favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

You are naive

There is nothing we can offer that others can't. That is why Obama came to west Africa and skipped us.
Obama cannot go on a tour of Asia and skip India or even Indonesia.


And that irrelevance is going to get worse.

Who cares..

Whatever,I still love my country.

Olominira:
So because Obama visited Ghana, that has made Ghana more influential than Nigeria? Nonsense!

Even though Nigeria is currently at the bottom of all times, no Africa country is more influential. From our entertainment, positions at UN, IT experts, medical etc no other African nation can match that output.

Nigeria influence is growing and tends to challenge superpowers in the future, the reason why western media even those from Asia are not reporting anything good about the nation. We don't care about Obama and whatever he represents.

This person should focus on the biggest truth, it's USA that loosing her influence so fast not Nigeria

The plight of pseudo intellectuals in Nigeria. Self aggrandizement and great delusion.

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

What have you made out of your huge GDP?

Yet, you're still the most wretched and backward among smaller nations. What an irony

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

Read, read, read. Listen more and talk less. That is what the man is saying. Your humongous population that makes you feel funky means scant little.

That people donot rave about the Chinese population but the Chinese capacity to be productive.

So procreating like rabbits does not make you a super power but a super pounder.

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

you are missing the point of this article. Its about Nigeria becoming irrelevant in the world stage. not about her GDP

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

atop saying fraudulent gdp Ghana is better than Nigeria in reality who gdp help people are suffering in nigeria business running to Ghana

Nigeria is still basking in "too big to fail" mentality that killed the likes of Nokia. Huge population can be useless if half of them are poor except you are a war mongering nation even at that wars are fought technologically with no booth on ground. We either innovate as a country or wreck the country in playing dirty tribal politics while other nations move on.

I love your post. It is America that is becoming irrelevant by losing hold of a strategic nation in Africa like Nigeria. America is so desperate that they wanted to twart AFDBank's president, Adesina's relection so that we will not have access to loans to develop our country and come begging at their doorsteps. America is losing Nigeria to China and they are desperate to reverse the tune of events. When you talk of the group of educated emigrants in America making a difference, you are talking of Nigerians but they will rather paint us black to achieve their sinister aims. Nigeria has abundant resources and we have the market that can make foreign investors a lot of money due to our population. America brings nothing but destruction, like they did in the likes of Iraq, Libya, Yemen and so on. As at the 60s, America was spending billions of dollars to fight a war in Vietnam. Can you imagine the wastage? As "great" as America claims to be there is no comprehensive health care for every citizen, corona virus made us realize this. What of education? Their higher education is one of the most expensive, with student debt growing every year. Meanwhile, their counterparts in Europe have free education. America is the one losing influence not Nigeria. They should go and settle their issues and leave us to settle ours.

Olominira:
So because Obama visited Ghana, that has made Ghana more influential than Nigeria? Nonsense!

Even though Nigeria is currently at the bottom of all times, no Africa country is more influential. From our entertainment, positions at UN, IT experts, medical etc no other African nation can match that output.

Nigeria influence is growing and tends to challenge superpowers in the future, the reason why western media even those from Asia are not reporting anything good about the nation. We don't care about Obama and whatever he represents.

This person should focus on the biggest truth, it's USA that loosing her influence so fast not Nigeria

If this people want to help Nigeria, let them support the disintegration of Nigeria, that is the only way forward now, any other thing is mere deceit.

Off course Nigeria is currently overrated and overhyped.

How can a country be shamelessly doing the wrongest things and expect to be relevant or great in any real or true sense. Population alone guarantees u nothing if not meaningfully harnessed. Most of our best minds are leaving.

We are still living in and largely confused by our past glories that the new generations may have no idea of.

Japa sef no sure again

brightdestiny96:


200 million unharnessed, disempowered, disunited, misruled, oppressed people? Colonized from within, polarized by militant religion, plagued by rulers beating the drums of war and unconcernedly picking their teeth while violent and merciless marauders spill blood like water, with vanishing annual budgets and spiralling debt profiles? Did I forget a vocal band of praise singers who are paid peanuts?

Let's tell ourselves the truth before it's too late.

I love the way you write. Are you currently employed? I may have a job for you.
Inbox me on icevillebeatz@gmail.com

We have leaders that are brilliant but wicked and selfish.
They ignore the society and are very reactive.
If Nigeria will be better, God should take oil.

Nigeria as a country is a disgrace to humanitarians a mockery nonessential nation
F u c k Nigeria spit

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

You're making the same mistake that the former ambassador is talking about.
@post, I think that illusion of grandiosity that Nigeria is too big to fall is what makes our leaders extremely corrupt and the citizens very nonchalant.
Nigeria is no longer what it used to be.
Forget motivational speakers. Nigeria is poor. Very poor. Nigeria is crumbling, almost disintegrating. Nigeria is bedridden, the old giant is barely able to sit up, talk less stand up. We know Nigeria has lost its position in Africa, other nations know it. Though we like to deceive ourselves once in a while.
Nigeria is a joke and Nigerians are the joke.

Op, bia. Who told you Nigeria is indispensable. As it is, we are as disjointed as the middle East, if not more. Sadly, the bigger we grow, the more we become irrelevant to the outside world.

Only Nigeria can explain what purpose it intends to be to the world. As for now, the world can move ahead without us. When we are ready to play catch up, we won't inform the world.

A country whose citizens aspirations is never in parallel with that of the country. Good for you that you are a citizen of other countries.

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

200 million poverty riddled people who brag on GDP without considering the population for per capita GDP and the skewed distribution of wealth/income in a fantastically corrupt shithole where almost everyone is trying to escape to the US and other developed countries.
Self deception is the worst sin.


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liljboy:
It’s okay to marry a woman old enough to be your mother, you can still explain that as love, but someone old enough to be your grandmother?



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todaynewsreview:
The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been washed ashore in western Libya, in the latest tragedy along the dangerous trafficking route to Europe. The Libyan Red Crescent posted photos of dozens of bodies in black and white bags lined up along the shore near the western city of Zawiya.
A spokesman for the aid organisation said there were still bodies floating out at sea as the agency had no way of retrieving them. He said the migrants were all adults, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries, and all but three were men.
The UN migration agency, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), said the dinghy had set off on Saturday with 110 people on board. The agency said traffickers deliberately took the engines from the boat and then abandoned it to drift.

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America ain't got y'alls time. You guys have refused to develop yourselves. They have therefore left you to your own devices.

Conceptsncontex:

Purest form of the truth. That giant of Africa tag has fallen off our existence since

The writer is saying the truth, but they will dismiss it like they used to.
Many people including the elites don't really understand how terribly bad things have become in this nation presently.


The present leadership worsened it
Nigeria has never been divided like it is now.
No sense of patriotism
The economy, security is nothing to write home about.

They should continue living like an ostrich with his head in the sand

Population is massively increasing
There is no real transformation , inspirational leadership


Does Nigerians really understand what's going on?

If you fail to plan you have planned to fail
.

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

200 million poor and uneducated people is of no use to anyone. Remove the scales from your eyes.

PlayerMeji:
When UK and America stop our leaders from finding succor in foreign lands and make theiving politicians to not feel at home in foreign lands , only then would we have development in this country.

If UK and USA closes to our elite, they will find other countries to go to. You think USA and UK don't know that. Actually, USA has even banned Nigerians from visiting.

Papatoros:
My name is Ayo Akinbobola, a follower of Jesus Christ. I will appreciate it if pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye can grant me a meeting with him because God keep directing me to him. there is something very urgent and important I need to discuss with him if he will see me as someone who has something important to say as our discussion will be a blessing to myself, daddy Adeboye and the world as it is another opportunity to propagate the kingdom of God, impact our world for christ. PLEASE SHARE UNTIL IT GETS TO pastor E.A Adeboye, GOD bless you.

Yawns. Guy, you're on a long thing o.

1759ademola:
We have leaders that are brilliant but wicked and selfish.
They ignore the society and are very reactive.
If Nigeria will be better, God should take oil.

Brilliant at scamming their carefree citizens who get carried away by the drama of their leaders


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I was just telling someone about how useless we have become to ourselves not just Africa. We are now big for nothing. It's a pity, we could not become the force we wanted to be

favor914:
Nigeria a mockery? Only poor people say that, You are very ignorant, do you know what it is to have 200 million people in a region, Nigeria’s Population makes over half of West Africa, Obama chose to go to Ghana good luck to him, Lagos Economy alone, & GDP is bigger than Ghana’s.

Which economy and which GDP.
Compare the GDP to the number of people. What is the standard of living of the average citizen?

We need to face the reality urgently.

From 2010.

SocialJustice:
200 million poor and uneducated people is of no use to anyone. Remove the scales from your eyes.

Dont mind these STALK ILLITERATES. This is why A STALK ILLITERATE has plunged us into this mess today. They have SOLD their souls to defend idiocy

Iceman296:
Nigeria is a blessed country in terms of natural and human resources. But the poor leadership choices the led elect turns these potentials to a wild dream.

Nelly4you:
bad political leaders

The people are no different from the leaders.
Not at all.


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Olominira:
So because Obama visited Ghana, that has made Ghana more influential than Nigeria? Nonsense!

Even though Nigeria is currently at the bottom of all times, no Africa country is more influential. From our entertainment, positions at UN, IT experts, medical etc no other African nation can match that output.

Nigeria influence is growing and tends to challenge superpowers in the future, the reason why western media even those from Asia are not reporting anything good about the nation. We don't care about Obama and whatever he represents.

This person should focus on the biggest truth, it's USA that loosing her influence so fast not Nigeria

Really your medical! Either you dont know what you are saying or just joking.

Nigerians now go to Benin for studies not not talk of thousands in Ghana and co.

However you are right with entertainment because that is what we are good at and this your post is one of purest form of entertainment.