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In 2001 the world began talking about the Bric countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - as potential powerhouses of the world economy. The term was coined by economist JimO'Neill, who has now identified the "Mint" countries - Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey - as emerging economic giants. Here he explains why:

So what is it about the so-called Mint countries that makes them so special? Why these four countries?

A friend who has followed the Bric story noted sardonically that they are probably "fresher" than the Brics. What they really share beyond having a lot of people, is that at least for the next 20 years, they have really good "inner" demographics - they are all going to see a rise in the number of people eligible to work relative to those not working.

This is the envy of many developed countries but also two of the Bric countries, China and Russia. So, if Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey get their act together, some of them could match Chinese-style double-digit rates between 2003 and 2008.http://www.africareview.com//Special-Reports/Nigeria-could-rise-to-a-top-rank-economy-in-a-few-decades/-/979182/2137614/-/10wqfbm/-/index.html?relative=true

it was just the same with Tinubu certificate saga.

I think you are not also using logic to solve the issues,its not green on the other side if you quit with 2 kids .How come you now complain he his small after 2kids?And you must have been telling him to his face about the immigration stuffs.I may be wrong but i think you maybe aggressive to him.

You may also be the problem with the reasons you have given.

ogologodimkpa: Probably because our babes are beautiful and difficult to get?
The reason they often 'pride' themselves whenever they get one out of milloins.
unlike some tribes that can sleep with you just for...

I don't think so women regardless of tribe are conditioned by the environment in which they live when making choices.

noblezone: We are not the only land locked place in the world.

google can help.

So how will your bring in your machines and export what you have produced ? land locked countries don't normally do well.

noblezone: Yes, Anambra is.

yet, we don't need oil to survive in Biafra.

Industrialization and commercialization will be our strength.

its a land locked place

SK
She is beautiful, light skinned, she has the qualities that qualifies her as a pretty woman. This actress was in a near-death illness some months ago. She is not new in the game of giving apples to many Adams to eat. We even learnt that she snatched a ‘king’ of Lagos drivers from one of her friends, who had taken this actress being described to see her bobo. We now hear that this actress, who has a muslim name that starts with letter ‘S’ is dating a top local music singer. Some years ago, he dated one of actor who has a first name as a popular soft-sell magazine publisher. Some amebors are even telling us that this actress also warmed the bed of an actor cum movie producer who has a name as a former President of Nigeria.

Fatty
Another Yoruba actress in this category is a single mother of two. This actress is really beautiful even with her age. She was believed to have started the ‘aunty’ fight being experienced in Yoruba movie world today when she had a bitter fight with one of her colleagues. One of her sexscapades includes a top politician based in Ibadan, who some olofofos say she milked dry. We even heard that she fought a younger actress who hails from Auchi, Edo State over the same politician. This actress was once rumoured to have greased that ‘rod’ of one popular movie marketer. She has also played the adult game with ex-hubby of one busty Yoruba actress, who has the same surname with a late Yoruba leader and elder statesman. In 2011, this actress, who interestingly hails from Delta State, once had a ‘war’ on bed with the son of one top comic Yoruba actor. This young dude finished from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State.

Bakky
Those very close to this daughter of an Ibadan-based hotelier described her as ‘hot pant’. Right from her days in Ibadan, she is said to have had some underground romance with some actors who visited her dad’s hotel for movie shoots. Even after joining the make-believe industry, many men have been romantically link with her. Pretty and light skinned, this married screen goddess still enjoys life by lubricating some ‘sticks’ of both colleagues and society men. One cannot forget her romance with an Ojodu/Berger transport leader. Some have seen her with different men at different joints in Lagos. Her expensive wonders-on-wheel worth millions of naira was said to have been bought from money made from her different ‘runs’.

TY
This list will never be complete without this actress making the list. She is from Edo State but the way she speaks Yoruba language, you will think she is from Lagos State. We even hear that it is one London big boy that is in her life now after her former boyfriend dumped her in December last year. While dating her former boyfriend, who is now married, this actress was seeing other men. Some have said that this actress can agree to have battle on bed with any man with the payment of 300,000 Naira into her account. If you think this is false, just try it to confirm.

Flakky
What many might not know about this ex-wife of a son of Lagos Commissioner is that behind her innocent look and her activist image lies a woman that loves adult plays very much. Even while in Canada, where she just returned from few months ago with two others colleagues of hers, this busty graduate from one of the best universities in Nigeria was kept warm from the Canadian cold by a chocolate skinned big boy in Canada. Back home in Nigeria, while getting to know a campaigner, who is a handsome man married to preacher, she was also busy doing a ‘factory reset’ on the rich guy very close to the number one citizen of a state. She also is very close to another number one man of a state who is an opposition to her lover's person. A source even told us that this actress likes ‘short time’ with one rich guy, who she dated before her once sweet marriage.

Iya
Is it possible to have this kind of list without mentioning this next actress? It would definitely be insinuated that we are trying to cover up for some people. This actress, who once fought an actress dirty publicly, is a lady that loves to 'play' a lot. She once took her game to a political bigwig when she stormed Ghana for a movie shoot. Interestingly, she was introduced to a one-time Nigerian Senator in Ghana by another actress known to love bed plays also. This actress now heads a group of cute girls she distributes to those who need ‘hot fresh fish’ to eat. One member of her recently launched group has gotten a former governor as her ATM.

Bisi Babe
Another actress on the list is this busty screen goddess who runs from interviews from journalists because of her inability to speak good English Language. She is Kogi State-born and stays around Lekki, Lagos. She has once dated a popular local music king. This actress, who is scares in movies these days, has posh cars in her garage. Her hair is always blown like 'afro'. Her nickname portrays how she enjoys life to the fullest. We now heard that this actress, who has a name as a South West state university which is not too far from Lagos, is pregnant. Some have said that a former lawmaker from Kogi State is responsible for the pregnancy.

D-One
Brought into the movie industry by an actress that a tattoo on her breast, this lady that can be called D-One is also on the list. She stays at Lekki Phase 1 and has some Island big boys as her money spinning factory. One top musician, who is almost the best dressed fuji artiste, was believed to have bankrolled one of her movies. This busty polythenic graduate is now a proprietress of a school around Surulere.

Abuke
Another actress, who many believe is the godmother of them all, once had a romantic affair with a top American music promoter. The man's name, who this actress dated, has a name which almost literally means 'bowl' in English Language. It was believed that this man bankrolled one of her movies which has igbo language spoken in it. This mother of two has also warmed the bed of a top entertainment writer. Their romance was almost believed to lead to marriage until she was given a shocker of her life. She went to Ghana last year to shoot her yet-to-be released movie. We learnt she is highly connected. Her Lekki-home is said to be like a palace. A valuation of the property, as a source, who has seen the house, said that it is worth millions of naira. We even learnt that she was once rumoured to have dated a former state governor.

Enny
Making this list also is this plus size actress that acted a very bad girl role in a popular comic movie that was produced by a multi-talented comic actress. While she is doing her under g runs, she was recently entangled in a love-vendor saga where she was said to have financially rundown a top Ibadan politician. Though it seems not to be true, but some said she once had fun with a popular teenage music star that is in an assault saga with a cab man.
http://www.lamzat.com/2014/01/list-of-most-banged-yoruba-actresses.html

[quote author=magictouch]What do i bliv now after reading an article sometime ago on NL that totally rubished red palm oil[/quote

Olive Oil in better

This senator seems to live on the Nigerian state.

The allure of politics is strong. Whether for the big money or for the power and influence, political office, especially for those who have tasted it, remains a beautiful bride to court and have eternally. That’s why recent moves by Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi from his self-imposed exile in London are not coming as a surprise. The rotund two-time senator who first served Lagos Central Senatorial District between 1999 and 2003 before moving to the Lagos West Senatorial District from 2003 to 2007 wants to stage a comeback. He’s angling to replace his successor, Senator Ganiyu Solomon, who is rumoured to be nursing an undying ambition to rule Lagos State. How this would pan out in the long run remains to be seen considering Afikuyomi’s withering political influence in Lagos.

In the run-up to the 2007 governorship election, Senator Afikuyomi threw his hat into the ring, but because Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had anointed incumbent Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola as his successor, he sought a different platform to actualise his ambition. He defected from the Action Congress to the All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, on which platform he contested and lost the governorship poll. Shamefacedly, he returned to the party and was appointed Commissioner for Tourism. If Nigerians saw the appointment as a demotion of sort– from senator, governorship candidate to commissioner – Afikuyomi didn’t see it that way.

He saw it instead as a means to remain in a political office. After the uproar that greeted his involvement in the acquisition of the Sunborn Yacht Hotel, he was quietly eased out after Fashola’s first term. Thereafter, he headed to Osun and was a ‘Special Assistant’ to Governor Rauf Aregbesola. He didn’t stay long in Osun before relocating to London where he is reaching out at present and consulting widely on his next move.http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/tokunbo-afikuyomi-again-/168064/

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Bloody rogue

This Northerners will never hand over power back again if they get power

vislabraye: Nigerians have short memory and that's our problem. OBJ is one of the people who have put this country where it is. The blood of Bola Ige is still crying for vengeance.

Right on point ,He has been part of the problem ,He cant be part of the solution as well.He wants the situation to continue .

Get ready for cardiac arrest,High blood pressure!Una go tire and die fast sign me

saxywale:

Did you do government in school?

greggng: Keep quiet nigeria is heading for the rock and the military is the last hope.

So you support military rule?How old are you?

Sincere 9gerian: Haven't you noticed people from southeast, southsouth and even some parts of the north openly lambast their non-performing governors on this platform? Have you also noticed how some APC e-warriors from certain part of the country try to shield their non-performing governors because of tribal solidarity?

I think you tried to turn logic on its head. People are just being objective in their assessment of GEJ. And when you assess him objectively (place the good alongside the negatives) you'll realise that the hatred some people have for GEJ cannot be justified. It is hatred that can only be due to tribal bigotry.

You got it wrong in you last statement,but his kinsmen did a lot of damage to him in the name of supporting him.The coup if it takes place will be a bloody one.

Passing Shot: Who is talking about Yinka here? When has Yinka become Afenifere the Socio-political group? And what do you mean by the bolded? Oh I see, you feel older than anyone who doesn't agree with your line of thought. It's a pity!

A National discussion make sense and you ask yourself why some people dont want it despite being in power for so long.

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]Yinka' scary is not about patriotism, it is for his billion contract from Presidency! We know Yinka is an hungry man, He hobnob with anyone in power and that is how age feeds Himself and family.

Has Yinka ever had any decent job like working in a bank, ministry or own His own business? Have you asked about his antecedent during the military era and even in the early days of democracy Some of you are child of this morning His, hence you swallow what ever any tom and silvanus says![/quote]Dont you think a national conference makes sense?Cant you read and understand the messages in the article very well.

Afenifere Traces History Of Previous Obasanjo Letters, Warns Of Imminent Coup
Posted by: daniel on December 31, 2013

OBJ's letterPan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Monday said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s December 2 letter to President Goodluck Jonathan was similar to his previous criticisms of some past administrations, which had not done the country any good.


In an unprecedented move, the group also raised the alarm over alleged moves to truncate the proposed National Conference by staging a coup against Jonathan’s administration.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere explained that Obasanjo’s previous intervention in Nigeria’s national affairs via his letters had always been followed by a change of government.
Afenifere called on the political class not to “enable” generals, “who have not been known to act in the collective interest in their infamous careers”.
The group highlighted how past governments, from the regimes of late Gen. Murtala Muhammed, Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida were changed following criticisms in which Obasanjo had allegedly played a prominent role.
The group likened Obasanjo’s recent 18-page letter to a document allegedly circulated in January 1976 during Muhammed’s regime in which Obasanjo was the deputy. The regime later fell in a bloody coup and the baton of leadership fell on Obasanjo, who curiously was not consumed by the coup.

http://www.informationng.com/2013/12/afenifere-traces-history-of-previous-obasanjo-letters-warns-of-imminent-coup.html

The negative fortune of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is set to deem even further as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal is set to formally decamp to the leading opposition party in the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Speaker’s decision came as a shock to the leadership of PDP, who earlier in December had extracted a word of commitment from the House leaders that member’s defection will no longer be tenable. National Mirror gathered that the Sokoto State chapter of the APC has mandated its Tambuwal Local Government chapter to formally present a membership card to the Speaker who has been asked by the state Governor, Aliyu Wamakko to formally declare his stand.
It was gathered, however, that Tambuwal would retain his seat as Speaker due to the numerical strength of the opposition party as soon as he decamps from the PDP and join the APC in January.
It will be recalled that the defection of some members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the ruling party into APC has brought the number of the federal lawmakers of the opposition party to 172. The PDP presently has 171.
The likely defection of Tambuwal will further alter the equation in favour of APC in the House, with its membership increasing to 173, with PDP coming down to 170. More PDP members in the House are also planning to join Tambuwal as soon as he declares for APC.
A source in Tambuwal's camp confirmed the move by saying:
Mr. Speaker is set to tap the numerical strength of APC in the House to retain his seat. The defection of Mr. Speaker is going to alter the political equation in the House substantially because many other members of the House are likely to join him to move to APC.
“The speaker has made up his minds and he has perfected the strategies with the leaders of APC and he is not likely to go into APC alone as some of his colleagues in the House have also decided to follow him into the opposition party.
Source.All Progressives Congress

The House of Representatives has mandated the Cordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to produce a detailed report on the exact amount of money Nigeria lost to import duty waivers between 2011 and 2013.

She was also directed to provide the full names of the beneficiaries; what the waivers were used to import; and the justification for granting such duty exemptions.

The directive was contained in the 50 questions on ‘state of the economy’, which the House Committee on Finance handed over to the minister during a session with the committee in Abuja on Thursday last week, after the 2014 budget was laid down by her in both chambers of the National Assembly.

The committee Chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, had exchanged hot words with the Finance minister, leading to the abrupt end of the session with the minister.

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Source: ThisDay Newspaper