Most people visit Facebook via their Mobile apps. Very laudable achievement but not a comprehensive benchmark to compare the traffic of the two sites.

Vessi:
Very easy. Site manufacturing hubs in Aba and Onitsha.

Site Agro-Allied companies in Ebonyi state.

Site tourist centres in Owerri, Imo state.

Enugu remain, tourism can still be improved there, as well as improvement of infrastructure as it is the undisputed capital of Igboland.

Enugu as IT and Banking hub

Yieldings:
It's been centuries, Mr. Wa 'gwan?

Yes it has... Covers face... How are you

Yieldings:
I wonder how the Obamas are feeling, as well as Hilary's team. They campaigned so hard for Hilary.

I am indifferent. This was expected after Bernie Sanders a stronger candidate was rigged out by the DNC.

Plus Obama forgot his roots once he got there, he never did anything to better the life of African Americans his biggest supporters.

I really don't feel for Obama especially.

Secondly how can you take for granted rising populism that is currently a big trend after an unexpected brexit.

In summary they built their castles on the air.

jaybee3:


How is it going bro?

Been a min

Yeah its going great... Even tho the change has not been easy.
At the moment I am currently in the siddon dey observe committee.

How are you hope you are doing great.

jaybee3:


It's like you guys lack basic understanding of Governance structure

He was able to achieve all that as the CEO of the state simply because he presided over an assembly that wasn't divided along ethnic, religion or party lines.

Nigeria as a whole is a different kettle of fish backed by unworkable constitution that will force him into submission.

His laudable feats will be hard to reproduce at the centre

Meaning Nigeria is doomed... The current government rode to power falsely instead of telling us that Nigeria is a different kettle of fish.

In my opinion, what this government lack it the political will to curb waste all this grammar of different kettle of fish doesn't is not an excuse.

Tonyebarcanista can never be trusted. You can never go to war with him.

Simply use and dump him ... But never bring him too close for comfort. He is very slippery.


PDP may actually destroy itself, with APC doing nothing very serious. PDP needs to survive all these crises, We need two strong parties to provide check and balance to each other.

[size=18pt]Scam... [/size]

Yieldings:


Matthew, why're you shining teeth? =p

We both know why ...

Yieldings:


In this case, yes, I would.

Yieldings:


Hi Matthew. How are you?

If he can cook but has no interest in "kitchen stuff", then he's eating out most of the time or family members are cooking for him. There's nothing wrong with either of these, especially if one has a busy schedule, but it's not a good idea to become dependent on others making your meals, especially when you're grown. Having family members cook one's meals is safe (the dependency still exists, however) than when restaurants becomes your primary source of meals. Relying on restaurants: eat-ins or take-outs, or store-bought frozen foods that you've to microwave isn't healthy and definitely not pocket-friendly either - if done on a daily or frequent basis. When a man is still a bachelor, he can get away with living like this but before he gets married he ought to know how to cook, just like how the woman should know how to cook; although for a woman, it's a must.

Very well articulated epistle. I am great, God has been faithful.

But ehnn my dear you have not yet answered my question. Will you marry such a man?

First he can cook very well. But he is not a big fan of cooking meaning in the marriage you will do most of the cooking. Not because he can't cook but because he simply doesn't like it.

The answer is yes or no.

[size=15pt]Lagos Calabar rail controversy : What everyone should know[/size]

There is an intense effort by some people to change the narrative regarding the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project.

The current spin been sold is that SE&SS senators are against the progress of their people, so as to spite this administration, Also that the NASS is filled with bigoted northern senators who are out to disenfranchise the south with the southern senators doing nothing.

We can go on and debate what this controversy is all about, Spin doctors from both parties can continue to try to use this to further their political agenda, but in the midst of all this noise, it is important we put context to everything, look at the essence of this controversy and decide what the debate should really be about.

Let's start with the facts on the ground.

1. The presidency failed to submit this item in her original budget to the senate.
2. A minister tried to get the item in by approaching the senate
3. The Minster failed in doing so, given that at the end of the day, the executive discovered it wasn't added, hence all the controversy.

In between these 3 events, there are a lot of controversies, At this point it is important to put everything in context, focusing on the essence of what this controversy really represents.

The Fist Context is

1. We have an incompetent Executive - The current budget fiasco paints the executive as a bunch of confused people with no strong coordination internal and externally with Nigerians. Starting from a shoddy budget that went missing, the budget padding controversy and now the failure to adequately communicate what has really transpired in this Lagos - Calabar issue. Instead, she has chosen to throw blames as opposed to really taking responsibility and proposing a way to fix this situation. Committing gaffes upon gaffes for something very sensitive as the budget that powers the livelihood of over 200million Nigerians is a grouse sign of incompetence APC would never tolerate this from PDP if they were the opposition.

2. We have a disunited Ruling party - One of the key benefits of been the ruling party and also winning majority of seats in the House of assembly is that this helps the executive get things done. It aids easy communication and implementation of projects and visions of the executive because every member of the party understands that the success of the executive means the success of their party and them as well.

A dis-United APC is dangerous for Nigeria's progress, it's like APC is the ruling and opposing party. This is not what APC promised Nigerians. This should be the real subject of discussion, not the tribal bigoted crap that is trailing this debate.

APC should be tasked by Nigerians to get their house in other and deliver, as opposed to fighting themselves, allowing Nigerians that voted them in, to be the ground that suffers from their in-house shenanigans.

We need leadership yesterday, Nigeria must come first before party

3. SS & SE senators are not only to blame for their oversight and failure to speak up : The current spin by some Bigots is that the SS & SE senators in their bid to spite the Minister of Transport and the executive looked the other way as this project was omitted. This premise was established, Intentionally absolving the SW senators from any blame forgetting that this project will also benefit the SW. This is bigotry hiding under the facade of we are fight, for the interest of the SS and SE. While everyone know that you really don't care.

Ideally, all Southern senators are to be blamed for not standing and fighting for a project that will benefit their regions this is not a PDP or APC blame game this is the fact that our southern senators need to seat up and defend the interest of the people who put them there.

Your people must come first before the party.

4. Nigeria under the APC is becoming more disunited than ever: Truth be told the last election really did more harm to Nigeria's unity only topped by the civil war. The APC government instead of healing the wounds and uniting the nation is doing a much shoddy job that is further disuniting the nation, either through unchecked statements by the executive, the actions and inactions of the executive etc.

Allowing controversies like this to fester seems like the APC is comfortable been the party for the 95% as opposed to a party for all. The overall position and vibe of the Ruling party and her team of foot soldiers, tireless tries to drive home this fact.

That been said the real question is after the blame throwing where do we go from here as a nation. Will the APC seat up and truly provide the leadership this nation truly needs or will she continue to chase the wind for the next 3 years

Yieldings:
Depends on why he can't cook. If he believes a man shouldn't be in the kitchen and has no interest in learning, then that would be a definite NO. If he's just not good at it but is willing to learn and improve, then most definitely YES.

What about he has no interest in cooking even if he can cook, not because he thinks a man shouldn't be in the kitchen but because he is simply not into kitchen stuff.

Black and brown rocks

We are currently at reality stage... Chai

The confidence to invest and make profit in Nigeria has dropped drastically over the last year, with investors withdrawing more than N2.2 trillion from the economy in 2015. According to statistics from Nigeria’s Data Bureau (NBS), as quoted by Quartz Africa, investor confidence in Nigeria rose significantly between 2010 and 2013, only to take a little dive in 2014, and a drastic drop in 2015.

When Goodluck Jonathan was announced acting president of the country in 2010, following the illness and subsequent death of Umaru Yar’Adua, investing interest in Nigeria rose by N1.17 trillion. In Jonathan’s second year, and after a “successful” presidential election, investing interest rose by N396 billion to an approximate N1.6 trillion.

By 2013, investing interest in Nigeria had risen by N2.65 trillion to N4.22 trillion. In 2014, towards the build-up of the 2015 general elections, which predicted endless doom for Nigeria, some investors withdrew their monies from the Nigerian economy, leading to a drop from N4.22 trillion to N4.1 trillion.

In 2015, however, there was a drastic withdrawal of investing interest in Nigeria, and according to NBS, investing interest declined by N2.2 trillion in 2015. Some investors blamed it on the uncertainties that surrounded the 2015 elections, while many others blamed it on the lack of policy direction in the first five months of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.


Data from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) show that investors were voting their monies out of the economy prior to the election, but immediately after the relatively free and fair poll, they brought the monies back. Then three months before the election, NSE lost 8.40 percent of its worth, only to regain 8.30 percent in a single day after the election.


By March 31, 2015 – while the election results were being collated – the NSE market capitalisation was at N10.718 trillion, but it rose to N11.62 trillion after Buhari’s victory. The bullish phenomenon was called ‘Bullhari’. As at December 31, 2015, the market cap was down from N11.62 trillion in April to N9.85 trillion.

Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/revealed-investors-withdrew-n2-2trillion-from-the-nigeria-economy-in-2015

Cc, lalasticlala

Are you saying it is not of better use to this regime...

Warning: The Naira Is Crashing

In just one year, the Naira has dropped 1.5 times more in value than it did in the previous 8 years combined! That my friend is quite scary. The Naira is basically falling faster than pure water sachets at an NYSC camp.



And I know, people are going to point to the fact that the CBN rate is holding firm at N200 and claim it as a positive development in our economic turmoil.

But as I mentioned in my previous article This Is Economics Not Politics that rate is largely artificial and ultimately unsustainable (unless in the unlikely case that the price of Oil suddenly rises in 2016).

Historically, the CBN rate is slightly lower than the Free Market rate with a gap of a few hundred kobo. However, in the last 12 months we have seen an increasingly worrying trend, where the CBN rate deviates away from the Free Market rate by a huge gap.

To understand this better, the average CBN/Free Market rate difference between the years of 2006 and 2014 was just N4.00. But in the year 2015 only, that difference is a staggering N81.00. This is 20 times the average of the entire past decade! Think about that.



When you see a trend like this, it will tell you that our Economy is basically running on fumes, we don’t have enough currently to sustain the CBN rate. And banks are already beginning to reflect this. For example, Diamond Bank today announced to its customers that they will no longer be able to use their Naira Debit cards in Dubai, China and other African countries. In their own words:

“Due to the current FX market realities, please be informed that your Naira Debit Card has been restricted for usage in UAE, China and African countries.”

So yes although we have N200 on paper, it is not N200 in reality.

So who do we blame?

Frankly, I don’t care. I don’t want to enter in yet another political battle that solves nothing.

What I am trying to do with this article is to tell people whether they support PDP, APC or even KOWA that our Economy is in a state of emergency.

I am begging Nigerians to pull themselves out of party propaganda, finger-pointing and all the normal bullshit and instead pull-out their calculators and start computing the impending doom.

When we accept that there is an impending doom, then we would have the tools to start asking the right questions from our Government to prevent it. Questions like …

[size=15pt]“What is the new Finance Minister economic strategy?” “What is the plan to generate revenue when Oil is falling so fast” “What is our jobs strategy” “How are we going to attract foreign investors?” we need to start talking now before it is too late.[/size]

Sadly, we are too quiet. The media is quiet, the citizens are quiet, absolute silence … no one is asking questions and that worries me …


http://ofilispeaks.com/warning-the-naira-is-crashing/

Rawani:


The flaw in your argument is twofold.

1. You have failed to acknowledge the primacy of rights of others, in the process of exercising your right to free speech. Your right to swing your elbow, ends where my right to have an unbroken nose starts.

2. Your core argument is hinged and anchored on 'what NL is supposed to be'. That decision is legally and customarily for a business owner(s) to make, and no one else. It's called a vision and a mission, which can only be guided but not determined by the desires of the customer.

I emphasize that your assertion that Seun's order is a gag order which could silence the agitation, is completely untrue and overtly dramatic, in light of the plethora of fora available to continue the agitation in their desired fashion. The current envelope the message is carried in (hatred, incitement and provocation) is clearly not in consonance with the vision Seun has for his business.

1. I have not failed in acknowledging the primacy of rights of others because in the first place I never in any were proposed denying them that right in the first place. Your premise is a conjecture.

2. I am not in any way stating that the founder can not run the site the way he choose.

Just as the United States president is legally and constitutionally elected to protect the American people. How he goes about it is or runs it is up to him. If he decides to wipe out the whole world doing so it is up to him.

So also the founder of this site has the right to run his business the way he choses.

All I have focused on pointing out is the consequences of his decision and how at its core is a short cut solution to bigger problem, how counter productive it is to what he wants to achieve.

This for me is part of the what makes my argument something you have failed woeful to understand and to refute.

Rawani:
Your right to free speech ends where the next persons right to peaceful existence starts.

There are several other fora where the agitators and their provocative approach could express their voices, so asserting that the regulation of their activities on just nairaland is equal to gagging or silencing them, is deceptive, exaggerated and overtly dramatic.

You are right nairaland is one of many fora's they can express their voices, the impact of nairaland's action in actually terms is not that significant. Come to look at it, nairaland's reach can not be compared with facebook, twitter, radio and word of mouth.

In essense, I am also not saying that this regulation gags and silences them in totality far from it.

My core argument is basically that this regulation gags and silences them on a platform that is suppose to be a beacon of free speech. All it does is send a very wrong precedence for the future.

Terming my argument overtly dramatic is actually you been overtly dramatic.

Fin.

@mikolo80 lots of fallacies and half truths in your comment that makes it look like you are trolling. I may be wrong. Ride on with your argument nothing do you.

wytecat:
Which world is against Trump? Maybe some democrats! Even the democrats are just using it for politics. I don't trust any of them. Have you seen his poll? His poll has shot up, still in the lead and by double digits. The white people I know like what he's saying but are too cowardly to agree with him publicly, but the poll tells you everything you need to know.

I am not doubting the fact that his supporters support him nor that the democrat are using it for politics. But it would be misguided to say the world supports him even when Isreal the closest allies of the republican have come out to disassociate them self from that statement. France, Uk, the middle east and sane Americans and even his fellow republicans have disassociated them self.

The polls conducted are they a reflection of what the world is saying?

PS. Anonymous just declared war on Trump ... http://mic.com/articles/130249/anonymous-just-declared-war-on-donald-trump?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

Donald trump proposed a ban on all Muslims from entering the United States.

The world went mad. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/donald-trump/12038347/Donald-Trumps-Muslim-ban-unites-Republicans-and-Democrats-against-him.html

The question is why the backlash? Why was the world against him. Even tho his proposal was born out of a very noble desire.

A very nationalistic desire. A desire to keep Americans safe, In a world where terrorist are becoming more bolder, stronger and Americans less safe.

The reason for the backlash is very clear and well founded, because his proposal meant that because of the actions of a few set of people.
The US would alienate and trample on the fundamental rights of billions of people around the world who chose to practice a particular religion.

The goal of this illustration is to show that we can be guided by the noblest of reasons but in executing that noble reason, if we are not careful, we can go wrong.

This same drama played out on this platform on this week.

Yes as an igbo, the agitation of my kinsmen threatens the unity of this nation.

Nairaland prides herself as a platform that fosters unity wants to do whatever is her disposal to maintain this unity. She therefore decides that these agitation should not be expressed on her platform.

She proposes to shut down the voice of an entire people on her platform but Unlike trump... Nairaland goes one step further to execute on this proposal.

Nairaland albeit with a noble desire executes a proposal that makes her a villain of free speech, a villain of freedom of association, a living replica of what is happening in China and Russia in regards to freedom of expression.

If one thing history has taught us is that people with the best of intention. if not careful can commit the worst of atrocities without even knowing. Ask Hitler, all he ever wanted was a great and powerful Germany. Millions of jews paid the price for this with their lives.

In my opinion nairaland's goal of fostering unity by choking dissenting voice maybe productive in the short run. It keeps the fed off her case, and appeases the majority of Nigerians who hate these voices.

But from a big picture perspective it will achieve more harm than good to the unity of Nigeria.

Barack obama stated that it would do the American people more harm than good if via the actions of a few Muslims they chose to ostracise the entire Muslim population. I agree with him because all it does is feed into the narrative of the very few extremists, enabling them win more converts to their cause .

There are Igbos like me who believe in one Nigeria. Personally I wish Africa can become one nation. Like the United Kingdom.

In fact from the look of things my future kids grandmother maybe from the south west.

As a business man for me there is nothing as awesome as building products and services with entire Nigeria as my potential market. But at the same time I would be a fool to see the struggle of self determination by my brothers as been illegitimate and without reason.

Any attempts to shut their voices instead of listening to their voices, engaging in dialogue, and battling their ideas with a superior idea will make people like me have more sympathy to their cause.

Because at its core Nigeria's action in lieu that of Nairaland feeds a much broader narrative of marginalisation which the very few extremists preach.

Their narrative is that which states that the government of Nigeria is using her power to economically, socially and politically subdue the right and privilege of a particular group of people, because of who they are and where they are from. Always putting them at a disadvantage to suit their goals and agenda.

I for one do not agree to this narrative in its entirety because I believe I own my destiny. But what actions taken by nairaland have done so far is feed this narrative, making people like us who are on the centre and neutral become more sympathetic to their cause.

It makes it more difficult for me to really believe in One Nigeria as I used to.

She is making undecided people like me see more reasons why the One Nigeria dream may actually be a mirage.

Because I would never want to be a part of a One Nigeria that would shut down my dissenting voice and prevent my ability to express myself and give me the opportunity to be heard.

The Nigeria I dream of been a part of is a Nigeria where my voice can be heard no matter how crazy and annoying it is to Nigeria.
Where my pain would be heard, and my case brought to a round table where it is discussed and addressed by fellow Nigerians with respect, empathy and dignity.

[size=13pt] So in essence nairaland took an action yesterday to promote the unity of Nigeria not knowing that she is indirectly promoting the dis unity of Nigeria in the long term. [/size]

If one thing history has taught us is that the only way to battle an idea is via a superior idea. Nairaland, is suppose to be a beacon of free speech, a place where ideas and people can interact. Where we can agree to disagree.


By shutting down dissenting voices instead of engaging them she is giving these voices power and legitimacy.

She is indirectly building a Nigeria, where your right to be heard can be taken away from you.



For everyone who thinks, they deserve it. It does not affect me. To my brother in the south west and north rejoicing jubilating in regards to this move. I would like say that today it's the agitation of the igbos.

Tomorrow it may be your turn, it would be something that affects you, your life, your family, your wellbeing, your own very existence.
On that day be prepared to be shut down and your voice taken from you. All because one man thinks you are not are saying what he wants to hear.

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If one thing life has taught me is that what goes around will always come around. It is the easterners today tomorrow it could be Muslims, Christians, Yorubas, Hausas, Niger delta, gay, lesbians, Women, Fulanis. It could be you.

It could be you seun the founder of nairaland.

The question I would want any true Nigerian to ask his or her self. What would you want to happen to you?


The goal of this post is not to challenge nairalands decision because Nairaland in business with its goals and objectives, but it is me lending my voice and challenging an action that will at its core further destroy the Unity of Nigeria she aims to build in the first place.

To Nigerians reading this, what type of Nigeria do you want to be a part of ?

AfricanFinest:


Oil only makes the thieves crazy and lazy...

Resources are God given gift and can only be enjoyed by rightful owners in a rightful manner...

Anambra has good quality leaders that has been well proven to manage their resources.
I think we shouldn't think of running away from our gift from God. We should harness them to benefit our existence on earth.

The greatest gift God will give a man is the power of his mind. His ability to convert a barren land to plenty is a true testament of him using this gift to its fullest.

Oil is we seeking the easy way out and falling into the same trap that has held Nigeria down.

Oil should be an after thought in my opinion.

They should invest in industries, factories, infrastructure and building of human capacity.

Fu**ck oil. Oil money is what has brought Nigeria to what it is today. It makes people lazy.

Yieldings:
Thanks, Matthew. Got it.

Seen and replied

@ yieldings you've got mail ...

UjSizzle:
The middle one's nice.

For real ...

Happy birthday Bro. I wish you many fruitful years ahead. More blessing and growth all round.

Cheers man do have an awesome celebration Jaybee.

jaybee3:


We invent our own rape awareness day and ask our volunteers to wear their T-shirts and create vox pops, seminars or public concerts in their universities, neighbourhoods or work environment

Count me in ... I like this idea. Especially the awareness part of it. Did a short documentary a while ago about Female genital mutilation.

Watching and observing how this conversation evolves.