But why are you guys praising the man for what he is employed/appointed/elected/selected to do? The man is just doing what ordinarily should be his job description as a governor. It is only in Nigeria that public office holders are celebrated for doing what they are suppossed to do.

What else is he f*#cking there for other than to fix the roads, the street lights, hospitals, etc?

The problem with Nigerian is that they want it both ways. They want a good country and everything for "free" provided for by the "government". Yet, when anyone tries to implement those, they complain.
Well, here in America, if you don't pay your tax, you get thrown in jail. Your Car, House and anything of value that you own gets taken by the government and auctioned off at whatever price the government can get for it. If after selling your stuff and they did not make enough money, you owe the balance.
Tax evasion is a serious crime that ruins your credit and that's just the start of your problems. With a ruined credit, you can not get a "good job". If they government convicts you of a felony, which tax evasion is, then you will not be able to vote again in many states.
They should stay shut down till they pay their taxes. While they are it, they should go after BBC, CNN etc. Fact is they doing business without paying taxes.
Wake Nigerians.
Revmallam

All these horror stories!!!!

Shocked Shocked Shocked


That's it. I'm NEVER having a baby

@Poster

I threw up on the Director and the HR Manager conducting the interview

@ Method-Man
WOW more than an embarrassment.

yeah back to the issue about feeding well

one dude came 4 an interview in my coy, after passing tru the written tests in flying colours,

as he was finalizing issues with the GM, he collapsed n fainted!!!,

my

sry i got cut off, my GM nearly heart a coronary that day.
fortunately the dude was revived n a tin of peak milk was administered 2 him,
he then confessed that he was on 7days fasting in his local church.[not sure if he said that 2 save face, or he was serious]

but at the end of the day,,,,he failed to snag the job!!, guess his fainting spell played a major role 2wards his failure,

so guys please please eat well n dree properly before an interview.

4 the dude asking about suits,

yes suits are a must if u are going 4 a banking/fin house interview.


4 oil n gas, it aint mandatory,

@ earthrealm

Too funny

Cheesy I had similar experince when i went for a interview, i was shaking within me. a question was ask what is the past tense of undertake out of fear i answer under-went. bro & sis i maintained eye contact with the interviewer. He repeated the question i answer the same thing. he score me 4 , i came out laughing at myself. what i know i could not answer again because of fear.

So what came of the conference Abalaka held in Canana,is it?It was held 2 years ago.Perhaps he did find a cure,but he shouldn't have sought validation from his government,if none was to be had. Texazzpete is correct. You discover the cure for AIDS, you have the world at your feet and no government can stop you or 'kill your dreams'.Perhaps the man is a patriot and wanted Nigeria to get recognition for his find.But he's an educated man,not an illiterate herbalist. A scientist knows the way to peer-reviewed journals and Foundations willing to sponsor further research,and the credit would still go to him and to the country he's from,irrespective of where the support comes from.

You discover the cure for AIDS,you'd nearly go insane from the fire of your find. It's like a cure for cancer. Lack of government support would not put that fire out.

He should prove once and for all he has the cure for the danged thing,or shut the hell up already.

First off, i must express my EXTREME dissapointment with all these boneheads talking about Abalaka. Did the Wright brothers receive Government help before they flew their plane? Did Galileo receive government help?

The man says he made his cure from low cost herbs and stuff. There are thousands of Nigerians living with HIV/Aids in Bonny and Benue state, do you think if he had set up shop there with his so called 'cure' he wouldnt have been rolling in dough and been world famous?
He challenged the Government to send proven cases of HIV to him. Does he not know where he could get thousands to experiment on?

The truth is Abalaka never had the cure. It defies logic that someone would hold the holy grail of medicine and be complaining of lack of Government support. Some people just thrive on the attention, like those guys in the US that claimed they had found a corpse of Bigfoot. Shame some people here on Nairaland are easily misled.

@ TEX-ASS-PETE You are the real BONEHEAD here. Look at your life and tell me what claims YOU have.

It is better to be a spoke in a rolling Wheel than a be HUGE Wheel not rolling at all.

If you don't believe in good things, at least don't discourage others.

All I have said is that, if it were in an advanced country, government will at least give a listening ear, not ban him. If ur sorry-ass must know, the man's drugs were banned.

So, how would he have gone to your villa, where there's a scourge of the dreaded disease to treat them.

I have no affiliations with DR. Abalaka, but I appreciate an effort when I see one.

Please, I am not here for flames, I just hate it when I see some little boy just of university with loose morale.

It is because of your likes government is afraid to sign the FOI bill. It isnt signed yet and you're running your mouth (or your Thoughts) like tap water already, what happens when it is signed??

Maybe the Ministry of health will spend billions of Naira soon to order equipment for marrow transplant to cure AIDS in the country.

Nigerians who have ideas have never been encouraged by past governments.

e.g.
1. Dr Ezekiel Izuogu- Nigerian made car Z-600

http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/1stNigerianMadeCarNews.html

2. Brino Gilbert - Counter Collision Gadget (CCG) a device that has the capacity to avert accidents on the road, air, sea and rail.
http://www.edofolks.com/html/pub138.htm

3. Mohammed Bah Abbah - pot-in-pot cooling system for refrigeration.

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

4. Philip Emeagwali - Gordon Bell Prize winner on computing with over 41 inventions submitted to the US. Patent and Trademark Office.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Name_some_Nigerian_inventors


THIS IS THE REASON WE LACK INDEGINOUS POWER, MEDICAL CARE, RAIL ROAD AND GENERAL TRANSPORTATION, ETC
AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO SELL TO THE WORLD OTHER THAN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND OIL.

Its really not whether its govt duty to support them or not, but what do you think when these people are asking for the support or recognition from a govt that when unseated will be blamed for billions of unaccounted naira. I am sure the Wright brothers got support from their govt at the time either license to try their invention or the piece of land to experiment.

aids is not real, it`s just an american idealogy of disturbing sex,

There is no need blaming anybody, This Chinese and those HAUSA people who gave them the contract will have to go to the orbit and locate the sat.

@ Sam Milla

You are so funny

When I heard the story on Wed, I was

It is just too bad!!!!!!! I hope justice reigns.

iIcalled a freind of mine in the navy to find out what really Happened.

HEAR THEM.

The body of the ladies car was hitted by one of the naval police to have her give way.
But instead she took a horse wip from her car to flog the hand of the Naval police.


This is what really enraged them.

Well you are free to say they over reacted!

but what is a lady and indeed most Nigerians doing carrying horse wip in their cars.

I am sure she must have wipped a number of men and gone free before this.

Well don't jump on me yet, I just gave you the other side of the story.

You can make up your minds.

I don't support the action of the Naval police though

I pity the family members of those naval men, they must be punching bags, the wives and the kids. or maybe they are divorced , but those men need mental rehab,they should be taken cehrubim and seraphim mental home where they use koboko to cure madness. and the officer should be demoted

Couldn't hold my self Not only demoted but dismissed to teach others some lesson.

May I suggest that we all start to do something no matter how small. I appreciate the way people feel about the whole situation, but let's be honest no matter how much and how often we complain it cannot change the situation.

Things to consider

Training young children in your area for free
Donating your used clothing, books, shoes etc to local children
Donating raw food stuff to families you know are suffering
Investing money in local traders biz, e.g pepper seller, meat seller etc. I can hear people saying NO WAY, who can I trust. We have to start somewhere
Visiting hospitals and donating baby clothes, paying off a new mother's bill.
Digging a well in our village
Opening a library in our old school
Teaching people to draft a CV and how to conduct themselves at an interview for free.
paying for a child's education that you may not really know but their plight has come to your knowledge
Visit homes where we know that there are disbaled or sick people there just to help them clean, wash clothes etc. Even just visiting and cahtting to them may be all they need.
Donating beds, duvets, story books, body creams( u know that cream you bought that did not suit you and u want to throw away), to shelters for drug addicts. prostitutes, orphaned childern etc
Volunteering to go to the market for a vulnerable adult that lives next to you
Raising money in your office for people who need surgery but cannot afford it.

This christmas is a good one, buy a very nice and useful hamper for that woman that stands in front of your office selling boli or soemone else, it would make their christmas.

So many other things I cannot think of right now.

Imagine a scenario where  a driver hits someone because the brakes are bad, if we knew about it before hand and could afford to sort it out and did nothing we are as gulty as the driver. I am not saying encouraging people to be irresponsible, but people we know are genuinley trying but can't make ends meet.

How many of us volunteer our time to our churches, mosques etc.Think about it
I hope this makes sense

wetin we dey celebrate?!

Did u just woke up from sleep?

This is why i still believe that only, and i repeat, only an Igbo president will take bold steps to bring infrastructure changes anywhere in Igboland. Left for these crooks that we are caged in the same country with, they will never do anything worth doing in anywhere Igboland territory because of the fear of the rise of Igbos. No good roads, no international airport, no sea port, and now, a bridge that will soon collapse and kill no other people than Igbo sons and daughters.

But when it's time to elect Igbo president, you will see same people asking silly questions like "can we trust Igbo president"   "Igbos must provide their best of bests as presidential candidate" as if their own group have ever provided the best of their people in the past as nigeria's president.

Why would Channels TV air such a rumour. Thats stupid journalism. So they have to bear the consequenses. Do you even realize who is involved and what is involved? , The President of Nigeria, and Change of Power.

Dictatorship ke? There is a difference between freedom of speech and careless journalism that could cause havoc in any nation.

Based on the rumour instability could arise as many Northerners are already talking about making sure that the North does not lose out should Yar'adua go as they have a slot that must be filled.

So, for Channels to air such serious issues based on unverified information then the TV station deserves to be sanctioned.

The other time we were told that Ibori's plane was found somewhere in West Africa and the papers made a lot of money selling trash to unsuspecting Nigerians.

Our media houses should wake up to responsible journalism, enough of the lies and misinformation that tend to cause problems in Nigeria while they smile to the banks.

Foolish set of people(sorry if you're hurt by my statement)

u want to go to sweden ?best advice stay home and find something really good to do, there is money back home.u might ask the dumbest question like they ask saying "if that place is so bad why don't u come home then", but let me tell you the truth, the fact is how many of us here are really making it, 2 in million ? simply none.what do we live on ? loans,mortgage, car finance, and all sorts of available debts.i am a chemical Engr and i work in a very reputable company but i know what my colleagues back home have or live like working in companies not even as better as mine.if u know anyone that had stayed 20 years in the UK,US or wherever in the western world and has refuse to come home, its simply because he hasn't make it.

let me give u an example, a friend just bought an X5 in nigeria for 8 million cash, for someone to pay that for a single car means he still has lots of reserve.currently, that's about £33,333 pounds in the UK. where in the world am i going to get that cash from even working for the next 6 years i wont save that in the UK, Yes! how will i do that? no way, but my friend bought it and so many other examples, back to the dumbest question Nigerians ask , people can't come home because there's simply not enough to come back too, because same people will say "since u ve being there what did u achieve?"

i heard soemone say "the western world will give u exp." f**k exp. exp my ass, to do what with the experience? build the next space ship? or the next sky refinery? its experience what u start looking for after you have paid 19000 pounds to study every year for 3 years?

Best advice--- come here to study and get the f**k out
No Runs? believe me in the western world , one can never, lets leave the rest for the man Upstairs.

@ builder
abeg if u noget better thin to say jst shut your mouth.?

any nigerian that is not smart, intelligent and hard workin enough to make it at home definately has zero chance of makin it in someones land.

If anyone intend to sponsor me abroad either for studies or I will tell him to borrow me the money involved and I will pay back with interest after 2 years.

@all,
What would you do if you came home after a hard day at work and found………?

Where will I start from?

Should I ?

I will be too mad at them especially the older one who is still smiling. I won't stop being mad at him until the work is finished.

But was anyone not meant to stay with them? Anyway, he/she may be sleeping or busy somewhere not knowing a great painting had been for free.

who wants to come and live in Nigeria for 3 years before becoming a citizen, its crazy !!!!!!!!!!
You ll be lucky, if you are still normal after 3 years, provided you re alive. Armed robbers regularly target returnees, and the Nigeria factor would make lose faith in humanity.

This is the type of Nigerians you hated because they speak the truth so that you lot can change instead playing blind patrotism. Arrogant, ignorant and brainless to you maybe but no need playing a gallant patriot in far away Texas, London, Paris, Madrid or New York. You should head home straight away and enjoy the paradise, where the only triving business is politics coated in looting public fund.

Anybody crying for being refused a Nigerian citizenship is like the best player in the world crying for being refused to lace his boot for Equatorial Guinea of all footballing nations.

@ Eziachi- God will bless you for saying the truth. Really suprised that our new generation still got loads of psycophants. Its going to be a long time before things will change. I thought Nigeria has Citizenship by registration but it looks like it is one of those political promises from politicians.
Anyway- The Embassy can keep their passport at the moment- If am desparate for it I will get it through the Nigerian way but I don't wont to contribute to any corrupt practice in Nigeria - The statistics is already high.