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[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=484281.msg6436516#msg6436516 date=1279881657]what is wrong with this man with two left-eyes ? He's even confused,look at him making serious blunders at different occasions.i can now see why ribadu said our politicians are LAZY.[/quote]That wasnt, well it was funny.

Ohakim is not a governor, but simply a rogue. The journalist as well and his editor are also mumu.

Mbakwe, sorry ah.

Enugu is on the brink of rising to a great height, hence it's name.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=484624.msg6440961#msg6440961 date=1279924750]Becommrich, are you well? Shey I tell you I no know wetin Edo State looks like before?[/quote]Look at his kindergarten map. See where Owerri dey, in Edo State?

Nonsense

Kobojunkie:
Rubbish . .  Enugu has been an international airport with customs and clearance to handle international flights for a long time. Please do not even think you are speaking to someone who has no clue here.

The issue with these projects is viability, simple and straight. . . nothing more!! You cannot say because a place has rich people means building expensive things there will work. We see how that did not work in Calabar, or even port harcourt and AkwaIbom. Enugu suffers from the very same.


The country, including the East is littered with hundreds of abandoned PRIVATE projects . . . projects that promised heaven and earth only to fail when it came to delivering simply because people made silly assumptions, without really studying the people in these areas.

What is "Rubbish" is that you contradict yourself. You say "well you guys have Tinapa", and we say it's not enough. Then you say "the boys haven't carried the airport to greater heights"  and we say Government has not given any license or go-ahead for any KLM, Air France or SA Airways to land at that strip. In fact it's currently closed in order to finally be upgraded.  

So yes, you dont know anything about Enugu, and this mall will not need your N500.  

You say the East is littered, , at least not illiterate like most in Ekiti-at least in comparison to Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun states. Most are there talking about Oral tales of the Olofin, while no credible infrastructure or "STUDY" has been carried out.

Nonsense

Kobojunkie:
The same enugu big 'boys' that have not been able to carry the Airport to greater heights, will definitely carry this one? Come on now!! That the 1% or so rich yearn for stuff like this does not mean all of Enugu is ready for and able to pay for this though. I am glad it is a private project though. At least that way, if things go wrong, the owners can act to fix things or let it rot like is the case in many parts of the country.

The airport issue is one that dates back to the Hostilities of the 60's. Though not to beat a dead horse and bring the war into play, denied an international airport  ( since Enugu airport is older than Lagos, Kano, and Kaduna's) was a state policy toward the former East prior to the need for one at PH.

People are looking for development, jobs, security, and infrastructure. In your Ekiti state, poverty is equally, if not more prevalent, yet that state boast of cocoa, timber, and abundant agriculture. Over 40 percent of cocoa products in the Western Naija come from here, yet nothing really to show.

Enugu is the former regional headquarters of Eastern Nigeria. You can build a Tinapa in Calabar and it wont do the East any good. What you could have done there was a seaport thats world class.

Nonsense self-deceivers

Nigerian soldiers fathered 250,000 kids in Liberia’
From JAMES OJO, Abuja
Thursday, July 22, 2010





Nigerian soldiers who served in the ECOWAS monitoringgroup (ECOMOG) peace-keeping force during Liberia’s fatricidal war fathered over 250,000 children in that country.

Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), Dr. Sule Yakubu Bassi, who made the revelation to the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, urged the lawmakers to prepare to visit Monrovia on the issue.

At an interactive session with the committee, led by Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa yesterday, Dr Bassi said over 250,000 children had been born to soldiers, who participated in the ECOMOG operations from Nigeria.

He stated that records showed that the oldest of the abandoned children was 16 years.
The ECOWAS Monitoring Group was formed by the regime of Ibrahim Babangida as the military president as an intervention force to restore peace in war-torn Liberia in 1990.
What was worrisome, according to him, was that majority of the children did not know their fathers, while their mothers had been making frantic efforts to locate the fathers of their children, most of whom had returned to Nigeria.

“The mothers are trying to make sure they (children) are properly documented as Nigerian Liberian and so on,” he said. The DTCA boss revealed that the Committee on Diaspora had agreed to undertake a visit to Liberia on a fact-finding mission, because the matter was outside the purview of the directorate.
“We deal with matters relating to people above 40 years, but I can tell you that our Embassy in Liberia is handling issues like this.

“Hon. Dabiri-Erewa is going to undertake a trip to Liberia to find out what is happening; how we can engage with them and the like, as a government; we can’t run away fromour people; they are our people; they are still young and they need schooling and they will also need to be nurtured just like every other Nigerians,” he said.
Apart from the abandoned children in Liberia, Bassi also told the committee that there were 17 million Nigerians in Diaspora.

He informed the House that the directorate had a data base capturing Nigerians, who are experts in various fields, adding that a consortium of Nigerian engineers were currently building a rail line in Baghdad, Iraq.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian community in Gabon has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to visit the country.
The request was made by the president of the community, Mr Babatunde Yekini, when he led a delegation to the Committee on Diaspora.

He stated that such a visit would improve the relationship between Gabon and Nigeria and also douse the tension building up over allegations that Nigerians were encouraging illegal immigrants.
Yekini told the committee that there were 10,860 legal immigrants and over 200,000 illegal immigrants registered with the community, adding that more illegal immigrants were entering Gabon through Nigerian waterways in Oron, Eket Ibino and James Town.

Mrs Dabiri-Erewa assured Nigerians in Gabon that the Federal Government would look into their requests and urged them to conduct themselves within the ambit of the law.
She asked them to take advantage of their numerical strength to further improve the relationship between Nigeria and Gabon.
She also assured the DTCA that the issue of children fathered by Nigerian soldiers would be looked into.



http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/july/22/national-07-22-2010-001.htm

Omo shut up

I think this is a "promising" story. I hope that it actually WILL HAPPEN. Those in the SE have been talking more than doing in recent years. This could revolutionize the economy of not only Enugu, but have far fetching impacts in the whole zone.

udezue:
That woman is an iddiot.

What makes her an iddiot? If she's an iddiot then all Nigerians are idiots. We all say we have a country and it participates at World Events like FIFA WC, the UN, the African Union, OPEC, and even the Islamic Conference, and those representing us carry on as if we have a "serious" country.

So please, direct your comments at the poor structure we have back in Nigeria that began in 1960.

Siasia can and will do better with time and without the usual politics of NFF interference!

12large:
i have been osaze odemwingie fan since 2009, but am getting dissapointed with the way he critisize coaches. in 2006 he critisized eguavor, saying that nigeria needs a foreign coach. in 2008 he critisized siasia but being too imature, in 2010 he critisized amodu for playing the same style,for playing 433 and for being too predictable after amodu was sacked he said in quote"oyibo na oyibo" hailing the new coach 'lagerback' but after we failed in worldcup he critisized lagerback. now this is 4coaches he has critisized although i was dissapointed with the way lagerback played him in the worldcup, we all knew that osaze is a rightwinger, but his place was taken by a disgracefull mmallam 'sani keita' thats still not enough reason for him being immature. now as you know another golden generation is coming to eagles if we can find a new coach, so my question is that
what should be done to osaze, we can't raise our young players to start critisizing managers anyhow, for me he should not be called up for sometime, let he llearn to be proffesional before he comes back. he would not even be missed as there are 3 world class potential on that right wing position

1. stanley okoro
2. ahmed musa
3. king osanga
4. chinedu obasi

Never heard him criticize Siasia, nor Chukwu in 2004. But for Amodu and Lagerback, the evidence speaks for itself. Those were not the best coaches Nigeria could have used. Unlike the mumu Yobo, and fat Yakubu, Osaze spoke out, and spoke the truth. People may say he's "an average player", but clearly, since the demise of Okocha, he's been one of our better and more reliable players.

sjeezy8:
what the heck does that mean?

hahah lmfao

Thats French for those who are looking for government contracts

Except for Peter Obi, how many of those SE or even SS governors actually won their elections fair and square? Were they not all rigged in? Some of them are carpet crossers and known criminals.


As for Ohanaeze, they are toothless, visionless, and contractless. Imagine someone calling himself "The National Chairman of the Political Forum of Ohanaeze". What the heck does that mean, except a craze for heavy title and relevance.

You can't do much but I'll start with: I would ban PDP, ANPP, PPA, and all past heads of states from politics. Then I would do all I could to extend the 48 hours to 6 months.

gogo123:
imagine ojo maduekwe rejecting kalu return to pdp, who the hell is ojo maduekwe?does he think we are truly idiots as he labeled us years back, all the above that signed the resolution are very unpopular people who depend on non igbos like obj to sustain them. they don't speak for the good of Abia ppl

Nice One, I mean we are talking still of losers in this state who are looking for attention and relevance. They all have failed Abia State and Africans at large.

By reading all the rubbish on this thread it's not surprising why Nigeria is the way it is today.

I side with the Supreme Court on this one. Okorie has been in the news under the same headline- Stoping the Umeh faction/APGA. He's wasting funds, time, and opportunity.

JIY:
Culture of stupidity and wastage continues. No amount of money offer during a competition can make a team achieve what it was not prepared to achieve.

Right on. Money incentives and beat only "England" , even if you "Kaita" some of their players along the way

Interesting

He clearly was the MAN. Without him Uruguay would have not even gone so far. He reminds me of how Zidane inspired France in Germany 06. At 31 he still potentially could lead Uruguay to Brazil in 2014.

SO why is BBC saying that Heartland has appointed Siasia as their coach?

Nigerian club Heartland sack coaching staff

Oluwashina Okeleji
BBC Sport Lagos, Nigeria

Former Heartland technical director Kelechi Emeteole
Former Heartland boss is disappointed at having to leave the club

Samson Siasia, who led Nigeria to Olympic silver medal in 2008, has been appointed coach of Caf Champions League campaigners Heartland of Owerri.

Highly respected in the country following his success with the national youth teams, the 42-year-old had also been tipped to succeed Lars Lagerback as the Super Eagles coach before the Heartland appointment.

Club spokesman Cajetan Nkwopara said Siasia has been given a six-month contract with the 'Naze Millionaires' six days before they face Egyptian side Al-Ahly in the Caf Champions League.

"Siasia was presented to the media on Monday evening and has since joined the team at their training camp in Nnewi," Nkwopara told BBC Sport.

"His first task is to make sure the team win against Ahly on Sunday and he has told us he is here for business.

"He comes with a wealth of experience and he will surely enjoy the support of the management, fans, players and everyone connected with this club," Nkwopara continued.

Siasia, a former Nigerian international striker replaces Kelechi Emeteole, who was in charge when the club finished as runner-up in last year's Champions League.

Despite his relationship with the team dating back to the 1970s, Emeteole was fired following the club's eight place finish in the just concluded Nigeria league season.

But Emeteole insists his sack had nothing to do with the performance of the team on the pitch but off it.

"My players were always demanding because they owe them a lot, the players were always going on strike." Emeteole told BBC Sport.

"And they [club management] said that I and my chief coach are the brain behind it, that we instigated it.

"But we have been doing a lot to make sure they carry on until money is available," he continued.

Emeteole says he is concerned about the timing of his sack.

"The coach that is coming is good, but the problem is the timing. I don't see how he can do magic to succeed.

"But you know Nigeria that's our mentality. You saw what happened to the guy that qualified us to the World Cup.

"But at the end they removed him and you see how our team did in South Africa. I just pray that doesn't happen to Heartland.

"Having reached the final last year, my expectation was that we would have to do everything possible to take the trophy this year."

omar22:
What a load of clap-trap…. What you could get away with, with a soccer world cup you cant get away with at the Olympic games, to host the Olympic Games is a different animal because it’s a city that hosts the games not the country (thou with the government support). You would need to build a new Olympic village that would accommodate between 10000 – 20000 athletes, a new stadium, a cycling dome, swimming pool, indoor arena etc… am sorry but the City on Montreal that hosted the 1976 games just finish paying their debts, Beijing had to put aside £21bn, the London Olympic predicted £2.3bn just win the bid, then it doubled, now they have budgeted 9.3bn despite the fact that most of the arenas are going to be dismantled and shipped to Brazil for the 2016 games. South Africa would have to build an Olympic village from Scratch…,

"Clap-Trap. How childish.Nonsense. How can any person with sense compare the Olympics to the World Cup. How can you compare one city to a nation? "You need to build, you need, " Naija people know it all lol. I'm sure you don't even know how to produce a proposal for a major tournament in your LGA.

Abuja can host an Olympics in the same manner that South Africa-contrary to many inferiority complexed persons thought otherwise- did, Nigeria can host whatever she wanted to host, yet it doesnt because of political issues. Yet, if we are talking about an "African" Olympics, I dont see why Abuja (a city built with more than what others' have "budgeted for tournaments) isn't among Africa's top potential spots.

Society and ego

Beaf:
Is it right for EFCC raids to be so loud? Surely something is wrong with this area boy style of operations.
Why is there neither class nor tact in govt approaches to everyday issues? Its not just the EFCC, its police, "big manism" etc etc.

Thank you

phreakabit:
These Nothern gays should stay in the North and butt F%^k themselves and leave us alone its quite clear they are very different from other Nigerians.In culture and other things, most especially in the aspect that has to do with brain size.Its common knowledge that they tend to blindly follow some sh!tty orders from some sh!tty and equally blind religious leader,whilst neglecting their zygote sized brains.If I am asked today what my greatest wish is the answer would be quite simple:That these Notherners where never part of this country,they have f*cked it up enough as it is, For goodness sake some Arabians even say Nigeria is an islamic nation, This is just sad

First JOS,Then Kaita and Now This
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Why should they leave you guys alone? This has happened for decades and will continue to happen. WHen it does, all of us, including myself, will come on here to write and write, yet nada will come out of it, unless Naija and Nigerians begin to be honest with themselves. The Southerners (at least in leadership) arent any better than the "illiterate" Northerners

Ironsi for a better Naija

Nzeogwu for dealing with corrupt fools

Buhari for no nonsense