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If you dont do it, others will. As a parent, you are obligated to do whatever would give your child the edge, and if it involves bribing, so be it.

A stark economic contrast between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south is also fanning the flames.

WTF? What do they know about the South? Phock The Economist

Literacy rates in the north-east are two-thirds lower than in Lagos, the southern business hub. Less than 5% of women are able to read and write in some northern states. Income per head is 50% lower than in the Christian south. The lack of economic opportunities is driving some into the arms of radicals.

These guys couldnt have been more wrong with this point. So off base and very very very 'un-factual.: Very unfortunate.

One of the worst articles written by The Economist. They did not in anyway prove their premise. All they did is repeat unfounded rumors about the Boko-haram. The economist is more and more looking like a Nigerian news magazine, full of fallacies and unverifiable innuendos.

I wont be surprised if the article was written by a Nigerian.

Northern Nigeria
Sounding like the Middle East
Islamic extremists are a daily threat
Aug 27th 2011 | ABUJA | from the print edition

NIGERIA’S north is a giant dust bowl stricken by mass poverty and unemployment. But the worst blight of all may be the region’s Islamists, especially a group called Boko Haram. It is carrying out almost daily shootings and occasional bombings, trying to undermine the country’s president and increasingly worrying international investors.

Boko Haram, meaning “Western education is sinful”, originates in Maiduguri, capital of the north-eastern state of Borno. It rose to prominence after sectarian violence in 2009, in which more than 800 people were killed. The group says it is fighting for the wider application of sharia law in Nigeria and has claimed responsibility for hundreds of attacks in Borno, often aimed at police, churches and bars.

[size=15pt][b]Over the past decade, Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north has seen mounting religious conservatism, with 12 of the country’s 36 states introducing sharia law, often in the name of northern solidarity. Previous attempts to enforce sharia have sparked clashes between Muslims and Christians, killing thousands[/size].[/b]


Boko Haram’s attacks (and unofficial reprisals by government forces) have persuaded many Maiduguri residents to flee the city. No confirmed numbers are available. But more than 150 residents have been killed already this year.

[size=15pt]As it gains confidence, Boko Haram has begun to expand beyond its home base. It bombed buildings in the central city of Jos late last year and has since pushed farther south to the capital, Abuja, where a suicide bomb outside the police headquarters in June almost killed the chief of police and other senior officers[/size].

Pervasive poverty, worsened by unchecked government corruption, is as much part of the problem as fervent religious belief. A stark economic contrast between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south is also fanning the flames. Literacy rates in the north-east are two-thirds lower than in Lagos, the southern business hub. Less than 5% of women are able to read and write in some northern states. Income per head is 50% lower than in the Christian south. The lack of economic opportunities is driving some into the arms of radicals.

Boko Haram’s ideology is not widely supported in Nigeria; Islam in west Africa is overwhelmingly moderate. Despite its fierce campaign of violence, the group has an undefined structure and no clear chain of command. It has built a cult-like following by playing on people’s frustrations. Many of its members are disillusioned youths, unemployed and living in poverty, according to security experts.

[size=18pt]Nigeria’s heavy-handed military has not helped the situation. Its elite Joint Task Force is accused of using indiscriminate violence in retaliation to attacks. [/size]Amnesty International has criticised unlawful arrests, extra-judicial killings and unexplained disappearances, all of which generate even more support for Boko Haram.

There is a wider political dimension. Some observers believe Boko Haram has established links with disgruntled politicians, some of whom recently lost power. They apparently wish to destabilise the government. Meanwhile, the group is growing in sophistication. It co-ordinated bomb attacks in three towns in May.

The use of remotely detonated bombs and Nigeria’s first suicide bomb point to links with more established terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Security analysts foresee a dangerous slide in which sub-Saharan Africa’s largest Muslim population turns ever more extremist.



http://www.economist.com/node/21526939

Wallie:
Just because the forum is seemingly anonymous doesn’t mean that you should be running your mouth off at strangers! You don’t know me and I sure as hell don’t know you, let’s keep it that way!

From the way you write, coupled with the dilapidated state of the building you reside in, it is obvious you are un-educated, poor and most-likely live in the projects. I am just advising as a friend; if you get your lazy arse off that cheap couch of yours, and get yourself a good job, in 4-5 years, you'd be living the good life, like me, Kobojunkie, SEFAGO, Dk and other affluent & influential NL'ers.

However, there is a caveat, DONT DO DRUGS, THEY ARE BAD FOR YOU. That said, if you want to do drugs,there are rules you need to follow, the most important rule is try to never get high on your own supply.

Sincerely Yours,
"Premechaz.

efisher:
Abdulmutallab is dumber than a crab. How can someone say that slowpoke is intelligent!

He is more intelligent that you and your whole family.

When was the last time any one in your family graduated from a school as reputed as UCL?

The wife is really ugly.


No wonder Will smith opted for an open relationship so he could get BJs and Anals from Kerrine Suprehead Steffans and Nas' former GF.

alj_harem:
this is fstranger

where have u been ? a beg come back with your original moniker

They kept banning me, my IP and my browser. So I had to create a new moniker to bypass their filter.

That said, this new moniker reflects the kind of mindset i have , better than Stranger

Ever heard of The Supreme Team from South-side Queens? Yeah, I am more like that 

Kobojunkie:
See me see wahala ooo!! We have suddenly gone from discussing the issue to my person again ooo!!! ROFLMAO!!!

[size=18pt]ROFLMAO[/size]


Isnt that unfortunate Kobojunkie?

Grown arse men talking about another grown arse man

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

BABE!:
"Maybe it's the turn of my people to start dying from terrorist attacks" <--- That's coming from a President? Wow. I never knew Terrorist Attack was a "turn by turn" thing sef. The interviewer should have asked him if the countries on the 'list of attacks' are in Alphabetical order.

Not being an Orator doesn't mean he should lack lucidity in his speech(es) na.

There is time for everything and it seems like THIS is our time.

Our time to be killed has come. Hopefully, it will get to Asorock's turn and lets see what he would say.

Turn by turn lada ile aye, No? And your turn, who knows when that would be, BABE!. Do you know?

dayokanu:
Stranger kilon shele. O to ojo meta

Ojo kan pelu. I dey here waiting for Irene oooooo

It seems like Kobo is on your case tonight. I will be watching as you two slug it out!

moonraker:

Mind your business!

Wallie:
This wind and rain is crazy!!! It seems the roof will blow off any minute and the worst is yet to come!

That is what you get when you live in the ghetto

Get your lazy arse off the couch, get yourself a good job so you could live in the surburb like me, with White and Asian and Indian people.

kandiikane:
Ahaha, so because you see my forehead you now want my number?  

Its all about the forehead baby. I know what you look like and your Jayz-like lips to your modeling career and your pin-point bo/o/ob/i-es, i have seen the total package and i love you, from head to toe. Wanna give me your number?


BTW, I can sponsor your visa to America9 The land of the brave). Trust me, I am that influential.

ROFLMAO

Egbon Musiwa, what is going on?

kandiikane:
LWKMDieeeeeeeeee!!! Are you serious? With pictures I have seen of the olden days'  women. Abeg, go sit in a corner. .loool@desperate and short of eggs. . Since you are insult your women no further comment. .ahaha

Whats your phone number.

Me likey your new pix. Whatz up?

^^^

Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg

Mrs.Chima:
Nigerian men are running back from aboard in droves and out the villages to those "ugly and short of good eggs" Nigerian women.

Is English your fifth language or something?

WTF is the crapp above? Please, stop replying to my posts. I am highly educated and I hate dealing with illiterates like you. Please, let this be the last time you ever quote me.


Thanks!

4reigningqueen:
I was teaching my students a topic in mathematics one day, number system to be specific, and i asked myself wot exactly is the usefulness of dis topic to the students in the real world most of wot the students know nowadays is not wot they were thought in the classroom.which is why most of these students seem to be bored in the class because they do no see the relevance of wot they are being taught.these keeps me wondering is coming to school a necessity or just a fulfilment of all righteousness.your opinions will be appreciated

You just exposed yourself as being stupiddd and not creative. Too bad you are allowed to teach in Nigeria. In a more sane country, you would not have been allowed to get near children, let alone teach or shape a mind. SMH.

emofine:
The gift men get is the lady in question.

That was in the olden days when women were women, chaste and pious. In the days of our mothers, women were beautiful and worth every cent a man spent on them. Now, women of this generation are not so beautiful, internally and externally.

Present Nigerian women are ugly and don't get married until they are in their 30s, desperate and short of good eggs, mostly spending their time on NL looking for rich and married men to snag. I wouldn't want to spend my money on a Nigerian girl, of any tribe or creed. Most of them  are more like men, status post many abortions and, sometimes, have turned their uterus into a dud, making them physiologically men. Why would anyone want to shower money, affection and love on someone like that without receiving anything in return. Marrying a Nigerian woman, of nowadays, is like being in a same-sex relationship. The give and take has to be 50/50 because technically you have no idea what you are getting into, unlike in the olden days when the man was cocksure what he is buying or investing in.

So is the state of our women. And yes, I think our women should shower the men with gifts too. Its only fair

GEJ is phocking the situation, glad to know that!


Sai GEJ

Tpia is dead.

Thanks to Irene. May her soul be tormented as she tormented us while on earth.


Tpiah, ma jekolo ohun ti won ba nje lajule orun ni ki o ba won je


O di gbe, o di arinoko.

Ileke-IdI:
^^^ She's one of the product of Awolowo's free education.

She was not a product of the Nigerian school system, let alone a product of Awo's free education.


She schooled in London. get your facts right, Ms. Expert on everything Nigeria.

kandiikane:
Loool, don't make me insult you ooo. .


Yeah, will still be in the UK but moving North West for Uni. .Law with Criminology. .

Excited!!Cannot wait for the essays, I missed them. .

You nor serious. .I know I will not see those shoes. .

You have not answered my question, sef.

I dont see you making it through Uni. You will probably get pregnant midway and fail out.

pslm23:
ah! No abeg oh!,  blow down which house? mmba! God forbid!

but sha, these American homes are so flimsy. In Naija when we build we use correct cement and block but here it's plywood and shingles. no wonder small wind usually wrecks havoc on most homes.

Anyway sha, to everybody on the East Coast, stay safe and don't try to be no hero. Stay inside!

Akata wanna be?

Goodluck with the hurricane.  We can go to AC afterwards? How is this Sunday looking for you?

okooyinbo:
Babe!, iyawo mi kii se dudu o. Bi oruko ti mo nje lori Nairaland ti wi, bee gele lo se ri. Oruko nro mi daadaa.

you live in the projects?

tpia@:
true that.

God is in control.

He owns the wind and can speak to the whirlwind.

Yes oooo. The good thing is he has spoken to the wind to TAKE you OUT!

To ba ti soro, be e na lo n ri. Alagbara ni Jesu mi, alagbara ni jesu mi ooo

To ba to soro be na lo n ri, alagbara ni jesu mi

O ti ni ki Irene gbe Tpiah lo, be na lo ma ri.

Kunfayakun ni Olorun wa. Tpiah, take care of yourself when you reach the other side

Ileke-IdI:
Living large, I see

How close is NJ to NY? Is the beach house really that safe?

This is actually the first time I'm going to witness a hurricane up the East coast,

Like 10 mins. its like going from Ketu to ikorodu. You feel me?