A European friend and colleague of mine referred me to this site bellow:
infact, i once had a conversation with this Italian mate: "Why is the media usually saying negative or bad things about Nigeria (Africa), don't you guys have anything good to say?", i asked.
The guy simply replied, "I'm afraid, i know NOTHING good to say about Nigeria (Africa)"
"Nothing at all", i questioned.
"Absolutely Nothing" he insisted. "OK, tell me one good thing about Nigeria (Africa) just ONE" He demanded.
I thought for a while, i just couldn't imagine anything "good" about Nigeria (Africa), the few (if any) thing that i'd consider good in Nigeria are the things in which western countries excel at. Though it hurts, but i can see reasons with them for saying negative things about Nigeria.

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Please, we're in a democratic society, therefore i implore you to see this as a debate rather than confrontation, with the understanding that everyone is entitled to his/her opinions, in other word; there shouldn't be any personal insult on anyone who sees things different from the way you see them.
So guys, let someone answer the Italian guy's question, can someone actually tell me one, and i mean ONE good thing about Nigeria?
LET'S GO!!!!! state one good thing please. . .

I thought this issue has been dealt with sometime ago . Anyway going by the topic, the good thing I can think of right now about Nigeria is the weather.

Our hospitality, in nigeria, everyone knows everyone
Business Environment, maybe the best in Africa
We've got megabrains like Soludo and that ex-Finance minister
Our tourist attractions
My dayzz, Abuja is arguably the most beautiful city in Africa.
Christmas in Naija is heaven
Our style of dressing is so creme, especially when we blend.
The list is endless.

stillwater:

. . .Anyway going by the topic, the good thing I can think of right now about Nigeria is the weather.

My response in opposition to your point:
  Hey, what good whether is there to enjoy when the environments and air are polluted with dust and carbon monoxide smokes from scary vehicles and electric plants and generators?
 To what benefit is the rain when there is no drainage to channel the erosion?
 How does the rain benefit the poor market women and children who barely earn a living by street trading?

Well, i'm surprised that you are even talking about nature as the good thing in Nigeria, what about human achievements?
 Answer me
Now, i'm still waiting for someone to say one, and i mean ONE "good" thing about Nigeria?


And a surpporting response from Sly
Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"What kind of weather? u neglected the suffering masses. . .the bad roads. .
Poor communication. . .epileptic power supply et all. . .all u could think of is that dry annoying weather!!!!!!!!!

A place where u can't put on what u like because of the harsh terrible hot!! sun?
Lemme tell u. . . .Nigeria's weather is just a l.il iight with 2%merits and 98% demerits. . .
Heres what i mean
During the rainy season. . .nearly all the roads are always in a mess!! dirt and stuffs errwhere due to lack or maintenance!!
And during the dry season!!. . .there is always water scarcity. . . and that is the season their power supply is more unstable.
I prefer snow and stuffs to that spastic hot weather condition in Nigeria. . . .anytime. .any-day. .

If not because of A-C made cars and AC itself. . . do u think there would be any whitee in Nigeria?
You want to suffocate them? C'mon. . .tell me something else. . .
This your ''Good thing in Nigeria'' has been dishonorably dismissed with a wave of hand!!!!!!!!  

And i have the to say:"

eldee:

Our hospitality, in nigeria, everyone knows everyone

  You've made a some points about hospitality. I frequently travel to and fro Nigeria, i was in Nigeria December/January last, do you know how many people adviced (or rather warned) me not to accept food or drinks from anyone in Nigeria for fear of "spiritual" poison?
   Infact, these advisers frightened me up to the extent that i was beginning to be paranoid with suspicion even of them. So, what good hospitality is there when everyone fears his/her neighbour?

eldee:

Business Environment, maybe the best in Africa.

   If only i understand what you mean by business environment

eldee:

We've got megabrains like Soludo and that ex-Finance minister

   Hmmmm, well someone once mentioned Wole Soyinka

eldee:

My dayzz, Abuja is arguably the most beautiful city in Africa.

  "Beauty is in the eyes of beholder", they say.

eldee:

Our tourist attractions

   I'm not Aware of any well functioning Tourist Attractions in Nigeria, if however there are some, how are they maitained and how are the incomes managed?

eldee:

Christmas in Naija is heaven

  Yes, Christmas in "Nigeria is heaven" because that's a day that many people wait to have a taste of chiken and rice

eldee:

Our style of dressing is so creme, especially when we blend.

   I see, but yet, most of our youth prefere to dress the Yankee style

Vicjustice:

You've made a some points about hospitality. I frequently travel to and fro Nigeria, i was in Nigeria December/January last, do you know how many people adviced (or rather warned) me not to accept food or drinks from anyone in Nigeria for fear of "spiritual" poison?
Infact, these advisers frightened me up to the extent that i was beginning to be paranoid with suspicion even of them. So, what good hospitality is there when everyone fears his/her neighbour?

Is there anywhere you should take food and drinks from people?
The hospitality I'm talking about is the fact that anywhere you go, people have smiles ready for you, they're ready to help always.

If only i understand what you mean by business environment

Nigeria is fast-growing into Afica's business capital. There's bare opportunities for anyone, large-scale or smallscale.
Do you know there's only one recognised pizza-delivery company in Nigeria? Believe me, I'm a pizza addict, I don't still know how I survived.

"Beauty is in the eyes of beholder", they say.

Yeah, but among the beholders are Bill Clinton, Fifa president and some big wave movers, it's actually the fastest developing city in Africa.

I'm not Aware of any well functioning Tourist Attractions in Nigeria, if however there are some, how are they maitained and how are the incomes managed?

Then you need to visit Cross River and Delta State. Their govenors have really done sumn good for them.
Also, I visited the Olumo Rocks the last time I went, I now know why people go trying to conquer Everest.

Yes, Christmas in "Nigeria is heaven" because that's a day that many people wait to have a taste of chiken and rice

To them, it's not bout the food, it's about the aura of hapiness in the air. . .That one day when you forget bout the government. . .it's a break
In the poor areas, there's bare parties everywhere, the whole street is invited. . .you never have that kind of thing in The UK or the States.

I see, but yet, most of our youth prefere to dress the Yankee style 8

Yeah, but that's the same everywhere. . .even the white dudes in the US are fast dropping their converses and skinny jeans.
But the Nigerian style stands out when you see our designers at work. They put the signature style on whatever they do.
Do you know Beckham wears Wale Adeyemi?

@ Eldee,
. . .much wisdom in what you're saying, good debate there, keep it up.

The food back home in Nigeria is da bomb 

i think its tax evasion

theres a lot of good things in nigeria
there's the nigerian stock exchange that has traded in excess of billions of pounds as at last year
nigeria s a growing and vibrant economy rate of inflation is going down every year right now its in single digits
nigeria is investment friendly especially in real estate, its much more feasible and you will enjoy more returns if you invested in properties in nigeria than even the uk or the united states especially with the mortgage crisi they are facing now.
there are more jobs in nigeria with the advent of the multinationals,the telecoms giants like mtn,globacom e.t.c
there is a better quality of life in nigeria example is that with a salary of less than 2000ponds you can afford an housemaid,live in a nice area,and afford a beautiful quality of life with secrity which someone earning same thing in the uk or united states cannot afford on that salary.
the weather is beautiful
the people generally are warm and friendly,it might not mean much to some people but people have been frustrated and had psychological trauma because of loneliness and its gotten to a stage where you live on a street for tens of years and you dont know your neighbour.
meen the food in nigeria is heaven,
you will get more value for your money in nigeria
when it comes to global warming i think we are doing more than so many western countries where they waste everything, its a culture of repaire in nigeria and multiple uses for junk, nigerians will repair stuffs rather than replace,we dont shop with pastic bags once and chuck it in the bin rather use it again and again e.t.c

Oga Siena, shey na vicjustice you dey mind I thought i was the only one that is always noticing the inconsistency and confusion in his threads and posts. Vicjustice-He is always inconsistent in his views and posts.

How can Vicjustice ever be consistent? For someone who comes with multiple identities on the forum, what can be consistent with him?

One good thing about Nigeria is that Human beings are living there not animals, and everyone is striving to make a better living for himself or herself.

One good about Nigeria is that Nairaland came out right from Ogun State and it is affecting and educating people positively across the globe.

One good thing about Nigeria is that you have diversities of culture and languages and you are not ashamed to speak your own local language anywhere else in the world.

One good about Nigeria is that even in our midst of suffering, we can still smile. One good thing about Nigeria is that Football unites all tribes together.

One good thing about Nigeria is that we have brains ruling and governing in the world from Nigeria. One good thing about Nigeria is that we hold our cultural values very prestigious.

@ Vicjustice,
Now tell me, are we supposed to do reasoning for you? You created this thread once and it was locked. Only for you to come back with it again? What are you trying to achieve? Look down on Nigeria simply because you got an Irish white girl to marry?

lucabrasi:

theres a lot of good things in nigeria
there's the nigerian stock exchange that has traded in excess of billions of pounds as at last year
nigeria s a growing and vibrant economy rate of inflation is going down every year right now its in single digits
nigeria is investment friendly especially in real estate, its much more feasible and you will enjoy more returns if you invested in properties in nigeria than even the uk or the united states especially with the mortgage crisi they are facing now.
there are more jobs in nigeria with the advent of the multinationals,the telecoms giants like mtn,globacom e.t.c
there is a better quality of life in nigeria example is that with a salary of less than 2000ponds you can afford an housemaid,live in a nice area,and afford a beautiful quality of life with secrity which someone earning same thing in the uk or united states cannot afford on that salary.
the weather is beautiful
the people generally are warm and friendly,it might not mean much to some people but people have been frustrated and had psychological trauma because of loneliness and its gotten to a stage where you live on a street for tens of years and you don't know your neighbour.
meen the food in nigeria is heaven,
you will get more value for your money in nigeria
when it comes to global warming i think we are doing more than so many western countries where they waste everything, its a culture of repaire in nigeria and multiple uses for junk, nigerians will repair stuffs rather than replace,we don't shop with pastic bags once and chuck it in the bin rather use it again and again e.t.c

 My goodness, who's this wonderful fella?
 I confess you impressed me with this wonderful analisis, i couldn't do any better. BUT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE WHILES?
 Now, where are those of us who believe that there's not a good thing in Nigeria, do we have any challenge to this analisis?
 
@ Siena and Iamworried,
  IT IS A DEBATE
  I'm not anti Nigeria, in the sense that it is my nation and i do go there every now and then, and i enjoy it, but that doesn't mean that i like the condition of the country or the situation of things. I remember shedding tears at the sight of crowds of beggar by the road sides, northern women and children and no one is dropping even a coin for them. i wonder how they manage to feed. Infact, i gave them what i could, but how many baggers can i help?
 Shouldn't there be reception, rehabilitation or charity recreation centres for such?

Vicjustice:

My goodness, who's this wonderful fella?
I confess you impressed me with this wonderful analisis, i couldn't do any better. BUT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE WHILES?
Now, where are those of us who believe that there's not a good thing in Nigeria, do we have any challenge to this analisis?

Na wa o! What a superb analisis analysis all the whiles while

PAHTAHKEE,
  STOP YOUR UNREASONABLE ACCUSATION RIGHT NOW!
  DON'T BRING YOUR TROUBLE INTO THIS THREAD, YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMER BEING LOCKED FOR REASON OF YOUR RANDOM FIGHT WITH ALMOST EVERYONE, THIS IS A THREAD FOR MATURE DEBATE AND NOT ONE FOR CHILDISH FIGHT, SO DO NOT START THAT MISBEHAVIOUR OR REPEAT YOUR USUAL QUARREL WITH ANYONE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!

hmm, good thing about Nigeria is our individual talents. we are too gifted.

@ Dr Vicjustice,

I thought this was a debate? So to ask you a simple question, is to engage you in a childish fight? I leave you with your crusade of nothing good from Nigeria. Do you know that indirectly you are saying you are also nothing good from Nigeria with this your thread?


Good luck.

@ Pahtahkee,

I beg to differ. . . .There's nuthing GOOD about Nigeria.
We as Nigerians shouldn't be covering the facts that Nigeria could be better than what we have on our hands.
Granted, y'all can talk about stock exchange, investment banking and the growth of multinational companies but don't we deserve better?

Considering we are the 5th largest oil producing country in the world, i must say Nigeria has failed.
How do we explain the fact that Nigerian people in the 21st century dont have access to 24/7 electricity and portable water??
People are getting poorer by the minute and the whole country is in a big mess. . . . .

Ghana are miles ahead and you are saying u can see something good? Dude, take off your rose-tinted goggles.

Jackal.:

I beg to differ. . . .There's nuthing GOOD about Nigeria.
We as Nigerians shouldn't be covering the facts that Nigeria could be better than what we have on our hands.
Granted, y'all can talk about stock exchange, investment banking and the growth of multinational companies but don't we deserve better?

Considering we are the 5th largest oil producing country in the world, i must say Nigeria has failed.
How do we explain the fact that Nigerian people in the 21st century don't have access to 24/7 electricity and portable water??
People are getting poorer by the minute and the whole country is in a big mess. . . . .

Ghana are miles ahead and you are saying u can see something good? Dude, take off your rose-tinted goggles.

   At last, there's someone with the courage to oppose the motion that there is (one) something good in Nigeria.
   To my observation, those who see Nigeria having one thing good to talk about are mainly those who don't give much thoughts about the poor masses or to the considerable amount of paupers who live by begging.

@ Jackal,

I said my own One good thing about Nigeria, you have stated your own points of what makes Nigeria totally bad. Can we reach a standpoint? I do not think so?

If Nigeria is all that bad, why are foreigners, Nigerians coming into the country to invest in it? Yes the socio-economic condition may not be the best as compared to other developing countries like Ghana, however Nigerians even in the midst of it all still strive to make something good out if it!

As I keep saying, Give constant 24 hours power supply to the nation, and you will see the rapid development that will shoot out from Nigeria. If there is constant electricity supply in Nigeria, I will personally pack my luggages and head back to Nigeria as soon as possible.

Ask Seun, one thing that must be frustrating to him at the moment is the lack of constant power supply to maintain his constant monitoring of this site.

We have all the natural resources we can ever think of. Right in my Grandmothers compound in Ibadan is raw chalk, that can be excavated and used for educational and other purposes, but it is lying fallow for years simply because we do not value it. I was at a chalk excavating site in Gravesend and all I could think of was my grandmothers compound in Ibadan.

With constant electricity, I do not need to bother about water, I can easily drill my own borehole and generate my own water, and have 24hrs broadband internet access, sit and use my brain to think of how I can make my own money. We are blessed with Solar ray, everybody in Lagos at the moment is complaining of heat, yet it can be used to generate electricity.

My point is this: Something good comes out from Nigeria, and that is me and you and every other well meaning Nigerian. However, our elected leaders have failed the nation!



_{**Did you go to church today sef?** How you doing? We are still nursing hopes for EPL!!!!!}

@ Vicjustice,

I happen to be the type that cannot shy away from the truth.
The situation in Nigeria is hopeless. . . . .I am waiting for the Pro-NIGERIA IS GOOD peops to counter ma argument.

What is so good about a country where the masses cannot afford 3 decent square meals in a day?
The Government was busy setting up EFCC to distract the citizens and people are starving, naked and homeless.
What is the essence of EFCC to a suffering man? Is not as if the recovered funds are spent on destitutes.
Our leaders are just chasing shadows. . . . Most of em should be crucified at Lekki Beach for their irresponisbilty.

@ Pahtahkee,

Valid point. . . . .
Then the muppets in power should do something about the electricity.
Nigeria as a nation has failed. . . . .that amount of oil and we cannot generate power?
Isn't that a joke?

I planned going to Church and alas. .  . . . .WHITE SUNDAY.
No one saw it coming. . . . .The 1st snowfall in London and we r in April?
UK weather is ridiculous.

Vicjustice:

At last, there's someone with the courage to oppose the motion that there is (one) something good in Nigeria.
To my observation, those who see Nigeria having one thing good to talk about are mainly those who don't give much thoughts about the poor masses or to the considerable amount of paupers who live by begging.

Hypocrisy at its peak!! Are you telling there are no beggars on the street of Dublin? Agreed they may be limited, what have you contributed back to the suffering of the masses in Nigeria? Or that sit down there and write a cheap score because you see considerable amount of paupers who live by begging. You stated you were in Nigeria last Dec/Jan what was your contribution to the masses you saw living by begging?

In fact, I am going to stop here. The youtube link you brought up in this very thread has nothing to do with paupers living by begging. I wonder where your stand is. Neither here nor there reminds me of an oscillating pendulum.

@ Jackal,
Unfortunately the muppets will always be muppets! It is no win-win situation in respect to that. One of our greatest curse is that oil. I keep praying it will end one day soon.

It snowed in London today! It was also a white sunday on Easter Sunday in Essex. You guys have a ridiculous weather. It is a sunny day here, thinking of going to the riverside anytime from now to enjoy the rays and views. Wanna come?


_{[s]Even Islander is on my side on one good thing about Nigeria.[/s]}

pahtahkee:

@ Jackal,

As I keep saying, Give constant 24 hours power supply to the nation, and you will see the rapid development that will shoot out from Nigeria. If there is constant electricity supply in Nigeria, I will personally pack my luggages and head back to Nigeria as soon as possible.

A signficant point as have been also identified by Jackal. But can Nigeria really use this as an excuse. We could as well say:

Give us good road,
Give us good transport system,
Give us good schools,
Give our youths jobs,
Give us assured security,
and let's see if our development won't be dizzyingly rapid.

The problem is just this. Majority of the things provided as basics in some other parts of the well are not provided by the govt here in Nigeria. Not that they can't afford to do but corruption has eaten deep into the fabric of the society. If Ghana there can afford to supply constant electricity, why can't naija.

Anyway one good thing I can point to about Nigeria (or rather Nigerians) is the never say die attitude. How some people manage to survive from day to day is a miracle. You can imagine someone earning like 10k a month, how would that meet his very basic needs. God help Nigeria. And the fools at the top are busy siphoning our billions in phantom power projects.

My responds in opposition to your point:
Hey, what good whether is there to enjoy when the environments and air are polluted with dust and carbon monoxide smokes from scary vehicles and electric plants and generators?
To what benefit is the rain when there is no drainage to channel the erosion?
How does the rain benefit the poor market women and children who barely earn a living by street trading?

Well, i'm surprised that you are even talking about nature as the good thing in Nigeria, what about human achievements?
Answer me
Now, i'm still waiting for someone to say one, and i mean ONE "good" thing about Nigeria?

Let me tell you, I've lived in America for a while now and I'll do anything to have my Nigerian weather back. During winter here I desperately looked forward to the summer but to my utmost surprise, it was as hot than anything I could imagine in Nigeria. I went to a swimming pool with my friends and they all donned themselves in sunscreen, I didn't bother about sunscreen because I am black, but to my surprise I was sun burned. I had different color patches on my skin for months.

pahtahkee:

Hypocrisy at its peak!! Are you telling there are no beggars on the street of Dublin? Agreed they may be limited, what have you contributed back to the suffering of the masses in Nigeria? Or that sit down there and write a cheap score because you see considerable amount of paupers who live by begging. You stated you were in Nigeria last Dec/Jan what was your contribution to the masses you saw living by begging?

In fact, I am going to stop here. The youtube link you brought up in this very thread has nothing to do with paupers living by begging. I wonder where your stand is. Neither here nor there reminds me of an oscillating pendulum.

   Those who know Ireland understand that unlike in Nigeria where the beggars are mainly abandoned and frustrated Nigerian citizens (families for that matter), the scanty beggars in ireland are mainly lazy Gypsy families or junkies, and it's under intensive control. It's virtually impossible to find an Irish beggar, a normal person in that matter

@phatahkee & vicjustice

Hmmmmm!!!! I think i can remember one good thin about nigeria only if you can check out the link below and click on the headline

"Obasanjo Sold Crude Oil To Jamaica At $12 "

http://nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

UNBELIEVABLE! Obasanjo Sold Crude Oil To Jamaica At $12

Raked millions into his accounts


The last may not have been heard about the many dirty transactions carried out by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his cronies during his eight-year misrule of the country, as more revelations are emerging by the day.

LEADERSHIP Weekend can authoritatively reveal that the former president, in his characteristic fraudulent manner, sold crude oil to the Jamaican government at the cheap price of $12 per barrel, even when the product was selling for about three times that amount on the international market.

Using one Mr. Carl Masters, an associate of Goodworks International, Obasanjo appointed him as the oil liaison agent for the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). Through him all the sales were made. Under this arrangement, it was discovered that Goodworks was to get 15 per cent of the total earnings from PCJ, while he (Obasanjo) would get 20 per cent through proxy companies acting as oil traders.

The PCJ was incidentally established in 1979 to act as the official contractor for the Jamaican government, working directly with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in all aspects of oil trading for Jamaica. The deal, it was gathered, was part of a bilateral agreement reached between the Nigerian government and Jamaica in October 1978 when the then Jamaican prime minister, Michael Manley, paid an official visit to Nigeria during the military government of Obasanjo.

According to LEADERSHIP Weekend’s findings, it was agreed that Nigeria, through the NNPC, would supply Jamaica with about 15,000 barrels of its crude oil daily, amounting to an annual volume of 5,475,000 barrels.

The price was to be determined by Nigeria, while Jamaica was to trade the product at the open market and earn a margin from the sale.

It was also learnt that although the arrangement for the supply was intended to be commercial, a long-term (90-day) credit facility was allowed.

LEADERSHIP Weekend also gathered that the understanding then was that earnings from the business be channelled into development projects in Jamaica, as well as ensuring energy security in that country.

Though the contract was supposed to be between two governments, its management and implementation were to be strictly commercialised; all contractors involved with the arrangement were to adhere to this, at the prevailing rate as determined by the Nigerian government.

PCJ lifted the first consignment in May 1979, through Vitol SA, and, from 1979 to 1984, PCJ cargoes carrying the crude were shipped to Shell refinery in Curacao N.A for refining.

This arrangement went on smoothly until 1984 when ownership of the refinery changed, and the contract was terminated and, subsequently, Froyle and Bentley were made oil liaison agents to supervise the trade on behalf of PCJ.

Our investigations, however, indicate that PCJ, which was hurriedly established apparently to make brisk business at the expense of Nigeria, has not met any of the requirements for going into such business with Nigeria.

At the time of the deal, it was required that for any company to embark on such business in Nigeria, it must have logistics for lifting, shipping, delivery and sale of the products.

In addition, such company was required to post a bond of at least US$1.0 million as well as make certain investments in the country. The company, however, could not meet any of these requirements due to lack of capacity.

Furthermore, it was required that due to the volume and uncertainties, the company must have been a trader with the NNPC. Yet, this was not the case with the company that was hurriedly put in place.

Instead of ending this illegality, in 1989, the Jamaican prime minister, while hosting the then Vice President, Augustus Aikhomu, asked Nigeria to increase the quantity of the crude oil allocated to his country.

This request was, later in November of the same year, raised to 20,000 barrels a day, bringing the annual lifting to 7,300,000 barrels, and the type of crude added to include Bonny Light, among other quality crude in high demand globally.

This went on until the short tenure of Ernest Shonekan as head of the interim government, when NNPC was directed to cancel such contracts and the companies were invited to re-apply in November of that year.

PCJ also re-applied but failed to secure a renewal, which Leadership Weekend learnt was for political reasons.

According to an oil expert who spoke with our correspondents, the decision not to renew the PCJ contract was due to the sore relation between the late General Sani Abacha, the then head of state, and General Olusegun Obasanjo.

But soon after his swearing in as president in 1999, efforts to re-establish the contract began, and it only took a visit by Jamaican Prime Minister Patterson to Nigeria and a subsequent one by the minister of mining and energy, Hon Robert Pickersgill, in December of 1999, for the good old days of milking Nigeria dry to resume.

Our correspondents gathered that Carl Masters, a Jamaican whose marriage to Leon Sullivan’s daughter was presided over by Obasanjo here in Nigeria, resurfaced and the lifting of Nigeria’s oil began again on October 1, 2000.

Between October 2000 and April 2006, PCJ lifted a total of 37,202,334 barrels of Nigeria’s crude, making US$2,799,340 during the six-month contract period.

As at the time Obasanjo left office last year, PCJ had a contract that allows it to lift 30,000 barrels of the nation’s oil every day or an annual lift of 10.95 million.

Our correspondents also learnt that the company’s audited records from 1979 to March 2005 showed that it purchased Nigeria’s oil at only US$13, while same was sold for more than US$100 in the international market.

On April 1, 2005, PCJ instructed the Jamaican Ministry of Finance and Planning to pay the net income without the management fee, while the management fee was paid into three companies linked to the former president.

It is equally strange that the arrangement was that from the Jamaica side, the secretary to the Board of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica would be a signatory, while the other official from Nigeria involved is Obasanjo.

When contacted on telephone, Levi Ajuonuma, NNPC group general manager, public affairs, feigned ignorance, insisting that he could not comment on the matter, and promising to make inquiries. When pressed further, he said, "Nigeria has such agreements with several countries, and Jamaica could be one of them since it is a friendly country."

It could be recalled that after he left power on May 29, 2007, one of the first places he visited was Jamaica, where he stayed for a long time, obviously to ensure that his accounts were intact.

There is more wrong with Nigeria than there is right. However, I will try to keep this post positive and save those thoughts for another relevant thread.

I hear that Fashola is doing a good job and new roads are springing up in Lagos complete with road markings, traffic signs and traffic lights.

Below are some pics I found on another site.

@vicjustice
thaks man

@post
in a perculiar country like nigeria with hundreds of ethnicities,systematic corruption that has eaten deep into the fabrics of society not to talk of the size, before any meaningful reforms can be shown to have been done,the rot in the system will have been cleaned out and like any property developer or builder will tell you while renovating a house"it will get really worse,before it gets better"it might seem like things are getting worse but at least theres rule of law,state governors are not waiting on government to generate power and even though yar adua is slow he makes good his promise and he has promised that nigeria will have more than 10,000 mwatts of electricity in eighteen months which i think is commendable,even though the budget is being delayed,if you read the reasons it shows the legislative arm of govt is gettn strong ,on the whole i think nigeria is moving foward.

a developing and a vibrant economy where any form of trade will make money,and almost any business you do will yield at least a 100% turn over especially consumer goods production is an attractive economy in my books,for security the streets of london was the first place my phone was snatched in my life so there are thieves everywhere though nigeria's is worse but the most important thing is that they are working on it

*sighs*
Talking about one good thing. . .all y'all could think of is weather!!
Website. . . . pur pur pur pur et all!!

During summer. . its all hot in the state and yet! if the state is declared visa free today . .
I bet in 130mills Nigerians. . 120mills would leave the country regardless of the weather y'all are talking about here!!

I am not anti-Nigeria but lets just face the truth!
When we talk about something good! it is supposed to be something that even. .
A toddler would consider as something good without any doubt whatsoever!

Examples. . Good roads. . .
Uninterrupted power supply
Good water supply. . .

That is what i want to see but no! all y'all could do is to go and dig out some scratches out. .
Like david beck's cloth designer or whaever!!

And come to think of it. .most of you here that are saying ''this is good that is good'' about Nigeria are based abroad!! either studying or working. . why dont y'all come back home. . . If y'all are so sure that its cool in Nigeria?

Talk about Abuja as one of the beautiful cities in Africa. .no doubt.
But how many peepz can afford to stay in abuja?
What is so good in a country where u would find a family man/woman making a dollar a day?

Talk about some abroad! all you would hear from them is ""It is not easy"" . . .
Yet some have spent decades in the western world without coming home. . .Or even thinking of returning at all!!

Put anything "Scam" on google. , Top ten results would be about Nigeria
Epileptic educational system. . . where students that ought to spend 4 years in school. .
They would end up spending like6 to 7years as a result of strike?

The list is too long, the truth is bitter. . lets face it . . .lets not decieve ourselves here!!!
Come out with something impregnable and not all this yada yada ding dang!!!!!!

@ sly

I couldn't think of anything , that's why I said weather, at least the topic asked for just one thing

stillwater:

@ sly

I couldn't think of anything , that's why I said weather, at least the topic asked for just one thing

No offence intended my sister. . . . .