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ballabriggs: Hold it there! We talk of the poverty head count a percentage of people living on US$1 PPP a day (the poverty line) called extreme poverty and $US2 PPP a day called poverty. It was a poverty headcount as used by the NBS.

You have mentioned akamu and akara in New York. Now the PPP U.S dollar is not the same thing as the US$ you change at Alhaji's BDC in yaba. The PPP standard denotes not what the US dollar can buy in the country concerned but what a US dollar would buy in the US in 1985 prices in some cases (as used by the World Bank World Development Report 2007). The value of a $1 US PPP is more than that N155 you all keep quoting.

I repeat, the study of poverty is very complex as it goes beyond what most of you understand. It will be good to read more about it instead of rubbishing Professionals who put their all in all to bring out these figures.

hey man i dont think you have witness the life of a poor man u just sit at the comfort of ur home and start spilling trash stats. You cant tell me that the poverty level in nigeria is so low to the extents we live below $1 per day. Cause i know even well that a begger in the street earn more than that a day not to talk of hairbarbers, shoe maker, mama akara, mechanics even agbero in the park and lot more.

Nche95: I'm highly intro-verted. I can't even say 'hi' to a girl.. I think i'm destined not to get married.

we kind of have same problem.

@ op thanks. You have just save the soul of a ugly looking man like myself who cant talk to a woman

Who says an average nigerian lives on $1 a day must be serious disturbed mentally. Course even the beggars on the street get to eat 3 sq meal per day is that not more than $1.

Rimbaldi: It is usually best to relocate home alone at first till u get to know how things work here. Ur family can join u if u still want after 6 months to a year.This gives u time to acclimatize with the practices here and provide a soft landing for ur family. U have been away for long and u need a little time to learn about present day Nigeria. Is ur wife white or black? Sometimes the way the western media paints the picture, it makes it look like there's pandemonium here by the second. If south Africans and other nationals are queuing up at our embassies in droves despite the security challenges just to come make a living here, how much more u a son of the soil?

@ bolded i love that part

I have watch more than 20 of there films but jumong still remain the best of them all

Rossikk: This is the problem with the media, exaggeration, and anti-Nigerian propaganda. Look at how this man's mind has been poisoned against Nigeria to the point where he cannot even see his country as it is, as opposed to the way enemies of progress want him to see it.

Please poster, if you want to return home, please feel free to do so. Infrastructure is getting better by the day, and is most certainly BETTER than when you left Nigeria 13 years ago. Most of the major federal highways are fixed or undergoing major renovation. 15 airports have been (and are being) completely remodelled. Major cities like Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Calabar etc are witnessing major infrastructural transformation. The railways are seeing unprecedented investment as is the power sector. In fact power generation has doubled in the last two years and many homes and businesses have seen greatly improved supply, with more plants coming on stream. The power sector is being privatized, so is certain to transform the sector as the telecoms privatization did to that sector.

Security wise, you are SAFER in Nigeria than in South Africa.

I repeat for sake of emphasis:

Security wise, you are SAFER in Nigeria than in South Africa.

In fact you are at least 3 times safer in Nigeria if you compare the crime rate in the two countries. Armed robberies have virtually ceased to exist in Nigeria compared to the spate of their occurrence 13 years ago when you lived here.

Kidnapping occurs, but is EXTREMELY RARE and you are statistically, most unlikely to be a victim. Even if you were, 9.9 times out of ten you will not come to any physical harm. Whoever told you that 10 people were kidnapped in Lekki in the last week or whatever is LYING to you. The usual exaggeration for which many miserable people here are well known for. There are millions and millions of well-to-do Nigerians, including ex-diasporans, who go about their business daily with no problems. There is no reason you and your family would not join them and go about your business daily, with no problems.

Economy wise, there could not be a better time to return to Nigeria. With GDP growing at 7% per annum, Nigeria is the place to be in Africa today. The Chinese are rushing in. As are the Indians, Lebanese, Europeans, Americans, and South Africans themselves. Hundreds of South African companies are establishing outlets here and their number keeps growing, as this country posts the highest returns on investment of any country in the developing world. The Nigerian middle class is growing, and poverty is reducing. The World Bank recently reported that poverty in Nigeria is on the decrease, as better governance leads to more opportunities for people to make progress.

So welcome home.

thank you for ur post still dont know why the media like to paint us bad

playmode: Thank you for your honest input,it is very much appreciated.

you are welcome. And you should know sometimes what u read online is not actually what is happening in the country nigeria is not as bad as people take it to be.

Home is home. You matter the challenges we face here in nigeria. It only you and i that can make our country better. No matter where u are you might one day find ur self in the country. So my advice you can come yourself to put things together first and survey the environment.before bringing ur family down here. Just my2cent

Good can somebody put these up in the front page

I just wish these death sentence could be implemented by GEJ. Government then all the excess coruption will stop

on my way to the market going to get season 1

Akpos' First day in a new
Secondary School.
Teacher: There will be an
elementary science test next
week. Contrary
to his
nature, Akpos reads his book
from cover to
cover
like no man's business. On test
day, teacher
lines up
about 5 birds, covering each with
a piece of
cloth so only their legs are visible.
Question 1:
Looking at
the leg of a bird write down its'
common
name,
species, family, zoological name,
habitat etc.
After
about 20mins of frustration and
not writing
down
anything, Akpos storms to the
teacher's desk
and
slams his blank sheet in front of
the teacher.
'Sir, this test makes no sense! I am
going
home!' Teacher:
What a rude boy! Come back here.
What is
your name? Akpos raises his
trouser and
points to
his leg: 'Oya u too, look my leg na,
tell me my
name,
my surname, where I dey live,
which tribe I
come
from. "

Anini my man. A legend in his own way in benin city

NAIJA PEOPLE WITH OIL

Thumbs up to the governor of kano state hope to see more of these in other part of the north

abeg make una do change that uniform make we know if our police go change

men that bayelsa gov wife be like ojuju for that phx

[quote author=NLG_woodey]
You can love more than one person at a time but on different levels.
A lady with 4 BFs may have a spread like this
Boy A: 40%
Boy B: 20%
Boy C: 15%
Boy D: 10%

The remaining 15% will be reserved for unforseen circumstances like RUNS, etc.

Guess what?
She may end up marrying B if A disappoints. [/quote]you get am jare. Girls of now a days no dey date 1 boy again. Even my young sis. Go tell you say e good to get back up guy incase 1 Bleep up

#laughing in chinese
what you guys feel for each other is nothing but lust. She is still fully in love with her ex and nothing can change that, with time she will realize the ex is the right guy for her

ezedolar: Once I saw the topic I knew it wil be in china because with china every thing is posible

bros abeg why you steal wetin dey my mind come post am. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wetin i no go see with all these china people

Told my mom that i found 40k by the side of her bed and i ask her who had put the money there. So she ran into her room to check if it is true cause she dont normaly keep money there and i screamed APRIL FOOL. Just 30 minutes later my younger sis hit me with her's and i almost fainted