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Hermain Cain has a impressive record.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain

It seems Obama is going to be a one term president.

@anonimi

Is that how you work and expend your efforts without being rewarded Huh
Is that how you live your life and take care of your family or was that how your parents took care of you - working for free and not being paid adequate wages Shocked
It is reasoning like yours that makes Africa and Africans so re.tarded and begging for alms (aids) from Europe, America and now China.
Can you imagine the millions of dollars, TACS deployment and military assistance Nigeria gives other African countries without backing it up with commercial interests despite our significant manufacturing capacity, technological know-how and skilled manpower Huh
Bunch of slowpokes Angry

Your views shows how fuzzy your logic is. You sound like a brainwashed prick. You need to develop an independent mind and start thinking for yourself. Do some research Dokita and read some books. Your statements about Africans and Africa as a whole shows that you are simply lost. Go and tell that to those corporations whose stocks are listed on prominent Stock exchanges and then to rise whenever such move is taken by western hypocrites for the sake of "helping civilians" or giving "aids".

I wish I could laugh at this to make you feel accomplished.

It seems like you look like those Simpson's Aturu

@lefulefu

i have no choice than to post d tory coz of Ifeoma"s stalking ways

Take am easy oooo, make Ifeoma no catch you ooo, She get spies all rounda oo

Well in a battered economy like Najia. Half bread is better than none. That is what they use in Cairo, I used it a lot when I visited despite the fact their economy is well balanced than ours.

Anyways, Fashola/Rochas for 2015

Are you the pal in question here? When did your pal employ you to be his spokesman or public relations office? (No hard feelings bro )

The Simpson's

polluted Air

This one na real comedy oooo

fundamentally unbalanced

I guess you are right; the West is forcing all these Bretton Wood puppets on Africa to do their bidding. Name them: Mustapha Abdul Jalil - Libya NTC leader (harvard economist)
Allasane Ouattara - Ivory Coast former IMF Deputy Director
Okonjo Iweala - World Bank Nigeria.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - Liberia (Harvard Economist)

Their theories have never helped Africa, the most successful country in Africa, Ghadafis Libya never took a loan nor adopted IMF/World BAnk austerity measures.
South Africa and the BRICS have abandoned IMF/World BAnk.
All that Iweala has to offer is advice GEJ to remove fuel subsidy and devalue the Naira.
Let her go back to World Bank and mange Europes collapsing economies, that woman may run down GEJ if he doesnt listen to the Nigerian people

Dee-Pharisee, Man you are one informed Gee. You seem to understand how the whole thing works. We have to be very careful of these cronies. The western economies are crashing like wild fire. They can't compete with the BRICS on equal footing in this modern global economy. So, they had to resort to their old tactics. Divide and rule

The scramble for Africa has been, this time it will be worse than slavery and colonialism. Africans need to be watchful before it is too late.

Okonji Iweala is over-rated. She is an agent of world bank and IMF. The enemies of progress are encouraging Sanusi to deplete our dollar reserves, so that it will create an opportunity to ask for loan from her Masters in the west. At the end of the day, GEJ will bear the brunt because the economy will be very weak.

GEJ should be very careful, there are a lot of people working against him to discredit him and pretending they are working for him. As it appears, it seems GEJ doesn't know much about economics.

@eGuerrilla

I had major problems with the US's wholesome intervention in Libya, but this is quite different.
What proof do you have that Obama, who happens to be half-African, harbours an inherent dislike the continent, eh?

Do you know how much havoc the LRA has wrought in Central Africa these past 20 years, and the human cost involved?
And while you are at it, please explain how your vehement opposition in this instance is premised or anything more than a feeling of being slighted, simply because there have been state-visits to other continents Angry

State visits do have great significance. You can read more about it. Secondly, Black Libyans and other Black Africans "including your Nigerian brothers are being killed with impunity by those so called "rebels" everyday. Has he come out to strongly condemn it?

— The Libyan capital saw its first major gunbattle since Moammar Gadhafi fled Tripoli more than two months ago, as his supporters traded fire with revolutionary forces after a crowd raised the ousted regime's green flag.

Fearing more attacks, anti-Gadhafi fighters set up checkpoints manned by young, armed men across the metropolis of some 2 million people, snarling traffic. They also rounded up several suspected African mercenaries, pulling them from cars and houses.

Friday's violence in Tripoli and fierce resistance on two other fronts set back the new rulers' stated goals of declaring total victory and establishing democracy as Gadhafi, the ruler for nearly 42 years, remains on the run.

The capital has been relatively calm since then-rebels swept into the city in late August. But Gadhafi's loyalists have control of parts of his hometown of Sirte and the desert enclave of Bani Walid and have fought off NATO-backed revolutionary forces besieging them for weeks. Gadhafi has tried to rally his supporters with several audio recordings issued from hiding.

The firefight in Tripoli began after Friday prayers. Witnesses said dozens of loyalists carrying the green flag appeared on a square in the Abu Salim neighborhood, which has long been a pro-Gadhafi stronghold and houses a notorious prison of the same name.

"I looked out of my window and I saw men and women in a group of 50 to 80 people, carrying the green flag," said Abadi Omar, a resident in one of the buildings in the area. "They put one of these flags at the end of our street. This is when the revolutionary forces came out and these people disappeared."

Revolutionary forces started searching every building in the area and found weapons on some of the rooftops, many hidden under water tanks, Omar said. Then pro-Gadhafi snipers opened fire, and the gunbattle began as anti-Gadhafi fighters chased loyalists around the closely packed buildings.

In amateur video shown to The Associated Press, gunfire can be seen coming from the upper floors of apartment buildings surrounding the square, prompting revolutionary forces to scramble and begin shooting from the street below.

Shouting "God is Great," hundreds of revolutionary fighters converged on the area in pickups mounted with weapons. They set up checkpoints as heavy gunfire echoed through the streets.

Ameena Sami, a 39-year-old resident, said her brother was shot in his waist.

"My brother was standing at the front door of our house, and we heard shooting in the streets. We don't know where it came from, and the revolutionaries came speeding onto our street and surrounded one of the buildings across the street," she said. "The shooting just got more intense, and we looked outside and found my brother shot."

Tripoli military officials said 12 suspected Gadhafi supporters were detained but played down the shooting, saying no clashes occurred and that the gunfire was primarily from revolutionary forces themselves. The local military council issued a statement saying 30 people were injured in friendly fire.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also downplayed the seriousness of the fighting, calling it an "isolated, relatively small incident, by the sound of it."

Ahmad al-Warfly, a fighter from the revolutionary forces' Zintan brigade, said several Gadhafi supporters apparently planned a protest but drew fire because they were armed. They then fled and were pursued by revolutionary forces, prompting fierce street battles.

Al-Warfly said one man carrying a gun was captured and identified as a suspect wanted for the killings of protesters in the nearby city of Zawiya.

"It seems like it was organized," he said. "They were planning to have a big demonstration, then the fight started."

Witnesses also reported fighting elsewhere in the capital, but the shooting was most intense in Abu Salim.

Interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the head of the governing National Transitional Council, has said that he hoped to declare liberation this week after the imminent fall of the holdout city of Sirte, 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast. That could allow the council to name a new interim government and set a timeline for holding elections within eight months.

The revolutionary forces control much of Sirte after launching a major push a week ago.

On Friday, they pounded loyalists holed up in two neighborhoods with rocket and machine-gun fire but also suffered heavy casualties themselves. Wounded men streamed into front-line medical units, then were evacuated to field hospitals on the city's outskirts.

Tanks and weapons-mounted vehicles from the revolutionary forces have kept up a steady barrage of fire into the small enclave known as District 2, where commanders believe several hundred remaining loyalists, possibly including high-ranking figures from the former regime, are hiding.

AP Television footage on Friday showed smoke rising from a building in one part of the city, and a burning car presumably in another. Pickup trucks with mounted machine guns are seen driving through a flooded street, and elsewhere an wounded revolutionary soldier is carried on a stretcher into an ambulance.

Thousands of civilians have fled the city to escape the violence.

One resident returned Friday to collect personal items from his home, which had been used as a firing position for pro-Gadhafi forces. Their uniforms and mattresses littered the front courtyard.

The owner, who would not give his name because of fear of reprisals, left carrying just a blanket, saying, "the pictures speak for themselves." He then left the city with several of his relatives.

NATO has called the continued resistance by Gadhafi forces in Sirte "surprising," as they appear to be losing the battle since revolutionary forces have the area surrounded.

In Geneva, meanwhile, a senior U.N. human rights official, Mona Rishmawi, expressed concern about a risk of serious abuses against suspected loyalists after Gadhafi's last strongholds fall to revolutionary forces.

Rishmawi, who recently visited Libya as part of a U.N. delegation, said the transitional government is trying to ensure that the rights of captured Gadhafi fighters are protected but "the system that is currently in place is not adequate."

She said "there is a lot of room for abuse" of the estimated 7,000 people detained in sometimes makeshift prisons throughout Libya.

There are many innocent black Africans that have been killed. The western media exaggerated this Mercenary stuff to further justify their involvement in their scramble for resources.

The West including USA does not go to where they won't profit. Even the so called aid they give to African countries are collected back in some way. The second chapter for the scramble of Africa has begun. I don't intend to write a book on here to clarify on certain things. But man you just have to do more research.

Obama = Incompetent + confused + empty suit

He is done nothing positively tangible. It seems he has inherent dislike for Africa. How many Africa countries has he paid a state visit? But, he is been to other continents more.

Bloody hypocrite

@ekt_bear

But I don't believe in the viability of solar. Just isn't competitive price-wise.

It may not be cost effective for now doesn't mean that it won't tomorrow. You see when new technologies were first invented, that is what everyone said then. But as time went on, things changed. All we have to do is to start thinking and work towards making it cost effective. Like the Europeans and North Africans have begun to do.

I want you to try to imagine what it's like to live without electricity. It's boring, for one thing — no television, no MP3 player, no video games. And it's lonely and disconnected as well — no computer, no Internet, no mobile phone. You can read books, of course — but at night you won't have light, other than the flicker of firewood. And about that firewood — you or someone in your family had to gather it during the day, taking you away from more productive work or schooling, and in some parts of the world, exposing you to danger. That same firewood is used to cook dinner, throwing off smoke that can turn the air inside your home far more toxic than that breathed in an industrial city. You may lack access to vaccines and modern drugs because the nearest hospital doesn't have regular power to keep the medicine refrigerated. You're desperately poor — and the lack of electricity helps to ensure that you'll stay that way.

That's life for the 1.3 billion people around the planet who lack access to the grid. It's overwhelmingly a problem of the developing world and the countryside — more than 95% of those without electricity are either in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia, and 84% live in rural areas. Though it hasn't gotten the attention that global problems like HIV/AIDS and malaria have received in recent years, lack of power remains a major obstacle to any progress in global development. (See photos of new ways to boost energy efficiency.)

"Lacking access to electricity affects health, well-being and income," says Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA). "It's a problem the world has to pay attention to."

Fortunately that attention is finally forthcoming. The U.N. has already declared 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, and on Oct. 10 the IEA released a special report that details the problem of energy access and outlines how a universal power grid might be financed. The need for clean cooking stoves — 2.7 billion people lack them, an offshoot of the energy-access problem — is rising up the development agenda as well. The experts' analyses about how solvable these problems are is surprisingly sunny: according to the IEA's analysis, it would be possible to achieve universal energy access for the world by 2030 with around $48 billion a year in global investment. "We very much have the capacity to make a difference in this field," says Birol, who has worked for years to call attention to electricity access. No one needs to stay in the dark.

At a time when even developed countries are feeling poor — or at least poorer than they once were — $48 billion a year sounds like a fair chunk of change, but it actually only amounts to about 3% of yearly global energy investment, which should give you a sense of just how vast the worldwide energy industry is. But right now the world is falling well short of that necessary target — perhaps $9 billion a year is currently invested in shrinking the energy gap, with much of it coming from foreign aid and other public sources that are unlikely to grow in a straitened global economy. Nearly all of that investment goes toward improving grid access in urban areas, which leaves those in rural villages out of luck. Even if investment rises to $14 billion a year, the IEA expects that 1 billion people will still be without power in 2030. "What's being done now clearly isn't enough," says Birol. (See photos of power in cities.)

And the problem will get worse rapidly thanks to rising oil prices, which could put a crimp in development. It's worth noting that when rich nations were at roughly the same economic stage as developing countries are today, oil cost an average of around $22 per barrel. Though the price has fluctuated recently, the $100-a-barrel threshold is increasingly being crossed. For developing countries that are net oil importers, those high prices can quickly eat up a national budget; oil-import bills in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, went up by $2.2 billion in 2010, more than one-third higher than the increase in official development aid. Environmentalists sometimes welcome higher energy prices as a spur to conservation and efficiency, but that's true mostly in rich countries; in developing, energy-starved ones, high prices can be economically crippling.

Beyond ensuring that there's more overall investment in closing the energy gap, there's the question of how the money should be spent. The tendency has been toward big projects — major fossil-fuel plants and electrical transmission lines. That sort of infrastructure can serve cities well, but it's not going to reach the rural villagers that are the most energy-starved — not to mention the fact that it's not the best idea to lock in carbon-heavy power sources in a warming world. That's where renewables might have a practical advantage, as well as an environmental one. Solar power can be installed quickly and cheaply far off the grid, providing enough power for light and basic services — and it's not as if sub-Saharan Africa is lacking for sunlight. With smart and green investment, the IEA believes that achieving universal energy access would increase global carbon emissions by only 0.7% by 2030 — a drop in the climate bucket. "Solar is going to play a huge role in improving energy access," says Birol. "It's one of the best ways to meet challenges off the grid."

Energy poverty is, of course, only a piece of larger economic poverty, but it's one of the best ways out of it too. If you need one more reminder of that fact — and of how radical the difference is between the world's haves and have-nots — take a look at a satellite photograph of earth at night, with large swathes of the planet radiating light and other stretches cloaked in darkness, an electric map of wealth and poverty. The very least we can do is wake up to the fact that everyone deserves a light.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2096602,00.html

And you say African politician got hearts? I doubt they are humans and don't deserve to be treated like one.

Order 1000 Lions from Kenya and Anaconda's from Brazil. Lock all our greedy and shameless politicians in the same cage with these creatures and throw away the key until no flesh and bone is left.

Man, that would be fun to watch those pot belle taken care of.

President GED may have good intentions for the Nigeria but it seems he is being manipulated and controlled by those who understand how the system works. Good intentions doesn't translate to result. You need to have an independent mind, well informed, tough and a no nonsense man to handle a country like Nigeria. Meanwhile, we are still watching.

President John F Kennedy famously said to Americans, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country".

Almost every Nigerian has great theories on how to fix broken Nigeria. But what are we doing to effect change in our own little way.
Let us not begin to stress on how our politicians the conducive environment to contribute your quota effectively. Let us leave the politicians out of this, they have shown and proved to us how crude, inconsiderate and self centered they can be.

As they say, "little drops of water make a mighty ocean". No matter how little the input, it can create an effect. Although my plan is in its infancy, I have set out an aim/agenda to contribute to the educational aspiration of dedicated Nigerian youths(future leaders) in the field of Engineering, Medicine,Arts, Philosophy,etc regardless of their ethnic background.

We Nigerians are generally a good people. Our cultures are humanist in nature. We should further cultivate the spirit of humanitarianism and make it part and parcel of us in every endeavor. We should stop letting politicians create divisions amongst us and using us as political tool for their selfish interest.

One must not be a millionaire or billionaire to create an effect. If you saw this CNN Heroe of Heroes, you would see how little change can go a long way. One of the things that made America great is their spirit of humanitarianism. Some of the best universities in the world that people crave to attend were established by people who believed in this philosophy.

Babson College by Roger Babson
Carnegie Mellon University by Andrew Carnegie
Cornell University by Ezra Cornell - founder of western union-- boast of 31 Marshall Scholars, 28 Rhodes Scholars and 41 Nobel laureates.
Rockefeller University by John Rockefeller
Yale University by Elihu Yale
Harvard University by Johan Harvard. Eight U.S. presidents have graduated from Harvard and 75 Nobel Laureates affiliated to it.
Standford University by Leland Stanford-- About 50 Nobel prize and Stanford faculty and alumni have founded many prominent technology companies including Cisco Systems, Google, Hewlett-Packard, LinkedIn, Netscape Communications, Rambus, Silicon Graphics, Sun Micro-systems, Varian Associates, and Yahoo!. ETC

Instead of lavishing on flamboyant pastors, why can't we focus more on orphanages?
Won't amateur documentaries go along way in highlighting problems that needs urgent attention?
For Nigerians in diaspora, wouldn't setting up a strong committee to bring to book our countrymen who engage in illegal acts that tarnishes our image go a long way in settings things straight to redeem our image?
How about leaving a mark by donating to our Alma Mater or other reputable organization. Like the Google guys did for Standford, Face-book donated millions to schools and countless of them.

I know there are many Nigerians doing their part. But the question is, should we do more?

Is it measurable?

I think there are somethings in life that cannot be measured. Like thoughts, feelings, meanings. They are situational in nature.

omosexy1

@homerac7 chief I thought you wanted to make sense. You just exposed your stupidity the more without saying anything. If you don't know about economics then why comment on issues that have to do with economics. Why dont you go and get books or go to the internet and start learning than post silly comments. If you are lazy to read, go watch Bloomberg or CNBC Africa.

FYI, Senators are deliberating on Fuel Subsidy and many of them are making sense about the removal of subsidy

How are they making sense? That the removal of subsidy will strengthen the economy to benefit the average Nigerian or that it will push people further into poverty where a high percentage live on $1 day?

This is short term gains. There are other factors that affects foreign exchange.

The CBN cannot defend the Naira forever through qualitative easing. If it continues to do that without fundamental changes to the economy to attract Foreign direct investment and increase foreign exchange earnings through other sectors. Nigeria foreign exchange reserve will further diminish.

If you like, write all the English you have in your brain- the problem is not of politicians, it is a Nigerian problem, they were Nigerians first before becoming politicians. Who are the yahoo yahoo boys? Nigerians, are they politicians? Do they have shame and conscience? Who are the 419 people? Nigerians, are they politicians? Do they have shame and conscience? Who caries drugs? Nigerians. are they politicians? Do they have shame and conscience? Who dupes his neighbour? Nigerians, Are they politicians? Why put the blame of Nigeria's problem on the shoulder of politicians?

You guys have no iota of what the Nigerian problem is - it is not just politicians.

How many Nigerians in the UK prisons? In America? in China, in Malaysia? Are they politicians? Dont they have shame and conscience?

Tell me.

How can you say the problem is not of politicians when the moral facts are obvious? Is it not the responsibility of the politicians to set an example?

It is true that incomprehensible materialism has eaten deep into our society and making some ordinary Nigerians commit appalling crimes to stand out.

But if you look at the issues generally and fundamentally. It boils down to the administrators at the end of the day. As one philosopher analysed that "the behaviour of the citizenry to a greater extent is a reflection of the economic infrastructure".

I consider myself a Christian and I had had this argument with some fellow Christians in school once. I gave a bold stamp of approval of advocating for condom use for both married and unmarried folks.

Truth is that no matter how much of the salvation gospel you preach, many people will still Be Intimate outside marriage. So does it not make more sense to keep these people alive and disease-free and give them a chance to convert?

By the way, one of the first advocates of condom use was man-lover; he was dying of HIV and he testified before the US Congress in 1983 about his beliefs that HIV spread could be checked with condom use; turns out he is right.

The reason why Africa has been devastated by the illness is the unwillingness of our men to use condoms and use them properly. So my dear, throw away that garb and sell your condoms without restrictions; it will be counted more for you as righteousness that you are contributing towards saving lives; the choice of whether to stay away from sex outside of marriage or before marriage is a personal one and not yours to make.

You make a lot of sense.

werepeLeri

Stay there and live in self delusion.

If not all Nigerians are like that- why have you grouped all Nigerian politicians altogether then?

@werepeLeri

You may think I am delusional. But, I am just being pragmatic. Patience has limit. This cannot simply go on. It is naturally unacceptable.

At least 99% of our politicians have proven to be that way. The way they talk on national TV arrogantly and inconsiderably. They speak like they own this country. Although, the average Nigerian needs to do some restructuring on their own. But the fact remains that our politicians are grossly inept and out of Touch!

@WerepeLeri

So - i should still cry or what? You are a big fat wedding planner. Keep selling baby wears in the open market.

I asked him that simple question because he is Nigerian. And see the reaction you you and the other gaari shopper had?

No Nigerian, I repeat, No Nigerian, here or abroad has conscience or shame when it comes to public or government issues. None.

So, BlackSta - do you have shame or conscience?

We are often deluded to think the only way Nigeria can be better is to accuse politicians while we shift focus from ourselves as citizens.

As Pinkrex pointed out. Your approach to issues is highly subjective.

One very good thing about democracy is that you are free to speak your mind,express your views and opinions. In fact, you are even more free to display your ignorance. What is also funny about it is that it gives you the room to do so consciously.

Go and ask that to those children in the streets of Aba, Benin, Kano, Lagos and other parts of Nigeria hawking just to survive and exist when they are supposed to be in school.

What would you say to that elderly grandfather and grandmother who are supposed to be relaxing and enjoying their old age, spending quality time with their grandchildren. Instead, they are doing menial jobs, conductors, pushing barrows and hawking just to get by.

How would you feel if it was your child that gave into that curable disease because you had no money for drugs and access to a good hospital?

Many unprivileged people in our society are beginning to accept their deplorable conditions as normal and natural.

If you do not have something significant to contribute and that it is your nature to turn a blind eye to grim reality and utter injustice.

Sorry to tell you. Not every Nigerian is that way.

@werepeLeri

OP

Do you have shame and conscience?

If I didn't, I wouldn't come up with the question in the first place.

I am inclined and passionate to seeing the most populous black nation thrive ,prosper and takes it rightful place in the world.