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dont be afraid. i kknow reptiles, especially snakes, are taboos in africa but it shouldnt be. once you learn abou them, its no bigg deal

the only reason i'd imagine its true is that lagos is small with a high population so those that service the rich will be highly concentrated like the entire state.

but more importantly, what are other states doing to raise the health standards. this isnt good news

The Indian should go back to his country. And if he's in india, let him stay there. they have enough people there that needs his help and criticism

I think you underestimate the women of nigeria, seun. Give them a good canidate like this woman and they will vote for her

nigeriaworld is ok. the need to stop adding comments to article headings that already exists. they are trying too hard to make you see it thier way

fed 2006 should make it a blood bath for these companies when the unified license is allowed. I believe thier tax holiday ends also

a man that loves all of dogs creations and can see the beauty in them

well its a start

Ikoyi, VI have world’s highesthospital density – Kuku

Olamilekan Lartey, Ikoyi

Ikoyi and Victoria Island in Lagos have the highest hospital density in the world.

One of the founders of the EKO Hospital Group, Chief Sonny Kuku, said the concentration of high quality medical facilities in both sections of Lagos was an indication of the development in the nation’s health sector.

Speaking with our correspondent in an interview in Warri on Thursday, Kuku said the high hospital density in Ikoyi and Victoria Island was an indication of the financial implication of quality health care delivery.

He said, “If you look around now, every other street has a hospital because of the belief that people can pay.”

He noted, however, that health care delivery in the country was better than what it was at independence.

Kuku lamented, however, that the problem confronting the nation’s medicare was how to provide and maintain the required facilities.

This, he noted, demanded a new health policy, which would include an insurance scheme that would guarantee access to high quality medicare for all Nigerians

He said, “Where the doctors will practise and how they practise and what they will use is the problem we have now. The only way we can deal with it is to encourage the private sector and to encourage third-party payment like the health insurance scheme.”

Kuku noted that there might be hiccups at the beginning, adding that it was the only solution to the nation’s health problems.

He argued that it was the politicians who spread the idea of free health programmes without making adequate provisions in the budget for the service.

http://odili.net/news/source/2005/aug/12/465.html

nike4luv, i love australian lizards (dragons) and pretty much any snake

I guess it stands at 16 million now. Good to see the fixed wireless in keeping up with th erest of the world

16million Nigerians now use telephones – NCC

Jonah Iboma

Nigeria now has about 16million telephone subscribers, the Nigerian communications Commission has said.


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According to the Executive Vice chairman, NCC, Mr. Ernest Ndukwe, the industry has witnessed an annual growth of over 100 per cent in her subscriber base since the issuance of digital mobile licenses in the country in 2001 and the eventual roll out of GSM services by two operators in the same year.

He revealed that with the development, Nigeria now has the highest number of fixed wireless penetration in Africa, with figures comparable with what obtains in the advanced countries.

But GSM mobile phones still dominate the phone use as they account for about 15million of the lines with fixed wireless accounting for one million.

Ndukwe, who spoke in Lagos at a seminar organised by the Joint Action Committee on ICT Awareness and Development, on the Challenges of Corporate Governance in the Telecommunications Sector, on Thursday, noted that despite the impressive growth in the sector, it was not all smooth sailing.

According to him, poor corporate governance practices had remained a major problem in the sector, as many companies were not running their businesses according to global management standards.

He said, “Nigeria, no doubt has attracted the attention of the world because of the tremendous growth that has been witnessed in the ICT industry which can be summarised as follows: fully liberalized sector, annual growth of over 100 per cent in subscriber base, innovative approach to regulation and policy and using the world rather Africa for benchmarking. This has resulted in the generation of 16million lines, stable competition due to multiple operators and choice of network.”

According to him, the running of companies without good work ethics had led to various problems in the sector.

He noted: “We have seen both successful and not-so- successful telecommunications companies. We have also seen companies run on high ethical standards and values and others not run in similar fashion.”

http://odili.net/news/source/2005/aug/12/459.html

ah ah, seun, nah wah for you.

hot angel, do you have proof to say its worse in nigeria. I kknow many nigeian women that divorced thier husbands because of it.

the article says african men look at women like a car or a shoe. such vicious lies!

this article seriosuly exaggerates the problem. it smears us. wife beating happens everwhere in the world

Entrenched Epidemic: Wife-Beatings in Africa

By SHARON LaFRANIERE
Published: August 11, 2005

LAGOS, Nigeria - It was a typical husband-wife argument. She wanted to visit her parents. He wanted her to stay home.

So they settled it in what some here say is an all-too-typical fashion, Rosalynn Isimeto-Osibuamhe recalled of the incident in December 2001. Her husband, Emmanuel, followed her out the door. Then he beat her unconscious, she says, and left her lying in the street near their apartment.



Joao Silva for The New York Times

Rosalynn Isimeto-Osibuamhe, who has broken with her husband, sang at a church service in Lagos.

Ms. Isimeto-Osibuamhe, then 31 and in the fifth year of her marriage, had broken an unwritten rule in this part of the world: she had defied her husband. Surveys throughout sub-Saharan Africa show that many men - and women, too - consider such disobedience ample justification for a beating.

Not Ms. Isimeto-Osibuamhe. A university graduate and founder of a French school, she packed her clothes and walked out as soon as she got back from the hospital. So far, although her resolve sometimes wavers and she does not want a divorce, she has not gone back.

"He doesn't believe I have any rights of my own," she said in an interview outside her French classroom. "If I say no, he beats me. I said: 'Wow. That is not what I want in life.' "

Women suffer from violence in every society. In few places, however, is the abuse more entrenched, and accepted, than in sub-Saharan Africa. One in three Nigerian women reported having been physically abused by a male partner, according to the latest study, conducted in 1993. The wife of the deputy governor of a northern Nigerian province told reporters last year that her husband beat her incessantly, in part because she watched television movies. One of President Olusegun Obasanjo's appointees to a national anticorruption commission was allegedly killed by her husband in 2000, two days after she asked the state police commissioner to protect her.

"It is like it is a normal thing for women to be treated by their husbands as punching bags," Obong Rita Akpan, until last month Nigeria's minister for women's affairs, said in an interview here. "The Nigerian man thinks that a woman is his inferior. Right from childhood, right from infancy, the boy is preferred to the girl. Even when they marry out of love, they still think the woman is below them and they do whatever they want."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/international/africa/11women.html

snakes, birds, fish, lizards and cats

I love the native dress. thats one thing about obasanjo i like a lot

seun, there will be many more universities, but also many more millions born. I think 10 years is a good way to go.

hot angel, fixed wireless actually isnt very popular in the US.

america

@ seun[b]Can you see why it's hard to find women to put in positions of leadership? All the talk about her achievements and all the ladies can think of is that "she needs a make-over" Shocked[/b]


Seun, Liberia has a woman running for president. the deputy and VP in south africa, zimbabwe and mozambique are women. africa is likely to have a female president before the US. I dont see why it isnt possible in nigeria is she's good? many people are speaking on this woman's looks because frankly, she needs to be more presentable

a large portion of thie rpopulation cant even write thier name. What keeps them in check is the caste system. they each know thier role. In nigeri aon the other hand, everyone wants to be king

The trouble im refering to is a hugh, poor population that wil never go away. thier land is too small for that kind of growth

Long term the India model may not solve poverty isues, that the greatest fear. It may be different in nigeria because we have less people, but i think india is in a lot of trouble in the future

its best to buy into it while its down, not when its picking. that way you get the most bang for your buck

besides the insecurity of land titles is more of a rural things. in the urban areas its pretty clear

@ So how many of these people are planning to come back to Nigeria to impart their ideas? And what is to suggest that Nigerians at home will be willing to conform to these imported ideas? And how do we decide which part of what you're bringing to Nigeria will move us forward and what part of it is actually just western cultural baggage?

Most of the countries making noise today developed by citizens that brought in fresh ideas. thats how the world works, for the most part. Nigerians at home wil conform to these ideas when they see thier lives improve

Answer to that is this: there are 2 Indias. The fast developing one which the world sees, and the India still stuck in the 1950s, which the world doesn't see. That is the India outside Mumbai, New Delhi and Calcutta.


exactly, chxta. India has mor epoor people than sub saharan africa. it also has world class industries, but frankly i dont see purly market forces geting rid of thier poverty. You need a somewhat dictatorial system, or a socialist bend ot cure it. I see south africa's socialist policies in the form of affrimative action making that country one of the richest in years to come.

i heard they were having fraud issues at one point. anyone know anything about this?

anyone know much about this company? Can you tell me about thier services, or if the are even still alive

None of the countries that developed quickly were democracies. They were all benevolent dictatorships. Nigeria will develop slower than they for this reason, but should have a better social fabric

You're right, you dont need to be debt free, but the ratio of debt to equity has to be better than it is now. Nigeria should be a creditor nation and be able to do what south africa has done for zimbabwe.

There has beena lot of talk about the mortage industry picking up. Its like a trillion dollar industry just wasting away. For those thiinking ahead, you better buy some houses or land now

i used t use at&t but i'll see how glo is. I'llcertainly support my people

I think she will be a good example for other women. Show them how to get into elected office and do well. This hand picked minister thing for women needs to end.

Besides, why should she spend all that money abroad? Let her spend some in Nigeria.

Anyway, it's rough out there and ultimately I wish her peace and happiness.