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Slowly, slowly we'll find out what is ailing her

But seriously the first lady of the GIant of Africa had to travel to Germany for ruptured appendicitis. That is it?
We have doctors in LUTH, UCH right?

Those German doctors will probably just shake their head, smile and watch their bank accts grow fatter.

dedeike: My brother, I am as shocked as you are. I wonder why people are this gullible in this part of the world. Anything goes, just say it and it will sail.
Even on Nairaland, it baffles me how supposed literate men take news items from online newspapers such as SAHARAREPORTERS(SHOPRITE OF LIES) very seriously inspite of their rich history of misinformation and falsehood.

Which one be your one? Let's wait & see events unfold. Remeber they kept telling us Umra was running up and down the stairs while the man was in a vegetative state

Sahara reporters has mostly been right on their reporting. Guardian and other national dailies are busy taking brown envelopes so we don't trust them

BTW why do our leader run abroad to treat a common cold?

Asking for the price of gari is a symbolic expression. My take is how is a topic relevant to challenges facing most Nigerians.. Gari being a food consumed by the masses captures this sentiment

So nothing wrong in asking

Warfibabe: ^^^^^ kobojunkie.....its obvious you dont have children yet. try to be up thru out the nite wit a child and the next morning with your red eyes see if you can touch even a cup...

then you can come here and make mouth.

I had a friend like you, even till now with 2 kids, she is still insisting that she dont want no help.. yet her house is a pigstile cus she cant keep up with cleaning. but she will be the first to call ppl lazy.



btw which white ppl are you even talking abt? even the stay at home mums still get help from their partners with children, laundry, dinner, and so on.

a lot of them dont have helps not cause they dont need one, but cause they cant afford one. i have some of them as my friends and i know they cant keep up with housecleaning daily so they do it every 2 to 3 days.

personally i like my house clean everyday, so if i cant get it by myself, i dont see why i cant hire someone else to do it for me.

@op, non living shud be preferable, but only on week days.

Even abroad with all the gadgets, its the same. Our women spend too much time on frivolities - gossiping for hours on the phone, updating FB, chatting on BBM etc. These takes too much time and it's crazy

Most Naija homes look unkempt despite the fact men do their share of the household chores. They find time to do business (selling stuff) and can't spend 3 hrs to keep the house clean. An average home in North America won't take long to clean even with kids

Some now bring little girls from home as house maid and say they're helping the girls family. Rubbish!

noblezone: Mr. President,

Just do what you can and leave the rest.

Nigeria is a failed project of the selfish colonial masters.
It is too bad that Lord Luggard and his fellow slave traders are not hear to see the consequences of their actions.

A nation without a national ideology is nothing but a mirage.

Not yet 2013 and you've given him an excuse

Of course, the criticisms will continue until we see results. Yes, you own boko harem problem, lack of power, bad infrastructures etc.. the buck stops with you. You promised and swore to transform Nigeria; just get on with the job.

Are you expecting sympathy? You knew Nigeria had so many challenges and decided to take on the job of President; volunatrily

andyanders: What I keep asking here is, why should we not consider the state of our roads nationwide and the safety of the hazardous job you want to expose these young graduates? Have we not known that these our roads are death traps? Why must one come out and be given a job he or she does not want because he/she is hungry and must carry these trucks to die on our highways? Have we considered that our security system here is a complete failure in that these guys will be at the mercy of the armed robbers?

If you drive a truck outside the shores of this country like USA, you stand a chance of making good use of your time since they have time to operate as trucks are allowed to start operation by 10pm and exit out of the roads by 6am. Now, just take a look at our roads here and tell me the roads that are safe and you want a graduate after suffering to go to school to be exposed to dangers without any form of security. In as much as we appreciate Dangote's gesture to the youths, he should have employed them as marketers, than truck drivers. Creating employment for the youths should be seen as nation building and not a proposal for one's death.

So its ok for unskilled and illiterate young Nigerians to be exposed to dangers on our road? This your point is irrelevant

This brouhaha is much ado about nothing for three reasons:

1. It's a personal choice whether to apply; it's not mandated by government. We make decisions all the time based on what is best for us. This is one of them

2. The 2,000 positions are a mere speck in the ocean considering millions of graduates are unemployed. It will not solve the unemployment crisis nor impact the economy.

3. In couple of years, high staff turnover from this position may force a reversal by Dangote group to higher school certificate holders instead. And if it succeeds, well all the best. That's how labour demand and supply works.

The real debate should be how to create gainful employment in Nigeria outside the oil sector, telecom, financial services, civil service, multinationals and large companies (like Dangote)

doctokwus: I thought I was d only one dat has seen dat d hyper inflated cost of land& houses in nigeria is simply bc of stupendous ill gotten wealth acquired by politicians & corrupt govt officials.Nigeria's economy is a paradox

Another factor to consider. Corrupt politicians who do not care how much they pay per night so this will keep prices very high. Some even have permanent rooms in Abuja hotels

[quote author=High_Chief]Am sure why most hotels are very expensive is just mainly because they had to generate their own power all day, pump water et al. So all these reflect on the amounts they charge. Nigeria should fix stable electricity and they will see the positive ripple effects in so many sectors.[/quote]Not the only reason. Nigerian business people expect very quick return on investment. Businessmen are not investing for the long term; they want to recoup their money quickly due to the high risk of doing business in Nigeria

People setting up schools do the same. They pack all the costs upfront by charging exorbitant prices. it's short-term mindset.

Given higher labour costs and taxes in UK./U.S.A vs Nigeria the cost of running a hotel should be significantly lower. Plus hotels over there pay heating costs and Labour is unionized too.

Staying in a hotel in Nigeria is just a rip off. simple

safeact: There has been lots of stories where men are been humiliated by their wives as a result of being d bread winner of d house. Girls who are bouyant enough to buy themselves one some times are scared as they think they might scare their suitors away and men on the other way,might be in love with one of such ladies but will always withdraw when marriage is mentioned.

Now, i have a girl friend who confided in me that she cant buy herself a befitting car. According to her, men will b scared of approaching her cos they will think her status is higher than theirs! For record purposes, d girl in question controls about 30million and above but prefers to be jumping bikes.

I tried to convince some of my male friends to go marry d chick after all, she is still in her twenties but they all said NO that they cant marry any girl who is richer than them because they will be sturbon to them later on in d marriage.

My friend needs an advise on what to do in order to enjoy her wealth and still get her hubby. As i talk to you, she has been duped by some men claiming to be in love with her!

dis your story get k leg o. girl in her twenties controlling N30 million? abeg when she finish school, start work/business and get so much. For Naija? she be Adenuga/Dangote pikin? or she collect oyel subsidy money?

manny4life: You see yourself? In your bid to discredit other places, you're more confused. Cities are inside a state, or city states, Enugu is a state while Nnewi, Awka and Onitsha are different cities in Anambra state. There are different types of cities either by size or multi level tier govt cities , according to their rating, they're probably referring to "Mega Cities" type standard, NOT small cities. Although, they NEVER specified, they ONLY talked about the indices used in their ratings.

STOP confusing yourself, [b]Nnewi may not have 10+million in population (size) and belong to Mega cities by size but it's indeed a small city [/b]of it's standard. For instance, DC does not have a population of 5million let alone 10million but it's 300x economically sound than Lagos. I'm just giving you example why cities rank - either by population, size/land mass etc. I can give you several cities with <5million people, but they're economically sound.

Nnewi is a city? c'mon guys get real. In that case Shagamu, Ijebu Ode or Ado Ekiti are cities.

BTW we are talking CITIES here. Don't bring towns/villages with one roundabout into the conversation

dasparrow: How many immigrants living in Toronto can afford to live in the 'swanky' neighborhoods of Toronto?

I don't know. One dullard said VI, Lagos is better place than Toronto hence my comment

neeyee88: :oToronto the fourth bets city to live in the world? they are obviously joking! Toronto aint no where near the 15th best place in the world at all...never! Victoria Island in Lagos is far better...trust me!

No need to make crass comments like this. Ever been to the swanky neighborhoods of Toronto?

Take away places like Lekki,VI,Ikoyi,Ikeja,Magodo,Ajah and you are left with what?

Visit Alimosho (the most populated LG), Mushin, Mile 2, Ajegunle, the chaotic Apapa port and you'll just hate the city. Even Yaba, Surulere, Maryland etc Anthony village have become so chaotic

It's difficult to disagree with this report as much as I love Lagos. It feels like a city about to explode with all those people roaming the street

werepeLeri: Dummy

Just as I thought. A rhino dung

baqina: No country in d world is a paradise, just like you have kids in your neighborhood regretting they were born in Nigeria, we also have kids of other nationals regretting where God created them, this is pure case of self esteem not of origin. We have Nigerians that are today the best in there chosen careers.

Gone are d days when passport was d most lucrative department at Nigeria Immigration Service but now it is d CERPAC, you will be shocked when you see the amount of other nationals turning Nigerians especially the Americans and the British.

Really? I will be very shocked indeed

No country is a paradise. agreed. Fact is a lot of Nigerian kids are not inspired by Nigeria. Go to your neighborhood and talk to them

baqina: It depends on how you look at it.

In terms of corruption,Nigeria can not be compared to the likes of India, Thailand etc

Armed robbery and insecurity, we have countries like South Africa topping the charts. So many nigerians have been killed in the US and UK by robbers and teenage rascals.

Education, we might not have d best education systems but the products of our institutions are among the best in the world with Nigerians being d most educated group in UK and USA. The highest I paid as undergraduate was #15,000 as school fees and with that I just used it to gain admission to 2 universities in the Uk, I was even thinking they would ask mi to start from Pre masters level.

Health, some people think our hospital is a shame but the president of Ghana died after being discharged from American hospital, Stella Obasanjo died in Spanish hospital,A crown prince of Saudi Arabia recently died in German hospital, Michael Jackson died of overdose prescribed by an American doctor etc.

In America and Uk, we have citizens of this countries feeding from the trash cans and some homeless and jobless.I have never seen or heard of anybody combining 2 or 3 jobs to survive in Nigeria.

For those crying foul, Nigeria owe us nothing, it is we Nigerians dt owe her something and gratitude to God for making us Nigerians. For those that care to know, a lot of foreigners are turning Nigerians daily.

I love my country and am proud to be a Nigerian.

You are living in cloud cuckoo land. wake up man we're talking of Nigeria here. Remember the GIANT of Africa.

Take a straw poll amongst kids in your neighborhood and find out how many of them are grateful to God that they are born in Naija

werepeLeri: I have seen a sick, bedridden American whose last words on earth were that he was proud to be American. I do not know any up-and-doing (perhaps the opposite of bedridden?) Nigerian who maintains that he is proud to be Nigerian!


Lie - How many Nigerians have you met on their sick bed? How many Americans have you met on their sick bed? How many Nigerians have you asked if they love their country Nigeria?


I have never in my life seen a Nigerian flag in the private residence of any Nigerian. According to the grapevine, Nigerians do not feel they owe anything to their country and/or government, no wonder they exhibit a persistent disconnect between them and the symbols of their country, Nigeria.

How many Nigerian homes have you been to? Lie.

you seem like an person that just relish being a contrarian. We all know what Nigeria is: it's everyman for himself

And BTW the Nigerian flag is mainly displayed in govt offices; never seen it in people's homes

It's now clear that Jonathan dropped the ball by appointing this buffoon as his PR man. Even if it's a joke why call yourself an animal. Speaking on behalf of govt is serious business not some "pepper soup joint" discussion.

Barely appointed one month but each time this guy opens his mouth you expect an a-bomb to drop. No one takes him serious and perception is that he's only there to CHOP.

Not once has he articulated nor explained Jonathan's policy on Boko Harem, Power supply, the economy etc. Instead he rants and attacks phantom government opposition. Yet some applaud him and say he's very intelligent. Why not continue is medical practice if he's so smart and intelligent?

Will someone tell this guy to shut the f%&% up?

It's now clear that Jonathan dropped the ball by appointing this buffoon as his PR man. Even if it's a joke why call yourself an animal. Speaking on behalf of govt is serious business not some "pepper soup joint" discussion.

Barely appointed one month but each time this guy opens his mouth you expect an a-bomb to drop. No one takes him serious and perception is that he's only there to CHOP.

Not once has he articulated nor explained Jonathan's policy on Boko Harem, Power supply, the economy etc. Instead he rants and attacks phantom government opposition. Yet some applaud him and say he's very intelligent. Why not continue is medical practice if he's so smart and intelligent?

Will someone tell this guy to shut the f%&% up?

ubandire: You are simply a globe trotting blind fool,what do you think you are blabbing about?it is the first time this achievement has been recorded n this country,including when your paymasters whoever they are where in power.

For many of us true Nigerians the achievement so far and ones yet to be recorded needs celebrating, in the sense that power has arguably been the greatest problem of this country,we've seen regimes come and go without achieving half of what has been done by this administration in a little over a year in office,it's very laudable our prayer should rather be that they should continue with the good works already started,this administration understands power is a necessity that's why it's striving to make it available to Nigerians.Given the distractions most of you unpatriotic wicked souls have given this administration,I clearly understand your disappointment that the administration is clearly on track.Shame on you detractors and leave us to enjoy our previously elusive adequate power supply and more democracy dividends that will come with this govt.

Kudos to GEJ and his team for demonstrating their purposeful,selfless and dynamic leadership.Nigerians are solidly behind your wonderful plans for this country.

Jonathan should tell us in plain language that by 2013/14, X number of households across X number of towns will have 24/7 electricity. That's all. Trotting in out numbers on megawatts generated/to be generated or projects ongoing, completed yada yada is all noise.

We're all patriots of this country some of us just don't want to be blindfolded by soothing words. We still remember Jonathan's "Hit the ground running" speech 3 yrs age and are awaiting the results

NO LONG TIN: Well done GEJ, i can see the improvement in my area #KeepItUp....... very soon i'll have to sell my Generator and inverter

Seriously? Better sell it now. In 3 months the market will be flooded with used generators and inverters.

Funkymallam: At least many people are testifying to the fact, that there is improvement. Only the insincere ones and some holed up in HAITI will always show their foolishnes.

The minister only "assured" us days of power outage is over. Fine. Can we take this assurance to the bank? No. That we are seeing pockets of improvement does not mean we shouldn't be skeptical. This govt must be held to it's promise and ensure they deliver. Let's wait and see one year from today. I'll believe it, when I see it.

Jubilating over miniscule improvement is not only premature, it indicates very low expectation. We've accepted mediocre performance from our leaders; very sad and pathetic mindset.

Providing us updates on megawatt generated is absolutely useless. 5,0000 MW, 20,000 MW etc is just a metric for Engineers to bother about. The only thing most Nigerians want to know is WHEN WE GO GET LIGHT? If only 1 MW delivers power who cares!

dedeike: Criticism is cheap especially when the critic is clueless. Doyin's admonition is crystal clear. If you feel that government is not doing anything, you adduce reasons why and proffrer alternative solutions. That way people will take you more serious. That is the foundation upon which credible opposition is built.

You can't just call your self an opposition leader and you repeat the same pedestrian lines that an arm chair critic in a local bar will do.

El Rufai should tell us how better he could tackle the Boko haram challenge. He should be able to say GEJ was wrong in appointing the NSA OR the CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF or the new IG of Police.
El Rufai should be able to tell us that, if we had the misfortune of having him as our president in these trying times, he would have sacked all the policemen and recruit new ones so that Boko Haram will stop.
El Rufai should tell us whether he will mount roadblocks on every street in Nigeria so as to prevent suicide bombers from killing themselves and other Nigerians on the process.
EL Rufai should come out and tell us that he wouldn't have charged Senator Ali Nfume to court or he will just shoot him directly.
El Rufai should tell us whether the setting up of JTF is wrong or not.
El Rufai should tell us that he will not be resident in Aso rock while the people are dying hence he will relocate to the streets of Maidugri and govern Nigeria from there.
El rufai should tell us that he will send drones to destroy the people of Maidugri because Boko Haram is in their midst.
Arm chair criticism never brings power. It may be popular in the interim but it has a way of leaving the person hollow at the long run.

Leaders are always criticized. Jonathan should show results or at least tell us his plan on making Nigeria safer.

Its Rutai''s right to talk trash and my option to listen or not. Jonathan on the other hand is paid to solve the problem of Boko Harem menace.

Better advice OKupe to sit tight inside his Kernel until he has something to bark about. Right now he's a dishevelled old dog that needs to be put down

Okupe over to you. Now you have something to keep you busy and show your daft boss you're working and earning your pay.

At least you'll have more than one item on your status report

What is the fate of the 1 million with less than 5 credits? We're they excluded from the transformation program of Jonathan?

Progress indeeed? This is a joke

banki: Am sure you must have noticed i dont use words like "stupid" to describe people on this forum i honestly think you should tow in that line its wrong for you and you cohorts to always resort to insults when you have nothing to say.

its not news that the treasury has been depleted and the country is on life support! you can tell the marines that its a lie but we know that it got so bad that civil servants were owed thier salaries, corpers were also owed salaries under the guise of a never ending biometric compilation of data! its not news anymore that the government increased the price of fuel by over 100% intialy in January of the year not putting in consideration the people,if you earn 30,000 a month and have 3 children i wonder how you would cope without stealing in Nigeria. simply because with the increase in the price of petrol there was an astronomical rise in the price of coomodities and services nation wide! and the solution was to provide 1200 buses in the middle of the protests, well i doubt if anyone has seen the "subsidy" buses outside Abuja!. You can decieve other people all you want and pretend that all is well you and the people that advise the president if I were doyin okupe, Abati, Maku and the reset of the spin doctors I would address the issues raised and not the personalities.

Theres still a disconnect between the government and the people as admitted by Ngozi Okono Iweala,the people dont trust the government! i know that one of the factors that helped this government in the last elections was the fact that they had control of the media its a very expensive venture and i still wonder how and where they got the funds to do so may be you could tell us!This government is backed by the people that ruined Nigeria and i stand to be corrected if people like Alamesigha, Tony Anenih, Bode George, Bamangar Tukur, Gbenga Daniel, Abdulahi Adamu etc are your campaign coordinators i wonder whose interest you have at heart! People like you are enjoying the country the way it is, you are quick to label other people as enemies forgeting that Adamu Chiroma, Lawal Keita and Atiku Abubakar that promised fire and brimestone are all PDP members, Azazi confirmed that! but you see this is a government that had to wait for over a year to reluctantly sack an incompetent inspector general of police. Who was in charge of the umuahia Aba zone when kidnappers took over the state, and even kiddnapped little kids instead of your commander in chief to relive him off his duties GEJ promoted him to be IGP. The list of clueless decisions are plenty and the reality on ground is that the true real nigerians are not happy.

I want peace and wish the president well, hope he gets better advisers and developes a character of a true leader and not people like you that would sit down and tell him lies

There are couple of paid hacks on this thread spinning the news for Jonathan; they won't read any sensible comment

Jonathan is the President not Rufai or Bakare. Okupe should just tell us what is boss is doing to make Nigeria safer. Okupe is only attacking Rufai to distract Nigerians from asking more questions on securtiy. It's all a smokescreen. They can spin and attack people all they like, still GEJ most do something about Boko Harem. Unfortunately, he has no clue what to do hence the reason he's hired more spin doctors.

Donxavier: Yeah I feel you. I have no problems about Nigerians going to study abroad, or for vacations or to attend conferences or even to work for a couple of years. But why settle permanently abroad? That place can never be home for those born in Nigeria and there is just some honour you can't get abraod as an immigrant. I dunno, but folks should go abroad to make themselves better and come back and improve the country.

It's all about personal choices whether to stay or not. Physically living in Nigeria is not the only way we can help improve the country. Nigerians living abroad are involved in projects - personal, voluntary organisation, business etc to contribute to development. With the speed of digital information and traveling these days communication with Nigeria is now easier.

The American Israeli for instance are great champion for Israel aspirations. They've influenced greatly political dsicourse in the U.S. to favour Israel. Besides, they raise billions of dollars each year to keep Israel competitive against their Arab neighours. You may not agree with their politics but they've helped their bothers at home.

As Nigerians, we need to stop this constant sniping of "them against us". This is very common amongst we Yorubas

Great speech! I will keep this and open in 4yrs time

Only that it reminds me of a great speech made by Jonathan, nearly 3 yrs ago when he swore in his Ministers (i.e. after the Yaradua is alive/dead debacle). At the time, that speech convinced me Jonathan was the real deal but now....

I just have this feeling that it's all words but I hope it translates into action