₦airaland Forum

One of my friend said to me the other day that Nigeria is in fashion,well I  didn't get it then but later it sinked in.We all know that a democratic and stable Nigeria will have a great and very possitive impact on the whole of Africa ,esspecially sub saharan Africa.Lots of black Africas country look up to Nigeria as a role model,South Africa and Northern African states are considered white,So for Africa to move forward Nigeria must take the lead.And slowly we're seeing that happening,South Africa as the only industrilised country in Africa will naturaly gain a lot if Africa and Nigeria do well.In a nutshell we all want to see Africa that is stable,peaceful,where the is freedom of choice,speech and political affiliations and many other things that come with a real democracy.

So Paddy lo my friend once again I say post more,we need to see this developments,whether it's 2% of the population that has access to them or not,the good thing is this places are in Nigeria and because of them young Nigerians are dreaming,not about going abroad but by joining that 2% and hopefully in future that two percent could be ten and one day 90%.This is what is motivating us in South Africa,we don't have to pull down the standard but work hard to reach that highest standard.

@Paddy lo I say beautiful my brother keep showing us all that is positive about Nigeria,it look like some Nigerians who are abroad are not happy with this developments,is it because soon it won't make a different whether you come back with a fake accent and pretend to better than the rest? Or they hate the fact that lost hope on Nigeria too soon?.

I am happy with what Nigeria is achiving and hope that we will see more Fasholas at helm of Nigeria's governance.

@Lipuka you forgot to mention that Only in Africa if you rig the election you appoint your opposition a Prime Minister(Kenya),OK and Zimbabwe

Beauty,Bontle

I wish Africa can get her act together,and be lead by people who have here best interest at heart.

foyeks2001:
the full name is Oluwafela meaning God has expanded my wealth( an increase in sumone 's wealth or u became wealthy when u gave birth to the child), is a yoruba name from the yoruba tribe (one of the major tribes in Nigeria) located in the southwestern part of Nigeria

Thank you very much,I think I have to do some ajustments to Fela(my son)

Yes I am a South African and my first son I named him Fela after Mr Kuti,my second son Kwame after President Nkrumah of Ghana,Fela's music was about struggles,and growing up in aapartheid South Africa,I felt like he was one of us.I have honoured him 5 years ago and through my son I will always remembers him.

Can anyone tell me what Fela means,and which language it is?

If hustling means I have to leave my country with unlimited opportunity and go and live like a squalor in some european country,I would rather deal with my own minority whites.And beside as a black South African I am more connected to whites South Africans than any Nigerians,I will gladly fight next to my white South African brother than a Nigerian anytime and anyday just like any Igboman will do with Hausa and Yoruba who massacared them during Biafra war.Bottom line is in South Africa blacks and white are looking after each other,we are in the same boat.We're all here to build a succesfull nation,a nation that will compete with the best in the world.

paddy_lo:
RSA with all your sarcasm,u and i know deep down there is something wrong,apartheid not only did a physical job on south african blacks,it also did a mental con job on them,u talking of black billionaire like that is the issue,well in Nigeria we have 2 official ones and many underground ones ask ibb,abacha and their cronies,but i would never boast about that cause that doesnt really affect the masses much
hopefully the black people there will get more confidence in the coming generation or 2,thats why apart from Nigeria,the only country in the world i can live in is the US,at least over here even though there are poor blacks,most black ppl here could care less about a white man and white ppl are mostly scared of them,
in SA blacks are still scared of whites,its a damn shame,and dont tell me i dont know what am talking about cause i do have young friends from SA
in clubs they complain that white girls dont look at them,while over here white girls are the ones chasing black bois
the point is everyone knows the power structure over there,thats why its like that, shame

What if your friends are damn too ugly?or they're just plain broke? or they look stupid? Have you asked yourself those questionS?.

I.m sorry that you took all your time to write nothing,yes nothing, because you're not saying anything.Are you saying Black South Africans are scared of whites?,thats a joke,if you where intelligent enough I was going to say it's just a perception.And being a Nigerian you know what perception could do,which people are percived to be corrupt,fraudsters,drugdealers,religious fanatics/extremist,kidnappers?
Now if I am going to stand here and say  Nigerians  are all that you'll probably think I am an idiot who just generalised,wont you?

Please don't tell me you can only live in America,because we all know that Nigerians are even in Afghgans selling secondhand clothes (sori Hadexman)
I will borrow this line from Robert Mugabe and say 'Leave South Africa for South Africans,worry about your Nigeria and I will worry about my South Africa'

morpheus24:
Don't be touchy now Mr. RSA. I like your Capetown city very much but Yoruba looks like he is about to climb on top of the city and start humping her.

I am simply putting warning sticker that despite her beauty she does have some "Kro-kro" here and there so let noone be deceived so they get teh overall picture.

Its like showing off South beach in Miami without telling people there are areas like Little Haiti you can end up getting shot in.

Ok! I know,Yoruba is a first Naijaman(if he is) I've seen declaring love for everything South African,I'm sure he's married to one of those small waist big asss girl that we have .I mean the one that makes big man cry like babies .But without taking a piss at anyone will have been proud to be Capetonian.

Now Mr. Mo I expect you to be here during the world cup,it's your duty to be here.Your love for SA is unquestionable,and like I've said before we are willing to host you if you have no other plans.WOZA 2010!

Once again congratulation to Nigeria for qualifying for SA 2010 World cup.

The will be held in 8 Provinces,10 cities and 10 stadiums

Gauteng Province
1.Soccer City in Johannesburg/Soweto(Opening and Closing venue)
2.Coca Cola Park/Ellis Park in Johannesburg
3.Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria

KwaZulu Natal Province

4.Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban(one semifinal)

Western Cape Province

5.Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town(one semifinal)

Eastern Cape Province

6.Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth/Nelson Mandela Bay

Limpopo Province

7.Peter Mokaba Complex in Petersburg/Polokwane

North West Province

8.Royal Bafokeng in Rustenburg

Mpumalanga Province

9.Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit

Free State Province

10.Bloemfontein Stadium in Bloemfontein

semid:
For once RSA says something positive to Nigerians.

Naija always spice up things,it would have been boring if you guys didnt qualify.

PSS, now that you've qualified, Go and see my thread on 2010 stadium development,and mybe we can start informing each other about hotels/accomodation,tourist attractions and other things you'll want to know before coming.

Yes,you don't need to pack your vuvusela (Muki) because this is where they're born

Naija-Mzansi Lets go dear!

Congradulation to the Super Eagles!!!I think with Team Africa that is going to represent us,the cup will definetely stay in Africa.

Well done!

morpheus24:
And so. You be travel agent!!

you should tell them about the cape flats too.!!

Tell them what about cape flats? so for every positive he must justfied it by mention the negatives as well ,and what good do you think that will do?.Yoruba is showcasing all the nicest place one can visit while on holiday(I know you're looking for a place to stay but we're talking about holidays here) in Cape Town and I don't think Cape Flats are tourist attraction,so what are you trying to say? and what are you trying to prove?

selingel:
Whether you like it or not, the whites rule SA. Concerning whether your privates is very small, or gigantic, please buy a very good pant and put it in there. We are tired of these HIV that you people spread on daily basis. Now, it is very hard to see a 7 year old virgin girl. You guys will not allow them be becos you feel they are the cure for your inheritance called, HIV. Crime rate in SA, is the highest in the whole, are you people not ashamed? We are ashamed of corruption, that is why we are fighting it on daily basis, and we are not raping any baby to get the cure, or solution. Check Nigerian newspapers, people are beginning to go to jail.

Like I said I've heard this millions times here,but with all this ranting about rape,AIDS,crime and whats not,your peeps are still lining at our(SA) embasies in your country trying to get South African visas(I wonder why).And to top it all Naija boys in SA are dying of AIDS like ants because your brothers indulges with prostitutes without condoms(idiots).

Pss.I wonder whats the AIDS statistics in your country(I doubt you'll know).

Free Biafra

selingel:
Mr. RSA, did you read this?

Read what? Is he not your brother? He is saying the same ol crap you guys always say about black South Africans.You are all so quick to tell us that whites rule SA,but how about me telling you that criminals rules Nigeria and that you cannot do anything about it cause you're one of them?
Don't ever in your wildest dream compare SA to Naija,there is no comparison

Oboma1:
Mr South African, I am very sure, you are one of those white guys that were forgotten by your grand-parents, that is why you have shown that you are not well brought up. Please tell me, which of the European countries are you from? I guess it might be Holland?. Never mind, I will advice you concentrate on the topic and keep smelly mouth shut!. Else, if Nigerians catch you online, you will beg Nairaland to remove your postings. Go back home, because I know you are not from SA.
Cheers!.

First let me tell you that I am a black man,yes the one with a big dikc and all that ,and not only that I'm black I am a proudly African and South African,I am proudly African not because of someone but because this is my land,my home and my roots.
Mozambiquen and South African blood is flowing through my veins,

Ke kgabo mokgatla,
Ke ja borekhu,
Ngwana wa sebilo,
Oo mosetlhana,
makgarebe ga a mpona,
a tsholola ditete,
lekau la maratwa
go lejwa

Yes thats me, now what?

It was reported in yesterday papers that Japs where adviced to stay indoors because it's hell outside their hotel
F**ck the Japs and their racist attitude,if that's what they're doing then why did they accept invitation in the first place?

Round number 15

Ghana -Naija fight

_{I am so enjoying this}

jassie:
And you're the only South African I've seen online. . . From your written English. . . You're definitely a bleeped up illiterate. . . No wonder the HIV rate in your country keeps rising. . . I bet y'all don't even know how to use condoms

Fuccking idiot,now I have to be fluent in someone shitty language to be considered literate?you're one fuckkked up idiot.That is why you shitty mudafuckkers are turning into gypsies.
I bet you think you're way too better than South Africans,even though your 400 kg mother is riding in the back of Okadas

And the reason most of our peeps are not currently online right now is because they're working their butt of to make their countrybetter,that is why most of you are dreaming of living there .We have no time 419erian
Keep practising your englishi mudufucker maybe someday your boat might make it to europe and with your english you might be able to plea for assylum dickhead

U know if my first interection with Nigerians was through Nairaland,I would have thought that all Nigerians are danm idiots,morons,stupid and damn backwards niggers but I was fortunate to meet some incredible human beings who happened to be Nigerians.

That's all I am willing to say

Post the Picture my brother

unfaded:
yoruba were you paid for this?
i can't help but ask, am sure south africans are not as excited as you re about cape town
if only you and every average nigerian can be this excited about naija am sure things would improve.
this is just an observation.

I think Yoruba is happy to be an African,I called him proudly Africa man.Maybe you should try it
this is just an observation.

Although the story is true but I was just rubbing my asss in some Naija peeps face

Decryptor:
Guys, i got the shocker of my life today. I heard some months back that Ghana's economy has improved tremendously. I didn't know to what extent though, only for me to check their exchange rate and guess what? It is $1 to 1.8 cedis. Imagine Ghana of yesterday when you would need to spend about 50,000cedis to eat breakfast and billions to buy a tokunbo car. Chei!!! This is a big lesson for Nigeria!!!

If that means your yesterday cedis(the one you paid your breakfast with) are now close to 40 000 US dollar then indeed Ghana's economy is doing very very well,but if your yesterday 50000cedis is called old money and worth 5 new cedi then don't get too excited.So which one?

I dare you to visit Johannesburg, the city for softies (Jeremy Clarkson)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article5821586.ece
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It's the least frightening place on earth, yet everyone speaks of how many times they've been killed that day

Jeremy Clarkson

Every city needs a snappy one-word handle to pull in the tourists and the investors. So, when you think of Paris, you think of love; when you think of New York, you think of shopping; and when you think of London - despite the best efforts of new Labour to steer you in the direction of Darcus Howe - you think of beefeaters and Mrs Queen.

Rome has its architecture. Sydney has its bridge. Venice has its sewage and Johannesburg has its crime. Yup, Jo'burg - the subject of this morning's missive - is where you go if you want to be carjacked, shot, stabbed, killed and eaten.

You could tell your mother you were going on a package holiday to Kabul, with a stopover in Haiti and Detroit, and she wouldn't bat an eyelid. But tell her you're going to Jo'burg and she'll be absolutely convinced that you'll come home with no wallet, no watch and no head.

Jo'burg has a fearsome global reputation for being utterly terrifying, a lawless Wild West frontier town paralysed by corruption and disease. But I've spent quite a bit of time there over the past three years and I can reveal that it's all nonsense.

If crime is so bad then how come, the other day, the front-page lead in the city's main newspaper concerned the theft of a computer from one of the local schools? I'm not joking.

The paper even ran a massive picture of the desk where the computer used to sit. It was the least interesting picture I've ever seen in a newspaper. But then it would be, because this was one of the least interesting crimes.

"Pah," said the armed guard who'd been charged with escorting me each day from my hotel to the Coca-Cola dome where I was performing a stage version of Top Gear.

Quite why he was armed I have absolutely no idea, because all we passed was garden centres and shops selling tropical fish tanks. Now I'm sorry, but if it's true that the streets are a war zone, and you run the risk of being shot every time you set foot outside your front door, then, yes, I can see you might risk a trip to the shops for some food. But a fish tank? An ornamental pot for your garden? It doesn't ring true.

Look Jo'burg up on Wikipedia and it tells you it's now one of the most violent cities in the world . . . but it adds in brackets "citation needed". That's like saying Gordon Brown is a two-eyed British genius (citation needed).

Honestly? Johannesburg is Milton Keynes with thunderstorms. You go out. You have a lovely ostrich. You drink some delicious wine and you walk back to your hotel, all warm and comfy. It's the least frightening place on earth. So why does every single person there wrap themselves up in razor wire and fit their cars with flame-throwers and speak of how many times they've been killed that day? What are they trying to prove?

Next year South Africa will play host to the football World Cup. The opening and closing matches will be played in Jo'burg, and no one's going to go if they think they will be stabbed.

The locals even seem to accept this, as at the new airport terminal only six passport booths have been set aside for non-South African residents.

At first it's baffling. Why ruin the reputation of your city and risk the success of the footballing World Cup to fuel a story that plainly isn't true? There is no litter and no graffiti. I've sauntered through Soweto on a number of occasions now, swinging a Nikon round my head, with no effect. You stand more chance of being mugged in Monte Carlo.

Time and again I was told I could buy an AK47 for 100 rand - about £7. But when I said, "Okay, let's go and get one", no one had the first idea where to start looking. And they were even more clueless when I asked about bullets.

As I bought yet another agreeable carved doll from yet another agreeable black person, I wanted to ring up those idiots who compile surveys of the best and worst places to live and say: "Why do you keep banging on about Vancouver, you idiots? Jo'burg's way better."

Instead, however, I sat down and tried to work out why the locals paint their city as the eighth circle of hell. And I think I have an answer. It's because they want to save the lions in the Kruger National Park.

I promise I am not making this up. Every night, people in Mozambique pack up their possessions and set off on foot through the Kruger for a new life in the quiet, bougainvillea-lined streets of Jo'burg. And very often these poor unfortunate souls are eaten by the big cats.

That, you may imagine, is bad news for the families of those who've been devoured. But actually it's even worse for Johnny Lion. You see, a great many people in Mozambique have Aids, and the fact is this: if you can catch HIV from someone's blood or saliva during a bout of tender love-making, you can be assured you will catch it if you wolf the person down whole. Even if you are called Clarence and you have a mane.

At present, it's estimated that there are 2,000 lions in the Kruger National Park and studies suggest 90% have feline Aids. Some vets suggest the epidemic was started by lions eating the lungs of diseased buffalos. But there are growing claims from experts in the field that, actually, refugees are the biggest problem.

That's clearly the answer, then. Johannesburgians are telling the world they live in a sh!t-hole to save their lions. That's the sort of people they are. And so, if you are thinking about going to the World Cup next year, don't hesitate.

The exchange rate's good, the food is superb, the weather's lovely and, thanks to some serious economic self-sacrifice, Kruger is still full of animals. The word, then, I'd choose to describe Jo'burg is "tranquil".

The author is a Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson.

Check this article by some briton on Johannesburg

Every city needs a snappy one-word handle to pull in the tourists and the investors. So, when you think of Paris, you think of love; when you think of New York, you think of shopping; and when you think of London – despite the best efforts of new Labour to steer you in the direction of Darcus Howe – you think of beefeaters and Mrs Queen.

Rome has its architecture. Sydney has its bridge. Venice has its sewage and Johannesburg has its crime. Yup, Jo’burg – the subject of this morning’s missive – is where you go if you want to be carjacked, shot, stabbed, killed and eaten.

You could tell your mother you were going on a package holiday to Kabul, with a stopover in Haiti and Detroit, and she wouldn’t bat an eyelid. But tell her you’re going to Jo’burg and she’ll be absolutely convinced that you’ll come home with no wallet, no watch and no head.

Jo’burg has a fearsome global reputation for being utterly terrifying, a lawless Wild West frontier town paralysed by corruption and disease. But I’ve spent quite a bit of time there over the past three years and I can reveal that it’s all nonsense.

If crime is so bad then how come, the other day, the front-page lead in the city’s main newspaper concerned the theft of a computer from one of the local schools? I’m not joking.

The paper even ran a massive picture of the desk where the computer used to sit. It was the least interesting picture I’ve ever seen in a newspaper. But then it would be, because this was one of the least interesting crimes.

“Pah,” said the armed guard who’d been charged with escorting me each day from my hotel to the Coca-Cola dome where I was performing a stage version of Top Gear.

Quite why he was armed I have absolutely no idea, because all we passed was garden centres and shops selling tropical fish tanks. Now I’m sorry, but if it’s true that the streets are a war zone, and you run the risk of being shot every time you set foot outside your front door, then, yes, I can see you might risk a trip to the shops for some food. But a fish tank? An ornamental pot for your garden? It doesn’t ring true.

Look Jo’burg up on Wikipedia and it tells you it’s now one of the most violent cities in the world . . . but it adds in brackets “citation needed”. That’s like saying Gordon Brown is a two-eyed British genius (citation needed).

Honestly? Johannesburg is Milton Keynes with thunderstorms. You go out. You have a lovely ostrich. You drink some delicious wine and you walk back to your hotel, all warm and comfy. It’s the least frightening place on earth. So why does every single person there wrap themselves up in razor wire and fit their cars with flame-throwers and speak of how many times they’ve been killed that day? What are they trying to prove?

Next year South Africa will play host to the football World Cup. The opening and closing matches will be played in Jo’burg, and no one’s going to go if they think they will be stabbed.

The locals even seem to accept this, as at the new airport terminal only six passport booths have been set aside for non-South African residents.

At first it’s baffling. Why ruin the reputation of your city and risk the success of the footballing World Cup to fuel a story that plainly isn’t true? There is no litter and no graffiti. I’ve sauntered through Soweto on a number of occasions now, swinging a Nikon round my head, with no effect. You stand more chance of being mugged in Monte Carlo.

Time and again I was told I could buy an AK47 for 100 rand – about £7. But when I said, “Okay, let’s go and get one”, no one had the first idea where to start looking. And they were even more clueless when I asked about bullets.

As I bought yet another agreeable carved doll from yet another agreeable black person, I wanted to ring up those idiots who compile surveys of the best and worst places to live and say: “Why do you keep banging on about Vancouver, you idiots? Jo’burg’s way better.”

Instead, however, I sat down and tried to work out why the locals paint their city as the eighth circle of hell. And I think I have an answer. It’s because they want to save the lions in the Kruger National Park.

I promise I am not making this up. Every night, people in Mozambique pack up their possessions and set off on foot through the Kruger for a new life in the quiet, bougainvillea-lined streets of Jo’burg. And very often these poor unfortunate souls are eaten by the big cats.

That, you may imagine, is bad news for the families of those who’ve been devoured. But actually it’s even worse for Johnny Lion. You see, a great many people in Mozambique have Aids, and the fact is this: if you can catch HIV from someone’s blood or saliva during a bout of tender love-making, you can be assured you will catch it if you wolf the person down whole. Even if you are called Clarence and you have a mane.

At present, it’s estimated that there are 2,000 lions in the Kruger National Park and studies suggest 90% have feline Aids. Some vets suggest the epidemic was started by lions eating the lungs of diseased buffalos. But there are growing claims from experts in the field that, actually, refugees are the biggest problem.

That’s clearly the answer, then. Johannesburgians are telling the world they live in a shit-hole to save their lions. That’s the sort of people they are. And so, if you are thinking about going to the World Cup next year, don’t hesitate.

The exchange rate’s good, the food is superb, the weather’s lovely and, thanks to some serious economic self-sacrifice, Kruger is still full of animals. The word, then, I’d choose to describe Jo’burg is “tranquil”.

http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-25_2560364

Cape Town - South Africa has the potential to become a more significant oil and gas producer, with a new petroleum act paving the way for more exploration, an official at the Petroleum Agency of South Africa said on Friday.

David van der Spuy, the agency's manager for resource evaluation, said companies active in the country have resumed exploration put on hold during the changes in the law and other companies have come in to secure blocks both on and offshore.

The new law ensures that historically disadvantaged South Africans can participate in the sector.

The agency, which regulates the country's exploration on behalf of the government, on Thursday awarded the exploration licences for two of South Africa's offshore areas to oil major Shell and Singapore's Silver Wave Energy.

"There are still some large areas that are unexplored in South Africa, including far offshore areas , in terms of geology, there is a possibility of larger amounts of oil," van der Spuy told Reuters on the sidelines of an oil conference.

He said the southern Outeniqua basin, currently explored by Canadian Natural Resources, had potential for large oil accumulation, as well as the deeper part of the Orange basin, off the west coast, where BHP Billiton and Shell are active.

Van der Spuy said new substantial gas discoveries were also possible, adding that geological structures were located that were similar to the vast gas deposits found in the Kudu field off the coast in Namibia.

The authority awarded a production licence to US gas explorer Forest Exploration International to start producing gas from its Ibhubesi project off the west coast of South Africa.

Sir Mark Thatcher became an informer to the South African secret services in an attempt to avoid prosecution for his role in a botched coup in central Africa.

Thatcher met South African intelligence officials in 2004 to discuss the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea.

“I was told I was a nominated SASS [South African Secret Service] source,” he said later in an interview.

The disclosure will further anger Simon Mann, the mercenary released last week by Equatorial Guinea. Mann has claimed the former prime minister’s son played a key role and wants him to face justice.

Thatcher met an intelligence official from SASS while he was under investigation by the police for partly financing the plot. The next day he claimed he was told he had been accepted as an intelligence source.

Four days later he was arrested by
the Scorpions, then an anti-corruption unit in South Africa, and subsequently charged under anti-mercenary laws.

Adam Roberts, an Economist journalist and author of The Wonga Coup, a book about the plot, said: “Thatcher told me that four days before his arrest he had been accepted as an intelligence source by SASS. He blames his arrest on a lack of communication between various government departments.”

Thatcher now denies trying to strike a deal and says he has “no recollection” of telling Roberts that he had been accepted as an intelligence source. He claims he did not realise the man he met was an intelligence official and at that time he did not believe he faced the risk of prosecution.

The Equatorial Guinea government said it had evidence — including phone and bank records — that Thatcher and a Lebanese businessman, Ely Calil, were involved in the plot.