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Kobojunkie:
@Poster, Let me just say it this way. A nightmare of mine as a kid growing up in Nigeria had been. . . falling into a hole/finding myself trapped in a hole/underground, and having to depend on the Nigerian Government/people for rescue . . . aaaarrrggghhhhh!!!

Beaf:
Nigeria ke!
Dem for don cover di hole!

buffnaija:
thats good. africans should go back home and build their own countries. let those bleeping greasy italians pick their own fruits. bastards.

Mekusxyz:
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=120110&ptitle=Govt denies Yar'Adua's death, pressure mounts

The presidential spokesman added that he travelled to Angola with the permission of President Yar'Adua. "I am here officially. But I am coming back home, hopefully tomorrow, because he has so directed," Adeniyi said.

beejaei:
Interesting question. I don't believe there is one answer. These are some likely answers:

1. Nigerians do not love the country enough to die for it: Since I have come here, I have seen the fierce patriotism and Nationalism of Americans and noted the differences from Nigeria. It is the love for the USA that makes majority of Americans suspicious of government and willing to die for the ideals the country espouses. It is a kind of romantic relationship with the country. Their history, their war against Britain, their ups and downs from the past, all of these come together to make the country look like a lover to an American. This kind of love for one's country is not present in most Nigerians. Nigerians do not usually ask what they can do for their country, instead what their country can do for them. If their country cannot do it for them, they find a way to get it done, instead of fighting to make their country able to do it for them.

2. Nigerians are not united against "the government" as a foe: Where one man is complaining about lack of job, another is using his connections to corruptly get contract from the government. Another is feeding off his local government chairman by being a political thug. Another is thinking, "I just have to get out of this goddamn country." Another is like, "whatever." In essence, Nigerians have not been pushed to the point where nothing matters but to drive out the politicians from the country.

3. The Nigerian Factor: If a revolution is to start today, there will be many who will doubt it because they can never be sure. In Nigeria, seeing is not believing. Back in the days in OAU, whenever it was time to protest one school policy or the other, you will find those who will run to Lagos, hide in their rooms, or just show general indifference. Some are scared of getting expelled. Some believe that-and it once happened-some of the student leaders make deals with the school authority that the students do not know about. So this leaves them thinking, "Why should I risk my life for something that may just be empty?" Take a look at Femi Fani-Kayode. Did he not use to be an anti-Abacha guy before he came to join OBJ? Those kind of characters and Nigeria's history of these kind of political betrayals make it hard to want to join any sort of revolution. To put it simply, many Nigerians are not sure that the guy next in line to them during a revolution is not the one that will pull the trigger for their death.

scribe:
This thread and the responses shows how we Nigerians can spend so much energy fighting over trival things while the main issues are left unattended to.
I can imagine what it will be like if the originator of this thread and those that responded are elected into the house of assembly.
The whole tenure of their reign will be spent arguing on which tribe is responsible for the problem of Nigeria instead of passing bills that will improve the well-being of the citizens.
It is a shame that intellectuals can still be found living in the dark ages where a mans ethnicity is what counts, not what he can deliver. I weep for Nigeria

becomrich;:
The terror act by the bomber is a continuation of the terror act by a section of nigeria on human life. This pictures below tell you the story, how many Yorubas that have been killed so far by this network of terrorist who live in Nigeria.

The impact of the USA listing on Nigeria have little or no effect on this people because less than 10% of them ever travel abroad. The bulk of visitor to the USA are yorubas, who trader and have other interest in the USA. The economy effect is into the couple of billion of dollar to the lifes of our people. This is what they our terrors want. They want to kill the Yoruba economy. They have shut down several banks in Nigeria. And have destroy people business.

This is who they are. And instead of the USA looking toward Yeman, they should look into our history and see , there are terrorist in Nigeria. And they have cause terror to the lifes of the Yoruba people.

The honest truth is it is just a continuation of the terror on the lifes of the Yorubas, and economy impact to thier lifes if the USA and other nation do not grant us special status. We may all live in the same country with this terrorist. But we are not the same.

Our believes and ideas are different. They are terrorist we are not, and we should not have to suffer for their act of terror to the USA. They should suffer for it. And not us. We want a special status to identify us as been different from this people. Why should we carry the same passport with terrorist.?

It's because of the act of this terrorist that many Yorubas now live in the USA and many countries. And honestly, they have destroy our people ways of life. We want do not want to be classified the same way as them.

I would say the USA and other nation have just seen a tip of the ice of what they are capable of doing and what they have done to the millions of lifes of the Yorubas.

We want a special status to identify us as been different from this people. Why should we carry the same passport with terrorist.?
They do not value human life.

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fellis:
Reading through this thread seriously cracked me up. But in the end, all we seem to do is just talk. And nothing else.

londoner:
Website of tha National Assembly.

http://www.nassnig.org/

obatoro:
Characteristics of a typical NIGERIAN:

1. Talk ill of their country.
2. See nothing good about their country.
3. In their bedrooms they talk  and complain about how BAD their leaders are and do nothing about it.
4. Prefer any country else apart from your country
5. These bad leaders are their; parents, friends' parents, uncles, friends' uncles,neighbours, townsmen, kinsmen e.t.c

In their little offices see how they treat customers;
Bank workers- shout at customer and talk rudely to them, over their money.
Police- harass innocent, law abiding citizens on the streets.
Teacher- refusing to go to classes/lectures as at when due.
Shop Attendant-cares not whether he/she sells or not, since they are not owners.
Mechanics-removes a part from your car and collects money for buying another one, but still replaces the one he removes.
Carpenter/Tailor delay in delivery for reasons best known to them.
Just to mention a few,
N I G E R I A.

Onlytruth:
Classic!  

These politicians think we are fools. Deep down I think this "ultimatum" is one more piece in the final solution puzzle to change that country or break it. Nza the bird wants to fight his god. Instead of being angry at Nigeria's state of stu.pi.dity, politicians are scheming to remain under the radar when they smuggle currency out of Nigeria. I already know how this ends. Nonsense!

govo:
freaks, give nepa utimatum to light up the nation , give yar adua utimatum to show up , give the minister  for transport utimatum to build roads and repair the bad ones, give utimatum to creat jobs , or shut up and stop yelling utimatum for something you cant do nothing about,  punks !