₦airaland Forum

Sky Blue:
Come on, a tad pathetic don't you think? What is partly irritating is the condencendtment in your posts, but you might be too involved to even see it. Can you imagine asking whether people are not aware of the possible implications of power failures on the manufacturing process, because the lead engineers involved are polytechnic drop outs and the people investing in the plant were certainly not as intelligent as you to consider such factors? You have not driven these cars, probably don't know what the plants look like, don't know anything about the standards they adhere too, but you are certain they are unsafe. Wow. If this is your input to this thread then be rest assured, I have read it and seen it. Next!

Gentle man, you make me laugh. I like your passion and the use of grammar.

Sky Blue:
So you have never driven an INNOSON car, you don't know the effort put in to get the plant working, you don't know effort put into research and design, you know nothing about that or hpw it ranks with other cars around the world on terms of safety, but you are certain because Nigerian hands are involved we should be worried about safety and are discouraging the federal government from investing? I hope you also won't be the among those people shouting Nigeria doesn't do anything. Please feed someone else your "We are all Nigerians and you and I know how things work here" rhetoric. Disappointing is an understatement.

Something tells me this guy works for INNOSON or has an interest or a stake in the company. Don't mis-understand me.I am not saying Nigeria should not manufacture anything. What I said is that we should explore our areas of competitive advantage, create an enabling environment for us to develop these areas.
Haba!! apart from the auto-industry there are other sectors that Nigeria can beat even the 'super-powers'.

@Fhemmy the great auto marchant thanks for the complement.

Sky Blue:
Ugh, stop grasping at straws please, it is getting irritating. Now the issue is safety of the vehicles? And you know they vehicles are unsafe because? How many INNOSON vehicles have you been? Toyota had how many recalls last year due to this their brake problem, I do not here you making noise about safety of Japanese cars as a result of that. Will safetey stop being an issue when the "enabling environment" is created? How do you know that these vehicles will not meet safety standards, or is this just another empty unresearched claim just to prove a still elusive point? I repeat, please stop grasping at straws. It is assembled in Nigeria hence it is unsafe, and you think with that kind of mentality you are not part of the group that will make mouth about dearth of industry in Nigeria? You cannot see the link between lack of demand (partly driven by that kind of retrogressive thinking) and lack of growth in industry in the country? Please spare us the sanctimonious ramblings.

We are all Nigerians and you and I know how things work here.If Toyota as near perfect as it is can have recalls for some of it's Prius and a few others which might not constitute up to 5% of Toyota models manufactured, that tells you that the automobile industry has very high regards for safety standards. My dear u cannot compromise safety. If Toyota can have recalls it means the made in NIgeria cars will have over 99% of it cars recalled after one month. Imaging experiencing power failure when coupling a computer programmed component.Do u know what car manufacturing is all about? Men no,no,no,no, no be our talent.
Abeg Nigeria should explore other areas of strength.

Oh my God! @ Sky-blue, I think u are not getting something here. Who are the people that will ride in those vehicles? We all know that the government purchase those vehicles from the budget and they belong to goverment as you said.Are u considering the human side of it? I mean how safe are the vehicles?Do you know there are certain standards that will be met before a vehicle is approved for use by my establishment for instance? I am sure if those assembled or made in Nigeria vehicles are brought none will meet our safety standards.
How will you feel when u drive a car that you know that anything can go wrong at any time.

We don't want to be used as guinea-pigs before u start hearing some multiple-autocrash incidents due to brake failure or pulling out of the steering wheel or whatever.

U don't seem to get my point.My view is that the government should create an enabling environment for local investments and search for areas of possible comparative advantage so as to become relevant on the global market. Haba!! u see me for dream?lol.

This is a good car.It's just that most nairaland shoppers don't like wagons.They go for the sedans and SUVs.Happy sales my brother.

@Sky-blue what do you understand by parastatal?Do u understand English at all?

Do u think it is the buildings and offices or desks that make the parastatals.Is it not the people that work in govt establishments that this order is refering to?For ur info I am a public office holder and that order affects me directly so be more reasonable before making comments.

What GEJ is doing is simply putting the cart before the horse. U cannot order people to patronise goods that they don't have interest or confidence in.That is human rights violation.

What our government need to do is to first improve on our basic infrastructures like power supply, good roads, water supply, even improve social security.All these will encouarage local investments in the economy.They need to establish reserach instututes and find out what Nigeria can best offer the world.(Law of comparative advantage).

Leave automobile and electronics to Japan, America, Germany and co.We cannot compete favourably with them.

If it is shoe making, furniture work, bronze casting or what ever we know we can best sell to the global market, let us develop the sector,Invite both local and foreign investors.This will creat more jobs,hence increase per capita earning and GDP and enhance goverment earnings.

It is belived that the future of a nations national team falls on their youth players. Check out the list of former U-23 players that later played for the Super Eagles.

Seoul 1988 team:-
Rasheedi Yekini,
Samuel Okwaraji,
Emeka Eziugo
Wilfred Agbonabare
They team finished bottom of their group after loosing 4-0 to Brazil, 3-1 to Yugoslavia and 2-0 to Australia


Atlanta 1996 team (dream team 1):-
Wilson Oruma
Nwanknwo Kanu
Celestine Babayaro
Karibe Ojigwe
Mubi Oparaku
Taribo West
Victor Ikpeba
Godwin Okpara
Tijani Babangida
Kingsley Obiekwu
Austin Okocha (was already in the Super Eagles)
Uche Okechukwu(an over aged player drafted in from the SE)
Daniel Amokachi(was already in the SE)
Sunday Oliseh(was already in the SE)
Emmanuel Amuneke(an over-aged player drafted in from the SE)
The team won Africa's first Football Olympic gold beating Argentina 3-2 in the final.


Sydney 2000 team(dream team2):
Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Julius Aghahowa(was already in the SE)
Pius Ikedia
Isaac Okoronkwo
Victor Agali
Uche Kalu
Celestine Babayaro(was already in the SE)
Furo Iyeneme(was already in the SE)
Joseph Yobo
Ogbonna Kanu
The team crashed out at the quarter final loosing 4-1 to Chile

Athens 2004 team(dream team3)
Osaze Odemwingie (was already in the SE)
Femi Opabunmi(was already in the SE)
Christian Obodo
Justice Christopher(was already in the SE)
Rotimi Sunday(the goal keeper tat just got called-up by Siasia)
The team could not qualify for the 2004 Olympics


Beijin 2008 team(dream team 4)
Victor Obinna Nsofor(was already in the SE)
Chinedu Ogbuike Obasi(was already in the SE)
Taiye Taiwo(was a member of the team but did not feature in the Olympics)
John Obi Mikel(was a member of the team but did not feature in the Olympics)
Sani Keita
Chibuzor Okonkwo
Ebenezar Ajilore
Dele Adeleye
Adefemi Olubayo
Solomon Okoronkwo
Osaze Odemwingie(an over-aged player brought in from the SE)
Victor Anichebe
Efe Ambrose
Elderson Echiejile(was dropped just before the Olympic games)
The team won Silver after loosing to Argentina 1-0 in the final.

London 2012 team(dream team 5)
The ball is in your court to make the list of ex-under23 players that’ll go ahead to play for the Super Eagles.

You'll observe that the 1996 and 2008 teams had the highest number of players that progressed into the Super Eagles and that’s because of their performances at the Olympics. I wish the next generation under 23 team the best.

See laps.She be like who rub pomade for body
If them dash me that Ama girl for me to marry and be receiving allowance for it, I no marry.

A typical Ghanaian face-Dark urgly and unsophisticated.

I am sure they'll be dancing all about cos they beat a Nigeria to it.

I don't like Ghanaians.

I am an alumni of this great school. I graduated from geology in 2004.
I started reading this tread just this morning and was just smiling all through cos what u guys passed through is just a tip of the ice-berg compared to our ordeal. For ur info I stepped my foot into that school on March 9th 1998 and my exit was April 2004.For a 4yrs course!
So it's the same old story.So u guys don't worry.Delay is not denial. I currently work in the Oil industry and cannot but laugh and recall memories when i read ur post.

Greatest gbogbo, greatest gbagba.Once an OSUITE always an OSUITE(Sorry OSU is written on my certificate not OOU)

By Chika Amanze-Nwachuku

ConocoPhillips, a Houston-based integrated energy company and key player in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector has announced plans to sell between $5 billion to $10 billion worth of non-core assets in Nigeria, war-torn Libya and three other countries.

The company said in its annual analyst meeting that the sale might include exits from countries where its interests are not large. Details of the planned divestment was however not provided.

The energy giant with operations in 49 countries has an interest in four onshore oil mining leases (OMLs) and exploration rights in one Nigerian deepwater oil prospecting lease (OPL) and one deepwater OML. In addition, ConocoPhillips has an interest in a gas-fired, combined cycle power plant. The company also has a stake in oil production through its 20percent holding along with Agip (20percent) and NNPC (60percent) in the Brass River crude oil field.

Exploration and production of oil and gas is a key part of the ConocoPhillips business portfolio. The company’s output in Nigeria was 20,000 barrels of oil per day and 141 million cubic feet of natural gas.

Argus oil analyst, Phil Weiss revealed at the weekend that Conoco’s plans to sell its interest in oil and gas properties will Libya and Kazakhstan as part of planned asset divestment.

"Selective country exits are also possible. Candidates would be Nigeria, Vietnam, Libya, Algeria and Kazakhstan," Weiss wrote in a note to clients at the weekend after a meeting with Conoco's chief financial officer and head of investor relations.

Conoco is in the midst of a plan to boost shareholder returns with share buybacks and higher dividends. Proceeds from the asset sales, expected to total as much as $17 billion, will be used to fund that program.

In Libya, Conoco holds a 16.3 percent interest in the Waha concessions, where net oil production averaged 46,000 barrels per day (bpd) last year.

In the Caspian Sea, Conoco has an 8.4 percent interest in the Kazakhstan's North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement, which includes the Kashagan Field. First production from that project is expected in late 2012. Shares of Conoco rose 45 cents to $80.15 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

The company has approximately 56,000 employees worldwide and assets of $75 billion. ConocoPhillips stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Citing Nigeria’s turbulent oil and gas sector, British Gas (BG) Exploration and Production last year threatened to pull out of Nigeria despite the investment of over $500 million in its exploration activities on the offshore blocks OPLs 332, 286-DO and 284-DO since 2004.

BG Nigeria is 100 per cent owned by BG UK Plc. The company was a major partner in the multi-billion dollars Olokola (OK) LNG project in Ogun and Ondo states before it indicated plans to divest in August, last year.

As part of moves to close its operation in the country, sources said the company had planned to terminate appointments of over 100 remaining Nigerian in its employ.

Also, a 10-man transitional management team, headed by the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, was said to have been directed by the parent company, BG Group, United Kingdom to oversee an orderly liquidation process and commence winding-up proceedings before the end of the year.

-thisday newspaper,29th march, 2011.

A good car you have there but the photographing is quite disappointing.

I believe you can do better. No wonder nobody has commented for the past 3-4days of posting.

jerryben12:
Comparing apples to oranges? Make a better case

My brother, this is not an issue of comparing apples to oranges. With that ur price I can get a brand new Toyota Avalon!

Please review your price.

The interior is so ordinary:-No way near the Accord, or Altima.

Forget this B/B nonesense!! That generation of leaders has nothing to offer to Nigerians.They are responsible for our present woes and economic mis-fortunes.Not even the GEJ/Sambo rubish.Leaders that don't even know their left from their right. A COMPLETE REVOLUTION just like what is happening in the middle-east is what we want. We need knowledgeble and 'truely well educated leaders'. That is my opinion.

GHANAIANS DON'T LIKE NIGERIANS AND I HATE THEM FOR THAT.

Sierra Leone has a 40% chance of winning, RSA has a 20% chance and the remaining 40% is for a possible draw-my prediction.

@ poster you need your empty head examined.FOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!

Chai!!Nigerian youth's and their poor reading habit. I am sure you didn't read the part that says the host will be anounced on november 7 2007.Didn't this tell you something? You just read headlines and next thing you carry every junk and start posting for people to read.

This thing na old news na. Haba!

Nigeria's flying eagles have moved a giant step towards qualifying for next year's AYC and WYC.
They beat their hosts Mauritius 2-0 over the weekend. This has come as a cheering news and a ray of light for Nigerian football after the early exit of the U-17 team

The return leg comes up in Nigeria in two weeks time.

Full results:-
Mauritius (0-2) Nigeria
Benin (0-2) Ghana
Gambia (1-0) Cote D' Ivoire
Senegal(1-0) Egypt
Congo PR (0-1) Cameroun
Kenya (0-1) Lesotho
Mali (?-?) Gabon (being expected)


Seven qualifiers will join host Libya for the AYC January,2011 out of which four will qualify for the WYC.

Tactics failed them.
They were the strongest team in the tournament. They only lacked ideas upfront.
They could have white-washed the Koreans.
We didn't have a goal keeper,every Korean shot on goal hit the net.
Now the almighty Germans are out, we could have won the tournament had we scaled through s/korea.
They are a good side they played good football and should graduate to the U-20.

THERE IS FUTURE FOR OUR FEMALE FOOTBALL

When did FIFA start ranging teams?

piece of trash. Amodu didn't know his boys too enh?

Why is the topic centered on Gabon.
Is Gabon now our yardstick?

any big deal about that? ??
na only Gabon overtake us?
Reframe your topic joor

Besides Martins who scored by penalty after his team was already 2-0 up, no other Nigerian first team player found the net.Too bad

Honerics get your news right. It was not Democratic Republic of Congo. It was Peoples' Republic of Congo, Ok? I know you got the DR Congo nonesense from the press, AIT match broadcast inclusive . Don't mind them they are all a bunch of geographical illitrates

zoraro:
Did they look bigger, taller or stronger also? are you saying that just been older gives someone overwhelming advantage in football?
Since you can tell peoples age from their looks maybe FIFA should be using you to determine who can play in their competitions .

Thank you my brother, they never see anything good in Nigerian football. Cover your faces in shame you enemies of progress.