South Africa is the most beautiful country in the world, I love my country The ''Giant'' will remain backward for a long time to come , I love my country
Kenyanstar: Nigeria will kill us one of this fine days..... Their pride and and most "most developed" city Lagos using a feaces AKA Honeysucker to put out a fire in place of a fire engine. God have mercy on this disgrace of a country
fanficgirl: That's great as MPSA is nothing but low IQ scum impossible of saying or doing anything constructive. Glad to know Nigeria isn't good for losers and idiots .
'' MAMA D'', But the losers of your favorite country(Nigeria), are all over my country, doing bad things. It's good for the loser like me to stay in my country, not going to other countries and cause problem, I love my country too much, I don't see myself in the country like nigeria. That country is good for you not MPSA , I respect the people of your country (Ghana), I never heard anything bad about the people of Ghana, you are the only useless ghanain I ever met on this forum I don't think you are still part of the people of Ghana, you sound like a useless animal
uzzyfire: dude nobody is comparing Nigeria wit S.A ,no matter how much S.A develops it will still be nigerias kid brother .people will still see Nigeria as ur big broda so there's no need comparing . if S.A is developing they shud develop for themselves not so that they can overshadow Nigeria or become giant of Africa
Nigeria is a very complex country to manage ,but wen Nigeria becomes properly managed we will rise again
does anybody known that there was a time in Nigeria were naira was higher than dollar? that was before d discovery of oil
Nigeria is a Giant of africa because of ''Nairaland'', beside that; Nigeria is just a country, nothing important in nigeria
Nowenuse: Yes, South Africa beats Nigeria in many aspects, but we also beat you guys in others too.
SA does not have better financial institutions that Nigeria.
Nigeria has the biggest Banking and financial institutions in Africa. Nigeria has the biggest entertainment industry in Africa Nigeria has the biggest fashion industry in Africa
You guys have better cities now but we are building more number of better world class cities in Nigeria now (Eko atlantic city, Orange island, Lekki city, Abuja centennary city, PH rainbow town, Enugu centennary city, Kano mega city. Anambra airport city and Lagos smart city to commence soon)
S.A may have better few developing cities but Nigeria has more developing cities Lagos, Abuja, PH, Enugu, Kano, Ibadan, Calabar, Benin, Kaduna, Owerri, Onitsha, Jos, Uyo, Warri, Aba, Zaria and many dozens more, equally and rapidly developing at the same time.
Heck, many South Africans and other Africans still come to Nigeria on 'religous pilgrimage' . Nigeria has the biggest and most influential religious institutions in Africa.
Nigeria has the most succesful and influential business men influencing Africa positively
Recently, Nigeria has started investing heavily on Agriculture and industrialization. Nigeria is not there yet, but it is growing faster (coupled with it's huge potentials as a large and hardworking nation), and in a short time from now, there will be no basis for comparison.
A developing China has more potentials than a dev Brazil A developing India has more potentials than a dev Indonesia A developing Egypt has more potentials than a developing Morocco.
MrMaestro: ok we get it. Now we're actually having a good discussion about African politics here. So if that's all you have to say we've heard you like 10 times now.
Nigeria, nigeria How I view nigeria, Nigeria will always remain nigeria before my eyes No Giant, No nothing I don't even see brazil, china or india like other nairalanders , When I look at the picture of Nigeria Nigeria will always remain ''the Nigeria I know'', NOTHING ELSE
Obi1kenobi: To sum up this thread: Nigeria is a failure. A big one. A massive disappointment. We know this. All 3 countries with representatives bragging here, South Africa ( no.119), Ghana (139) and Kenya (146) rank higher in the UN human development index (HDI) than Nigeria (152). We do have a very long way to go. Ghana though ($4,291) and Kenya ($3,218) have a lower GDP per capita at purchasing power parity than Nigeria ($6,121). That's the single biggest determinant of the mean standard of living of the average citizen of the 3 countries. South Africa ($13,209) ranks comfortably higher in this measure as well. Ghana and Kenya only rank above us in HDI due to the extremes of poverty found in the Nigeria North whose economy is closer to the level Niger and Chad compared to the South. A few points to note:
For the Ghanaian braggarts who seem the loudest here, it is true Ghana has a more organized, peaceful democracy than Nigeria and have made bigger strides than us over the last few decades, particularly doing well in providing basic amenities like power and good roads and portable water. But don't fool yourself, Ghana is still an impoverished country by global measures. Outside the major urban centres, slums and gripping poverty exists. And compared to Nigeria, I'd say the big difference in governance comes from the fact their polity is so much less complicated than Nigeria's. Far smaller country, far smaller population, far smaller economy, far less tribes and ethnic tension etc.
Kenya is pretty much the same situation as Ghana. Except they have loads of slums themselves and have highly impoverished masses.
South Africa is definitely more prosperous than Nigeria. And by a good margin too. But is black South Africa doing better? That is highly questionable. Sure, they get to walk around on cleaner, more beautiful streets. But poverty, massive unemployment, violent crime, drugs and HIV pervades their society. Black South Africans comprise over 80% of the population, but own just 9% of the JSE stocks. Corporate leadership is overwhelmingly white dominated still. They have a hell of a lot of work to do as well.
So I would just like to you to take note of this. This continent is united in failure all over. All this chest-beating here shouldn't make you lose sight of that fact.
Ugly Head! Do you want to tell me nigeria is HIV free country? Nigeria am coming, I want to f*ck nigerian girls left , right and centre, I know HIV will never get me, My 6-9 is standing as I speak, I must start with this nigerians hair dressers in our street ,
Nowenuse: Ignorance is a disease. Does Somalia have more muslims than Egypt, Algeria, Sudan and Ethiopia? Are you this ignorant?
I compered nigeria with Somalia because of the similarity of two countries I don't see any similarity between nigeria and the countries you mentioned, No Boko Haram or Alshabaab in those countries, The believe is only one thing wich is common, But somalia and nigeria is 50/50
uzzyfire: becos d whites have turned ur country to Europe looooll and I'm sure u are happy abt that. OK keep telling ursef that wan.
and u didn't ansa my question properly , I sed will u compare Nigeria to any African country or will u compare Nigeria to Brazil or India
Now you put your question in the right way, I will compare nigeria with somalia in africa, Both countries has Boko Haram and al shabaab respectively , Both countries has most muslim population in Africa. I hope, I replied you correctly this time