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which station is this. What is the proprietorship?

With blue tooth becoming an inalienable accessory for many young men and women. With the black berry and unfettered internet access, facebook etc, Are we really advancing? Do you get this uneasy sense that as communication technology becomes proliferate, people become more and more individualized. ten people in a room somewhere will all be talking at the same time except to each other. Each will be busy talking to a different person at the end of their cellphone. That is not community for me.

dhamie2009:
common lets be sincere who else deserves it

Who? It has never been in doubt.

Horus:
How will be called their new common currency?

It is hard to tell. But one thing makes tghe naming of a common currency easier; Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar have been using common terms for their currency in spite of the differential values. These are POUNDS, SHILLINGS and CENTS. I suppose it will be easier to convince Rwanda and Burundi to drop Francs as a denomination. It has already happened in large swathes of those countries especially after they fell out with Franc and anything francophone in favor of the anglophone orientation.

Nigeria may recline back and gloat in her self sufficient economic domain but only just. it will need Cameroon, Benin Togo Ghana if it is to remain sustainable as a self sufficient and self generating economic powerhouse.

THE-AMAKA:
no but real talk with all jokes aside, that girl has terrible weave.
i mean her weave almost never looks right! google image her and youll see what im talking about. 75% of her pictures have horrible weave.
and i cant believe you called omo the goddess of fashion and hair.
LMFAO!!! that was so laughable.

The Amaka

You go tire me ooooh!

michelin89:
I hate those Indian songs as well. What a waste of time.

With the exception of this (Papa Kehte) song which remains a classic universally to date. It really spiced my adolescence then.Some good songs come out soundtracks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA5jMs1TzhE

THE-AMAKA:
DAMN!!!
*ahhh im a hater _{like some would say}*
but her weave is bad (ITS ALWAYS BAD!!! almost all her pics online are with bad weave, besides a few.) and im not feeling the dress, but it doesnt look bad on her.
and yeah she did some kind of concert with Timaya or something.

HeHeHeHeHeHe!

Siena:
You're response has a strange ring to it.

What do you mean by "despite her Yoruba background"? And what does the number of children have to do with anything?

Ditto. I also thought that there was an implication in that response that being Yoruba handicaps one in acting. It is necessary to appreciate OMO as an actor and certainly not a representative of any ethnicity.

But that statement belies a general feeling/opinion that success in Nollywood depends in part on an Igbo background as a normative prerequisite. It is just not right?

Serious studies have been done on Nollywood. There should be three or so doctoral(Ph.D) dissertations going on about Nollywwod. So the Poster's topic is no an idle query. I believe there is a lot to learn from Nollywood and a lot to criticize. But it is in the nature of all nascent efforts to attract mostly negative criticism Sure enough the desire to mass produce movies has caught up with the challenge of creativity and technical demands of quality production. I bet nowadays it must be easy to shoot a Nollywood movie because all the lines that could be used are public knowledge and the producer/director's challenge is to get so and so to play such and such a role. Once I see Patience on the cover, I already can tell her role in a movie without even watching. Same with Olu Jacobs. Nkem Owoh, those two tiny men etc.

what about the running motif that colored or lighter skinned men are red hot favorites to play any romantic role. It is a stereotype Nollywood should debunk. that Ramsey, Majid and Vicker must always win romance contests belies a complex that lighter men are ladies favorites. This is a Nollywood motif that should be checked.

Here below is one serious study on an aspect of Nolywood and there are quite a number that are very informative.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=/published/emeraldfulltextarticle/pdf/3010030406.pdf

THE-AMAKA:
hmmmm now that koolchicco has posted it i will watch it.
thanks koolchicco!!
since you guys say its a good movie im guessing its worth watching.

dont tell me lillian bach is in this movie (looking at the related videos).

The movie is great in spite of Koolchico posting it. Another movie in which she  summons deep acting capability is one where she acts with Richard Mofe Damijo ( drunkard who saves  her out of her misery and accommodates her). In this movie she brings out great acting to depict the emotional split of a woman who genuinely in love but is beholden to her past.

Granted RMD has the ability to bring out the best of any supporting actor and he and Omo bring out the best acting  both are capable of.

koolchicco:
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Yep Funny!! The Tittle of the movie is, I belong!

Have a look here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32iWwTfNgo

I had posted the link to this movie earlier. It is to one of Omo's best. The most hilarious scene is her counting money she just coaxed out of her parents in order to take her fiancee out for dinner. The counting of the many small crumpled bills was painfully hilarious.

I saw a poster with the statement "Raila Odinga is Nigerian" carried aloft by Super Eagle fans in the last soccer encounter between Super Eagles and Kenya's Harambee stars played in Nairobi. Nigerian won't be losing out to him.
But seriously though, is there a remote possibility that you are attempting to insinuate that Yara-full stop is better than any other African leader. That would be a joke of the year. the guy no fit to hold the last position in terms of exemplary leadership. That would be an insult to "last position".

paddy_lo:
wrong again homie, those five countries together economic output is less than half of nigerias

Nigeria, $212bln

(Kenya,rwanda,uganda,burundi,tanzania)all 5 countries together, $74bln

i know u guys on Nairaland dont believe in nigeria much,but at least give her due when its called for

check the link below(world bank stats)


http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:NGA:KEN:UGA:RWA:BDI:TZA:ZAF&tstart=-315619200000&tunit=Y&tlen=48

Well I checked the site. Seems credible too. But that does not foreclose the potential for greater growth even for Nigeria were it to catalyese trade protocal that would see its ivestments spread unfetered to Ghana, Ivory coast, senegal etc and vice versa. the future does not lie in inwardness but it outward expansion like our EAfrican brothers and sisters have.

Nigeria loosing out to other African countries in terms of leadership, economic management etc. These are like the proverbial kicks of a dying horse.

paddy_lo:
we in nigeria dont need no integration with any west african nation

nigeria as a whole is larger than that east african union in terms of population and economy

we have nothing in common with french speaking west africans

what we need is greater nigerian integration

more rail and road links btw north,south east west

Your have a point about Nigeria being larger than the east African region in terms of population by about 10-20 million. But you are absolutely wrong about the economic aspect. A combined east African economic giant is way over what Nigeri can ever envision even in the best of her performance.

On another point you hint at, I do not think economic integration and the zero customs tariff protocol are issues that are captive to linguistic barriers. Do I sense a whiff of smugness in your reference to french speaking West African nations. What you say in this regard is a lie.

tpia.:
Yorubas say if you want to catch a monkey you act like a monkey.

naliakar this is also the reply to your question or whatever you call it. btw what's your grouse with omotola? And how does your problem or otherwise with her concern me? Because I'm Yoruba therefore I should care what your opinion of her is? Break it down for me.




seriously though- the current crop of Nigerian youths ages 18-40 seem to lack basic manners and decorum. Must be the effect of all the crossings and break in culture.

even overseas people have better manners than a lot of Nigerians, and the ones on NL seem to have the least home training of all.

I'm not joking oh.

@tpia

You are taking it too far. I don't know about young Nigerians being in want of manners. Mine was a harmless banter and I am sorry that we seem to be talking at cross purposes. My apologies.

All I was saying is that you and I have this sense of fulfillment furthering the cause of Nairaland. by contributing variously in different threads. Two; I said that I spent sometime in the celebrities thread and was happy to be able to argue out about Omotola's prowess as an actor because I like her movies. I did not mantion anywhere that I have a grouse with her at all. That had nothing to do with you or Yoruba (where did that come from?) "Monkey to catch a monkey? That one beats me too? I don't know where it comes from.

lastly I gave you credit for being perceptive especially in our exchanges in the travel section and pointed out that in one of those postings you said something that was quite truthful which is what I meant by (a knock of conformity to exactitude" My comment was adulatory not critical.
About young puberty infested Nigerian kids with no manners I cannot vouch for since it has nothing even tangentially related to my acknowledgment of certain opinions you express wherever we turn up as we make Nairaland alive.

If offense taken I take it back and hope we resume the discussion on the economic integration and federation prospect that I so started this thread for.

tpia.:
^^ you have to break down your big grammer for me, I'm afraid.

I have no idea what you mean.

You damn well sabi. I go say you got a knack for conformity to exactitude abi. See!! It is that simple.

tpia.:
maybe Ghana will spearhead the one for west Africa or Ghadaffi will start the initiative.

@Tipia

You and are doing our share of Nairaland voyeurism and we keep meeting in other non political fora. Of late I have been taken up by the tv/movie/celebrities section where I am satisfied that I have defended Omotola's honor like a true Knight in shining armor.

That is beside the point though, what  struck me in our encounter in the travel section was  one of your perceptive comment about our dispositions as Nairalanders and I was awed by that observation knowing that it was, without equivocation, not entirely dissimilar to actuality. U sabi?

tpia.:
maybe Ghana will spearhead the one for west Africa or Ghadaffi will start the initiative.

I think Nigeria by its sheer might is in a position to take the initiative on this if it is a viable possibility. She took the initiative during the civil strife in Siera Leone and Liberia ( and she is hardly ever credited for that bold action). Nigeria , Cote de Voire and Senegal are probably the best placed economic powers to take the lead here.

@ Koolchicco
I notice that in all you have written on this thread, you have not typed the letters OMO in good light. Don,t you know that is a sin? Without begrudging Mona lisa, just do the prerequisites first by acknowledging OMO's greatness then you can say anything else. Okay? begin by saying and I quote " Although it has been proven beyond doubt that Omotola is the best actor in nolly, "

thanks you.

From nollywood movies. Nigeria weather has no rain. It never rains?

It is clear that the five eastern African Countries, having signed the common market protocol have set their eyes on common currency and a fully operational political federation in as close as five years time. This is earth shaking by any standard. Just think what it translates into when the resources in Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are harnessed and managed on a unitary basis. Imagine what these changes portend for investment when the country specific singular markets morph into one major market with over 100 million demographic potential to build upon.

And what do we still see in West Africa? When will the prospect of a political federation be considered in Ecowas/Ecomog transactions. In nairaland I still see passionate convictions on splitting the country into "belittled Benin", " and Biased Biafra" and a fabricated "Hausa-Fulani" Northern republics.

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/801792/-/view/printVersion/-/bsqnfk/-/index.html


EAC integration in full gear as common market protocol signed
One People, One Destiny:
By JOHN NGIRACHU in Arusha

Posted Saturday, November 21 2009 at 19:24

In Summary

* Region now sets its sights on a monetary union by 2012 and federation by 2015

The heads of the East African Community have began campaigns for the full integration of the region in the next five years following the signing of the Common Market Protocol in Arusha.

The biggest concern now seems to be getting rid of the perceptions that have plagued the union since the East African Community was revived in 1999, 20 years after the first community collapsed.

In Arusha, celebrations of the 10th anniversary was marked by the summit of the five heads of state and a rally at Sheikh Abeid Karume Stadium that was delayed by rain and ended as night fell.

Tanzanians have apparently been the hardest to convince that the integration of the East African Community is an opportunity to profit from the increase in market size and opportunities offered by a borderless region.

Speaking at the rally, Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete, also the new chairman of the East African Community, sought to dispell the perception that Tanzania would become a market for Kenyan goods.

He described Tanzanian negotiators as the ‘toughest’ during the 18-month talks to come up with the protocol signed on Friday at the Arusha International Conference Centre.

“At one point, I had to personally attend the discussions because the negotiators believed only (former president Benjamin) Mkapa and I understood what the EAC is. The fear by most Tanzanians is that we will become a market for Kenyan goods,” said President Kikwete.

He said the sale of Tanzanian goods in Kenya had increased seven-fold since the year 2000, one year after the revival of the community, and by last year stood at $353 million, up from $48.6 million then.

“Sometimes these fears are useless and indeed baseless because the statistics are there to see. To front an agreement that would be bad for Tanzania would be wrong for me, and that’s something I am not prepared to do,” he said.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame described the signing of the protocol as a big step forward for the region.

“We are welcoming a new East Africa of common interests and aspirations. The experiences of the last 10 years have shown us that the borders separating us are superficial. It is now upon East Africans to accelerate the pace as the vision of the full integration is now within reach,” he said.

Yoweri Museveni of Uganda immediately said East Africans should prepare to exploit the petrodollars from the oil recently discovered in the north of his country, which would be useful in tbuilding infrastructure.

East African Community officials who spoke to the Sunday Nation bubbled with enthusiasm for the prospect of forming a monetary union by the year 2012 and a political federation by 2015.

Formation of a monetary union would mean the establishment of a common currency for the region, supported by the required institutions such a common central bank.

Deputy secretary-general in charge of infrastructure and planning Alloys Mutabingwa said the current pace of negotiations for the monetary union is impressive, given the history of similar groups lik the European Union.

“The monetary union of the EU took more than 20 years to negotiate. We have set three years as our target, and that tells you how determined we are for the success of this community,” said the official, who joined the EAC secretariat this year.

Friday’s events also marked the beginning of a new regime in July next year when the protocol comes into force with the ratification of the common market protocol by the EAC member states.

This will be done when the protocol is vetted by the necessary bodies, mainly the cabinets and parliaments of member states. It is expected to be a formality since the heads of state have vetted the documents with the assistance of their attorneys-general.

The five AGs gathered after the ceremony to sign their way through piles of documents in two box files for each country.

Mr Mutabingwa said pitfalls and suspicions are part of the natural processes such arrangements confront, especially since “the countries involved are in effect giving up a small part of their sovereignty.”

“Pitfalls and misgivings will always be there, but it is important to have the determination we have, and that’s why you see no state can back away from the EAC,” he said.

Rwanda’s EAC minister Monique Mukaruliza said the ratification process would take a shorter time than in other states as the country was eager to reap the benefits of integration.

In the meantime, said EAC secretary- general Juma Mwapachu, the road ahead is expectedly bumpy, but this should not discourage the expectation that EA citizens could one day describe themselves as East Africans, and not by their nationalities.

vanitty:
Must omotola or gene get every award going
weren't there better known actress the year jennifer hudson won supporting role?
Good luck to her, she probably works as hard if not more than the more popular once

Not both. Just OMO. Can't you even see.

koolchicco:
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I bet you're insinuating the Organizers used Ojoro abi?

Nah!!!!

Ojoro!!!!!? Let us find out. Let her savor he 15 minutes of fame. She is Nigerian after all and a beautiful one too. Screams too much though: in movies as well as in appearance.

z-murda:
omo,

How Correct.

But in all seriousness, I think Nollywood's success is not to be hailed or demeaned on the basis of recycled story lines and character  stereotyping, but on the basis of having successfully countered Hollywoods smug assumption about  cinema. Take it from me I travel a lot and in Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and SA etc) as in the Caribbean, Nollywood genre has literally displaced Hollywood  at the entertainment menu in most household. That is a good thing. But greater milestone is to be covered in terms of professionalism and corporate support.

For me, I got to see OMO and that is by far the best thing that ever happened to Nollywood.

OMO IBO:
I'm not taking anything away from her.
I believe she's one of the top actresses in Nigeria at the moment.

But when you have people like geneveive, Omotola, Rita Dominic and others one would wonder how she got the award.

But then again, this is Nollywood.

meanwhile, are you the same koolchicco on youtube??

I keep asking myself the same question. With an actor like Omotola and to a lesser extent gene and the rest, How did Mona Lisa even attract attention? I mean she is just OKAY as a star. Can someone tell us more about this price. Something ain't right.