries and on all the continents of the world. Dele Momodu has enjoyed worldwide acclaim and has met the High and Mighty, including Her Majesty the Queen of England, African Presidents, former American Presidents, world scholars. He is also seen at almost all entertainment events in Ghana, including the Ghana Music Awards and Laughs and Music Comedy shows which mostly hosts Nigerian comedians in Ghana. He also runs a restaurant in Ghana.
5- HRM, Dr. Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu owns Chi-Bert Group of Companies with interest in oil and gas, transport, agriculture, entertainment among others. He is also the Eze Ndi Igbo of Igbos in Ghana. He is known to be a supporter of Nigerians initiatives in Ghana either through financial or moral support.
Pastor Jude Odim stands as one of the influential Nigerian Clergy living in Ghana. He heads Hallowed Chapel International in Achimota and Spintex both in Accra with a massive weekly attendance by resident Nigerians in Ghana. He also founded Hallowed Kids Foundation, the first NGO to host the first Leadership Reality Show in Ghana dubbed Children’s Republic which was premiered on National Television, GTV. He is also a serial entrepreneur with lot of influence in the business and media community in Ghana. He is married to Leticia Anderson-Odim.



6- Mr. Cornelius Iyiola Saraki is the Managing Director of Nem Insurance Co. Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Second Class Upper in Education from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and a Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACIIN). In addition, he holds a post-graduate Degree in Education from his alma mater, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He started his Insurance Career in 1992 when he joined Piccadilly Insurance Company as a marketer. He worked at various times with Golden Insurance Company Limited and Royal Trust assurance Limited before joining NEM Insurance Plc (Nigeria) in 2006. Mr. Saraki is a staunch believer in the promotion of performance. He pioneered a number of innovative insurance products whilst he was heading the Northern operations of NEM Insurance Plc (Nigeria). He enjoys teaching and listening to music.



7- Iyiola Ayoade is the C.E.O of CHARTERHOUSE the biggest name in terms of events, above and below line advertising and showbiz in Ghana and an Executive Producer. His company has a rich clientele and it is also the brain behind the annual Ghana Music Awards, Miss Malaika Beauty Pageant, Stars of the Future, National Youth Achievers Awards, the next big thing in GH and a lot of other big events in Ghana. Iyiola also owns a 24 hour entertainment television station GhOne, which is rocking the entertainment industry of Ghana with a lot of support with programs such as the pundits, E-Talk, Glitterati and about to host their first gospel preaching television series to host pastors like Ps. Jude Odim of Hallowed Chapel etc.


8-Salma Iddriss Okwonko a woman is in charge of affairs at UBI Energy Ghana Limited and Televeras Group; [/b]she resigned her job at a multinational oil company and began looking at other aspects of marketing petroleum refined products. Her capital came from her family and her wonderful husband which has now made her one of the top female Nigerians in Ghana. She has four stations and counting in Kasoa, Kumasi, Lashibi and Dumfoasi in the Volta Region in Ghana Currently.
9- [b]Otunba Micheal Ajayi is the C.E.O. of Vintage Visions Ghana Limited. The company is the organizer of the Business Summit and has vast interest in other key areas of business. He is also the Director General of the Ghana-Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
10-Chief Emmanuel Okeson is one of the biggest individual employers of labour in Ghana. The highly successful businessman, who doesn’t give into publicity, has over 1000 Ghanaians working in his company. He is the owner of City Lights the biggest lighting company in West Africa. He is also the former boss of Board of Trustees of the All Nigerian Community in Ghana.

doublewisdom:
As long as Ghana is behind us.

Don't be bothered, bro. Ghana has never been a top contender in the All African Games. We are never rivals.

tonychristopher:
The bolded part might be source of concern but it shouldnt I meant when anioma state is carved out and put in south east then the integration is 100%

Kedu ka idi ?

@bolded is spot on. Odi mma, Nwanne 'm.

tonychristopher:
Nwanne .we are fine Sunday is fine just a bit down with flu


What can you say about our brain storming here ...you know we are looking at anambra state holistically

I like it. Anambrarians are easily the most aggressive and entrepreneurial of all of igbos.

And I think with the dredging of the Niger and international Cargo airport in Asaba, Who says the decongesting and over dependence on Lagos won't soon be a thing of the past.

Sorry for the flu.

tonychristopher:
Nwanne, I think your on point but there should be some level of specialisation amongst the states ...maybe anambra will focus on manufacturing while IMO on tourism ebonyi Agric while abia should be commerce

Well anioma ..might be admin ..depending on when they will be fully reintegratef in greater Igbo


Enugu takes admin capital


We should also have incubation centres in anambra

How's your Sunday going?

Those of us who enjoy the occasional glass of beer or wine would dearly love to believe that we’re doing our bodies a service.
Any study suggesting a glass or two a day can keep the doctor away is greeted with disproportionate enthusiasm by the media and general public. But it is a complex task to determine whether or not alcohol in moderation has health benefits.
It is a complex task to determine whether or not alcohol in moderation has health benefits
One of the earlier studies drawing a link between alcohol consumption and health was performed by the late, great Archie Cochrane; the godfather of evidence-based medicine. In 1979, Cochrane and two colleagues tried to work out what exactly was responsible for the differing rates of death from heart disease across 18 developed countries, including the US, UK and Australia.
Their analysis came up with a clear and significant link between increasing alcohol consumption – specifically of wine – and decreasing rates of ischaemic heart disease (heart disease caused by the build-up of fatty deposits inside the blood vessels supplying the heart).
Citing earlier studies that had found an association between alcohol consumption and lower rates of deaths from heart attack, Cochrane and colleagues suggested that the aromatic and other compounds in alcohol – recently hypothesised to be antioxidants such as plant-based polyphenols – were likely responsible for the benefits, rather than the alcohol itself. In the spirit of evidence-based medicine, they called for an experimental approach to the question.
Plying experimental subjects with alcohol, while amusing, is unlikely to reveal the kind of chronic disease benefits that alcohol is speculated to deliver. So instead, much of the research around alcohol and its health costs and benefits has been in the form of long-term, population-based studies.


In 1986, researchers surveyed a group of more than 50,000 male doctors in the US about their drinking and eating habits, their medical history and state of health over two years. They found that the more alcohol the doctors reported drinking, the lower their chance of developing coronary artery disease, despite their dietary habits.
Another large study published in 2000, also in male doctors, found a ‘U’ shaped relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and – in this case – death, rather than coronary artery disease. Subjects who drank one standard drink a day were less likely to die within the 5.5-year-long study than those who drank less than one a week, or those who drank more than one a day.
This suggested there was a ‘sweet spot’ for alcohol consumption; a healthy middle ground between too little or too much, where the benefit for cardiovascular health balanced the risk of death from all causes.
Are people who drink in moderation also the kind of people who generally look after themselves?
But was the alcohol itself providing the benefits, or is it just a marker for other healthy behaviours? Are people who drink in moderation also the kind of people who exercise regularly, eat a balanced diet, and generally look after themselves?
In 2005, yet another study in medical professionals – this time 32,000 women and 18,000 men – attempted to answer this question by looking at how their drinking habits affected not only their risk of heart attack, but also their physiology.
The people who drank one to two glasses of alcohol, three to four times a week, had a lower risk of heart attack, which the researchers hypothesised could be due to beneficial effects of alcohol on HDL cholesterol – the so-called ‘good’ cholesterol – as well as haemoglobin A1c (a marker of diabetes risk) and fibrinogen, an agent that helps the blood to clot. These three factors all play an important role in ‘metabolic syndrome’; the cluster of abnormalities that often heralds cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Other studies have found hints that alcohol might alter the balance of these factors for the better, which pointed to a possible mechanism by which alcohol in moderation could improve health.
Other studies have replicated this sweet-spot effect of alcohol for ischaemic stroke (strokes caused by a blood clot in the brain) and death in general. But before you dive out and prescribe yourself a couple of bottles a week – for your health, of course – you might want to read on.

Do abstainers actually have a higher risk of death than people who have one or two alcoholic drinks a day? It isn’t as straightforward as it looks.
In 2006, a team of researchers took a closer look at how these studies were designed. Their meta-analysis showed a major flaw in the way drinkers – or rather abstainers – were classified: the abstainers in many of these studies included people who had cut back or stopped drinking because of ill health or old age. This could potentially make non-drinkers look like a far less healthy group than the general population.
Importantly, the studies without this misclassification didn’t find a reduction in heart disease or death among moderate drinkers.
Other researchers have now explored this ‘misclassification hypothesis’ more closely, including a huge UK-based population study published this year.
It showed that when you simply compare alcohol consumption and health outcomes, you find a clear beneficial effect of moderate alcohol consumption. But if you take former drinkers out of the abstainers group, then the benefits don’t look so rosy – in fact, they all but disappear.
Meanwhile, another team of researchers studied people whose bodies cannot process alcohol properly – and therefore who generally don’t drink alcohol at all – and found those with this genetic marker had better cardiovascular health and a lower risk of coronary heart disease than those without it.



And then there’s the really bad news. Whatever the effects that alcohol does or doesn’t have on your heart disease risk, it can still hasten your death in a myriad of other colourful ways.
The World Health Organization reported last year that drinking can increase your risk of depression and anxiety, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, suicide, violence, and accidental injury.
Alcohol is also linked to cancer of the mouth, nose, larynx, oesophagus, colon, liver, and breast cancer in women. Between 4% and 30% of cancer deaths worldwide could be attributed to alcohol use (for breast cancer, the most common, the figure was 8%). Importantly, even moderate drinking confers some increased risk: just one glass a day increases the risk of breast cancer by 4%, while heavy drinking can increase the risk by 40-50%.
Heavy drinking weakens the immune system and is therefore linked with pneumonia and tuberculosis. It also encourages risky sexual behaviour which increases the chance of acquiring sexually transmitted infections such as HIV. And drinking during pregnancy can cause damage to the foetus, leading to Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.
In total, there are more than 200 diseases and injuries that can be linked to alcohol consumption, including 30 that are caused only by alcohol.
But the idea that moderate alcohol consumption might be beneficial has not entirely gone away, and even organisations dedicated to combating the problem of alcohol grudgingly say that small amounts of alcohol may have a protective effect against heart disease and some types of stroke.


Confused? You’re not the only one. Perhaps the best summation of how alcohol affects our health comes from a critical analysis published in early 2013. Its author concluded that, while the evidence of alcohol’s harmful effects was solid, there were plenty of reasons to take evidence of alcohol’s health benefits with a grain of salt – but not, perhaps, a slice of lemon.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150901-is-alcohol-really-bad-for-you

Duru1:
The bolded simply and intellectually destroyed any credibility you seemed to proffer in this discussion. What you have in the bolded are the prevailing circumstances that existed in Nigeria. The source of unity in any given nation points to culture and tradition of the people. Nigeria is a flawed configuration that needs reconfiguration.

Wrong!!! Identifying with your tradition in a heterogeneous society like Nigeria is the beauty of federalism. Nigerians DON'T identity with their ethnicity and tradition healthily, in a progressive blend with Nigeria as a collective- inclusive- umbrella .
They see themselves in most instances as mini nations inside another country. No matter how minute their tribes may be. South Africa, the U.S, UK and Canada has shown that you can add colour and variety in a heterogeneous country by holding to your roots yet having a large umbrella or banner by which everyone is identified and shielded.

Blunt truth!!! If truth really hurts, it is this piece

Ugly, owlish pervert who deserves far worse than a jail time.

tonychristopher:
What machinery do you want to be put in place my new found friend ...can you tell us ...the greatest machinery is human capital and you know that Igbo are not lacking in that ...with all the machinery in motion for Nigeria ..where do Nigeria stand today in committee of nations....a disgrace ..if you have been able to travel out of this country to EU you will understand that Kenyans are more regarded than your phantom giant


Luxembourg is just less than 10 million and they have the highest GDP in Europe and we have upto 40 million Igbo both at home and in diaspora



So what machinery again...and how do you feel when you see remarks of hare against Igbo yet against all odds igbos Jeep powering on...go to Igbo villages and compare it with other villages


If Biafra could survive 3 years if annihilation with all machinery from banking to diplomatic and airport functioning why won't this


I am not a biafran apologist but let us not discourage people that want freedom ...I am for peaceful separation ...it is my thing


Mind you it has been noted that Nigeria is a collection of uncommon and uncollectible nations which never agreed to be one just unlike UAE and UK... There must be agreement and this is what I'd lacking in Nigeria


Take a look at confab report the south wants it the north doesn't


So how can we ever develop



We can't under this miasma take it or play ostrich

tonychristopher:
I have told you to leave this issue of who is Igbo or not ..its isn't your forte ..why going back ...once they are in ohaneze so be it
Even in UK the English see themselves as more British than Irish
In Arabian peninsula the Saudi see themselves as more Arab than the Emiratis
So find another gist

tonychristopher:
I have told you to leave this issue of who is Igbo or not ..its isn't your forte ..why going back ...once they are in ohaneze so be it
Even in UK the English see themselves as more British than Irish
In Arabian peninsula the Saudi see themselves as more Arab than the Emiratis
So find another gist

Luxembourg isn't the highest GDP in Europe. It is Germany. If you mean GDP par capita , maybe. With a 10 million population she will/does fall under the dictates of Europe's giants Germany, France and the UK.

@ bolded, China is an OFFICIAL ROGUE STATE, both her population and economy makes the EU and America to treat her with respect. Also if not for the money and power of America she would have been the laughing stock of the West.

I travelled to Enugu since yesterday for an official assignment hence my delay in response but I would like to point you to a recent BBC poll on Nigeria conducted around several african countries. The opinion will shock you.

Nigeria's image is a mixed bag , from corrupt government official and some "yahoo" citizens to a nation who have practically stabilised the west african subregion in human and material resources. Who have made so much sacrifice for the african continent.

The first african country who has put Africa on the maps with a .5 trillion dollar GDP and has one of the fastest growing economy in the world. It is a mixed opinion, bro.

I can't go on now, I'm on my way back home and will talk more when I drop.

Duru1:
Above is mere conjectural crap strung together to stir up sentiments. You can be an Ngwa or Obowo or Wawa or Aro or Mbaise or Uratta person and the person failed to join certain cultural association or organization of his or her people, when such person seeks federal elective post he or she will hear a word or two from his or her people. The fake Igbo you claimed to have heard is propagated by deceitful individuals such as you and those miscreants who are bent on creating division among Ndiigbo. From the above crap, you have not stated one iota where Yari,ba, Hausa, Fulani, Kanuari, Nupe, Tiv, Birom, Ijo, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Edo or Efik are referred as "fake ". People in your intellectual weight class seemed to be twisted out odf human form because Ndiigbo have shown a strong determination to breakaway from the flawed cesspit called Nigeria. Those of you who want to die Nigerian should not engage in all hold bared endeavor to stop Ndiigbo from an independent home land.

Don't get carried away. If you're for Biafra republic, who am i to stand in your way. There's nothing wrong in dreams and aspirations . I'm only for one Nigeria. The question is how feasible is Biafra? What machinery has been put in place to achieve it?

For the past couple of decades after the sociocultural effects of the civil war, igbos have done little in integration of her brothers and people outside the core igbo homeland. I'm sorry to be personal, but you're either delusional or too weak to take the cold hard truth.


There are many, many igbos in the east who won't blink an eye to acknowledge the Igbo-ness of Anioma and there are still many who still see the Anioma as people who just happen to speak a form of corrupted igbo .

Hopefully this gap is being bridged recently and progress is being made. But if you don't agree that there's still room for integration especially with the Rivers igbos and a few in Anioma, then I will question your honesty and forthrightness.

tonychristopher:
Now you are getting the drift ...this is what many people do not know about the Igbo ...Igbo will always recognise his brother in a foreign land ..let me tell you once i drive home and I pass Benin and once i get to abudu then I feel at home from there even if my car breaks down I am not worried because those are Igbo speaking areas

People don't know we have Igbo speaking areas in edo , cross river , akwa ibom ,Benue and some parts of kogi


But you know ignorance is bliss

When I read Achebe's book "There was a country" I noticed how he felt at home after crossing Benin and how he was welcomed by the delta Igbo police.

The Igbankes in Edo state are igbos full time. And the daftness of a military regime place them in Edo state in so minute in numbers that they're denied basic rights.


Over half the population in river state is igbo. Plus a sizable number scattered amongst neighbouring states.

In a true federalism the Igbos could opt for a merger of states and regions having access to the oik and sea in the rivet section of SS and on shore oil in delta north in Anioma.

Shymm3x:
1). ISS report has nothing to do with nation building...it's basically just a report based on resources (both mineral/natural and human). And being a super-power requires more than. The primary prerequisite for being a super-power is structure/bonding based on the same interests and that's one thing naij lacks. When the Roman empire took on the world and conquered it - it did so based on bonding and common interest. Ditto the British empire. And these were small empires with a small population. You don't necessarily need huge human and natural/mineral resources to achieve that status - Japan is a classic example based on how it ruled the extremely huge China and the whole of Korea, at a point in history.

2). The world only change on the outside - the aesthetics - as it was then, so it's today. Everything in the world always go full circle and it's a continuous process, hence history is important and why everything ought to be done based on historical context. The nucleus of the Roman empire (based on how it was built/structured/modeled) was fully entrenched in the British empire - and that was passed to the United States. The empire never died - it just put on a different jacket

The United states is diverse on the surface - but once you look beyond that and do the proper classification, you'd find out that the country is overwhelmingly white (over 75% of the population). What does that tell you? Once you compare it to naij - you'd discover that both have nothing in common based on ethnic classifications, since Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa/Fulani have roughly the same population. Then you have another layer of minorities with also the same population differential. Then the tiny ones. If either Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa/Fulani had been about 75% of the population of naij - the country would be thriving right now. However, that isn't the case - hence the quagmire.

China had its time in the past and like all empires, it got tired and went to sleep. However, the only reason China is awake today and it's on its way to claim its well-deserved status is cos over 90% of the country is Han Chinese and Chairman Mao was able to coalesce everyone to buy into the best ideology they could all rally around, based on the Han Chinese identity.

3). Investors will always be attracted to a place with huge population and a lot of money in circulation, regardless how flawed it's. However, that doesn't mean the country has any potential whatsoever to be great when it comes to nationhood. You need to understand that business/investment is profit-driven and it's all about money/purchase-power/size. When something is profit-driven, the only winners are those involved in profiteering, not the populace.

4). For naij to be restructured to be a confederation like the UK won't be a walk in the park cos I doubt the Northerners would agree, since they're in an advantageous position based on how it's structured. Evidently, it will require the same energy to get that type of structure - to break the country up. So if it's going to take the same energy, why not go for that latter? Personally, I won't mind a confederation, with new names for the new federations and an opt-out clause. However, I feel a Yoruba country is the dream. I just want to see a thriving country - and I doubt naij will ever be able to offer that.

Yes, a Yoruba country would also have a little bit of internal disagreements - but the hate won't be as pronounced as naij's since the ethnic groups in naij are all different people. The disagreements would be similar to how other Southerners in England diss those from the London...and the whole South England disses those from the Midlands and Northern England - and vice versa.

Well thought out, Smartie.

But I will like to make a little inference to the United state. She may be over 75% white but the whites are of various nationalities, from the British who where the first settlers (and they did have their own internal rift with the irish) to the Germans, Dutch, Italians and jews etc.

Although the Anglo saxons' norms and views became the overwhelming American culture and foreign relation, those nationalities are still away of their identities and root.

I will be the last to deny the Nigerian triangle (Yoruba/Igbo/Hausa ) isn't a pain in the neck and the yearn for secession is ever so tempting. But I think it is burdened on the political construction of the system rather than just an ethnic fear of dominance.

What do the Igbos want in Nigeria? Why do they feel marginalised? I will answer than they have been denied a shot at the presidency for so long. What if we had a true federalism that makes Abuja just the diplomatic face of Nigeria and leave the region's to develop in their own pace and time?

The Niger delta feels used and exploited and it is a fact. Why can't they control their resources and pay due levies and task to the federation?

The Yorubas want their own brand of civilization and political ideology with its own set of values, true federalism will give them much of that.

The north fears dominance in education and other human development by everyone from the South. Yet she has an abundance of resources that can sustain her in the reconstruction of the country.

My fear for Nigeria in a breakup is that it will tear deep in the moral and psychological cloak of Africa.

If we're to split up, I don't think it will be in 3 ways, it's going to be more with the foreign powers negotiating and coming for the spoils. Some regions are going to see internal civil wars, others might come up worse and others might pledge their allegiance to other foreign bodies to survive.

The coast of the Niger delta is just too much of a temptation for the world powers to ignore.

If you're to have a Yoruba state as it is, how do you seek to include your kinsmen in Kogi and kwara states?

tonychristopher:
Then just look at the origin of those igbos you will see that they are 90% delta but never mind

They are still our blood and brothers so no I'll feelings

It rings true and the the bloodlines of Igbos across the South South has never been in dispute except in some political disposition where the geographical location is brought to bear.

But I love the spread , the stretch of Ndigbo accross the Southeast and the stretch of the Yorubas across the Southwest. It gives each of these tribes a far reaching tentacles while adding to the complexity of Nigeria in a beautiful interwoven lock.

tonychristopher:
go and check those that commited the 1967 coup and where they come from


90% of them are from anioma...please do the research and come back...so when we talk you can do that authoritatively

Been doing some cursory research and the list of names of the 1966 coup plotters have a wicked twists. I see names of men and officers from virtually all section of the country. Although a delta Igbo was the leader in Chukwuemeka Kaduna Nzeogwu.

nisai:
That's why i like her too.I have not seen even male on Nairaland that could give u such hard tackle hahahahaha she is so hardy.I think you both are compatible u know .

She sure can fight.

tonychristopher:
No it was the Asaba and Delta Igbo that caused the civil war but the eastern Igbo stood by them and we realise that we cant let our brothers down, even our cousins the Ibibio was with us here in the war...the only sour point which is normal in every 12 and in every family there is always the black sheep... and do you know the black sheep?


The IKWERRES but some are coming back to the fold via OHANEZE


So dont be scared of IGBO unity...igbos are not marufders that invade territories, its the fulani that does that...the igbo man is busy looking for the next deal be it intellectually or economically


we are too busy for petty invasion

@ bolded, I haven't heard or read of that before. Honestly. But I know of Nzeogwu? Is that what you mean?

Shymm3x:
With bonding - it's either there or not. And when there's a dark history and distrust entrenched in the history of place, it will always difficult to bond. Unless you want to force it and create a bigger problem.

For example: in America whites and blacks have been trying to bond and assimilate into each other's cultures for a long time now, with some many laws and policies (something naij hasn't even tried) - yet the country is still as divided and segregated as it was during the Jim Crow era.

With naij, even if you were to make all Yoruba men marry Igbo women and vice versa, and do it for all the groups in the country - it's still going to be the same. However, this time, you would create a new set of problems. The problem of naij is the structure and how the population of the three biggest ethnic groups - who more or less have nothing in common - are almost the same. Once you have three masters trying to drive one ship, with different interests, it will always be problematic.

If naij had been created into three different ethnic groups, based on the three regions it had at independence - all the three countries would be thriving right now. However, the more they force integration on the people - the bigger the problems they create, hence the country keeps getting worse by day and that has been the pattern since independence.

Valid points and facts.

I propose a true federal structure as it were before 1966. The British union still have their distrust between the English and Scots and Northern Ireland .

I believe secession would have worked after independence like India and Pakistan. But right after the civil war failed and the creation of states was implemented (the tactics worked) , secession has become an option difficult to implement.

Shymm3x:
Greatest naij quote ever by the greatest naij man ever, Awolowo (notice I didn't say "Nigeria the Ni.gger-area" cos I refuse to attach Ni.gger to that great man).



What? You must be drunk to stupor when you put naij and super power in the same sentence. Naij can NEVER be a super-power, there are too many different alignments within the country for interests to converge, especially based on how divided the world is today. And naij is arguably the easiest country to fragmentise from outside influence and the only reason why these folks haven't bothered to touch naij is cos it's not a threat to anyone, and it's easier to exploit the way it's. So they'd rather leave it perpetually in abyss, than destroy their cash cow.

Assignment for you

This is a list of all the great super powers in the history of the world: Ancient Egypt, Greek, Roman Empire, Mongol Empire, British Empire, Soviet Union, United States, and China is on its way. Can you please tell me what all these great super-powers have in common with naij in terms of ethnic composition, based on population ratio?

Thanks in advance.

Awolowo did his best for Nigeria and a lot of folks will agree with your assessment of him. However on the premise of Nigeria being a super power, I don't think I alluded super power status to Nigeria just yet. I believe and stated thus that she has the potentials to be one. In fact She is the only african country that has that potential. READ THE ISS REPORT.

ON YOUR ASSIGNMENT

The old Roman empire and Ottoman empire had in their own time different characteristics of the time that could forge a super power and I believe the game has changed as of today.

The United state as the mega super power today is one of the most diversed nation of the world- even more diversed than Nigeria. It took China over 500 years to harness and discover her potential and she's on the rise to becoming a super power.

The world of today is driven by economy and commerce which is speared by population as well . So we have countries acquiring powerful status globally based on their economy. And that's where Nigeria comes in. With globalisation and capitalism, Our population like China will/is attracting FDI which is rising steadily. I see technology transfer in the future with a merger of our own industries.

Our soft power in culture, music, movies is creating a scene of soft influence around Africa and beyond. We know Nollywood still needs work but so did bollywood start.

It is no coincidence that larger countries are taking the top 10 economic slots, although their HDI still needs improvement.

You're right about Nigeria being easy to infiltrate from outside, but so also is America with her multi racial and multi ethnic population. I believe our diversity is our greatest asset and point of vulnerability too. But then no country is perfect.

If we could restructure our political foundation half of the tribal scuffling will be resolved.


Now let me ask you this : with all that Nigeria has endured thus far, the boko haram menace; burning of churches and carnage, the June 12 debacle, and much more, why hadn't there been a serious effort to split up?

I think the call for true federalism is much more feasible than a split up.

Shymm3x:
@excerpt in bold. I'd wager that it's the same for all black folks regardless on nationality. The average person from naij, Jamaica, Brazil, Ghana, America, Congo shares a lot of things, hence we always bond very quick when we meet.

However, cos of that, should all black people live in the same country?

The answer to your question is NO in general.

While that of Brazil, Congo, Jamaica etc was once at a point in history, the bonding and assimilation of the tribes in Nigeria is ongoing and getting more entwined every day.

FTBOY:
u can imagine that! this is why i don't like to be identified as igbo even though we live close enough and understand their language and culture. coz when it comes down to the sharing benefits, igbo people would deny asaba people and call them deltans. they're so unpredictable

I have experienced this firsthand. And it is so sad.

dialfa:
deluded fool
colonised slave
shame of africa
lezzbian pretending to be a man
you can only fool your fellow dykes

Take your cheap trolling to the romance section, please.

Substantial argument is clearly a burden to your mental constitution.

tonychristopher:
I was busy then

I like you ...maybe we can be friends


How I wish most people here in nairaland can be as matured like you


But why do you want to wish away Igbos outside the east

lolz. I cannot wish the western igbos away. They are igbos alright but I was just being a little realistic.

I observed that during the civil war, the federal troops found it extremely difficult to penetrate the south east, they however settled amongst the delta and rivers igbos which shared land boundaries with the rest of Nigeria.

A lot of harm and evil was done there and then. The Asaba genocide/massacre easily comes to bear. This , I believed sparked the denial and controversy surrounding the western igbos