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explorer250:you guys and your claiming of other people and territories! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PART OF BENUE WHERE THEY SPEAK IGBO, FACT! I am sure you are refering to the Utonkon people and those people would swear that they are not Igbo. They don't even speak anything close to Igbo! |
Eastactivist:that that name is similar to Igbo name does not mean Idoma people are Igbo and can be part of Biafra. I am sure you also saw a Danjuma there too. |
the house of reps wanting Jammeh to have a haven here in Nigeria is a wrong move in my opinion. You are right when you said we should allow institutions to function in Africa. But how can institutions function when the very first one to function, the electoral commission, is being undermined by someone who thinks he is too big? Also, who would the house of reps want to give him asylum? Won't that be sending a wrong message to the rest of the continent, that you can take govt by force, be a sit tight leader, lose elections after about 30 years, and in order to get away with all your looting and brutality, you cause some commotion between the time you lost the election and when you are to hand over hoping that you will be granted asylum and you can go on ahead to enjoy your loot? When you give him, asylum, won't that be a sort of injustice to the likes of Gbagbo? Won't we make the likes of Abdullahi Wade et al regret why they didn't cause commotion between when they lost power to when they handed over peacefully? Won't Nigeria be tainting her moral stance, credibility and reputation as a strong supporter of democracy and respect for institutions and peace? According to Newton's first law, nothing moves until you make it move. In the same way, nothing will change in Africa, including the sit tight syndrome, unless we say NO to it! If Nigeria can stand her ground and make sure this man leaves, that would spark the same consciousness across the whole of Africa and at this time in our history when we have more elections in a year in the whole of Africa than we have in anyother continent the world over, we can be rest assured that the sit tight syndrome will be put to an end in a matter of 5 years or there about. |
cstr44:the developed countries you are talking about are countries that are US allies. They are tied down to the US for abvious reasons either to offset trade deficit, or are still paying for the war the US fought with them and won. Surely countries like the UK anD France are not bothered about US weapons, are they? |
alBHAGDADI:you are a witness, the Jehova type. |
Amd pls tell me about the satellites. What's up with the new ones we are getting? What's their features etc? |
Henry240:how did you do this photoshop? I would like to have updates on the thunders. When will they arrive? |
seunny4lif:the armata is better than the Abrams; the Sukhoi series are better than the othe Falcons; the S-300 is better than any SAM in the US arsenal; the AK series are still better than the m16s. What exactly does the US possess better than Russia? Only thing i can come up with is still the F22 and with the coming of the T50, its doom for the US! |
Hey guy! What is the title of that nollywood movie someone suggest here somepages ago? He said the picture quality is so clear and that it was 100percent shot in Lagos and it is improved overall. I would like to know it and see if i could watch it. |
Just watching how cnn infested brains are here talking down on Russia. The only military advantage i see US posses over Russia is the F-22, nothing more! Even the F22 will soon be a no threat as the T50 is coming on board. |
I am currently using the same Xtouch E1. My problem is: i can only browse with one browser and that's opera browser. Also, i cannot download on it anymore. This has caused me to watch videos on youtube only. I solved the problem by restoring to factory setting but just before 24hrs, the problem started again. If you have a way out, pls tell me. I am already tired of the phone i bought in sept. |
Medunah:is the hymen some kind of valuable? |
Yideas:it is not an achievement. Achievement is that which helps to advance civilization and staying out of sex does not necessarily amount to that. Also, it is not a guarantee that she's got self control. Alot of people who do not have sex before marriage also masturrrrrbate. It is highly possible that she has done that once or twice her entire life. Pls reply me: if a lady has masturrrrbated once or does it a couple of times, would you still consider her a virgin or that she is wasting her time? I would like to get an asnwer to that question. When you say "most of us lost ours to men not WORTHY of it...", you create the impression that it is some kind of gift and privilege. I would like to let you know that not everyone sees it as a gift. There are many people who see it as a gift, WHICH IS OK, but for the likes of me, it doesn't matter if a woman is virgin or not. I have my reasons. Also, do you think its a gift a guy is giving you if you are the first one he's having sex with? If no, why no? Why the double standard? Don't you think the double standard only shows that the people who clamur for chastity are only wasting their time? Man are the ones who innitiate sex the most. So if you can tell the one who initiates sex to stop doing it, don't you think you will do better in your fight against sex before marriage? But no, the church, mosque and the traditional culture we have in Africa will not do that and that's one of the reasons my likes don't take the virginity story seriously. |
LordGuru1:first, i do not know about other guys, but i do not condemn virginity. I only don't value it. It is not very important to me of a lady or a guy is virgin or not. I have solid reasons to feel indifferent about it and if not because your likes were taught compulsory virginity by the church and some ancient African culture, both of which teach by indoctrination, you would also agree with me why it doesn't matter if one is virgin or not. Secondly, you assume everyone here ether condemning or being indifferent about virginity has had sex before. Be careful the things you assume. Thirdly, the human being is not a car so stop comparing. You talk as if when you see a lady with good virtues, you wont propose to her instead of an unruly virgin. Lastly, i wonder why you and the church and African culture do not really emphasize virginity for boys? I heard it underneath the car analogy you used. |
LordGuru1:first, i do not know about other guys, but i do not condemn virginity. I only don't value it. It is not very important to me of a lady or a guy is virgin or not. I have solid reasons to feel indifferent about it and if not because your likes were taught compulsory virginity by the church and some ancient African culture, both of which teach by indoctrination, you would also agree with me why it doesn't matter if one is virgin or not. Secondly, you assume everyone here ether condemning or being indifferent about virginity has had sex before. Be careful the things you assume. |
sarahade:its your beautiful answers i like. Keep it up! |
Socratez20:not everyone who has an opposite view is jealous of her. I am a man and i don't jealous her. And its so funny how men don't get held to the same standard as women when it comes to chastity. I wonder why the bible should only prescribe punishment for women and not men when they get involved in sex before marriage? The lady brought before Jesus had sex with another man. The question is: where was the man? It is this partiality that has made some of us not to value the virginity thing. Hope you get it now? |
Raychellasam:you are absolutely right! There are more people who've never had sex than we probably think. But my issue is: the virginity supporters want to force everyone to value what they value and want to make it look like a terrible thing if one decides to have sex before marriage. You cannot force everyone to take seriously a thing which is only emphasized for a gender, the female gender, and not for the other; making a statement that the whole emphasis on virginity is not only sexist, but also wrongly done. I mean if one is concerned about curbing sex before marriage, what you should do is to emphasize it for the boys even more than the girls. Reason: boys are the ones who inciate sex most of the time. If you attack the root of a problem, then you might be able to solve it. But of course, all the so called purity thing was made up by mysoginist men so as to keep the women down. |
lanre316:i really like the part about losing out on the blooms of youth and later regreting it in life. |
Silvereze:whats sexual purity? |
jmoore:1. I wonder why male virginity is not as important to the bible. 2. All those pregnancy, std etc you mentioned can be avoided. I have friends who are sexually active and are being responsible about it. Ie, they don't get into the issues you mentioned. |
sarahade:good response! |
iykedare:but do they also masturrrrbate? |
obaaderemi:i followed the Naija @50 programme on the BBC when it was being aired in 2010. I was shocked at the level of cynicism in the country at that time. That's when the Yar'Adua's sickness was well and alive. Many Nigerians were busy washing our dirty linen in public unashamedly. It was so sad. The BBC's Naija@50 was a two weeks series of programmes done in the run up to oct 1st 2010 marking our 50th aniversary. |
Muafrika2:yea, you should donate too but its just that you don't have the money. |
i think we should give up on the race thing and focus on development only, not challeneges. A man is not known by the challenges he's got, but by the mighty things he's done by numbers and here, Nigeria takes it all. |
Horus: |
Hbuyosh:this is a true Kenyan speaking, not these wreched pretenders. |
A post to debunk the myth being peddled here by MKenyan that we are not applying techmology in agriculture. The fact is, we are not only applying tech in agric, other countries are copying from us, a thing no one is doing with the overhyped Mpesa. Published On: Mon, Dec 22nd, 2014 A Slider / Agriculture | By Peoples Daily Related News What hope as pneumonia, diarrhea kills more Corruption: Group faults senate on Babachir, President Buhari and El- Rufai’s comment Agric e-wallet reaches 14m farmers, says Adesina By Mohammed Kandi The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said that the electronic wallet system (e-wallet) has recorded the name and location of at least 14 million Nigerian farmers. Adesina make this known recently at a launch of Youth Employment in Agriculture Program (YEAP) and the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria in Abuja. Recall that the e-wallet system was deployed by the Agricultural and Rural Development ministry in a bid to provide farmers with subsidized farm inputs using the mobile phone technology. Adesina said: “Today, our e wallet system has reached 14 million farmers, and we have their names and locations. Nigeria is the first in the world to develop and use e- wallet to deliver farm input at scale and several African countries are learning from us. The agriculture sector has changed, Nigeria is now export transparency.” According to him, the country’s food production had improved following the launch of e-wallet system. “As a nation, we have produced an additional 21 million MT of food within the last 3 years. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, food imports declined from N 1.1 trillion ($ 6.7 billion) in 2009 to N 684 billion ($4.35 billion) in 2013 and continues to decline.” He also informed that Nigeria was able to achieve improvement in the agriculture sector due to increased local food production and reduction in food importation, especially at a time of falling oil prices and devaluation. “Agriculture is now an exciting sector. Today major local and international investors are investing in this new agriculture sector, with $5.6 billion in investments. The number of seed companies alone has risen from 5 to 80 within three years. And the banks are lending to the sector more than ever before,” the minister said. He added that, “YEAP will develop a new cadre of 740,000 market-oriented young agricultural producers in rural areas. These will be school leavers and rural youth leaders and there will be 20,000 of them per state of the federation.” Adesina said: “YEAP will also develop 18, 500 university graduates who will be formed into young agribusiness entrepreneurs called “nagropreneurs”. They will develop businesses along the entire agricultural value chains, from the farm, storage, processing and value addition, financial services and logistics.” The minister also assured that government would support the youth in accessing technical, entrepreneurial, finance, business and marketing skills, including land and link to major agribusinesses. http://www.peoplesdailyng.com/agric-e-wallet-reaches-14m-farmers-says-adesina/ |
We will keep posting evidence of our technological superiority anyway even though the Kenyans in here choose to ignore it due to over bloated ego. I have personally used this technology myself, so there is no doubting it! Cutting-Edge Technologies NAFDAC is spearheading global efforts in the use of Cutting- Edge Technologies to fight counterfeiting. TruScan (Raman Spectroscopy ) Mobile Authentication Service (SMS TEXT Messaging) We are the first Medicines Regulatory Authority to deploy and use Truscan®, a hand held device, with resounding success at borders and within the country to detect counterfeit medicines on the spot. Truscan The Truscan is a hand-held device used for on -the -spot detection of counterfeit medicines. Celebrated investigative journalist, Dan Rather, formerly of CBS, was in Nigeria to see this device in use first hand. Concept of Operations NAFDAC Central Lab in Lagos Develops and maintains library of medicines. Sends updates to field units. Collects and analyzes data from field. Field Inspectors Perform random and targeted inspections Generate and sends reports. GPHF Minilab Test Kits: We are utilizing the Global Pharma Health Fund Minilab Test Kits for speedy evaluation of medicines. It is a reliable, simple and inexpensive method for detecting counterfeit medicines. Mobile Authentication Service (MAS) NAFDAC has launched the Mobile Authentication Service (MAS) using Short Message Service (SMS). This technology has put the power of detecting counterfeit regulated products in the hands of more than 80 million Nigerian cell phone users. http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/index.php/component/content/article/187-nafdac-innovations/240-cutting-edge-technologies |
to those who think Africa/Nigeria and Science should not be mentioned in the same sentence, this is for you The truth about Africa’s space programmes Posted by Jeremy Williams Of all the stupid things written about Africa in the British press, the recent fussing about space programmes is among the stupidest. If you’re lucky enough not to have come across the story, it concerns countries that receive development aid from Britain and also have space programmes of one kind of another. Outrageous, say UKIP, the tabloids and the anti-aid brigade. “If a foreign government has enough cash to invest in an ambitious space programme,” says Matthew Sinclair of the ubiquitous Taxpayers Alliance, “it should not expect to be receiving cash from the UK which is earmarked for helping the world’s poorest.” Tory MP Philip Davies joins in: “We have got to say to these countries ‘you have got to spend that money on your people where it’s most needed not on some grandiose space programme’.” There are a couple of assumptions here. One is that these schemes are ‘grandiose’ or ambitious. The second is that they won’t do any good for the poor. Neither of those things is necessarily true. First, despite the tabloid talk of ‘joining the space race‘, these are generally not vanity projects. Most often we’re talking about astronomy programmes at African universities, taking advantage of the continent’s clear skies. If sending anything into space is involved at all, it’s satellites, not space missions. Usually the satellites are carried on other countries’ rockets, such as China’s or Russia’s. The main focus of space initiatives is often academic, aimed at developing local engineering expertise and encouraging science and innovation. “Space programs in Africa are not focused on getting men in space,” says Professor Nithaya Chetty of South Africa’s space agency. “African governments are finally coming around to understand the critical importance of science as an instrument for development. Training in astronomy, and training in computing and engineering leads to skills that are very wide ranging and are transferable to other disciplines.” Some of the countries being talked about have space programmes, but we shouldn’t read too much into the idea. Kenya is a leader in astronomy, but in terms of actual spacefaring ambitions, it has a disused Italian launchpad off Malindi that it would like to renovate as a commercial venture. Ghana’s Space Science and Technology Centre did launch its first ‘satellite’ this year, but it was the size of a coke can, built by students and was launched by weather balloon as a demonstration project. The Daily Mail was being particularly disingenuous in its tutting about Uganda this week. The very same paper ran a story poking fun at Uganda’s ‘space programme’ two years ago, under the headline ‘Not exactly NASA!’. The Ugandan space project is run by volunteer enthusiasts, and suggesting Uganda doesn’t deserve our aid because of it is self-serving nonsense. Secondly, satellite programmes can help the poor. Many parts of Africa, especially deeper rural areas, are badly connected and in desperate need of infrastructure. Satellite technology can open up communications to those regions far more cheaply than attempting to cable them all. This improves governance too, with governments able to keep in contact with the further reaches of the country. Satellites can play a role in monitoring droughts, pollution, desertification and natural disasters. One of Nigeria’s satellites relays images of natural disaster zones to relief agencies, and was used to study malaria vectors. They can keep an eye on conflict zones and border disputes and track the movements of rebel forces, as the Satellite Sentinel Project does in Sudan. Now, that particular satellite project was set up by George Clooney and friends, so that’s obviously okay. If an African country had launched it, would it be a luxury vanity project that could have been better spend on the poor? Of course not. Then there are agricultural and weather forecasting applications, global positioning and mapping technologies, data gathering and climate monitoring. Africa will benefit from all of these things, including the poor. Investing in these technologies is not an either/or decision between satellites and sanitation, any more than Britain has to choose between doing something about youth unemployment and supporting our own Space Agency. British taxpayers’ money isn’t going towards space programmes in Africa, though plenty of our aid money does go astray, I’m sure. And I’m sure that some developing world space projects are nationalist ego projects with budgets that could be better spent elsewhere. But satellite technology is important and everyone has a right to it. We should celebrate African universities contributing to our knowledge of astronomy, providing Southern hemisphere platforms for space observation, and playing an active role in the advance of science. Nigeria is even training the first bona fide African astronaut. Great. What could be a better symbol of a rising Africa? Share this: Nigeriasat-X, built in Surrey https://makewealthhistory.org/2013/08/13/the-truth-about-africas-space-programmes/ |
NairobiWalker:missplaced priorities you call it? From what you have said, you did not disappoint me when you came up with the usual you are poor, you have to improve standard of life, get your priorities right, mantra that the whole world have made us Africans to always be concerned about. We Nigerians do not allow ourselves to be defined by poverty, ill health etc and that's why we still go to school anyway even though we may not have eaten in the morning. The result, we are leading the entire African continent and you guys just want to be like us as could be clearly seen from those links i posted here. But is our involvement in astronomy and high tech physics beyond the stratosphere a misplaced priority? Listen to what a white European is telling you trying to correct your wrong idea of yourself that you should only be concerned about is how to tackle poverty and disease. Thanks for these comments, Jeremy. The comments on the alleged vanity of African Space Science give me a big “roll eyes” feeling. If we look back, we Europeans have a history of 3000 years pondering the Skies and the origins of it all, and the scientific revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries happened with a backdrop of poverty, hunger, wars and mass migrations. I can attest to the fact that studies an the earth- and space sciences (both often are closely intertwined) equip the students with an understanding of complexities in general, allowing them to enter in and contribute to many different fields. Astronomy, Physics and the Geo and Environmental Sciences all include essential tools for coping with complex and large scale development and environmental issues. A “space project” already is using, for example, Remote sensing GIS data from existing platforms for land use and regional planning and training students in geo information sciences. This is called development. Capacity building. Fishing rods instead of donations of canned fish, so to say. The opponents appear to have an interest in keeping Africa low, keep Africa from developing too much and thus from eventually becoming an emancipated competition for European companies. And it is ridiculous and immoral anyway to complain about Africa receiving too much aid after European countries exploited the continent for centuries. A beautiful aspect is that all space programs in developing countries operate on shoestring budgets and thus are forced to become immensely creative to find low cost solutions. Maybe that feels like a threat to some folks who are used to the comfort of monstrous state budgets…https://makewealthhistory.org/2013/08/13/the-truth-about-africas-space-programmes/ |

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