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[quote author=baby-boy link=topic=561191.msg7261209#msg7261209 date=1291324249]Spot on Omo tier

Do you know that Qatar are going to build 22 stadiums (13 retractable stadiums) that would be collapsed after the world cup and taken to 3rd world countries and set them up for free,[/quote]I thought that one and Japan's 400 stadiums fan zones with 3D screens on the pitch itself got Blatter's head spinning! Funny these same english yobs whinning on 606, Radio 5 Live, Talk Sports, Sky, etc  about the temperature will be the first to book 3weeks Holidays off work before the world cup starts in Qatar to go get some NATURAL TANNING!

Personally, I think the scale of reusuables in Qatar's bid is stunning to say the least. The only sad part of all these is Qatar rely heavily on expatraites for much of what she does and I fear majority of the HUGE construction work to be carried out will be done by foriegners, unless Qatar can develop the skills required between now and 2015 which seems literally impossible to be honest.

But again I would say congrats to them. I long to see  the day when Nigeria will be participating in the bidding process of major global events (not like the CWG charad Obj did wasting our time , money and Effort when it was pretty obvious that the Brits would never allow Nigeria to stage CWG for obvious reasons)and who knows some of the good brains on NL might just be members ofthe bid team!
Pardon me for bringing this one in! Ha ha, now this reminds me of the voting for the 2014 CWG! I remember following through the analysis of that bidding on Radio 5 Live and I can recall the comments made by 5 Live's sport presenter Alan Greene when He said that He thought Abuja's bid was far more superior and of better value for money than Glasgow and that the only reason He could deduce Abuja might not get it would be the Political instability in Nigeria, yet when the voting result was handed in, it was obvious the quality of the bid had very little impact on the way the vost was cast for Glasgow. I was even surprised they way the national stadium in Abuja was presented in their analysis of one that already has what a host venue of the CWG might need and more so they were very impressed by the qaulity of what they saw when they visited the stadium according to them.

Mariory:
Agreed! The fail is colossal. This is a country that has never qualified for any world cup. So moronic. Congrats to Russia though.

Maybe you should actually follow the line of reasoning of Sagamite:

It is simple: FIFA is practicing New Horizons.

SA ---> Russia ------> Qatar

How many times have SA qualified for the world cup? I think we all know that FIFA is after countries who have money to spend on new facilities and infrastructures. More so, I think Blatter wants to truly give every part of the world the feeling that its truly a WORLD CUP and not some WESTERN EUROPE/SOUTH AMERICA cup. At least something He can boast that He achieved while He was the head of FIFA. Haven read the response of the head of the England bid on BBC website tonight, it is obvious that England failed woefully because of 1. Very poor deals done 2. Too late deals with no sincere commitments.
Let's not deceive ourselves, every bidding process involves cutting deals regardless of the sport, otherwise why would so many nations be fighting to have their man at the very top level/committee of most global sporting bodies?

dayokanu:
World cup in Qatar = Epic fail
Instead of this we would be seeing this
Would fans be allowed to drink beer at the Qatar World cup?
Qatar prohibits importation of Pork, How would western fans survive?
Qatar daytime temperature is about 50C Thats hell on the field

Absolute trash! Seems you'r falling for the stupid English rants. Who says you can't have a world cup fiesta without beer? Beside, Qatar bid chief has already said the the rules will be relaxed to allow some drinking during the tournament. Again, I personaly think England is deluded to think they are the home of football = best football lovers.
What you may not have realized is that Qatar's bid wasn't for immediate commercial gain  from the world cup rather they want to use it as a spring board to open up their country to the outside world so they can command some influence and respect like UAE currently does. Let me remind you that in Qatar's bid, there is a staggering $40bn or there about budgetted for high speed metro rail and some 21st century road, water and air transportation infrastrcutre.
More so, Qatar already has a large chunk of that money to start spending and in comparison to the England bid, (apart from the backlash of the media sting) FIFA knows England hasn't got the money to host the world cup as they would have to rely heavily on coporate sponsorships with all manner of pledges that sometimes do impact on the smooth preparation for the world cup like we are currently witnessing in London 2012. Further, there were two issues FIFA demanded way back in March 2010 that England should pledge they would do: 1. Legislation to make the FIFA event tax free to an extent 2. The possibility of visa free event. Russia delivered on thsoe two demands, plus there is a state backing for the Russia bid compared to England. FIFA knows that with state backing, they would have less to do on finances and focus more effort on prompt delivery of quality projects at agreed timelines.

guess England could actually start another competiton -WHINGING! maybe they would win the hosting right for that without any close rival.

Funny listening and reading comments by so called english football fans (aka unrepentant thugs) with their holier than thou attitude, making claims of FIFA corruption and the amafia russia state.

Well maybe it is hightime someone tells England that gone are the days when they muscle their way through the world stage with others doing a siddon look! They accuse FIFA of corruption claiming their bid was better both technically and financially, but they are quick to forget that in the bidding process for the 2012 Olympics, Paris had a far better bid both technically, commercially and financially, yet lost to the high wire backroom deals (as england would like to call it! instead of the obvious name: CORRUPTION) of Tony Blair!

Again did England ever think FIFA wold be fooled by all their actions in intimidating FIFA executives? It was obvious England was upto something fishy with her so called revealation about FIFA corruption. I am not in anyway in support of Amos Adamu, but I have asked this question: Why didn't the sunday times pull off her so called investigative sting before the visit of then england bid team to Adamu in Abuja? Why was the sting carried out after a report emerged that Adamu's vote was crucial to England gettng past the first round of voting?
Maybe England/UK should realize that they can no longer decieve others with their holier than thou attitude when it comes to global events as they are far more corrupt than most of the countries they accuse of corruption, only difference is that they use their corruption proceedings to the benefit of their citizens!

People of talk of Soudo's credentials and his so caled achievements as CBN gov. makes me LOL! They all forget that Soludo had a free spending spree regime as CBN gov. yet He messed up the economy big time! In fact if the rating agencies had access to the data they now have way back then, they would have concluded tht Nigeria can not be rated!

Knowing what I know now about the stinky rots in the Banking sector courtesy of Soludo VERY POOR risk management skills/approach, I fear the worst if this same individual ever end up being Nigeria's VP.

As for Atiku 10% CIT, again He is just another nutter who reels out whatever people like Soludo writes on a piece of paper as economic policy even if it was just a crip-sheet scribbles!

All the reports published to date on why companies are not doing well in Nigeria has never mentioned or recommended the need to reduce CIT. Moreso, the numbers desn't add up! From 30% to 10%, that is abit mind troubling! Worst, He failed to tell us how the 20% would be repaid. And this was same man who was VP for 8years during the oil boom, yet very few Nigerians felt the impact of they govt. he was part of. All He did was busy himself with looting of public funds and indulging (as was reported in some newsprints) in homosexuality!

despam:
@OmoTier, Sagamite

I will be applying to these Universities for MEng Electronics and Electrical Engineering. I have contacted them and have been asked to apply to them except for Bristol. Still waiting to hear from them.

1. UCL

2. University of Birmingham

3. University of Leeds

4. University of Bristol

5. University of York

6. Newcastle University.

I will apply to only 5 of these universities. If I receive a positive response from Bristol, which of them do you think I should drop from the list. Moreso, University of York offers MEng Electronics & Computer Engineering.

How do you rate the Engineering courses in these universities especially Electronics Engineering.

Thanks.

Dude, let me start by saying you have began by making a good choice to go for MEng as most top FTS 100 Enginering companies now prefer MEng students than MSc for the obvious reason that MEng student cover more subject areas and do then to end up with broad knowledge of field of Engineering compared to their MSc counterpart - (at least that was part of the findings from some top UK Engineering companies including Airbus, UK.
As for the list, I would go for Bristol ! Redbrcik university, top notch in Engineering and Medical Sciences. Facility wise ther have it in place. I have been to much of their Engineering facilities , seen it with my eyes first hand and they are right there at the tops when you mention facilities. Another plus for Bristol is their close collaboration with many EU research agencies. The location, Clifton, Watershed/Bedminister area is just ideal for student, as accommodation is relatively cheap, food (thought cheap but African food is abit expensive), transportation-very good network of bus roots with Uni Bristol having their own bus shuttle from the different campuses to city center, First great western Bus 8 connects Clifton to City Center- lots on this route, UWE bus shuttle available too.

Next Uni on that list will be joint UCL /Leeds. Great facilities, good enironment. Had couple of matey in Leeds and they absolutely loved it there.

Like I said, the most important thing when choosing university for Engineering degree is accreditation! So if I were you , I would go to IET website ('cos I know IET accredits Electrical, Mechanical, Aerosapce-Systems/Avionics and whole lots) and check if those universities you listed are all have electrical accredited to MEng level. Mind you some are accredited to BEng level and not MEng and some are accredited for MSc but not MEng.

Finally, as for Bristol, they like to satisfy their top A-Levels posh students first. But if you have very god A-levels result, then you most likely going to get admited into Bristol but you would have to apply early! Okay maybe some people are not aware of this, but most of the UK redbricks universities have allocation/quota reserved for some "elites". Like some years back, Tony Blair's kiddie used that quota to get into Bristol when his dad was still the PM.

All this blah blah about league tables and what not! Duno how many FTSE 100 companies will recruit you 'cos you attended a university in the top 10 of the league table! Except for Bristol, most of the unversities listed top 10 are pretty useless in Engineering related degree anyway. Amongest the FTSE 100 Engineering companies I have worked in, I could count those of us that were from universities in the top 10 league tables and blimmin' when I had the opportunity to chat with some of the brains behind Concord, A380 aircraft, pretty amazing that none of them were products of these 'Elites' university rather majority were from "old chappy" university.

So my candid words to anyone going into UK university to study desk and workshop related degrees ( and not those desk top degrees), is for you to open your eyes and have a vivid look at the modules content. Take a tour (virtual or real ) of their facilities and try to find information relating to their teaching quality. Go to the professional accrediting body's website and check if the university is on the list of accredited university for the degree award.

At the end employers will only recruit you based on what you have learned and put to use from what you were thought ( i.e. hands on experiencial knowledge) and not by the name of the university you attended, especially if your career prospect is in Engineering - Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Civil, Nuclear, etc

This is no NEWS! Just short of sensationalism. People should leave Pastor hris Oyakilome alone. Shame th devil is still using same old tricks He tried on before and guess what? Same result of failure will be the outcome.

Okay for those that know so much about Pastor Chris's International arm and how much that arm raises and spends in some regions of the world, then a talk of $35million is laughable to be honest.

If EFCC feels there is the need to investigate, then let EFCC do their job and I am quite sure that Pastor Chris would glaldy assist them should they want to obtain statements from him. All these reminds me of how Arch. Bishop B.E. Idahosa was viciously attacked and called names but at the end, those that called him names are like the chaffs of the a threadfloor today.

May God help us all to discern the truth and live by it. May we never become obstructionists to God's agenda least we will be swept away like the dust of the field.

.Nigeria will post a budget deficit this year equivalent to 6.1 percent of gross domestic product after revenue missed forecasts, Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said.

Expenditure is estimated at 5.16 trillion naira ($34.2 billion) and revenue at 3.18 trillion naira, Aganga said today at a briefing in Abuja, the capital. There were shortfalls in both oil and non-oil revenue, he said.

Nigeria’s parliament in July approved a 4.67 trillion-naira budget after making additions and other changes. The revision followed a drop in oil prices and additional expenditures to cover increased pay and expenses related to next year’s election. The country, Africa’s most populous and the continent’s top oil producer, derives more than 80 percent of its revenue from the sale of crude.

In an effort to protect domestic manufacturers and boost revenue, the country will be imposing tariffs on goods previously prohibited from being imported, Aganga said. Duties ranging from 30 percent to 40 percent will be imposed on products including furniture, textiles and drinks, he said.

The ban on the items was “ineffective,” and led to smuggling from neighboring countries that meant the government lost revenue, he said.

Part of the proceeds from the tariffs will be used to fund the state-owned Bank of Industries, which lends to small businesses, Aganga said. Some of it will also be used to support the textile industry.

Aganga also said he expects the sovereign wealth fund that Nigeria plans to establish for investing savings during periods of high oil revenue to become operational before the end of the tenure of the current government in May next year.

Nigeria will use $1 billion to start the fund, which Aganga said may improve the country’s rating with Fitch Ratings. The agency lowered its outlook on Nigeria’s BB- credit rating to “negative” from “stable” on Oct. 22, concerned about withdrawals from the excess crude account and a drop in foreign currency reserves.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-29/nigeria-targets-2010-budget-deficit-of-6-1-aganga-says.html

9ijaMan:
How myopic can one become when viewing issues related to GEJ (referring to his cronies)? Perhaps you failed to read the various accusations and counter accusations on the story. Camp GEJ started the whole thing. The leak started from the presidency (perhaps to blackmail SNG). But it backfired on GEJ. Tunde Bakare and the other SNG guys only spoke after they realize waht team GEJ may have planned to do.
So far, none of the GEJ guys have denied offering the bribe, they are only making futile attempts at discrediting SR.

I guess you are the one that is myopic and despot. Like several others have asked, how did the SNG know that the total sum was $50k? Again how did the SNG come to the conclusion that it was a bribe and for what purpose was that bribe met for? Atleast a bribe is usually given in return for something and SNG should come out and tell Nigerians what "returns" was being sort by GEJ from the SNG.

I actually do not know what to make of Tunde Bakare anymore. Honestly, I feel somewhat ashamed of this story. If I may ask:

1. For what purpose will this story serve?

2. Why is SNG trying to make themselves look like saints in this story when infact we know most of them are opportunist

3. Was and/or is this not the same SNG that is rocked by embazzlement of some moneies which to date we did not get to the truth of the matter?

4. If truly they visited the President and HE offered some moneies, why can't they just come out and say that they were given some money but that they returned because they didnt think it was right and didnt want others to misconstrue their standings on isues of national importance. Why must they term it a bribe? My head is doing me in to try figure out for what reason GEJ will want to bribe SNG?

5. Why did SNG have to reveal the news in a sensationalist manner, which suppose they are seeking the spot light and want to be seen as holier than thou?

Oh God, Nigeria will one day be freed from groups who take advantage of the Nation Nigeria to perpertuate their own agenda!

@debosky,
How does submitting P60 Form with your application be costly administratively? I guess that would be a straight forward thingy for the Home Office to do since they work hand in hand with HMRC.

I do not agree with a cap on visas, it send wrong signals to potentials and yes indeed it has already started sending wrong signals. How noticed the Austrailia govt. is now taking advantage of the non-focus UK govt. immigration reform to lure UK trained graduates to Austrailia?

Seriously, do you think any enterpreneur with earnings of150K will see the UK as destination of choice for investment? With top of the roof tax and very toxic business environment for start ups. Trust me, I have been there and I know what I am talknig about.

"There are restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian EU citizens, which are the ‘poorest’ countries and thus the highest source of EU immigration going forward.

Besides, in the longer term, EU migration will fall/stabilize due to growth and increase in wealth in the new EU states. Conversely, there will still be billions of immigrants ever ready to come in from Africa (Nigeria), Pakistan, India and China for at least another 30 years so those large population sources have to be targeted for long term control of immigration". You fail to also look at the other side of te coin that in 30 years time, these countries are likely to become more wealthy hence immigration to the UK will become less of an option. Nigerian I know for sure will abandon the UK once the infrastructure (Water, Electricity, Good roads,Education and Health) and security is greatly improved in Nigeria. And in my opinion given the pace at which some states are now beng transformed (e.g Lagos,Rivers), 30years is too long a time before Nigeria will attain such development. I think the 2005 to 2007 Obasanjo era is pointer of what will happen to Nigerians in Diaspora when the govt of the day makes Nigeria conducive for her citizens. I can remember many Nigerians left the UK to pickup jobs in banks in Nigeria, earning mega bucks and some are noe head of regional branches in West Africa sub-region. So I think the point you raised still doesnt provide the right answer to the question. Personally, I think there is something UK politicians are scared to let out of the bag concerning the EU immigration control.

Redman44:
I am enjoying this thread  All I want to say is that the Lib-Con Government will lose out in the long run with its fresh immigration rules. Knee Jerk reactions and rules are counter-productive and the effects of their implementation will only be felt several years down the line.  I won't advise Nigerians to come and school in the UK for now. They should go to Sweden and Norway for their education or head to the USA or Canada.  British education is not the same as it used to be. I've met some graduates from British Universities and they are very shallow. Their line of reasoning is only limited to what they studied in school. The Nordic Countries ( Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland ) are very practical and technically efficient than the UK when it comes to education. The standard of living in these countries is better than that of Britain.

Besides, politicians always want to impress their people as soon as they are handed power. The Home Office has always been a death trap for its Secretaries. This is where Theresa May has to watch it  One thing I know is that Non EU migrants are better than EU migrants intellectually. Cheers.

Spot on matey! I guess more Nigerians are now opting for the Nordic countries for thier post-study education even those that studied undergraduate in the UK.

Nigerians, too quick to praise! We all know that in this dispensation, the House Reps have been reduced to a talking drum. How many of their several motions have been complied with by the excutives or govt. agency so concerned? Also remember, motions by the house of reps carry no weight unless same motion is moved and pass in the senate. So it is not yet hip, hip , hurray.

lord vamon:
and naija is getting stupider and ///

Depends on where your trade is though. If you'r one of the sponsors of the kidnappers or den of robbers in the South East, then Naija must be getting stupider for you lots but if you are in the league of the "fine boys, cool heads"whose brains have reasoned Nigeria to be destination choice as per investment, then Naija must be the place to be.

Can some one explain to me why this present govt is scared of regulating immigration from the EU like France and Germany currently do?

Can someone explain to me why this present govt refused to include Intra-company transfers on the immigration cap? by the immigration rules definition, Tier2 and Tier 2 Intra company tranfser are "Skilled Migrant" Routes hence they are not as high earning as the "Highly Skilled Migrants". In my opinion with the way UK economy is set-up i.e. income tax based, the Highly Skilled Migrants ought not be capped at such a low numbers rather, the govt should have worked ought a way to limit those issued Highly skilled visas from doing low skilled jobs. For example, if you are issued Tier1 Visas, when renewing your Visas, you should be able to prove to the Home Office that you have been earning above say (£26,000) for a single job and (£36,000) for those working in two jobs in a single year and this shoud be for two consecutive years prior to the date of renewal of your visas. This I believe will discourage most Tier1 visas holders from engaging in low skilled jobs that pay far less than what thier Visas status expects them to earn, which in my own opinion means less revenue for the govt.

debosky:
That may be so, but then again you need to comply with the terms of the visa you are issued. No one 'forces' foreign students to go to the UK (but they are enticed ) so there shouldn't be an automatic assumption that you will be able to work in that country.

The UK can only become disadvantaged if quality graduates decide to go elsewhere to study because immigration/post school opportunities are rosier. Unfortunately, most of the tightening is across board in the major education markets so they'll still be coming to pay the big bucks with a reduced opportunity to utilise those skills in the UK.

This is why I thank God for my Onitsha factory daily.

While I note your point, however I will like to encourage you to ready the UK Council/UKVisas findings on the major reason people pick universities in the UK compared to their counterparts in EU and the answer was -POST STUDY EMPLOYMENT!. Did you notice that even with the current crack down on immigation number the POST STUDY WORK ROUTE is left untouhed 'cos both the MAC and the Government knows if that route is scrapped as some as asking the government to, that would mean more students moving over to some other EU countries with better quality of Education than the UK. Oh FYI, more Nigerians are now opting for the Sweden as their prefered destination for MSc study as Sweden Education index is far higher than that of the UK  and it is also cheaper too when you take currency conversion into account in Nigeria.

err Una meh,  which Onitsha factory you dey talk about now?,  nah that one wey get Dubai post code?

hackney:
However one looks at it, illegal immigration and welfare scroungers need to be
dealt with very strongly.
They are a selfish burden on the economy and they contribute almost nothing because
they dont pay tax.
As a result, the hard working members of society dont get value for their tax money because
the funds are drained toward what i call society rats.
(take a trip to any health center and you will spend hrs behind non-english speaking romanian rats
that hide about and pick pockets in oxford street.)
The somailians couples pride themselves on pretending they have split up to get a second house.
the same ingrates that want to bomb the place.
(if i was PM for a day. . . . . )
The foreign students should also go back after their studies to implement their new skills at home.
(that is the initial idea in the first place)

Its true that its tough times but these stringent moves taken by the govt are necessary.

Dude you must be winter dreamng! How many times the likes of the BNP, MigrationWatch etc have been asked to use the FOI request to get the statistics of the number of Brits on welfare and that of the so called immigrants you guys always claim are living on welfare but to date they have not yet published any report! I guess the figures they saw at the home office didnt fit their agenda hence the reason they are quiet for it!
As for the Foriegn student thingy, sorry mate, you can not expect someone to spend close to £35,000 in tution and not reclaim some of that investment back from the economy. Afterall, for every ONE foriegner in a UK, TWO home students are being paid to stay in the University by him!

ha ha David Camel - lon and Mother Theresa April (opps May) can do all they want! I only feel so sorry for the larger uneducated, unskilled and unprepared younger generations currently in England.

I  guess the present govt is under estimating the threat from Foriegn owned companies about relocating their business interest from the UK if they can't get flexible with recruitment of best brains from around the world into the UK. The company I once worked for is now using the present govt action  to continue the huge investment in India despite the out cry for unions in the UK site forthe company to expand in the UK. Remember when I had a coffee over lunch one of the Vice-Presidents o the company in his office, He was so quick to point out that the company has made up her mind to transfer a large percent of the investment ment for the UK to US and India operations as those two countries already have huge pool of expats they can tap into without any govt interferance on how they go about it.

I also recall when I was working for this FTSE 100 company, the brits were the most useless bunch of employees on site! They are never serious at their task, always reeling out excuses for not completing a task, always off sick, and always wanting long days off for training , yet they are never better at their job! Whereas the Indians, Canadians and the French were well above the Brits when it comes to work ethics and attitude. The brits wants to be paid more for doing less! They are the least qualified for the job role but always think they should be given that job role 'cos they are brits!

While I understand that immigration to the UK has reached alarming levels and something needs to be done to reduce the numbers, however I think the present govt approach will backfire on the UK economy. Seriously, do they think any company competing on the global stage will waste two years training a brit on a conversion/upgrade skills thingy when they can easily out source to India, get the job done and leave few higly skilled older generation of Brits in the UK offices to check the output coming out of India!

@PapaBrowne
Amazing that much of al the info. you posted about Edo is correct except for the one about Sia1 who is actually from Bayelsa State. My word, Edo State is really a Giant killer! It's amazing when one looks at the all the post secondary institutions in the Edo state and only a very few states can boast of having such. Unfortnately, the state has been mismanaged for a very long time. Looking strategically to Edo state, I smell it as one of those state that will use the power force of Education to transform her economy!

How many of you guys know that the owner of Arik Air is actually from Edo State? Hmmm it also strike me hard that until recently,most of the Nigerian trained pilots were of Edo origin! The state Edo truly should have been named the GATEWAY state and not OGUN as Edo is the true link between the WEST AND MIDDLE BELT, WEST AND EAST, SOUTH EAST AND THE WEST AND NORTH TO AN EXTENT!

Those asking how many industres are in Edo state, it might surprise you that Edo has far more small to medium industeries than some of the other "loud mouth" states. Just try and research some data on Edo North where most of the minerals are and Edo South where most of the forestery related activities are located, then Edo-Central where most f the Agric feeds are located.

The sadthing about Edo state is the one sided development of the state! Edo South has a far larger proportion of the development compared to to Edo North and Edo Central.

Funny how people pass comments about that "kid" on uniform being INTERPOL! Hmmmm the more one reads comments on NL, the more it seems most Nigerians know very little about Nigeria. That dude is an SSS op! As for the weapons, the regular Nigeria MOBILE POLICE FORCE NMPF may have "day gun" as their weapon of choice but not the 'Elite' secret op.

Now this Iranian weapons smuggling is a serious issue Nigeria must not play with! Has anyone read the volumes of the US Cables from WikiLeaks especially those on Irans and their clandestine operations to corner regimes around the world to their sympthy. I strongly believe part of those weapons were for the extremist in the Northern part of Nigeria.

The SSS, DIA and all the other "Secret" Layers of the Nigerian state must look beyond this weapons importation and try to unravel the Iranian clandestine agenda in Nigeria.

God bless Nigeria - The persian has always been a fallen angel even right from the arly centuries and will forever remain so!

9ijaMan:
I beg to totally disagree with you. This has nothing to do with GEJ's presidency. If at all we have to sing the praises of a PDP leader, UMYA deserves all the accolade. After all UMYA set the pace for the respect and rule of law. While UMYA was alive, Rotimi Amaechi got his mandate in Rivers state, Oshiomole was given his stolen mandate in Edo state, Mimiko floored Agagu in Ondo state, Obi got reelected in Anmbra state the list goes on. None of the present GEJ apologists attributed those victories to UMYA, so why on earth are you claiming GEJ has a legacy. GEJ is simply a confused and incompetent president who's only concern and preoccupation is how to win the elections next year. Every other thing or issue does not count, hence the reason why his party has been losing in the courts.

If indeed GEJ has a legacy for rule of law like you are claiming, why hasn't he interceded in Ogun state where we have two speakers in the house of assembly? What has he done in Bauchi state where we have 2 deputy governors? Both Daniel and Yuguda are his campaign coordinators, hence he'll not dare to oppose their unlawful stands.

As per the victory in Osun state yesterday, the sweat and prayers of the people of Osun state, Aregbesola (his friends and families) and the remaining law abiding Nigerians ensured that the peoples' mandate is rightly returned to the lawful owner, and I repeat it once again: all GEJ's cronies are shameless for attempting to ascribed Aregbesola's victory to GEJ's benevolence.

Objectivity is like a bitter-sweet kill pill on the tongue of hypocracy and hatred

Kobojunkie:
Absolutely! The @OP is himself responsible for all the woes experienced in Nigeria by Nigerians both at the hands of the wicked despotic leaders and equally at the hands of the wicked despotic non-leaders.
@Op, it is probably now the case that once we get rid of you, Nigeria will become a better place for all it's people.

kai! this eh'de de self, me don tire to dey read your post, them no dey make sense at all. . no wonder your name end with junkie, you for add kabu kabu for the begining too !

err, as ei be like say your kolo don dey go awire, mabe time don reach to auction your kolo for e-bay make oyinbo people for take am do experiment!,

oh boy, we go miss this man when He finally leave us oh!!, kai! ATIKU don finish be dat! , hmmm make una tell ba ba too say "meself dey laugh"

Could the sadist view of this OP be the reason Nigeria has been awashed with wicked and despotic leaders 'cos we truly do not value good leadership when we have one.

GEJ can not solve all of Nigeria's problems in one go especially when He has to use wisdom to fight some criminal element even within his own party to achieve His plans for Nigeria.

Go all over Nigeria today, you would see HUGE power projects on going! The Turbines that were kept in Ports in Lagos have been mobilized to site by GEJ and installation is on-going and GE has been mobilized to make sure everything relating to installation and utilization of those turbines for electricity generation is realised. In same spirit, GEJ has quietly revived the NIPP and I can tell you that upto 10 NIPPs are nearing completion and they would all be ready by next year but sadly, they wont be able to feed into the national grid util the upgradeto the grid is ready.

The relatively ease at which Nigerians now get petroleum products (for which Rewani Lukeman told us we can not get stable and steady supply until sometime in 2014) no doubt has given Nigerians a huge relief. Go to some filling stations today and you would see prizes of 64naira/ltr and you ask yourself, could tis be true??

Okay, I must be honest to say that sometimes, I do not know whether GEJ can be trusted, but other times one wonders if Nigeria/Nigerians are truly under estimating the capabilities of GEJ. Onething I know for sure is that GEJ knows Nigeria problems grassroot wise and He also knows and have people around him that know what solutions to profer.

I think the mistake that most Nigerians make is failure to realize that much of the social-economic and infrastructural failures they see around them daily is largely due to the ineptitudes of the Local and State Governments!

Funny enough, most of us can afford to throw stones at GEJ and call him names saying He has no clue on how to fix the economy, but ow many of us have done same to our councillors, local government chairmen/chairperson, governors, House reps member and senators? Or do we not realise that these are the people responsible for our micro-economy and that the FG, by and large is only responsible for the Macro-Economy of the Nation?

Nigerians with double see attitude!!

**According to a UNESCO report released in May 2009, Nollywood is the third largest movie industry on earth by value, after Hollywood and India's Bollywood. Worth about $250 million and employing about 1 million Nigerians** THIS WAS BEFORE NOLLYWOOD OVERTOOK BOLLYWOOD AS THE SECOND LARGEST MOVIE INDUSTRY IN LATE 2009.Hmmm,  me thinks this is what emulating!

Think of it, if Nigeria had a visionary leadership with good tax structures in place like the UK, 1million Nigerians employed and taxed 200Naira every month equates to 200million Naira every month for FG/36states times 12months = 2.4billion Naira a year!! Considering this is just on the low end of assumption/estmation as tax bracket would vary according to your earnings. Then go on to add VAT from sales of movies plus all the other duties paid while producing the movies then you would realise that Nollywood as currently is has huge potential to be a significant contributor to the earnings of the FG/State Govts.

Again maybe this simple calculation justifies the decision of the FG to pump $500million into the entertainment industries in Nigeria with the recent annoucement of GEJ of a start up loan of $200million.

Sad to read the comments of myopic and never good enough, ineptitude Nigerians! Any sane and business wise fellow would understand why Brazil would be keen on wanting to seek help from Nollywood on movie making.

For all the pessimistic, inferiority complex forumites, ask yourself these questions:

1. How popular is Brazil movies in Nigeria (Considering the huge population Nigeria has)?

2. How did Nollywood become the second biggest film industry in the world? Remember, this ranking is based on monetary worth and has nothing to do with volumes of films produced as Bollywood and Hollywood would easily rank first and second respectively if it were based on volumes.

3. How popular is Nollywood in the Caribbeans?

4. Why do you think some US universities and (some UK universities) are currently considering offering modules on Nollywood specific movies? Recently, I read an article about a US university offering study related course on Nollywood. In the UK, two universities have also considered such moves. Surly, these people are seeing a huge potential that exist   in Nollywood.

Also, how I wish people truly know that Nollywood is helping to unite blacks from Africa and the Caribbeans in such a unique way. Most Jamaicans I have met in the UK easily identify with Nollywood and many are increasingly falling in love with it(maybe not for the picture quality) but surely for the story-line which in most cases is a reflection of what goes on in African (especially Nigeria) societies.

So sad what years of colonial rule has done to some Nigerians: INFERIORITY COMPLEX. America produces movies, with a story line that has no bearing on your day to day living in Nigeria and you shout heaven but here we have Nollywood promoting true Naija (sorry madam Dora) societal reflects and you appear to see nothing good in it! HIPPY-O-CRACY.

Everything might not be right with Nollywood, but I think the effort achieved so far by these actors/actresses is worth commending and as well all collectively make progress to improve business environment in Nigeria more conducieve, I am sure Nollywood will rise to the challenge of better picture quality and improved story line with less predictability.

As for dude who mentioned Brazil prowess in aircraft design and manufacture, if only you knew how embrear Jets are designed and the INTERNATIONAL collabo involved in the manufacturing then you wouldnt want to use that as an example. Do not get me wrong, Brazil have made gaint strides in her technological advancement and one thing has always underscore Brazil's quest for positive change: WILLINGNESS TO LEARN FROM OTHERS EVEN IN THE FACE OF REDICLE!, Maybe Nigeria could also learn some of that from Brazil.

God bless Nigeria, the home of all homes.

I think those of you condemning this decision to open new universities in some states are doing so 'cos of your selfish reasons. Put yourself in the shoes of people in Jigawa and Nassarawa states where all they can pride in  in terms of Higher Education is either a college or a state university. I am sure with the presence of a FG owned university in those states, the people will benefit from it both economically.

The truth about funding of Nigeria universities is that V-Cs and HOD misappropriate vast percentage of the money given to them by the FG and most universities are dormant research wise and they never bother to seek research partners both internally and externally!

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tkb417:
ure not better than the people ure talking about

Loose is not equal to lose

I don hear u na, loose pants abi?, abeg carry your wahalah go meet al majiri

tkb417:
upon the fact say u dey stay obodo oyinbo come even get ground, u still no know the difference between loose and lose
as u see so, 9ja graduates go better pass u oh ; abi no be so?
abi na french den dey speak for where u dey?

nah oyinbo born you? I dey yarn pigin you dey come tell me okpata, oh boy shift go one corner make u let harmattan blow God pikin, wetin concern agbero with overload? Not be 9ja graduate wey I give common power point make him do , nah him begin dey yarn say him no know wetin that one be! Abi nah the ones wey dey come here come do masters wey no sabi the difference between abstracts and conclusion for project report?

blacksta:
An end to those successive degrees just because you want to stay in the country - why not take the school fees £12,000 x 5 degrees and use that money to start a business rather than going to school till aged 50 years old without any commericial experience. Somehow i dont blame them sha - if only Nja was better

Good talk, but remember not everyone is into this business thingy u guys keep talking about. Some people prefer the opposite, err elite Professionals who earn their money through knowledge.

angrynaija:
ghana is so much more better than nigeria. more personal security in ghana, less armed robbery in ghana, virtually no kidnappings in ghana, far better governance in ghana, fewer cases of government officials stealing the people's money in ghana, less 419 by ghanaians at home or abroad, far more cases of drug trafficking abroad - if you don't believe, look at the number of nigerians in asian prisons namely singapore, thailand, south korea, etc, etc, and because of the 419 issue and drug trafficking abroad, nigerians are more a disgrace than ghanaians all over the world. people, including fellow africans are more suspicious of nigerians abroad.
it is very clear, why did obama choose to visit ghana over nigeria?
please, don't kill the messenger, i'm only adding my 2 kobo response

Answer to your post in bold: OBAMA did not want to be seen as legitimizing the Presidency of the then President 'cos of the controversy that trailed that election. Glad He visited Ghana and not Nigeria 'cos at the end, we had the last laugh as Nigeria's President what invited to the white house for a more rewarding  (as far as Nigeria and Nigerians are concerned) economic talks