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For those interested in opening an account in Nigeria, have you ever thought of the financial loss you may be subjected to, in case the bank decides to close its doors for good? Look before you leap. I know of at least one Nigerian lady based here, who lost her money because the bank was closed for good. Please watch out.

P/S: What is so attractive in opening an account in Naija by the way? I think that the yields gained from investing in a mutual fund would be higher than that of the bank back home. \

Would you consent to a 7 year old girl hawking Akara on the harsh streets of Lagos because there is dignity in labor?

Thiefofhearts, Nollywood is a reflection of what goes on in our society, just as Bollywood, and other movies in their respective countries are sometimes mirror of the society at large. You cant expect Nollywood to incorporate American themes into their scene. It is completely different. Sure, cultures are constantly changing, and movies should adapt to the present trend, but Nollywood is trying. I gotta admit though I have watched only several Nigerian movies, but the same goes with Indian movies.

In America, children under a specific age, are protected by law not to engage in any manual labor. As teens, they are entitled to a job, but are limited to a certain number of hours per day, mandated by the law. Do we have so in Naija? Or excuse me, Nigeria should not adopt the American version of child labor because there is a marginal difference in the standard of living in those two aforementioned countries.

Amen!!!

Without Jesus Christ, life is meaningless.

Is Wikipedia a female response to your question?

If you know that you can make cool money legitimately in Nigeria, why bother fielding questions from people on the viability of moving abroad to eke out a living? You obviously should know the answer to that, and besides, the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.

So, you are in favor of street trading/hawking by pre-teens? Have you ever thought of the fallout that has resulted from street trading? I read that it has been banned in Lagos, and of course, there are some who are adherently opposed to this measure. Please, there are other alternatives to making money for our parents. Street trading should not be of them.

Tampons are worn for protection during one's cycle, and not to control bleeding. Bandage/plaster/leaves do a better job in controlling bleeding. Maybe the person was telling you to rephrase your tenses.

Abeg, make dem tell us what the humane way it is to kill an animal? Maybe, the portrayal of a chicken being killed with the bite of one's teeth could be considered barbaric, but is it not the same as killing it with a knife?

For those who are so concerned with animal rights, like PETA, I have to ask, arent plants also living organisms? If so, why kill them? What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

All of a sudden, some of our people became concerned with Animal rights. What next is on their agenda? Time for PETA to open an office in Nigeria, to curb these 'senseless' killing of animals in movies. Killing them should be performed n a more 'humane' (with a knife, I suppose) and not in a barbaric manner.

Same cowardice was exhibited by Dame Shirley's Bassey was also performed by Sophia Okonedo's father when he abandoned his family, thereby imposing years of financial hardship on her daughter.

Here is the link.

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

There are Family planning clinics in Nigeria, and while they may have made a headway in the industrial part of the country, in the village, I doubt if their progress in reducing the number of birthrates has been remarkable. Remember, they are competing/warring against the patriarchical culture in our area that always gives preferences to the male child. So, try convincing an illiterate woman (or even an educated woman) that her worth is not tied to the number of male children that she has been unable to give birth to, and she will, in a defending manner point out to you on the pressure of family members (remember I am referring to the village) to bear a male child, or she may be kicked out of her matrimonial home, or worse, her husband's land (that she planted crops during the planting season) is at risk of being overturned to either her rival co-wife who just had a baby boy, or may be leased out permanently to the next surving male child who in most cases could be the husband's nephew.

So, we still have a long way to go!!!

P/S: I am not an advocate of abortion, because I believe that life begins at conception.

@multitask, and if you scroll through her posts, you will notice that she has painted America in glowing colors, by describing it as a wonderful country. But who knows, maybe she has changed her mind, and joined the American bashers.

I read there was one Nigerian who was drafted into the NBA straight from Naija. I have forgotten his name. Does anybody know his name?

Multitask, Linda is an American gal.

According to I Corinthians 7: 4: "The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body but the wife does".

The Holy Bible, does not approve of force, but states " Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control". (I Corinthians 7: 5)

Sports forum would be the appropriate place to post this message of yours@superman

Moses and Muhammad got problems and difficulties from their people initially, but were accepted by them at the end., whereas Jesus was rejected by his people at the start and is still rejected by the Jews until today. "He (Jesus) came unto his own, but his own received him not".( John 1:11)


True, the Jews rejected the Messiaship of Jesus Christ, during His Earthly Mission, but guess what? Today, there are some Jews who have accepted Him as the Messiah. They are known as Jews for Jesus Christ. Check them out on Google.

And you think Nigerians are worse? Come to America where the 'norm' is that the bachelor should celebrate his last day as a 'free man" in a strip club. How pathetic!!!

Seun, remember this.

God cannot be mocked!!! I hope you repent before it is too late. Open your heart to Jesus Christ, before it is too late. Ask yourself this question, "Why is Jesus Christ so popular in today's world of high tech when he lived in this world 2000 years? There is absolutely no figure who has had as much of a vast influence as Jesus Christ of Nazareth. That should explain to you that He is God the Son, the King of Kings and The Lord of Lords. He died to save mankind from the bondage of satan.

Leave the guy alone@radiant, he is not an Englishman, and by the way, there is some element of truth in what he wrote, even though one might interpret it as arrogant.

Sadis, where in Burkina Faso do you hail from? I also want to visit your country. I liked your late president, Thomas Sankara. One of the best presidents that Africa has produced. So sad that his life was cut short. Ever been to this place, Banfora and Bobo Dioulasso? Those are the places that I want to visit in addition to Yako, the birthplace of Sankara. Let me know more about those places if possible.

Next time, dont have sex, until you legally become a MRS.

Nollywood is taking its 'first baby steps". Encourage our local movie actor, for if we dont, who would then? With time, our great industry would be a force to be reckoned with.

Rome was not built in a day!!!

I love Nigeria, but this post is about America. Now, why dont you start a thread about our reasons for liking Nigeria? I am sure people would respond to it.

There is nothing wrong in imbibing/incorporating some elements of a foreign musical into our beats but some of our artistes tend to overdo it. If you are singing pure trado african music, then imbibing hiphop into the flow would only reduce the quality of the music. At times, one may even wonder what the genre of music that our artistes are recording, because of so many incorporation. As for rap, which is an African American music, I am not a fan of it and I don't approve of its sometimes derogative portrayal of women. But don't be surprised, if some of our artistes join the bandwagon and quickly incorporate these much despised action into their songs.

L.A. man sues to take wife's last name
Updated 1/12/2007 10:24 AM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints & Permissions | Subscribe to stories like this Subscribe to stories like this
Mike Buday and Diana Bijon outside their home in Marina del Rey in December.
Enlarge By Richard Hartos, Los Angeles Times
Mike Buday and Diana Bijon outside their home in Marina del Rey in December.
By Martin Kasindorf, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Michael Buday is petitioning a federal judge for the right to take Diana Bijon's last name in marriage as easily as she could take his last name.

Bijon, 28, an emergency room nurse, asked her fiancé to change his last name to preserve her father's family name because there are no sons. Buday, 29, a technical manager at an advertising firm, promised he would.

"I had a rough childhood with my father," he says. "We never really got along. Diana's father stepped up, gave me career advice. He's family."

ON DEADLINE: Would you take your wife's name?

Keeping his promise has been more onerous than Buday expected. A woman can choose her husband's name or her maiden name on a California marriage-license form after the couple pays a county application fee that ranges from $50 to $97. California and 43 other states provide no place on a marriage-license application for the groom to choose the bride's surname.

To officially change his name to hers — and for future Social Security benefits, Buday says — a man must pay a $320 court fee, advertise his intention in a newspaper for four weeks and get a judge's approval.

"The law makes it burdensome, if not close to impossible, to adopt the wife's name," says Mark Rosenbaum, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. "It reflects the archaic notion of a woman's subordinate place in the partnership."

The ACLU sued California and Los Angeles County on Dec. 15 to have the separate treatment of Buday and Bijon outlawed as gender discrimination and a denial of equal protection. The couple were married in August 2005 under their separate names after state and county agencies rebuffed them.

Six states — Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York and North Dakota — give either spouse the right to choose the other's last name.

A marrying couple that wants a combined or hyphenated name in California and most other states must go through the red tape of a court petition. That's the route Antonio Villar of Los Angeles took in 1987 when he and his wife, Corina Raigosa, combined their names as Villaraigosa. He's now mayor of the city.

A groom seldom asks to adopt his bride's name, says Myleta Miller, a clerk at Atlanta's Probate Court. No national statistics are kept, but Miller says she's seen "no more than five" such applications in six years on the job.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Conny McCormack, named in the lawsuit, says her office uses a state-dictated form and will comply with any change judges or legislators might order.

"I certainly am in favor of the law … being clarified," McCormack says.
Posted 1/11/2007 10:23 PM ET