₦airaland Forum

tpacalipse: A lot of people do that. There was a day I almost hit two ladies with my car just because they were playing with their phones on the road. They just suddenly strayed to the middle of the road without even knowing, I slammed the brake. Thank God I was doing below 40KM/H.

and that episode qualifies your claim that 'a lot of people do that' okw'ya? Not to mention that your claim is even more ridiculous than that of the story above...two mindless girls just scampered to the middle of the highway 'playing with their phones', oblivious of where they were...are you listening to yourself?

I'm not buying your attempt to absolve this lady of blame. The deceased is just as smart as her--by extension of course, the ladies in your narrative are as smart as you, so if she knew the right protocol for driving, he probably also knew the righht protocol for crossing a simple road. Something just doesn't add up...the court should issue subpoenas to the bystanders (there must have been) to appear in court and testify.

It's sad the Corper is dead and cannot debunk this lady's claim--because I feel she is merely making up that story to escape a stringent sentence. A 28 year old Nigerian Corper pinging in the middle of a busy road is just IMPLAUSIBLE. Weren't there passers-by who could give a disinterested account of the incident? It's really sad the chap is dead. RIP.

@ sincere 9gerian: No, you're wrong. The mission schools had since been returned to the Churches. College of the Immaculate Conception has been returned to the Catholic church. Holy RosarybCollege likewise.Even New Haven Primary School was given over to St Mulumbas Church. The process began 16 years ago with partial handover of 5 secondary schools and 149 primary schools, and was completed 3 years ago.That being said, I agree the health sector is still sub-par.

Good to see Obi's investment in education already paying off.[/quote]Source:http://www.umuchinemerebank.com/news2010-4.html

. The government of Enugu state finally returned with full ownership, management and control of all the 638 primary and 17 secondary schools, which the former East Central State government forcefully took over from the Roman Catholic Church 39 years ago.

The final handover of all the schools by the present administration of Governor Sullivan Chime, at a brief ceremony on Tuesday, September 01, 2009, at the Enugu Catholic Bishop’s court, Igboeze Street, Independence Layout, Enugu, completed the process of returning all the schools to the church, which started 13 years ago with the partial handover of 5 secondary schools and 149 primary schools in the first phase.

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Sincere 9gerian: ...Other elders in the delegation include the Chairman of MTN, Pascal Dozie; Sam Ohabunwa; Raymond Ebiere; and former Chief of Naval Staff, Allison Madueke.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/114707-jonathan-meets-igbo-elders-over-south-east-development.html

Isn't his beautiful Portharcourt wife part of our problem?

[quote author=Wily/Wily]Happy New year, Hw are u doin[/quote]Willy happy new year, woke oma.

mumumugu: Nigerians are in a rush. May be he just tested the mixtture on a rabit and it workd . Then he grabed the mic and made anouncement. He should have followd due proces

I should think that a university professor of medical sciences would know that much. In his press statement notice he never said 'I am at the verge of making history' rather he spoke in the plural, which suggests he is at least working together with a subset of the university community. In the university of Nigeria teaching hospital, Ituku/Ozalla, Enugu, Prof Chijioke Mba has been working on an antiretroviral drug codenamed Irab that first shone a spark of potential, but the university community is aware and not much progress has been made... Perhaps a case of 'too many cooks spoil the broth'. Not to mention that a discovery like this should be top secret till it is patented. Furthermore, the professor doesn't claim the drug is all safe and ready for consumption, rather trials are still ongoing. The main point of his public statement was not to earn accolades already but to gain government financial support to continue with the research.

vicenzo: Ok. Thats a nice song,i like ezeagu dialect that those girls use. Btw,whats the meaning of 'tapendekwa'?

Based on the context, I think it means 'be on your own' or 'keep to yourself'

spyder880: Isiuzo? A lovely place. The culture of the Isiuzo people is as a result of their mixed ancestry and combined history. I still remember my argument with two Isiuzo guys, one from Neke and another from Mbu. The argument was whether the Isiuzo people originally came from Nsukka or from Nkanu?

Hahaha...that's a perennial argument. In my first year in Nsukka, the Nkanu Students 'Kporakpo' insisted I join them...I was actually confused because I personally identify more with Nsukka than with Nkanu. However when I asked my father, he replied "where is your mother from?" My mother is from Ozalla, Nkanu. "We have a similar descent...that's why we marry them"
Nevertheless I joined the Nsukka students' kporakpo for beautiful Miss Idoko's sake, even though she would later break my heart...lol

spyder880: As a man who was born and brought up in Igboland,

Ngene means stream or a body of water not necessarily a river or sea, I can draw inference from an Igbo saying that says "agbarusia ngene, akworo ngene nuo" meaning after messing up the stream, you will still be forced to drink from it.
Evu or ebu in Igbo language means wasp, remember the saying, "isi kote ebu, o gbakasia ya" - Oliver de Coque

Joining the two words will give us Ngene evu, meaning the "stream of wasps"

Good one, bro...you have the mind of a scientist, what're you doing in real estate? oh, who am I kidding, that's where the money is!

Stream of wasps...our people always model place names after life events , so it seems likely there was a wasp scourge around this area at some point in history...unfortunately, we may never know...documentation is not our strongest suit...till this day, the culture of my Isiuzo people is still enshrouded/lost in secrecy.

1stCitizen: This Professor just made a big blunder. Now the big corporations and the powers behind them will put pressure on the Nigerian government to discredit him and all his research.

He should have made the drug readily available without going to the press about it.

A disease like Aids remaining incurable and devastating the African continent serves their interest very well.

You think the Prof doesn't wanna turn his fortunes as well? If the Nigerian government fails to assist him in realizing that end, then it would be no surprise if he runs to the open arms of US and Swiss Multinational pharmaceutical companies.The result is that the drug becomes too f.ucking expensive for the people it was intended, and then we have to wait for the Indians to mediate and make the drug available for third world nations. My point is that Government assistance is critical here. But because our country never thinks beyond oil blocs, its hard for them to see how this discovery (if true, or if it has potential) could even turn around the country`s wealth.

vicenzo: Guy,i like your signature. Is it ezeagu dialect? The kind that desperate chick used in the song: who get that thing.

correct bro. I love those girls die. Desperate Chics. I'm from IsiUzo anyway but that song just knocks my socks off...lol

Prof Isaiah, you're a scientist-- you know the scientific method. So, until there's pharmacologic proof that your discovery is effective and safe, your claim na propaganda...or in scientific terms, an untested hypothesis.

Kindly quell our unbelief... I am badly wishing this is true nonetheless.

Ngene evu. I didn't know of that place till my 4th year in medical school. The settlement is located behind old UNTH and we could often get a picturesque Aerial view from atop Nnamdi Azikiwe hostel aka 140.

Government needs to improve our living standards like you've suggested. I hope our government will be able to provide decent accommodation especially for low income earners. Well, isn't that even governments job in the first place? To cater to the needs of the less privileged. One then wonders how we devolved to this point. as my father says, "kee ka mmiri si banye n'opi ugbogoro"...BTW, what does the name 'Ngene Evu' mean?

logica: I believe the definition of poverty is standard enough.



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

This is no different from what you said above.

Brother, your contribution brings up more questions than it answers. How many of those indices for measuring poverty were actually assessed. How were those indices adapted for Nigerian families. My undergraduate paper in community medicine was on the relationship between poverty and mental illness and believe me, it's not that easy to measure poverty by definition as you have suggested. For knowledge's sake, I wanna know what parameters were employed in determining poverty in this particular research.

Interesting article. But the reviewer's inferences would be unassailable had he told us what qualifies for poverty. What parameters were used to define poverty. In my opinion, poverty is well beyond not being able to provide food for oneself and ones family. It also encompasses certain other considerations as access to health care, access to amenities like good roads, potable water, electricity, living conditions like overcrowding, toilet facilities, access to quality education for oneself and one's family, environmental cleaniness, personal and community hygiene and so on.
BTW, I'm not suggesting that the west it's unlikely to be the least poor zone in Nigeria. I'm only saying that this is a research and the methodology is a glaring omission

Malawian: AKPA, OKPU, AJI NA MKPULU AMU GI THERE. Nominate me for gini? O di ka e sere afifia na abali a.

di anyi, anyI adikwa safe?

beatanoti: Good thinking, but like I said we embrassed the development here, I only feel compensation should be made before demolition, moreover the thread is for people who will like to invest in this area as this road contruction will bring about massive development in the area when fully constructed.

Thanks for your post anyway, more expected from people, and dont forget to call me on 08056141985 if you need anything in that region.

compensation would have been paid if the government was wrong.In Enugu, a similar demolition was made to dualize some roads and the government did not have to pay compensation because the land was government land planned for different purposes, but over the years, enterprising women and men built makeshift stores, houses and so on on the said land, even the sites where a public convenience and an incinerator and a park had been located when I was younger, had turned to a booming market for hairdressers, a row of stores and a hideout for criminals and addicts. My point is Nigerians also need to act responsible and respect government property.

[quote author=AGBOR-MAN]DELTA STATE GOVERNOR:

UDUAGHAN = dEMON[/quote]Jeez!

OsunOriginal: Untill we all start being patroitic and seeing ourselves as Nigerians first, the tribal war will continue - we dont have to deceive ourselves. It is not about saying God will punish whoever opens hate thread.

We know some people dont know enough and that make them to appear unpatriotic when they make contribution. My advice is, educate yourself through research - the internet has made this possible and very easy. All the information you need is already somewhere on a web-server - just google it and be objective when researching. Dont go in with a preconceived idea otherwise, there is no point researching.

And Igbos should not come here to seek for support from Yorubas to fight other tribes (hausas, etc) - show love to all and respect other people the same way you expect them to respect you.

Way to ruin what was otherwise a disinterested and well-informed advice. You could have had 5 stars from me, but better luck next time.

dayokanu: I love you all.

Yoruba or Igbo

dayokanu, that is touching...I haven't cried like this since Amazing Spiderman.

jedisco: I see your problem is one that has to do with inferiority complex based on falsehood but let me try and put you in place.

1. I never said we have 5 million BB users. I said we have about 5 million smartphone users currently. ( http://www.nairarains.com/2012nigeria-smartphone-users-expected-to-hit-25-million-in-2016/ )

2. As of July 2011 we had about 1.2 million BB users. By February this year, that number had reached 2.4 million. Now that's double in just about 6 months.
( http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/tech/telecoms/25088-blackberry-hits-1million-mark-in-nigeria ) ( http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/tech/telecoms/32167-blackberry-hits-24-million-mark-in-nigeria ).

3. Now take such fast growth rates and add them to other developing nations like SA and Indonesia. The fact is that the markets RIM dominates are the rapidly expanding ones and if that trend continues, they would be here for a very long time. Most of the developed markets are not growing that fast.

4. You might think the figures from such markets don't matter, but as of the last quarter, RIM, HTC, LG, Sony, e.t.c all shipped smartphones between the 6 and 8 million mark.
If the current trend continues, then RIM may survive longer than most of them especially with BB10 arriving.

5. Also I don't know where you get it that most BBs sold are used. Maybe that's your experience but I know alot of people that have bought BBs in the recent past and not even one was secondhand.

6. Lastly maybe you should read this to see what others think of Nigeria and like countries in the role they have played and may play in safeguarding BB. Though they got some numbers wrong, it's still an interesting read because life does not start and end with Europe and America. http://crackberry.com/some-interesting-blackberry-statistics-nigeria

If these figures you have cited are truly relevant to RIM, it ratifies the story that the company has been scratching the bottom of the pot...a portent of impending demise, given RIM's history.

dayokanu: Its been 3 weeks now and Chime has not spoken

You've taken a detour to Biafraland already? You sef too like Igbo people. your usual antagonism na cover up abi. My man!

eaglechild: Chai una don fall my hand.
Chekeleke is neither flamingo nor swan but a specie of cattle egret.

Nnem si na I ma akwukwo! Egret is correct.

meforkene: If you are in nigeria and u r looking at that us market stats..pls have a rethink..global credit crunch did not affect nigeria if u remember.BB has 95% of smartphone usage in nigeria..biko enough of ur talk.if u hate bb stop using it and leave it the hell alone.why make a fuss?

BB has ninety gini of gini in Nigeria?

mj: The only reason while people feel BB10 will fail is because they have not taking time to look into it features, BB10 is faster than any smartphone out there in browsing, Comparison has be made with Iphone 5, Samsung S3, Samsung tried sha but BB was still faster. Also BB10 has d HUB program which is my favorite, Multitasking, do you know in BB10 you can have two App words running side by side doing different things, the camera is mad, I have not seen anything like that, Back in time Camera - Camera wit time shift, that's magical. I'll kip updating you about BB10. I'm really not a fan of BB but I'm a fan of BB10, I can't wait for it to be release January 30th.

These features you are raving about are so last year... Multitasking has been around since Nokia's heyday. Wanna see a mad camera? Try the Nokia N8 which is so 2 years ago, or the Lumia 920 with the pure view perks. Wanna see a feature-rich camera? Try the Nexus 4 or any device running Android 4.2.1. Blackberry is dying, that's how we saw the demise of Web OS, Symbian. Currently, they have <2% market share in the most revelant mobile market-USA. Rest in pieces, RIM, you had a good run! We will remember you with nostalgic affection the same way we remember Windows 98, the monochrome TV, the dialup modem...

PrinceDudu: Angry birds all d way but am still waiting for the free version on windows phone.

it doesn't have a free windows version? Microsoft's value just keeps dropping...

[quote author=ekt_bear]Why doesn't Blackberry team up with Microsoft?[/quote]Nokia's alliance with Microsoft is a case in point... There's your answer.

Hia...Umu ojoo ndia eburukwa bata eighteen!