₦airaland Forum

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Intore Dancer In Ibwiwachu Village - Rwanda

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Two Kites, Muko | Uganda

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Lake Victoria, Uganda (Top Gear - BBC)

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Bella tribe Women

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Azonto, Ghana

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Vintage Tanzania, Swahili Girls of Zanzibar

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Somali man and child.

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Debre Libanos is a monastery in Ethiopia, lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the Oromia Region.
Founded in the thirteenth century by Saint Tekle Haimanot.
The monastery’s chief abbot, called the Ichege, was the second most powerful official in the Ethiopian Church after the Abuna.

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the igbo ladies of Nigeria

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[quote author=linda_1]I met michael bolton [/quote]

once voted the most beautiful woman in the world

and the most beautiful model in Brazil

I am so proud of her

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Michael Jackson with Nelson Mandela

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Gurunsi architecture in Burkina Faso

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The city is bright and the people are beautiful, Accra Ghana!

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manny4life: Yeah, tales by moonlight from someone who's been sniffing kai kai...Even the almighty U.S. with good economy don't have up to 6million Nigerians, then it's Benin... Akuko uwa, looks like some wake up one morning and brandish statistics right out their arse... just like that.

US has better and tight border immigration laws

how true is that

6.5m Nigerians in Benin

Did you know that Nigerians and people of Nigerian ancestry account for more than 6 million, of the barely 10 million population of Benin Republic? According to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s envoy to Cotonou, Ambassador Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin, this revelation came from no-less a personality than President of Benin Republic, Dr Thomas Boni Yayi.

One of the 16 countries of West Africa, Benin is a strategic gateway to the sub-region and is important, among others, because countless Nigerians daily commute between their country’s western frontiers and places as far away as Senegal. Benin is also an important trading partner of Nigeria, even though the bulk of the commercial activities is informal and, therefore, goes largely undocumented.

Porous border and national security

Porous border and improper documentation of business transactions between Beninese and Nigerian merchants could be exploitated by money launderers as well as drug and weapons traffickers, with consequent unpalatable impact on the security of either nation. What is Obisakin’s take on this? “You may not be wrong. It’s one of the challenges and it is being tackled. But, it is principally a political issue. And, the border is important here.

“Proper management of the border is crucial, especially Seme Border. Once the construction is completed and the people supposed to be there, are there; then we would begin to address the security issue. There are two major groups you need at the border: Immigration and Customs. These are the people we really need. The others could be in the background. And, I’m glad to hear that the Minister Cordinating the Economy, Prof. Ngozi-Iweala, has said that she has started implementing that at Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

“As Pareto would say, ‘Once you resolve 20 per cent of the major problems, then 80 per cent of the minor ones could be considered solved. So, the 20-80 principle will apply, here”, Obisakin mused.

The equivalent of billions of dollars exchange hands annually through Nigerian importers and other merchants that use Cotonou’s Port Autonome. The bulk of goods imported through Port of Cotonou includes cars and edibles, such as rice, wines, spirits, poultry and vegetable oil. Other items are engine oil and used clothing alias okrika, like footwear, shirts, trousers, skirts, blouses and even underwear.

As a result, Cotonou Port has morphed into one of the busiest wharves in West Africa. As artery in and out of Nigeria, Benin Republic is also a factor in our nation’s security. Over the last three decades, Benin Republic has been attracting countless Nigerian merchants who flock the neighbouring country either as importers, clearing agents, traders or smugglers.

Cotonou, now academic Mecca for Nigerians

In the last 10 years, however, Benin has also evolved into an academic haven for thousands of Nigerian youngsters desparate for university admission. Such is the influx of our compatriots in Benin Republic that during a lecture on Conflict Management at Houdegbe North American University Benin (HNAUB), one of the many private universities in Cotonou, all the 28 students in that class were Nigerians!

Lesotho, and if you didn't know, now you sKnow

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