Idrismusty97: We actually need sanctions. It would make us wiser, self sufficient and less dependent on these bleeping Western countries. With the rise of China we can easily look East! They won't dare place sanctions on us or they would lose the biggest black nation as an ally. The rest of the Africa countries would definitely follow our steps.

Story story,in as much we still maintain the same crop of politicians we have now,Nigeria will never be wise. This country is not ready for growth.

shymexx: @Coogar

Congo's space programme - Troposphere 5!!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFujfxrQf4I

My Congolese friend is in trouble today

hahahahahahahahaha

Do you know the Belgians only left 3 University graduates there or thereabout during independence ?

onirugbon1:

At the expense of the well being of the whole country?
No. If they want to impose that kind of culture on us they should first help us fix our system and stand firm. As it is now, it is more dangerous to us to accept such lifestyle.

Why is it dangerous?

And how is it an imposition? Since straight people shouldn't be concerned with this. Just let the gay people be!

shymexx:
And now they turned the country with the highest standard of living in Africa to a failed state, with militias and Islamists running the show, bombing everywhere. The funniest thing is that: last week, they evacuated all westerners from that country due to violence.

the whole world can see now. they have turned the place into a favela. terrorists now rule the place.....something that was nonexistent under gadaffi.

Also, the fall out in Libya is also the reason why Boko Haram became stronger, and why Islamists run the show in West Africa now.

of course.....
i am starting to think US/UK are the ones sponsoring all these terrorists sef.....

RaptorX: Obama has always been a fagg°ot right from is days as a community organiser in Chigaco, before he became president he was a frequent visitor to Chicagos gay bars.

At least he's better than your president, no?

fairheven:
Na so your own they do u?have u taking ur medication?

He is truly bored.

fairheven:
Na so your own they do u?have u taking ur medication?

Help me ask am..mi think say person mention me for better thing sef? Mscheeeeeeeeeeeeeeww

NeilOssai: Na wa. Ooooo......Na by Force...??.

YES!!!

They should scrap off the law and let us be!!!

Bizibi: i am in the oil industry,the u.s have fronts that deal in crude oil Biz here....they are benefitting heavy from it.some of their politicians especially the Republicans have fronts here,they will play politics with that issue....Nigeria will only remove the jail term then maybe replace it with (fine),this country called Nigeria is very important...they know that and they won't joke with it

Ok

groovie: That law is not draconian, they better correct that description, its still one of the best laws to ever happen in Nigeria. Thunder fire them and their sanctions. If you wan dey enter backdoor, do it in the enclosure of ur home, no problem. Don't broadcast it. Idiats!

@bold, what an achievement for a country. Jonathan must be proud

Missy89:
My Congolese friend is in trouble today

hahahahahahahahaha

Do you know the Belgians only left 3 University graduates there or thereabout during independence ?

Don't kill their vibe. I'm actually planning to book a flight on Troposphere 5, to space, when world war 3 kicks off!

Has anything changed? It's the same all over the continent today, with gazillion of educated illiterates, with only few literate folks.

Nawaaaooo!

fairheven:
Na so your own they do u?have u taking ur medication?

Nope I hav not, d doctor said I should make sure u hav taken urs 1st b4 taking mine.
Meanwhile wetin I do u self wey make u just dey quote me anyhow?

lekkie073: God punish their generation

my turght too

BluIvy:

Some of the people we are arguing with here are clueless pretending to know something about nothing I tell you. Smh

Wat do uknow? How dare u?if u know a tin u won't open your mouth to say that nigeria can not surviv e American sanctions were did u learn that?didn't we survive their sanctions during military rule? Talk less of now that we have a worthy partner in China?tell me wat do u know?

stanuplane: TEN US senators have written a letter to President
Barack Obama asking him to impose economic
sanctions against Nigeria in response to the
government's hostile stance towards lesbians and
gays.
On January 7 this year, President Goodluck Jonathan
signed Nigeria's Draconian bill Same Sex Marriage
Prohibition Act into law, making anyone convicted of
being homosexual liable to 14 years in prison. Since
the law came into effect, the police have swung into
action arresting lesbians and gays across Nigeria,
while homophobic vigilante groups have also
stepped up attacks on suspected victims.
Coming at a time when several other African nations
are also clamping down severely on homosexuals,
the US senators have asked President Obama to step
in and halt the witch hunt. Those who signed the
letter include Christopher Murphy, Tammy Baldwin,
Martin Heinrich, Richard Blumenthal, Barbara
Boxer, Al Franken, Kirsten Gillibrand, Edward
Markey, Sherrod Brown and Mark Udall.
They are seeking sanctions against Nigeria, over
what they described as a growing trend of laws and
proposed legislation targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender (LGBT) individuals in Africa. In their
letter, the senators are seeking a review of the
African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which
allows for duty-free treatment of certain imports from
Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries
since 2000.
In their letter, they stated: “We, therefore, ask that
your administration review Nigeria and Uganda’s
eligibility for Agoa’s trade preference and if it is
determined that those countries are not making
continual progress in meeting the statute’s
requirements, that you take steps to revoke Agoa's
eligibility to Nigeria and Uganda, in accordance with
19 USC 2466a(a)(3),” the senators stated.
According to the senators, the enacted Same-Sex
Marriage Prohibition Act by Nigeria in January and
the enforcement of these laws would be a human
rights abuse, in violation of the standards set forth in
the Agoa. In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni
signed a law into effect on February 24 under which
accused persons can be sent to prison for life for
aggravated homosexuality.
“These laws, combined with the growing public vitriol
by government officials and the media, threaten to
usher in an era of widespread oppression of the LGBT
community in many African countries. We believe
that the discriminatory anti-LGBT laws in those
countries represent a clear violation of human rights
and hope that the interagency process charged with
Agoa’s annual review will make this
recommendation.
"We further ask that you not restore eligibility until
these beneficiary countries have taken steps to
eliminate harsh penalties for LGBT persons,” the
senators added.
Source: www.nigerianwatch.com/news/4941

USA is really meddling in the affairs of so many countries on earth and causing one problem or the other there! Why cant they go to these core islamic countries to promote the rights of Lgbt ppl? I know they won't dare it ,cos they know the penalty for such over there, instead, they would prefare to intimidate nigeria into doing what majority dont want to do simply because we are relying on them for so many things. Its now clear that these western guys only pretend to care while in actual sense, they dont.They only care about their own interest,their own belief and their own culture. The earlier we africans change our peception towards these western foreign countries the better for us! They are not the good ones as they try to make every one believe,they are the bad ones.

masonkz:

Why is it dangerous?

And how is it an imposition? Since straight people shouldn't be concerned with this. Just let the gay people be!

Practicing faggism in this country would potentially increase the spread of stds. It would also potentially usher in new waves of social crimes like gays raping men, kids etc. We are not organized enough to handle that.
And we cant conviniently trace homosexuality back in the west african culture. It is not our way of life.

coogar:
the whole world can see now. they have turned the place into a favela. terrorists now rule the place.....something that was nonexistent under gadaffi.

of course.....
i am starting to think US/UK are the ones sponsoring all these terrorists sef.....

These folks just keep creating failed states everywhere - spreading death wishes to people, under the disguise of protecting human rights and trying to help.

With all the African clowns who run their mouths about paper qualifications everywhere, it's shocking that most can't discern what's actually going on.

I now begin to wonder why america''TRUSTS IN GOD''.Wonders shall never end.

its a very simple matter.if they want us to practise their way of life of homosexuality, they they should also accept our tradition of polygamy!
Signing that thrash into law will only make the Muslim community intensify their drive for an Islamized Nigeria. After all Islam and African traditions are not against polygamy.

STORY STORY!!!


NO developed nation of the world can do without Nigeria and China. Period!

ritux: To hell with US.


That's why I will always love Russia. I will always support Russia and China anyday against the acclaimed God's own country.

Those Russians and Chinese treat you blacks like dogs. Keep loving them

BluIvy:

Ok

You are pathetically over-stimulated by any topic Nigerian which, to be honest, is natural in one from a country that hogs backwardness with a passion. I understand why you're so envious of this country - and so ashamed of yours.

I'm not trying to pick any e-quarrel with you. God knows. Let your hatred (sorry, envy, which is as destructive as the former) for this country and her people go.

NIGERIALOLoCOM: Nawaaaooo!

I expected images such as these from racist countries, not from a black country. We wonder why they call us monkeys.

Make we write dem back now abi dem D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ craze ni.......

Muslims are not happy
They’re not happy inGaza
They're not happy in Egypt
They're nothappy in Libya
They're not happy in Morocco
They're not happy in Iran
They're not happyin Iraq
They're not happy in Yemen
They'renot happy in Afghanistan
They're not happy in Pakistan
They're not happy in Syria
They're not happy in Lebanon
So, where are they happy? They're happy in
Australia
They're happy in England
They're happy in France
They're happy in Italy
They're happy inGermany
They're happy in Sweden
They're happy in the USA & Canada
They're happy in Norway & India
They're happy in almost every country that is
not Islamic! And who
do they blame? Not Islam... Not their
leadership... Not themselves...
THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY
IN!! And they want
to change the countries they're happy in, to be
like the countries they
came from where they were unhappy.
Try to find logic in that ! JeffFox worthy on
Muslims:
1. If you refine hero in for a living, but you have
a moral objection
toliquor... You are a Muslim
2. If you own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000
rocketlauncher, but
you can't afford shoes... You are a Muslim
3. If you have more wives than teeth... You are
a Muslim
4. If you think vests come in two styles: bullet-
proof and
suicide...You are a Muslim
5. If you can't think ofanyone you haven't
declared Jihad
against...You are a Muslim
6. If you consider televisiondangerous, but
routinely carry explosives
inyour clothing... You are a Muslim
7. If youwere amazed to discover that cell
phoneshave uses other
than setting off roadsidebombs... You are a
Muslim
8. If you havenothing against women and think
every manshould own
at least four... You are a Muslim
9.If you find this offensive or racist and
don'tforward it... You are a
Muslim!! --------------------
Buddhists living with Hindus = NoProblem
Hindus living with Christians = NoProblem
Christians living with Shintos = NoProblem
Shintos living with Confucians = NoProblem
Confusians living with Baha'is = NoProblem
Baha'is living with Jews = NoProblem
Jews living with Atheists = NoProblem
Atheists living with Buddhists = NoProblem
Buddhists living with Sikhs = NoProblem
Sikhs living with Hindus = NoProblem
Hindus living with Baha'is = NoProblem
Baha'is living with Christians = NoProblem
Christians living with Jews = NoProblem
Jews living with Buddhists = NoProblem
Buddhists living with Shintos = NoProblem
Shintos living with Atheists = NoProblem
Atheists living with Confucians = NoProblem
Confusians living with Hindus = NoProblem
Muslims living with Hindus = Problem
Muslims living with Buddhists = Problem
Muslims living with Christians = Problem
Muslims living with Jews = Problem
Muslimsliving with Sikhs = Problem
Muslims livingwith Baha'is = Problem.
Muslims living withShintos = Problem
Muslims living with Atheists= Problem
MUSLIMS LIVING WITH MUSLIMS =BIG PROBLEM

Interesting views expressed on the topic- mostly sentimental and without reason- but still, interesting. In my opinion, that Nigeria has such laws reflects her level of development perfectly, particularly as it relates to the education of her populace. It reflects what is on ground in a country were most people are only educated enough, that at a car accident for instance, the first reaction of the crowd is to beat the offending driver to a coma (or in some cases, even bury the drivers alive), whilst the victim bleeds to death on the street.

Nigerians want to MOVE FORWARD, we want FRESH AIR, but until our laws reflect this, the U.S and other countries will keep treating us the way we treat ourselves. The way we treated ourselves during the civil war, during the fuel subsidy riots, during the immigration exams held in stadiums countrywide, and right now, the way we're treating our northern brothers during this bokoharam insurgency, as well as the way we oppress the LGBT community.
As though we are barbarians, who can't make adequate laws to bring that FRESH AIR we all want.

Why is Nigeria so obsessed with homosexuality?

Why are Nigerians the highest searchers of South African homosexuality porn?

Why are you people so obsessed with non-threatening (commonly religious extremist) issues when other urging issues demand attention?

Why is it that backwards, third-world dwindling countries or communists are the ones against human rights?

What's the difference between Uganda and Nigeria? Wouldn't surprise me if Somalia and Burkina Faso are in accord with nations such as Nigeria.

Why is it that only nations where 10% of its graduates aren't guaranteed employment are against human right?

Wetin concern bicycle with filling station. MtchewWetin concern bicycle with filling station. MtchewWetin concern bicycle with filling station. Mtchew

coogar:

all those useless african presidents took money from the UN to vote against gadaffi. when i heard the UK was going to give nigeria £1 billion to join the space race, i laughed. space race - nigeria that cannot boast of 24/7 electricity wants to send men to the outer space?

is that our immediate worry?

Instead of hearing "Houston, we have a problem", we would now be hearing "Abakaliki, we have a problem"

US and their wahala.they dont mind their own business.Mugu Things

shymexx:

Gaddafi's saga was the biggest mistake Africa ever made. AU was on the right path with some of the policies Gadaffi was pushing, but Africans never saw the bigger picture. They fell for propaganda, and outright lies.

The man wasn't a saint, but he did more for Africa than a lot of folks we call African heroes. Even far more than Mandela.

u and coogar should see this

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/29/gaddafi-gone-libya-dangerous-west

Gaddafi has gone but
Libya is more
dangerous than ever,
thanks to the west

Libya will surely miss him