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AutosRe: Range Rover Sport Selling At N600K! by RickyRoss1(m): 7:26am On Oct 15, 2012
Sorry ooo but which year/model Range rover sport is selling for 600k Naira? Is your own version of Range rover made in Rwanda or what?
Your cars seems too cheap and I can easily decode the handwriting on the wall. If other car dealers are selling a particular car at 1.3 Million, and you are selling the same car @ 400k naira, it means your source is fraudulent. Either your cars are stolen, or you collect money and not deliver.

Sorry once again, but some things don't add up


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PoliticsRe: Perez: Rochas Okorocha Ranks Best Governor In Nigeria by RickyRoss1(m): 8:09pm On Oct 14, 2012
melojames: @ricky ross, stop lying! What i see mostly are abandoned road constructions, red-sand filled roads, no drainage system. Rochas Okorocha is just a 419 genius, his best achievement is media propaganda.
Why should I be lying? You are the one that is not being honest with yourself. You sound very bitter like most of the PDP paid agents in Imo. My family friend is a house of assembly member, he has been complaining about Rochas bc Rochas is not sharing state money with house members like Ohakim was doing. He said during Ohakims tenure, they used to share money in the house every time, this is why almost all the house members are angry at Rochas, bc he choose to use state funds to develop the state, instead of sharing it with these criminals in the house.

Show us any road Rochas constructed in Owerri that has no drainage system? All the roads he did in Owerri are up to standard, I agree some roads in the villages are of low quality including my village. It depends on how honest and sincere the contractor is. And even at that, this is a Nigerian problem, in Rivers State that is among the richest states in Nigeria, so many of the roads there has no drainage system, and many roads constructed by Amaechi has pot holes within I year bc he claimed it is Rivers money for Rivers people. As long as you are from Rivers state you will get contract, it doesn't matter whether you can do the job or not.

Everyone in Imo can confirm that what Rochas has achieved within 1 year Ohakim did not achieve half of it in 4 years, and thats a fact. Ohakim didn't construct any single road in My LGA (Ikeduru) in 4 years, but right now my village alone has 4 roads under construction. I am not here to praise anyone bc Rochas is doing what he is elected to do, I am only here to advise ignorant foools to stop saying what they dont know. Most of the idioots talking rubbish here has never been to Imo, since I haven't been to Ekiti before I can never comment on any post about Ekiti.
PoliticsRe: Perez: Rochas Okorocha Ranks Best Governor In Nigeria by RickyRoss1(m): 7:49pm On Oct 14, 2012
Eko Ile: Kill your noise, if you don't need Perez to tell anything about your way wayo wayo governor, then who is Perez and his organization based in Nigeria? This is a 419 job . The man just insulted your intelligence.

And please, you ate not talking to one of your village mumu, there are no new schools, hospitals and all the rubbish you are talking about. They don't exist and I dare you to show us proof.

Wayo governor and mumu people....
Every member of this forum knows you are a foool, so there no point arguing with a frustrated bitccch. Sorry to disappoint you, but we are not mumu people, its so funny someone from the dirtiest, fattest, ugliest, darkest and dumbest tribe in Nigeria is calling someone mumu. Last time I checked, a school drop out from Imo is wiser and smarter that a university graduate from your place, and this is a fact.

To a clown like you, only governors from your tribe are performing, every other Nigerian governor is a fraud. You are tired of trash talking Chibuike Amaechi, now its Rochas. Even if Rochas is a fraud why is it supposed to be your problem? Imolites are supposed to be the ones complaining, or is there something you are not telling us? I believe you are jealous bc your own state governor cannot match Rochas? I will list some achievements of my state governor within 1 year, and you should also tell us what your own state governor did for you within 1 year in office?

On assumption of office, Governor Rochas Okorocha wasted no time in embarking on numerous projects that are geared toward touching the lives of the people. The first step he took was asking the Imo State House of Assembly to reduce his official security vote from 6.5billion naira to 2.5billion naira. The free and compulsory education which was one of his campaign promises took off immediately with government providing the students and pupils with over one million school sandals, one million school bags, books and desks free of charge. As if that is not enough, Governor Okorocha also introduced payment of monthly allowances to pupils and students in public primary and secondary schools further encourage them.

In addition to increasing the monthly subvention to the State University from 57 million to 100 million naira, the Governor also extended his free education programme to Imo State University and polytechnic to alleviate the plights of many parents, thus making Imo the first State to offer free university education in the country. Meanwhile work is already in progress at the university’s permanent site to relocate it within the shortest possible time. Several contracts were also awarded for infrastructural and general upgrade as majority of the State owned institutions were in a deplorable State, most of those contracts have been completed and some nearing completion.

The Construction of Imo College of Advanced Professional Studies (ICAPS) along Egbu Road Owerri and the Young Scientist College at the old IBC headquarters are testimonies of the Governors determination to make Imo the best in education and capacity building. Other projects the Rochas administration has executed include the new Deputy Governor’s office and the First lady’s office and total restructuring of the Imo State Government House. The expanded EXCO chambers which was ravaged by age and weather was also pulled down and totally rebuilt into an architectural master-piece. The construction of a 7 thousand seater pavilion called Heroes Square, a replica of Eagle square in Abuja for hosting public functions and the multi-million naira Ikemba Ojukwu Ojukwu Centre which consists of multi purpose halls, conference centres, a historic VIP lodge and facilities for symposia, skill acquisition and parking lot was also completed within seven months. Another demonstration of Governors Okorocha’s burning desire to make history can be seen in the reconstructed 58 duplexes near Concorde Hotels. The duplexes which were formerly called The Paliamentarian Quarters has been converted to Concorde hotel annex. Other projects completed include the multi million naira Imo Traditional Rulers’ Council chambers, the Freedom Square, the 5000 man capacity theater at Mbari street to mention but a few.

The Governor also revamped and resuscitated the Imo palm plantation formally known as ADAPALM which has already absorbed over 2000 workers with the hope of creating over 5000 more jobs within the next 2 years. Plans have also reached advanced stage with some foreign partners for the resuscitation of Avutu Poultry which in addition to creating over 3000 jobs will greatly enhance the State’s internally generated revenue. Worthy of mention is also the Nsu tile manufacturing industry, a multi-million naira private partnership investment with an Italian company located in Ehime Mbano which upon completion will create over 5000 jobs and produce about 15,000 square meters of tiles daily.

In road construction, the Governor has totally rehabilitated all the roads in the State capital and opened up new roads to ensure traffic decongestion and constructed several new roads in both the State capital and in the rural areas. The present administration has also constructed over one thousand kilometers of road across the 27 Local Government Areas in the State. Only last month the governor released 10 billion naira to mobilize the contractors handling rural roads in all the Local Government Areas. In the health sector, Owelle Rochas Okorocha released funds for the completion of all abandoned projects and the purchase of all ultra-modern equipment for the Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH) Orlu while the Owerri general hospital has been upgraded to a specialist status.

Contract was also awarded for the construction of 27 modern general hospitals in all the Local Government Areas and work has reached advanced stage on them. Last month, the health at your door step initiative of the governor was formally flagged off with over a hundred modern ambulances and health workers to be strategically positioned in all the Communities for rapid response to any emergency health situation. Presently, medical treatment is free for the aged, pregnant mothers and children in the State. Another significant development is the decentralization of power, thus making the Communities have a say in the way they are governed.

How do you explain the profile of an apparently poor state handling more projects within six months than most states saw in 12 years? A state where all sectors are being addressed simultaneously; a state where over 100 roads are being prosecuted within the three senatorial districts all at the same time; a state where health care is receiving more attention within six months than in the last 50 years.
PoliticsRe: Perez: Rochas Okorocha Ranks Best Governor In Nigeria by RickyRoss1(m): 12:49pm On Oct 14, 2012
Eko Ile: Ahead of Fashola, Akpabio, Oshiomole, Chime, Amachi...


http://www.imostateblog.com/2012/07/22/governor-rochas-okorocha-ranks-1-among-nigerias-top-performing-governors/



The million dollar question is, who is faceless Perez working for an international organization with office in Nigeria that conducted the poll.

Answer = Okorocha himself....







^^^^^^ Sums it up nicely..

I keep telling you, this man is straight up 419.

lmao. I can't shout.
Seems you are tired of creating endless anti Igbo threads, now you have found new love in trash talking Okorocha? What do you gain from talking rubbish? Why cant you talk about your governor in Ekiti State? Have you ever been to Imo State before? I am from Imo and I can tell you this man is working. He is less than 2 yrs in office and has done far much better than the rogue Ohakim. In my village we have 4 brand new road under construction, some villages have up to 5 or more. Ohakim never constructed any single road in my LGA throughout his wasted 4 yrs in office. To us Imo citizens, Rochas is God sent, he is working and you will witness this once you step into Owerri. I am personally worried how or where he is getting the funds from, bc Imo is never as rich as rivers or Lagos.

To us in Imo we dont need Perez or Obama to tell us whether our governor is working or not. Imo State is not like Abia, if Rochas fukkks up tomorrow we will drive him out of office the same way we did to Ohakim, Imolites are very educated and we dont take shit from no one...

Ohakim and his PDP agents are currently busy ranting about the amount of money Rochas spent on his birthday. We all know Rochas is a billionaire and the richest governor in Nigeria today, he has private jet, he lives flamboyant lifestyle, is it supposed to be anyone's business if he spends 20 billion dollars to celebrate his birthday? I mean this is not state money, even his salary as a governor he gives most of it to the poor. Some people are saying why not give the birthday money to charity, but tell me honestly, is there any Nigerian governor, living or dead that has helped more poor people than Rochas?

If anyone of you is interested to visit Imo within the next 2 weeks just come with your cameras and I will take you round Imo State, you will be marveled at the rate of projects going on all over the state. In each LGA you will see new standard schools, hospitals and numerous road projects going on all at the same time.
CelebritiesRe: Chidinma Vs Nicki Minaj? Hmmm by RickyRoss1(m): 12:14pm On Oct 14, 2012
ijebabe: New photos from Chidinma's photoshoot from 2 days ago.
I will pick Chidimma anyday.
Everything about Niki Minaj is FAKE... She faking to be Da Brat, fake assss, fake lashes, fake hair, fake booobs, everything about her is fake. As a bad boy, i wouldnt mind blowing her just for fun though.
PoliticsRe: Hotels/Commercial Sex hawking: New Emerging Industry In Imo State by RickyRoss1(m): 6:19pm On Oct 13, 2012
#Afanna:
This is about Igbo and not about others..so face your state wahala and leave others out of it....
Make una fight una selves...and don't drag others in !

owerri girls are always the talk of other igbos!

from fellow igbo

.
King Godwin Okpara imo girls are nothing 2 write home abt.a gud friend of mine hav decided 2 settle 4 yoruba girl afta a lot of insicerity in d part of igbo babes he loved.

19 hours ago · Like · 2

D Chuks Prolific Okonkwo The worst in Igboland. Their girls are highly promiscious (from personal experience). They wand their waist for the cheapest naira.
Talk of high cost of marriage, a no go area.
What of the guys, love playing games and won't do anything for their girls.

19 hours ago · Like ·
Nobody is dragging anybody anywhere, my job is to wake sorry and dumb assesss. I dont know why most of you are dumb. Let me ask you, if you are from Enugu, will you be doing Ashawo in your own city? How can Owerri girl be hustling in her own town?
PoliticsRe: Hotels/Commercial Sex hawking: New Emerging Industry In Imo State by RickyRoss1(m): 5:30pm On Oct 13, 2012
mawojuuche: i have lived in Owerri for d past one & half years, and due to d nature of my job as a brewery man, moving frm one hotel to another, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY 90% OF OWERRI GALS ARE PROSTIT.UTES... Its so disgusting... i love to marry a yellow ibo gal but now i'm so scared...
Most of the girls hustling in Owerri are NOT from Imo State. Today is Saturday, if you doubt me come to EXECUTIVE GARDEN HOTEL in Owerri, call like 10 different girls and ask them where they come from, you will be amazed most of them are not from Imo State. MOST OF THE IDIOTAS BLABBING HERE ARE EDUCATED ILLITERATES THATS WHY THEY RUSH TO CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT REASONING. FOR EXAMPLE, AN IMO STATE GIRL WILL BE NATURALLY ASHAMED TO DO ASHAWO WORK IN HER OWN STATE BC IT WILL BE EASY FOR HER FAMILY TO KNOW WHATS UP, RATHER SHE WOULD PREFER TO GO TO OTHER STATES.

Majority of the girls hustling in Owerri are from Yorobah and Edo, they come to Imo State pretending to be students, but their sole aim is to sell their body for money. There are plenty yahoo yahoo boys in Owerri that patronize these chicks, and many Igbo guys in Port Harcourt, Aba etc flood to Owerri every weekend to have fun.

The state governor must create tourist sites in Imo because as a family man i cant just be taking my children to hotels and pools all the time, we need gardens, parks etc, I hope the state governor is listening.
Foreign AffairsAsantehene Faces Destoolment by RickyRoss1(op): 12:04pm On Oct 12, 2012
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II faces a possibility of being destooled, if he returns to Ghana from Norway without the missing ancestral jewels, a sociologist Nana Obiri Yeboah claims.

Precious crown jewels inherited by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II were on Thursday stolen from the lobby of a hotel in Oslo, Norway where he and his entourage have been staying as they attend the Norwegian-African Business Summit.

Norwegian media that have been following the case confirmed to Joy News’ Evans Mensah that the police there are treating the incident with the seriousness it deserves.

Nana Obiri Yeboah, an expert in traditional and chieftaincy affairs, described the missing items as an ancestry legacy that must be “guarded jealously by everybody” whose care they have been entrusted.

He told Joy News that due to the historical significance attached to the jewels, anybody who is in possession must account to the people of Ashanti yearly, but one is sure of getting punished for any “shortage”.

“It can lead to destoolment. Serious sanctions; there is an accountability at a certain period, [during one of the festivals] he must account for it…there is accountability and probity, so if you can’t account for it then there would be sanctions.”

Asked if the current Asantehene himself may be subjected to the same punitive measure, Nana Obiri Yeboah responded in affirmative.

“Yes. It is not your personal property, I don’t think those gold are his personal property, they belong to the kingdom and the family. I am worried or I am at a lost how it was in a bag and they took it to [Norway] I am at a lost. These things are kept with someone responsible.”

In instances where one is not even destooled, Nana Obiri Yeboah maintained that the ancestors may visit the person who misplaced them with some catastrophic consequences.

“It should not be stolen, it is a family property and if it is sold or stolen, the fear is that the ancestors will revisit you with diseases and calamities. It has haunted so many families which have dissipated these legacies that is why it is a worry to many Ashantis and other people.”

SOURCE: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=252901&comment=8386740#com
PoliticsRe: This Country Is Finished---- by RickyRoss1(m): 9:09pm On Oct 11, 2012
Asiwaju9ja: This country is finished----Not for the looters and people in Government Sha

This country is finished---- You will provide security for yourself

This country is finished---- You will provide electricity for yourself.

This country is finished---- You will provide water for yourself

This country is finished---- You can buy justice, No Justice for the poor

This country is finished---- No plans for the "connectionless"

This country is finished---- No Reward for Hardwork

This country is finished---- Mediocrity is celebrated

This country is finished---- Roads are a death trap

This country is finished----

Fill in your own
This country is not finished, we just dont need more fools and clowns like you in Nigeria.
While you are here complaining and ranting like an idiooot, hard working Nigerians are making it big in Nigeria. Nigeria is not as bad as many of you portray it. But if the country is too bad for you why not move over to Togo or Zimbabwe if that will make you feel better.
CelebritiesRe: Davido Buys Brand New 2013 Chevy Camaro by RickyRoss1(m): 3:34pm On Oct 11, 2012
omar22: Am happy for him

BUT

a 2013 Camarro looks like this, its a very good and powerful car
Yeah the Camaroo looks rugged though but personally I dont like Dodge and Chevy cars, they are not strong enough
AutosRe: Nigerian Youth Builds Working Helicopter From Junks by RickyRoss1(m): 3:30pm On Oct 11, 2012
ayolinger: A 24-year-old Nigerian has completed the building of a working helicopter out of old car and bike parts. The guy who achieved this feat is a Physics student, Mubarak Muhammed Abdullahi.

He spent eight months building the yellow model seen here, using the money he made from repairing cellphones and computers. Some of the parts were sourced from a disused plane.

A camera beneath the helicopter connected to a small screen on the dashboard gives the pilot ground vision, and he communicates via a small transmitter.

Mubarak says he learned the basics of helicopter flying through the internet after he decided it would be easier to build a helicopter than a car.

Mubarak is now working on a new machine which “will be a radical improvement on the first one in terms of sophistication and aesthetics.”


http://yada.com.ng/blog/2012/09/11/nigerian-youth-builds-working-helicopter-from-junks/
The boy try sha, but this na old news
CrimeRe: Nigerian Jailed For Conning Croydon Council Out Of Thousands by RickyRoss1(m): 10:48am On Oct 11, 2012
Poor thing, I wish he was able to make up to 500 Million Pounds from those Britico. For raaaping my fore fathers mercilessly and taking my people into slavery and not apologizing till date, I do not consider this guy a bad guy. All 419 scammers should invade Britain and steal as much money as possible, na them start am. If possible, steal all the money in Barclays bank, it was built with slave/fraud money from Africa.

Dbanj and Don Jazzy did similar frauds in the UK, after they got up to 3 milla pounds they returned back to Lagos to establish their recording label.
TV/MoviesRe: From Mexico, The Bahamas To Jamaica: Nollywood Is Rebranding Nigeria by RickyRoss1(m): 8:16am On Oct 11, 2012
Rossikk: From Mexico, The Bahamas to Jamaica: Nollywood is Rebranding Nigeria

29 Sep 2012


By Ekerete Udoh


Last summer, in the course of visiting three countries that are very popular with tourists, I discovered an eternal truth – a realization which on several levels made a very proud Nigerian. For the first time in my adult life (apologies to Michelle Obama) I walked taller, and shimmered brightly with warmth and affectation. In place of being looked at with suspicion, being supremely scrutinized as if everything about me screamed filth and criminal intent, I was warmly received by my fellow tourists. I was amazed at the level of curiosity that they had developed about Nigeria, its culture and its people.


For years, Nigerians all over the world were seen and regarded as merchants of deceit, of fraud, as purveyors of get rich quick schemes. It didn’t matter that the same Nigerian could be seen at the top of some of the most intellectually rigorous professions in the world. It didn’t matter that the same Nigerian community accounts for a great percentage of the manpower that powers the American health care process. It didn’t matter that that the vast majority of Nigerians are hardworking, proud and law abiding citizens who hates any governmental social safety nets or welfare because such, is alien to our DNA of self-reliance and sufficiency. The problem why we were and to a some degree still so stigmatized or defined by certain blocs in the Western world is because of the activities of a tiny percentage of our nationals who have elected to seek the easy path to wealth and affluence by engaging in morally and ethically reprehensible means.


I recalled travelling to France in 2003 in the company of my American friend and the experience was a traumatic one. My American friend was warmly received at Charles De Gaulle Airport and processed expeditiously while I was treated with disdain and contempt. I was asked to wait by the counter while the immigration officials cross-checked my passport to certify it was duly issued. For 15 minutes, I stood there steaming but helpless. My American friend was shocked and equally angry at the treatment that was meted out to me. Twenty minutes later, I was given the green-light to enter Paris, after they had adjudged my document to be properly issued. My friend wanted to know why I was singled out for such treatment while nationals from other countries who were not Americans were given fair and decent treatment by the immigration. I told her, it was a case of wrong perception-that in the eye of certain Western law enforcement officials, the Nigerian is adjudged first to be a criminal and the onus is on the person so accused to prove that he or she is not.


Treatment such as the one I described above has been the lot of Nigerians who regularly travelled out to other countries-it doesn’t matter whether you travelled out of New York or London or Los Angeles, as long as you thrust the green passport towards the immigration desk at the ports of entry, you would automatically be treated with disdain and contempt.


But this condition appears to have changed profoundly in the last couple of years. There appears to have been a new sense of perception of the Nigerian-one that is warm-almost effusive and I want to report here that this new wind is a strong one, one that our leaders should tap into and milk to the hilt. I was a witness to this new development and we have our emerging pop culture-our Nollywood, to thank for.


As I stated in the opening line of this piece, in the summer that just passed, I visited Cancun, Mexico, Ochio-Rios in Jamaica and Nassau, in The Bahamas. In all these countries that I visited, the majesty of the Nigerian pop culture was evident-from the man on the street of Run- Away Bay, Montego Bay to the woman in Cable Beach, Nassau, or the Mexican in Chit Itzen-Itza- in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, I was bombarded with questions about Nollywood and its star actors and actresses. I was held and treated like a rock star because I was a Nigerian and had told them the bulk of the Nollywood stars they were fixated and adored are my friends. I was amazed at the extent and reach of Nollywood and what it has done to rebrand and changed deeply held and internalized prior perceptions about the Nigerian man or woman, and I began to wonder what could happen if government were to tap into this groundswell of goodwill and use it to weave a national narrative as other countries such as America once did.


My vacation had started in Cancun, Mexico and the first indication that it is a new dawn for Nigeria happened at the check-in counter at Oasis Cancun Hotel where I had a reservation. The concierge had asked where I came from originally, and I told her Nigeria, and her eyes lit up. “Oh my God, I love Nollywood. I love the colorful attires your actresses wear and I am so addicted that sometimes, I stay up late watching those movies. I have over four hundred of those movies at home” the lady, who gave her name as Maria, had told me. I was pleasantly amazed and I felt proud. I was no longer seen as a potential criminal, but one whose country was now adding value to our common existence.


If what I had experienced at Oasis Cancun was a big surprise, what awaited me later that evening completely blew my mind. We had been scheduled for a dinner that was tagged ‘Dinner on the Sea’ by the agency that had organized it. There were close to 200 tourists drawn from all corners of the earth and as we filed into the ship that was the very replica of what the early explorers-the Conquistadors-those early Spanish explorers had used to conquer the Indian lands and ‘civilize’ the ‘savages’ for Spain, the ambience spoke of a great evening ahead and it didn’t disappoint! About fifteen minutes after we had set off to the seas, the ship berthed and right there in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, the revelries started, with the band playing music from all the countries whose nationalities were on board the ship. As we introduced ourselves and where we came from, I was greeted with standing ovation when I mentioned I was a Nigerian. Almost 90 percent of the tourists on that ship had seen Nollywood movies, and again, I was the cynosure of all eyes and I became a walking encyclopedia on Nollywood. I was peppered with questions and I was stunned. Nollywood has become a global phenomenon and my country meanwhile is not appropriating this public relations windfall I wondered to myself.


The next day, as we explored the ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization at Chit-Itzen-Itza in the Yucatan Peninsula – a journey of about three hours from Cancun Mexico, I was again asked numerous questions by the people on the giant tour bus that had been arranged to take us to the place.


My next port of call was Jamaica and my destination was Ochio Riois- the birth place of the late reggae legend-Bob Marley. As we disembarked from the beautiful airport in Montage go-Bay and took the tour bus from there to Ochio-Rios, having already known that Nollywood is considered a religion by the Caribbean community in the U.S. I knew I would also be baombarded with questions and that’s exactly what had happened. We had scheduled a tour of one of the most highly recommended places to visit as a tourist in Jamaica-the Dunns Rivers Falls and inside the bus, I found myself thoroughly excited about the interest that foreigners have shown towards Nigeria because of the power of our pop culture. Most people I encountered at both the Dunns River Falls and other key tourists’ spots-the Pottery Farm, were regaling me with stories about Nollywood and how it has helped change the way the previously looked at Nigeria and its people. I saw people who told me they wish to visit Nigeria because what they had seen had reassured them of what possibilities that exist in the country. In Jamaica, I was told over 90 percent of the population is hooked on Nollywood and that it is almost a religion, and I can testify to that. My newspaper-The Diasporan Star which has a huge dose of Nollywood content has thousands of readers from the Island of Jamaica.


My last port of call was Nassau-the capital of the tourist haven-The Bahamas. As I went to the casino at the hotel I stayed in Cable Beach section of the city, most people I encountered, spoke glowingly about Nigeria and the power of its pop culture, especially Nollywood. I was also shocked when the Deejay played several Nigerian songs such as Tuface’ “African Queen,” P-Square, D’Banj and the newest sensation-Iyanya. I was thrilled to my bones to see that my country’s pop culture has taken off and is being embraced by the world’s mainstream population and I promised right there and then that I am going to lead the campaign for our country to seize this moment and rebrand our country. My happiness was further extended by the realization that the publisher of this newspaper- my good brother and senior colleague-Nduka Obiagbena is equally invested in promoting the emerging Nigerian pop culture.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/from-mexico-the-bahamas-to-jamaica-nollywood-is-rebranding-nigeria/126348/
Yes indeed Nigeria can rebrand via Nollywood, but some things must change. First and foremost, the Nigerian government must support this industry one way or another. All we see now is low budget movies. Anyone with camcorder can produce a movie in Nigeria. It doesn't have to be like this. If there is government support, the industry will grow tremendously and private investors will come in. People are afraid to invest huge sums of money in Nollywood bc of piracy. It seems the pirates are making more money than the movie producers? Why is it so hard to stop piracy in Nigeria?

Secondly, Nollywood must reduce witchcraft/juju in most of their movies. I think they have stopped doing the juju movies already, it was sending very bad message to our children and foreigners.

Also, most Nollywood movies MUST STOP concentrating on poor Nigerian streets, I am tired of seeing endless poverty in most of our movies. Most people all over the world will believe what they see on these movies. For example, before now I used to think Jamaica is a junk yard without any standard streets or good infrastructure. This is because all Jamaican movies I have seen always portray Jamaica as a very poor country full of street urchins and ghetto. But when I visited Jamaica I was surprised that the country is very well developed and very beautiful like South Africa.

If I go into movie production tomorrow I will showcase the developed parts of Nigeria. I will showcase some of our standard tourist sites and world class facilities, I will shoot my move in at least 6 Nigerian cities like Lagos, Calabar, Enugu, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Uyo. We have seen enough of the poor roads filled with pot holes, i will showcase roads like the ones in Lekki and VI. We dont have to tell foreigners that all Nigerian roads are filled with pot holes, it is never going to help us. America uses Hollywood to sell America to the world. Nigeria can and MUST do the same. This is our chance, lets make proper use of it.
PoliticsRe: Lagos Begins Construction Of Fela Museum. Eko O Ni Baje O. by RickyRoss1(m): 8:04am On Oct 11, 2012
Eko Ile: Lagos Begins Construction Of Fela Museum


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http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/10/10/lagos-begins-construction-of-fela-museum/print/
Fashola is working really hard to leave a lasting legacy in Lagos. He is the best performing governor in Nigeria by a huge margin. But I hope he remembers the poor people of Lagos that voted him in. I was in Lagos recently and I swear he is not doing enough in some parts of Lagos like those Ikotun axis, some of the roads there are really really bad.

I hope and pray whoever succeeds Fashola should do better than him. Just like Fashola has done far much better than Tinubu.
PoliticsRe: Lagos Begins Construction Of Fela Museum. Eko O Ni Baje O. by RickyRoss1(m): 6:34am On Oct 11, 2012
CyberG: Why are these people ALWAYS coming up with all these kind of projects for goodness sake? Do you want the population of that place to reach 210 M before you stop?? All the people from the hater region of Nigeria will do anything to come there and give birth in the hospitals, eat the food, go and visit Fela in the museum. Hope they won't go and steal the statue? These are genuine questions and I hope armoured tanks are used to guard every square inch of that place. grin grin
All you do is run from thread to thread exposing your sheer stupidity and ignorance.
Lagos is a Nigerian city, we are all Nigerians and if you dont like what Fashola is doing kindly jump into Lagos bar beach, Nigeria doesn't need clowns like you.

Just like Ricky Ross said, puccy asss niggaazz like you cant hold us down forever. Nigeria must move forward, to do this we must find a way to eliminate all enemies of progress and waaankers, we can try the Jerry Rawlings style, it worked in Ghana and will surely work in Nigeria
PoliticsRe: Correction To Dede: Biafra War Was 2 Year 6 Months And 9 Days NOT 3 YEARS! by RickyRoss1(m): 4:49am On Oct 11, 2012
CyberG: Micky_Gross, I don't see why you go to attack the Yorubas because you have NO clue where I am from. Why go bring them into this NOW when only ME is enough for all you LIARS? Please don't let their forward operating commandos start fireworks here, just face me here because when those guys arrive they won't give-up until you flee to Abidjan. Remember you greatest warrior only heard of ONE COMMANDER of 3CM Div and he legged it! Don't let them gather because I myself will NOT be able to fire properly 'cos they carry bigger GUNS! grin grin

Well, no stupi.d people will go and fight them because I once learned that they have learned all acts of WAR for over 500 YEARS! I bet ibos just discovered their ENTIRE existence about a 100 years ago while those Yorubas have been in that place for 10,000 YEARS? Me self, I respect them. Come here and fight me so you will not have to run to Abidjan. grin grin
Very easy for you to hide behind your computer and type crap, we know you lots very well, even your noisy touts at the Lagos motor parks, with all their threats and noise, once you slap them in the face they kneel down and start begging for mercy. I have met many of your types in real life, and believe me I am a busy person I haven't got time for loosers. Online ranting is the easiest thing to do, even a 12 year old boy can sit behind his computer and talk shit about anyone. This time it is no longer GEJ, now it is Biafra war. I suggest you crawl back to that dirty hole where you came from.
PoliticsRe: Correction To Dede: Biafra War Was 2 Year 6 Months And 9 Days NOT 3 YEARS! by RickyRoss1(m): 10:06pm On Oct 10, 2012
These yorobah foools are not tired of fighting Igbos. Why is it only the dumbest, fattest and dirtiest tribe in Nigeria that is always fighting the Igbos? Are you the only tribe in Nigeria?

I just wanted to say, without western assistance, Nigeria cannot win over Biafra, its a known fact.

Just by the way, can you Yoruba looosers last up to 1 month if the rest of Nigeria decides to eliminate youhuh Only the mallams will slaughter you in 1 month. If you think the Biafrans didnt try enough, oya now, go start your own war, let the rest of Nigeria fight against you lets see if you all will not be eliminated within 1 month.
Car TalkRe: Lagos BRT Vs Abuja El-Rufia Buses by RickyRoss1(m): 9:19pm On Oct 10, 2012
Chelcy10: Wether Brt or Elrufai, all these are just being heard of b'cos it's d 2 most important cities in Nigeria, d Brt & Elrufai buses are nothing compared to coal city shutle in Enugu, guys I bet u, coal city shutle is vry organised & neat, give it a try & we won't be hearing Elrufai & Brt buses again.
Seconded
PoliticsRe: Lagos Nominated For The Most Innovative City Of The Year Award. by RickyRoss1(m): 12:45pm On Oct 10, 2012
As usual, them bloooody fools and haters will never be happy to hear any good news coming from Nigeria.
I wonder what you animals are still doing in Nigeria. Pack your bags and relocate to Togo or even Rwanda, we will never miss loosers likle you.
I am neither Yorobah nor ACN member, but honestly Fashola has done very well for Lagos and I give it to him. I praise people when they are praise worthy. Those who do not like this kind of news should go hug the next transformer.
Foreign AffairsRe: Who Are The Most Trustworthy People In Africa ? by RickyRoss1(m): 9:09pm On Oct 09, 2012
Its between Gambia, Botswana, Tunisia and Tanzania. But I will say Gambians, except some of the Senegalese taxi drivers working in Banjul.

I have traveled all over Africa, I have not seen any other African country that fear their president and obey laws like Gambians, they fear their president like a God. As a result, Gambians are not ready to commit any serious crime like armed robbery, scamming etc like other West Africans. Rather, most Gambian boys and girls do charms which they wear in their arms in the hope of marrying a rich white tourist. I am saying what I know, I am a frequent visitor to Gambia. They are not shy about their charms, they are bold to tell you that they do it to get rich European tourists. In Gambia, its easy to see a 14 years old boy getting married to a 70 years old white woman. Many old white men and women purposely go to Gambia for sex or marriage.

In West Africa is is CERTAINLY Gambians. In East Africa it is Tanzanians, in Southern Africa it is Botswana, in North Africa it should be Tunisians.

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