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Jokes Etc / 9ja Boy Blowing Up In The US Of A by nitusa: 2:17pm On Mar 09, 2013 |
Music/Radio / 9ja Boy Blowing Up In The US Of A by nitusa: 1:31pm On Mar 09, 2013 |
TV/Movies / 9ja Boy Blowing Up In The US Of A by nitusa: 1:07pm On Mar 09, 2013 |
Politics / Re: Northerners Are Not Controlling Nigeria's Oil Blocks by nitusa: 4:00pm On Mar 08, 2013 |
lacasa: THE NORTH DOES NOT CONTROL NIGERIA'S OIL BLOCKS, By Toyin Akinosho My friend, I don't really get the way you guys thing. Enang said the north got 83% of Nigeria's oil blocks. What have you proven here? DId they get it YES OR NO? You are dancing around on what they get from it. Please use you head!!!!!!!! 1 Like |
TV/Movies / Ni9ja Boy Blowing Up In The US Of A by nitusa: 7:13pm On Mar 01, 2013 |
Music/Radio / Ni9ja Boy Blowing Up In The US Of A by nitusa: 2:15pm On Mar 01, 2013 |
Politics / Re: American Anthem Announced Before Nigeria’s At THISDAY Awards by nitusa: 4:10pm On Feb 27, 2013 |
gramci: Protest As Obaigbena Fixes American Anthem Before Nigeria’s At THISDAY Awards [size=13pt][/size] Oga sir, you missed a lot of happening at this arena. Check this out below: You haven’t done well with oil money, Clinton tells Nigeria TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2013 00:00 FROM CHARLES COFFIE-GYAMFI, ABEOKUTA NEWS - NATIONAL User Rating: / 2 PoorBest • Seeks return of intellectuals overseas IT was a stark reminder of the wastefulness of the nation’s leaders as former United States (U.S.) President Bill Clinton declared that Nigeria had failed to properly use her rich natural resources. Clinton did not mince words as he told Nigeria: “You haven’t done well with your oil money.” According to Clinton, Nigeria cannot afford to fail because if she does, the consequences for Africa would be disastrous. He challenged Nigerian leaders to create economic opportunities for the majority of the citizens. The former U.S. president spoke while answering stakeholders’ questions at the 18th This Day Awards organised by the This Day Newspaper management to honour 18 teachers for their commitment to duty. The well-attended event was held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta. Clinton urged Nigeria to find a way of bringing home her intellectuals, who he said, were scattered all over the world, to assist in developing the country instead of using their talents to develop other nations. Answering a question, the former American President said: “When I became President, my Secretary for Commerce did a lot of work in Africa before he was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1995. I told him to make the list of the 10 most important countries in the world for the 21st century and Nigeria was in the list. Imagine the future of the entire continent if Nigeria fails or South Africa fails. So, you are a country of great potential.” He added: “I would say you have about three big challenges. First of all, like 90 per cent of the countries which have one big resource, you haven’t done well with your oil money.” He said that he expected Nigeria to reinvest it in different ways. Noting the disparity in the ownership of wealth in Nigeria, Clinton said: “You have to somehow bring economic opportunities to the people who don’t have. This is not a problem specific to Nigeria. Almost every place in the world, prosperity is heavily concentrated in and around urban areas. So, you have all these political problems and now violence problems, religious differences, and all the rhetoric of Boko Haram, but the truth is that the poverty rate in the North is three times greater than what it is in the Lagos area and to deal with that, you have to have both powerful stake in the local councils and a national policy that work together.” He expressed the view that “there has to be a way to take the staggering intellectual and organisational ability that Nigerians exhibit in every country in the world in which they are immigrant and bring it to bear here so that the country as a whole can rise. One of the people on my trip with me today who unfortunately could not come up here because he had to go to visit his family is a young Nigerian-American, named Nnamdi.” He described Nnamdi as a wonderful man, saying: “He (Nnamdi) does great work in America for poor kids in Arkansas City and he became a friend of mine. Both his parents have Ph.Ds, his sister has a Ph.D. He often says ‘I’m the failure in my family and I only have a university degree and I play football. My point is there are Nigerians who are like this all over the world. What you have to figure out is how to keep those people in Nigeria and how to ensure their success leads on into the rest of the country. So, I think solving the economic divide that is in your country will help the political divide; making better use of your resources.” The former American President compared Nigeria to India which he said “has unbelievable entrepreneurs but they are not very good at collecting capital and investing it in infrastructure so that they can unite the poor part of the country with the rich part. That’s what you have to do. And then, you have to empower people with education so they can succeed at home as well as around the world”. The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun commended the organisers of the event for bringing it to the state. At the event, eight primary school teachers, four secondary school teachers and three university lecturers were honoured and given a cash reward of N2 million each. Governor Amosun was also given an award for investing heavily in education. Next > Author of this article: From Charles Coffie-Gyamfi, Abeokuta 1 Like |
Education / Re: Choice by nitusa: 2:30pm On Feb 15, 2013 |
This is one of the best thread I ever seen on NL. As a older fellow my advice is follow your passion. I know it is very difficult in Nigeria. Can you imagine you applied for architecture and you are placed in building tech. Shame on JAMB systems that is destroying the future of youths in Nigeria. I am sorry I can not advice you to switch without been re-accepted for architecture. BTW, stay away from cultism and university vices. Be focus, join professional associations in your field of study. Do sports. It looks like you are very smart, provide mentoring services to other students, good way to make money. I am very sure young men like you will make it and God will bless you. Notice: I take this opportunity to thank all the good people that has given valuable advice to this gentleman. May God Bless you all. I takes a village to raise a child. Thanks |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 6:56am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Truckpusher: Encourage yourselves by yourselves How do you know I am not giving back to Nigeria? You be the first to go take over and I will follow. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 6:50am On Feb 14, 2013 |
chingyjant: Who are you calling guy? BTW, what have their mates done that is so magnificent? |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 6:22am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Dibiachukwu: And the Nigeria you stay everybody is sane right? manner falls out of heaven? 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 6:06am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Ileke-IdI: Thanks, I have traveled around world, I have never seen this kind of thing in my lifetime and I am not a babby either. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 5:45am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Truckpusher: The fact that you've lived in the US for more than 3 decades and have never been mistreated yet doesn't mean that peeps aren't getting their ass whooped for doing nothing by the police. Bassless, who is labeling the entire country waste? Will I send my money to waste? are you saying my NIN decent bro. and sisters waste (Except you). You just said that. If you are finding it amazing, good for you. A fool and is money will soon path. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 5:28am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Truckpusher: i live in Nigeria,i'm what you'll prefer to call 'no transfer no leave' ..lol...the truth is a lot of shit happens everyday wherever you stay in this country but again it's not as bad as the way some frustrated individuals try to paint it sometimes. If you badmouth NID, Your generation to come will not survive this. knowing full well that you can be kidnapped before morning, you can have an accident without been treated in the hospital, malaria or typhoid will kill you. If all of that don't kill your generation, generator fumes will take you out, complement of your govt. Then you will know NID are speaking the truth. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 4:59am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Truckpusher: i live in Nigeria,i'm what you'll prefer to call 'no transfer no leave' ..lol...the truth is a lot of shit happens everyday wherever you stay in this country but again it's not as bad as the way some frustrated individuals try to paint it sometimes. Clarify your intuition please, What is badmouth, Look, I live in U.S for 3 decade,I have never been mistreated yet. If a police officer treat me the way the police officer would treat you in Nigeria, I will make them loose their job in a heartbeat. I have ten thousand ways to criticize my adopted country and get a response back for that the criticism has been corrected. Are you saying all NID do not have brains or they have something to gain from these criticism or they just making these allegation out of nothing or they are doing this for the enemies they left in Nigeria. Think about it. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 3:50am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Dibiachukwu: Poster has a lot of points. A lot of critisms from Nigerians in diaspora are not constructive at all. But you have to understand that a lot of them go through alot of psychological torture from their host countries. So alot of them wish they could just come back to Nigeria and still maintain a good living standard. A lot of these people were poor in Nigeria and Nigeria treats poor people like shit. I hope our generation can change this. Something is wrong here. Who is really going through psychological torture? You lost your mind, go figure. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 3:15am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Truckpusher: so you can agree with me that if at all there was any form of good principle acquired from wherever they are coming from, would they degenerate to the level of that which is being frowned upon?..unless you're saying that a girl would automatically become a prostitute just because she lives in a neighborhood that has the highest number of prostitutes?...answer me oh Look bro. I will give you a situation, I go home very often, My cousin was travelling with me and we were stopped by police officers right on the expressway and delayed for no reason. My cousin notified me that the check point is notorious for shoot out with robbers and speeding trailers, he suggested we settle before its dark and avoid much more dangerous situation. We gave them 300 Naira. Are you saying I have to put my life in danger. Unless you don't visit Nigeria, if you do, let me make a bet with you that for two weeks you will not pay a dime in bribe to anybody. When you come back notify me then we shall see. Does that mean you want to participate in it or it is their way of life and is unavoidable? |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 2:27am On Feb 14, 2013 |
chingyjant: You are dead wrong. If things are that bad for NID, do you think they will not board a flight home by now? You saw what happened in Libya, Nigerians were sending SOS home for the govt to rescue them, some even trekked their way home. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 2:20am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Truckpusher: My friend it's not a one sided affair .When Nigeria became a democratic country a lot of NID came back and they got for themselves some juicy positions in the govt houses across the various states of this country and they became so CORRUPT that the average NIN was made to look like a learner. That was not true. There is no way the few that went back then influenced the NIN. It is what is on the ground they followed. To survive, you have to do in Rome as Romans do. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 2:06am On Feb 14, 2013 |
ifeness: It will take collective responsibility to repair Nigeria. Personally,i do not think we are doing too bad as a nation. All we need is a leader with vision and the rest will follow. why not practice wazobia system of govt. you don't have to practice European or chinese system of govt. I don't like when people compare Nigeria with USA. Why not be yourself? |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 1:47am On Feb 14, 2013 |
Billyonaire: Nigeria is lawless, unplanned, and corrupt, these are basic known facts, we need you guys that know how the system should work to join PDP or APC and contest for elective position, that is how to change things from the inside, not by internet insults and curses of the country. Did you know many NID has been killed following your suggestion. Do you know crab mentality? My suggestion, obliterate the sitting govt and setup a new blood that have the Nigerians at heart and see how NID will troop in. |
Politics / Re: A Letter To Nigerians In Diaspora by nitusa: 1:39am On Feb 14, 2013 |
I will respond to you in bullet point and I want you to answer my questions while I await your responses ASAP: Do you know how much NID send home to take care of their family and friends at home if they don't care? Are you telling me I should send my kids to Nigeria when I read the Nigeria newspapers online of carnage everyday? Do you know Nigeria in diaspora invest in Nigeria more than you know? Do you know many Nigerians in diaspora excel in the field they take up except few who want to act like your govt(419)? Do you know you are very ignorant? Do you know majority of NID do not have any problem with Nigerians in Nigeria except your so called dumb leaders that destroyed your morals? Do you know that NID gives back and ready to give back whenever needs arises? Do you know for so many years we live out here we don't pay bribes and we are not ready to pay or be involved with bribes? In your right senses will you take the known for the unknown? Are you really saying this or you just want to promote your blog? I am waiting for your answers and I will provide you 200 more questions for your homework. Thanks 9 Likes |
Business / Re: [Satire] The Nigerian Business Partner by nitusa: 1:46pm On Feb 11, 2013 |
Pacemaker: My advice is for you to to do business in countries where rules are adhered to. I will suggest Ghana (very close to Nigeria and there is sanity in getting business document), Ethiopia where getting business setup with the ministries take couple of days. South Sudan, new country lots of business opportunities and many more I can not mention now. Old college friends have like minds and can be truthful dealing with you. My last advice to you, where ever you go, don't ever try to get something your document does not allow you to get. Don't be too greedy. Partner with decent local people, be contented with your achievement after all its business its not do or die affair. Goodluck |
Business / Re: [Satire] The Nigerian Business Partner by nitusa: 12:55am On Feb 11, 2013 |
Nigerians need a national orientation because after Gowon rule, we lost everything due to the oppressive government everybody went all out to get what they can get for themselves. From my perspective, I believe 70 percent of business deals in Nigeria involve some form of illegality. I have done business around the world, I never lost money, I have done business with any kind of race you can imagine, fair play. Just go to Ghana, they play by the rule. If I add up my loss in Nigeria, it will be over $1,000,000. I was reading a thread about investing in cashew nuts, just to complete the transaction and transport the nuts from Ilorin to Lagos will attract 10 different risk for a profit of 10 percent. I applaud you guys doing business in Nigeria. Please don't educate me about foreign people coming to Nigeria. Their transaction has been concluded and paid into their account in double portion. If it is not, trust me, they have been trained by Nigerians in illegality. Americans are the most eager to do business in Nigeria but institutionalized corruption will not let that happen. Try getting things done in any Federal Ministry, i bet you will wind up paying bribe in one form or the other. Why on earth will I want to go out there and import adulterated pills or food into Nigeria to harm my innocent country man just because I want to make money. I pity my Niger Deltans brothers and sisters. God gifted resource has been turned to a curse by some evil Niger Deltans, Nigerians and foreign invaders. Look, if I am to write a book about Nigeria, by now, I would have been writing my sixth book. Therefore, I rest my case. |
Politics / Re: Jonathan Is Working, Haters Are Talking! (New Images Are Added Daily) by nitusa: 4:19pm On Feb 07, 2013 |
AnanseK: Please advice of aboki translation |
Politics / Re: El-Rufai Has No Regrets For Abuja Demolitions by nitusa: 3:59pm On Feb 07, 2013 |
My problem with the whole story is that the Abuja town planners who approved these buildings are still there collecting bribes. I really don't understand if there is master plan and building start popping up in a neighborhood, are these building inspectors blind? how did they get an approval to build. They wasted people lives and money. God will never forgive this country called Nigeria. The most wasteful country I have ever seen or had. I cry for my country Nigeria!!!! |
Politics / Re: Jonathan Is Working, Haters Are Talking! (New Images Are Added Daily) by nitusa: 11:53pm On Feb 06, 2013 |
Sincere 9gerian: Doctor, Sincere 9gerian or whatever you call yourself. You are living in your world and Joe's world. Are you telling me that all these comment made by decent, hard working Nigerians are void. You really need a self-evaluation. I will suggest you collate public opinion of what your fellow country men are going through and relate it to your boss Joe. I still cry for Nigerians and my family living there. You need to really search your mind if what you are doing on this forum is worth it. I am very emotional discussing these issues. If you think you are benefiting now, your generation to come will not. A word is enough for a wise. Thanks |
Politics / Re: ChannelsTV Forum On Saving The Police College Suspended! by nitusa: 1:29pm On Jan 22, 2013 |
You guys are missing something. In the country I call home, these young police in training would have been immediately relocated to sheralton hotel or air port hotel all in Ikeja or close if I am not wrong until the problem is fixed for them to return back to a descent hostel. That is what I expect the president or the police management to do. Tell you what? go back to the hostel now, the boys are still living in the same predicament now. I hate this!!!!! |
Travel / Re: Why Do Nigerian Embassies In The U.S Have Teribble Customer Service? by nitusa: 8:17pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
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Travel / Re: Why Do Nigerian Embassies In The U.S Have Teribble Customer Service? by nitusa: 3:45pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
damas11111: Q: Why do Nigerian Embassies have terrible customer service? The OP was right. Check Atlanta, No toilet tissue in the bathroom, money supposed to be used to buy tissue paper has been eaten up by corrupt official running the embassy. They collect bribes openly. You might be on line for hours, let their friends and cronies walk in and see how they will walk pass you and get attended so fast. This is what the external affairs don't know. A lot of foreign investors do not go to Nigeria because of visa problem. We are destroying our own development. My suggestion, 80% of current embassy staff should be let go. Hire young Nigerians born in these countries to take over. They understand customer service and can perform well. |
Politics / Re: FG To Generate 5000MW Of Electricity By June 2013. by nitusa: 11:48pm On Jan 12, 2013 |
londoner: I wish these people would shut the eff up, with their claims......just do the damn thing, and the beneficiaries tell of the dividends to anyone who will listen. What is electric power? Infrastructure!!!! Infrastructure!!! Infrastructure!!! Until new poles are been manufactured and installed, until new modern transformer are manufactured by Nigerians and installed on those poles around the country my countrymen, don't ever expect your situation to change!!!!! A word is enough for a wise. Period. |
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