This is pathetic, I cannot belive the Ijaw people will give a red carpet reception to a thief....This shows that his hands were not clean. When will the immunity clause be repealed?

I guess the online business has to mature at home first. If online transactions (POS, ATM, e-commerce, e-payments etc) can be done at home satisfactorily without much 'wahala', then it will naturally flow to the outside world.

Reading all the posts above, I now undertand why it was neccessary to have the post JAMB exam.

You guys should be careful about how you wag your mouths. How many african countries are richer than Nigeria to start with?

You should address your grievances to the French and their govt. If Obasanjo is quiet about the Frend and what they do in your country does not mean he supports them. Has Thabo Mbeki told the french troops to leave your country yet?

With OBJ's committment, Nigeria is getting rid of the daggers of debt. Although inflation is high, other macro economics seem to be going in the right direction. I expect that there will be real economic growth next year.

I work from home and sit on the internet all day long

The same way Americans don't watch black American films right?

You guys speak as if every Hollywood movie is a blockbuster.  There are certain American films I have watched and would want to spit on my tv screen.  The same goes for Nigerian films, select what you would want to watch. Let me also correct that the name 'Nollywood' did not come from Nigeria or Nigerians.  It was first used by the New York Times and foreign media before being used at home, so that the name was already popular outside Nigeria before it became news in Nigeria.

I still reckon that our players in the movie industry still have a lot to learn, but please, don't spit on their faces - that is not what they need from you

I guess the arguement has digressed there. Now, when I said the likes of Soyinka, I did not mean Soyinka himself. I give my due respect and honour to all who have tried to shape our dear country into what it should be like. My point is, we boast of sound professionals and yet we do not see their works (especially in the movie industry).

My heart bleeds when I look at other nations and see how our country has turned. Lets not loose sight of tommorrow though, it will always be better in all spheres if we are ready to establish good governance by electing only those we think are qualified to govern. Now you may go about saying that true election cannot take place....I will say yes it has (June 12). We all can collectively make a change if we have the will to support and encourage rather than treat with sarcasm and disdain.

The big question is who is interested in the Nigerian film industry. Why have the likes of Soyinka, Achebe, Emeagwali etc not gotten involved with this industry to churn out good films. There is no use referring to them as icons when they cannot contribute to the growth of an industry that exists around them. I only used the French govt to explain why the films in Mali and Senegal have better quality than ours. Wole Soyinka and the likes you so refer to can put up a good storyline/plot and I bet you, it will be screened well, but that is not what is happenning. the quacks are allowed to take over.

So what do you think? That the present guys should stop? No!, they will continue until they become perfect. And when you talk of a good plot, Hollywood does not get it right all the time. Look at their horror movies, it is the same plot all the time, they have their flaws too.

You seem not to know that the French govt has been sponsoring films in the french speaking african countries for more than 2 decades now. Those films are made with relatively high budgets and yet they are still not as popular as Nigerian films.  You have to give it to Nigeria there. Now that we are enjoying some patronage, it is just the right time to start churning out good films.  Recently, some large some of money was given to a Nigerian producer by the French, and he is going to shoot his in Benin Republic with a Nigerian cast, so you see, the attention is gradually coming to us.  You have to support these guys and not castigate them.

@Ajisafe, you miss the point in my post, the fact I said our movie industry is still young concurs with the insinuation that a lot still needs to be them. My argument is when you criticise, don't do it with so much sarcasm. These guys are only using their efforts and of course, there are quacks...but with time, the true professionals will win. It is a new industry and many people think they can make gold and diamons out of it even when they lack the skills. Give it time and support, the true professionals will stand out. When you compare at the budget on films outside the country to what we have, you will easily have a good laugh.

You guys have forgotten that these films are its infancy and made with limited funds. There will be growth by the time more investors come into the sector. Who really cares about what the American got to say? When Hollywood started, it was rubbished this way too. Criticism is good, but it should not be done with sarcasm like the American did. Nigerian films are being watched all over Africa and it is still growing..... With more money in the pockets, better films will be made. How many British films have you watched to find out that are just rubbish?

So it is wrong to totally ridicule the efforts these guys are putting in. There are quacks in the industry, yes, but the number of professionals are growing. there are growing number of Nigerians based abroad that are producing Nigerian films these days, and it is getting better.

Which Nigerian paper did you read that from?.  Don't come here and make allegations without backing them up with facts.  But for Nigeria, Liberia will not be where it is today, you guys better take a cue from that instead of killing yourselves in the name of presidency. Nigeria has nothing to gain from the French to act on their behalf.

Read your news well too...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4406190.stm

It is written, a Prophet is never regarded in his own country! Even Jesus was disregarded as someone Israel ever needed.

You guys should stop this rubbish! I will 1000 times for Wale Tinubu, Mike Adenuga, Dangote, Pat Utomi, Jim Ovia etc, than Kalu, he is not marketable, you guys are just wasting your time. As a governor, he has not done well. Tell me of a prime project he is undertaking in his state. Abia used to be known for small scale entreprenueurs, Kalu could have used that as an advantage to advance the AGOA programme in his state. If he has so much connection in the USA, he is definitely not using it to his advantage at home.

There should have been prime projects in Abia to promote entreprenuership, just as you see prime projects in Cross rivers, Kwara, Jigawa and Lagos.

I am sorry I disagree with you Seun. First when there is a large pool of cash, the customer is better off, beacuse the seller can afford various products, hence more choices. Corner shops have their advantage when it comes to a remote location and inconvenience going to farther distances to the big shops, however, the Computer village and Alaba will be well off if the market is organised, controlled and convenient to navigate. The harrasment in the hands of touts alone is enough to put somebody off.

Secondly, the idea of having big malls in a central places like Alaba and Computer village is not to outwit small players that will be dotted in various corners of the state. Moreso, TESCO, a big time retailer in UK is one of the highest employers in the UK. The same goes for Walmert etc. So the idea that there will be less jobs is not true. Infact such markets will give birth to secondary markets that will provide service to these malls and supermarkets....

What line of business does he do in the USA and what is the value of his business in Nigeria (if he has any)? I cannot vote for someone who does not have faith in his country to invest.

That is very correct, but i still cannot understand why those markets cannot be kept clean

Why are always afraid of going into big ventures. If Transcorp succeeds as a private sector initiative, it will lure many other investors to look into the Nigerian economy. The fear of playing it big has made today's Igo trader comfortable with his one suared metre shop and never thinks of forming synergy amongst partners for a bigger firms. A place like Alaba market and Computer village should have been places of mega malls and supermarkets in a well structured environment not ruled by street urchins.

Another of those their stupid report says that 1,440 Nigerians die daily from bad drinking water. Imagine that and we are still the most populous in Africa

Forget about what we both do and how we do it, this is not the avenue to relate personal issues. If you have read some of those e-mails scammers send, you would probably know what I am talking about.

I guess the best way to deal with it would be to contact the Nigerian High Commission in London. I wonder why they have not done that already

I hope Nigerians will move away from the culture of buying stuff in some rugged dirty open markets and move to more organised markets like malls, supermarkets etc.

If you listen to your news very well, you will find out that more people from the eastern European countries are into that kind of scam - a number of them were caught only a few days ago in london and how do you send goods out without confirming payment for it?  I do legitimate business in a legitimate enterprise.  We work hard for our money and make proposals amongst the best competitors in the world, so your insinuation does not hold sway here. My line of business does not involve one that I will wake up one day only to find millions in my accounts -those are greedy daylight dreams. And if you care to know, there are milions  Nigerians like myself working hard to make this world a better place.

You promote corruption when someone asks for a bribe and you give it to them. I have never sold any item in the UK where someone makes an offer much higher than the agreed price because he/she wants the product quickly, that is ridiculous! My question is, if it does not work that way in other countries, why do you think it will work in Nigeria? I have never been scammed because my business have not been motivated by greed.

Now this is not an endorsement for the scammers, I am just saying that in most cases, the underlying factor or motivation is greed from parties concerned.

How do you say people who are scammed are not greedy? Where else in the world do you transfer money with your account to be a millionaire? Greed is the underlying factor no matter how you define it. The Scammer and the scammed are ruled by greed, the lure to make fast money for uselesss fantasies as in the case of someone faking to be a beautiful girl on the other side.

The whites would want to defend themselves on this, but it is outright rubbish! The tone of most of the e-mail scams suggest that the whole scheme is fraudulent, yet people who think they are so moral are scammed.

Na who be all these people? Who be Orji kalu? That guy that cannot even express himself properly... Have you listened to him properly and try to make sense of what he says?... Please we don't want such politicians anymore come 2007. We want a dynamic leader which Kalu does not suit. Of all that Dybigdaddyg listed, there was no tangible thing you can hold on to that he has done for his people. Abia is as dirty as Lagos and directionless as Edo..