ezeagu:

Insane for an opinion?

edoyad:

I'm happy that i'm one of the few smart people alive today. How can a human being possibly believe that There's such a thing as a fcking God or Allah in 2009 ? See what your beliefs are doing to our national fabric. We need 2 decades of communism atleast to erase this madness.
No be only God, na Dog.

edoyad:

I'm happy that i'm one of the few smart people alive today. How can a human being possibly believe that There's such a thing as a fcking God or Allah in 2009 ? See what your beliefs are doing to our national fabric. We need 2 decades of communism atleast to erase this madness.
No be only God, na Dog.

osbar67:

Puff Daddy Vice President. Na only God go save us for una(our gofamint) hand sha.since e be like say we too dumb for una.Shei! only one man go stay inside 7billion house when some people dey one side d soak gari wait make e rise: so dat e go fit beleful dem.Na wa 4 my contiri oooooooooooooooooooh! shei, [b][/b]

SEFAGO:

you must be kidding, the guy is going to one of the classic american prisons nigeria my foot. The guy is bleeped literally. In those prisons some of the guards force the prisoners to eat s.h.it and also stick stuff of their butt.

ezeagu:

Because our country is useless.

Pataki:

This is what I term as ''idiotic patronizing claptrap''. He knew of his son's extremist view all along, yet still gives him the best of the best of funding and travel expenses acrosss the world? How was his son able to afford a 4million pound rented apartment to student in Central London? Suddenly, the news of his son comes flying out, Muttalab himself declares he has notified the US of his extreme Islamic views. Total incoherent jargons.

ElRazur:

What is the difference between you an him? Surely, you are meant to be the wiser one, but lost all credibility when you started with the insult?

skyone:

This guy has just diligently destroyed any future prospect of giving any Nigerian  US VISA  

ladi02:

if im right, if he took a KLM plane from  Nig, to Amsterdam, then he would have to recheckin, thereby going through security again, a lot of heads will roll

OMO IBO:

LMAO
You dey crase.

Conspiracy or not.
It's not rocket science to understand that carrying fireworks aboard a plane is just plane silly.
Besides, how did he get past the checks at the airport??

metal-gong:

If a yoruba man refers to an Igbo as dirty, then that yoruba man must be a product Pig-Human cross fertilization

I can now see that Yoruba and Hausa are now perfecting the act of terrorism. . . . you people should just limit it to your regions.
Thank God you dont know me, if not, you probably would have sent your fellow terrorists after me.

Lagosboy:

Join hands with willy willy and go search for all the korans in the world , burn them or jump in the sea with them so there shall be peace on earth. Failure to do this will be not putting your money where your mouth is and you will foerever be a celeberated noise maker, empty barrell it is called.

Nigeria herders and farmers clash in central Nasarawa.

At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between herders and farmers in Nigeria's central Nasarawa State, witnesses say.

Local people have described armed men driving from house to house shooting. Farms and homes have been destroyed in the remote village of Udenin Gida.

The fighting follows weeks of tensions between the two groups.

Nasarawa is in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" where rival ethnic groups often clash over land and other resources.

Reporters who have visited the village say they counted up to 50 dead bodies, many of whom they say are women and children.

The village is now under the control of the police.

BBC Nigeria correspondent Caroline Duffield says the conflict between ethnic Fulani herders and farmers has been partially caused by climate change.

Environmentalists say the Sahara Desert is creeping south by as much as 10 miles (16km) a year.

This has increased competition between rival groups for access to land.

skfa1:

RIP. May the Lord help us in Naija

Lorry hits Nigeria Kogi state market killing up to 100

Up to 100 people have been killed after a runaway truck ploughed into a crowded market in Nigeria.

Officials said 55 people died, but a BBC reporter at the scene, in Kogi state, counted at least 100 corpses.

Kogi state police said the lorry hurtled down a hill at speed, smashing cars and motorcycles then crashing into the market, injuring up to 40 people.

Traffic accidents are common in Nigeria because vehicles and roads are badly maintained.

"I can only confirm that 55 people were killed. The driver of the truck lost control and ran into a group of people moving in a procession along the road," a senior police officer told AFP news agency.

Burned beyond recognition

Kogi state commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Yomi Asaniyan, said brake failure was the cause.

Declaring three days of mourning, Ibrahim Idris, the governor of Kogi state, expressed his sadness and offered to pay the medical bills of those injured.

Eyewitnesses told Nigeria's Sunday Trust newspaper that the market in Allo village in the Dekina area was filled to capacity when it was rammed by the lorry.

A number of vehicles caught fire, burning people beyond recognition. It is not yet clear whether the accident happened on Friday or Saturday.

Last week, more than 20 people burned to death when a bus carrying mourners to a funeral collided with a truck on a road in Oyo state, south-west Nigeria.

dahrey:

It will be good banning them because they are causing more harm than good. Recently an okada rider killed my poor grandmum who was walking by on her own hale and hearty.

software:

i dont like Emirate Airline. They dont serve Eba and Amala, i will not fly them again. nonsense

Coca-Cola To Leave Nigeria - Categories: News, Nigerian News, World News, African News - admin @ 12:11:35 am
*Coca-Cola To Leave Nigeria

By Masterweb News Desk

The handwriting is gradually appearing on the Nigerian wall of state of affairs. Multinational companies are gradually moving their headquarters out of the country, and in some cases the entire business outfit. Indications have emerged that Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Plc, producers of Coca-Cola, may be on its way out of Nigeria, heading to Cote d’Ivoire. NBC manufactures and distributes over 33 brands of Coca-Cola products in Nigeria. If this comes true, NBC Plc which began production in Nigeria in 1953 would join the long list of multinationals and other companies relocating to neighbouring West African countries in the last few years.

NBC according to reports blames the poor state of Nigerian roads, insecurity and erratic power supply and bank crisis as reasons for its planned relocation. They attribute the economic downturn from bank crisis as a multiplier effect on bad business climate in Nigeria from worsening insecurity and poor infrastructure.

The soft drink giant according to sources, has written major stakeholders about its intention to leave Nigeria. This according to the source, they attributed to the poor state of Nigerian roads, insecurity, erratic power supply and bank crisis resulting to dry up of commercial loans. First Bank reportedly, is the only bank out of a total of 24 in the country that is still granting commercial loans. ( Continues below…, )

Coca Cola Products - 24 can case, single can & single bottle

Photos Above: Coca Cola Products - 24 can case, single can & single bottle

A NBC spokeswoman speaking on condition of anonymity, denied plans of the company leaving Nigeria. She said NBC would not easily leave the country as she still maintains 13 production plants in the country hiring about 6,000 workers with 200,000 distribution outlets. She questioned: “Where will we go to?” Mr. Clem Ugorji, Coca-Cola Nigeria, Corporate Communications Head, in a press statement denied relocation plans out of Nigeria by the company. “It is absolute falsehood, without any basis,” Ugorji said.

In what seemed to buttress its rebuttal of alleged plans of relocation, Coca-Cola embarked on its traditional Nigerian Christmas tree lighting ceremony started in 2007. On December 10, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, lighted Coca-Cola Christmas tree, described as the tallest Christmas tree in Africa. The event took place at the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, where Coca-Cola Nigeria set up the presumed tallest African Christmas tree. The Christmas tree has over one thousand branches adorned with over 7,500 ornaments and illuminated with 40,200 bulbs and light-emitting diodes.

The colourful tree-lighting ceremony was attended by dignitaries from across the country, including media executives, news reporters, music and Nollywood celebrities. Coca-Cola Nigeria Managing Director, Islay Rhind, speaking at the event explained that the idea to grow the tallest Christmas tree in Africa was conceived in 2007. He said: “We have started a tradition by introducing something different in Africa. The tree is not just a tree. It is a reflection of Nigeria’s cultural heritage and tonight we would be recognizing some Nigeria’s great cultures.” ( Continues below…, )

Coca Cola Nigeria Xmas Tree

Photos Above: Coca Cola Nigeria 2009 Xmas Tree presumed the tallest in Africa

Coca-Cola has over the years raised its investment profile in Nigeria. In 1999, shortly after the swearing-in of Obasanjo as President of Nigeria, NBC led a delegation to Aso Rock to register support for the new administration. The delegation during it’s meeting with Obasanjo promised to support Nigeria’s economy through increased direct investments. NBC invested over N10 billion naira in the country between 2000 to 2007.

In 2005, the company made an investment of $150 million in manufacturing and new agricultural initiatives in the country. The investment was said to be the largest single injection of foreign funds in the country for some time by a private sector company. In 2007, NBC summed up their promise with the building of the Abuja plant. The Abuja plant was commissioned by President Umaru Yar’Adua in September of that year.

Welcoming guests to the commissioning event, NBC Managing Director, Mr. Roland Ebelt, said: “The commissioning of this facility is the culmination of a commitment made about eight years ago. In 1999, the Coca-Cola System in Nigeria made a commitment to the then newly elected President, Olusegun Obasanjo, to invest over $50 million in the economy. Over the past years, we have fulfilled more than this commitment in several ways, beginning with the commissioning of our ultra modern plant in Benin, we have also invested in modernizing and upgrading all of our production lines as well as our electricity and water supply across the country. Our total investments over years- 2000 to 2007 have amounted to more than N10 billion.”

Ebelt continued: “We are proud today that we have made good our commitment, culminating with the commissioning of the Abuja plant, a state-of-the art facility that can compete with any modern bottling facility in the world. The commissioning of this plant, our 13th in the country, further re-affirms our commitment to the Nigerian economy and to all our stakeholders- the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the more than 50,000 stakeholders who are vital to the sustainability of our business, our customers who have made our products the most popular in the country, our customers whose support and enthusiasm for the business is much appreciated, our suppliers who provide the needed service on time, associates of other companies, and last but not the least, the Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, whose partnership and substantial technical support are so vital to our continuity as well as our staff who strive each day to ensure the success of the business.”

On a different note, a Nigerian industry source speaking on condition of anonymity with regards to Coca-Cola’s reported relocation bid, said: “Repeatedly, the macroeconomic and micro-economic conditions in the country are failing companies, as they become very uncompetitive. Though the closure may not affect adversely the availability, pricing and bottling of the company’s beverages, it is again sad to note that some jobs will be lost. The fact remains that some employed Nigerians would be out of jobs not for incompetence, fraud or retirement but again, because of the failure of the government to provide an enabling business environment. It is clear that Nigeria may have the large market to absorb products, but it does not have the business environment to nurture the production of these products. This probably accounts for why manufacturing companies are considering going to the neighbouring countries to produce and eventually return to Nigeria to sell the products.”

Most consumer goods in Nigeria today, are no longer produced in the country. A look at the labels on these goods would confirm this. This means that Nigeria, ‘The Giant of Africa’ with a population of 150 million, relies on goods from abroad for survival.

Kenny_G:

Old roger is dead,

MrCrackles:

I agree Nigeria should wear agbada or stitch cocoa leaves together and rock it like no man's business. . . . .

Remii:

Nigeria we hail thee
Our own dear native land
Though tribes and tongues
May differ, in brotherhood we stand
Nigerians all, are proud to serve
Our sovereign motherland.