Emperoh:

He may be losing the plot but to say he is non-performing is outright false.
I am no fan of his, but the man did his best.

I am still waiting for the state in the South East with a better road network than Anambra.

Obi is authoritarian, posits a holier than thou image, self centered and selfish, but to say he's not done much for Anambra, is false!!

I am a big fan of Mr. Ndibe, but this is one article i have doubts on some issues raised.
Accuse Mr. Obi of not doing it to standard but not doing at all is false!!

This needs to be clarified. I have heard of the performance of Ohakim in the past, as well as Chime. How is it possible that an alleged non-performer has performed better than all the other South-East governors in the area of road network construction.

I guess the assertions by Sahara reporters that several Banks were already in trouble and had to be bailed out with N1 trillion turned out to be true. Sanusi's coming actually showed that our dear professor was practicing voodoo economics.

LWKMD.   This should be moved to the Jokes section!!! This is just too funny!!

Do church members now have to declare what they have paid as tithes to the Pastor? Do they also have to publicly declare their Sunday offerings?

Farida just made a terribly spurious allegation. How does she know that members pay huge tithes? I know no church member has gone to Farida to tell her how much he pays as tithes, so it must be that the woman has the belief, probably out of some form of bigotry, that Christians pay large sums of money as tithes. Even if they paid huge amounts as tithes, how does the Pastor get to know the amounts to the extent of questioning the amount.

Farida, go and do your work. Next thing, you go ask people to go dey give account of how much them dey spend for supermarket.

Perhaps MTN should report customers that spend above a certain amount of money on recharge cards so that we can investigate if they are spending legitimate money.

This woman don turn comedian finally.

Surely, the 55 cases pending in Nigerian courts against Babalakin's company must be a factor mitigating against the speedy execution of the project. This brings to fore the importance of timely dispensation of Justice in our Country with regards to providing a conducive business environment.

Quote:
"Boko haram, has issued a list of prominent Nigerians it might likely attack, _______

________ the list had Vice-President Namadi Sambo topping it.

Others on the list were Emir of Zazzau, HRH Shehu Idris. The Emir is targeted because, according to the sect, he connived with dubious people to cheat Islam.

The sect’s spokesman, who did not introduce himself, in the recorded message, spoke in fluent Arabic and Hausa and declared that their mission was to fight social injustices perpetrated against muslims in Nigeria.


The spokesman added that not only would the sect kill non-believers, but “also hypocritical muslims who connive to do harm to Islam and muslim.”

"



Such passion for religion; such gusto; such bravery. This is a divine battle in defense of the teachings. This is their commission from "god". Even if they die in their quest to spread the beautiful doctrine, 72 virgins awaits each of the men. _{Does this mean each female matyr gets 72 male virgins too? Just asking?}

Just marry the lady in addition to your current wife. When you see another one you "love", marry her also; then move to the next, and the next, and the next.

I stand by what I have said: In Nigeria, Glaxosmithkline shareholders in the worldwide company hold 100% of Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals and 40% of Glaxosmithkline consumer (because they divested).

Obviously, you are only good for running ur mouth and spewing insults. If u have other figures, reel them out, and just stop using the insults as an avenue to show u lack any meaningful contribution to this thread

aloy/emeka:

Who cares how much GSK stake is in the Nigerian branch?. It is still GSK and they bear the brunt of the company. It is like a franchise anyway but the most important thing is that they have never trusted Nigerians to run their company in Nigeria . You must be mumu because 40% stake in Nigeria is pretty much the largest share and all the important decisions depends on them otherwise one would have noticed the same ethnic nonsense as witnessed in this thread which will culminate in the overall death of the company. Look at indigenous Nigerian banks and the rate by which indigenous MD's steal from them. 
How did you conclude that the GM is far above the MD from this jargon you wrote up here?

From your own quote, you said 40% stake in one company is pretty much the largest shareholding in Nigeria, yet you cannot decipher that 100% holding worldwide in the other Company indicates which the Global Company holds in higher regard. Now, the Nigerian entity controls Nigeria market for OTC drugs and consumer goods, while the Global body holds the core Pharmaceutical business tight and controls WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. If you cannot decode that WCA is bigger than Nigeria, then I can't help you.

PS: You are a daft for calling me mumu.

aloy/emeka:

Do you actually know there is a big difference between MD and GM?

What I was trying to show is that titles are defined according to companies. Sarahlover mentioned someone being the potential VP of Beecham but the fact is that some VP's are as good as branch managers and the title is usually used by native US companies.

Read my original post again. Chidi Okoro is MD Glaxosmithkline consumer Nigeria plc. This is a Nigerian Company quoted on the Stock Market in Nigeria. Glaxosmithkline international owns 40% stake in this, hence always influence who the MD is. The operations of this company starts and ends in Nigeria.

Glaxosmithkline pharmaceuticals is a company with worldwide operations. They are not quoted on Nigerian stock exchange. The Nigerian office has Directors reporting to it from all of West and Central Africa. The GM is far above the MD of the Nigerian Company in the Company organogram.

aloy/emeka:

And how many of those companies survived in the hands of Awolowo bred Igbo and Yoruba GM's?. Leventis, UAC, Lennards, IGI, John Holt,  etc. Should we be proud of heading those companies when we stole them to coma and unplugged the machine even when they were in life support?. I pity Smitkline Beecham in the hands of another Nigerian MD because they may die like others did. No offense to Nigerians please.

UAC is alive and well, so is John Holt and IGI. GSK pharma has thrived under Nigerian GMs. Most Companies on the Stock exchange in Nigeria have thrived under Nigerian Management. There have been cases of some Companies folding up, but this is not peculiar to Nigeria. It happens all over the world. Thank you for acknowledging that Awolowo bred stars who rose to become GMs. That is a great legacy.

Chidi has had an inspiring career. He has worked as a senior manager in MTN and Globacom, and was recruited as Marketing Director for Glaxosmithkline consumer Nigeria plc in 2007. He has done us proud by becoming the first Nigerian MD of the company.

hardywaltz:

If this guy were Yoruba this tread would be busy as tribal warlords would have filled the air with silly remarks on how intelligent Yoruba or sons of oduduwa are! So may I congratulate my Igbo Brother for this rare achievement.

hardywaltz, why? Why did u have to say such a thing. Why turn it to a tribal thing?
Let me educate you - Chidi is the MD of the Consumer arm of Glaxo (They make ribena, lucozade, boost, panadol, phensic, cafenol and other consumer goods and OVER-THE-COUNTER drugs)

Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd which covers West and Central Africa with Nigeria as the headquarters for WCA and markets the core pharmaceutical products, however has had at least two General Managers: Mr. Olabunmi Olaopa, who controlled West and Central Africa from 2000 to 2004. After him, we had a Moroccan and a Senegalese, then the current GM, a Nigerian, Mr. Lekan Asuni, who has been GM since 2007 came on board.

For your information, Mr. Asuni is in line to become the first Vice President of Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals worldwide.

Now, Yorubas did not post about these two illustrious sons because we have such people at the helm of affairs of multinational companies in abundance. Hardywaltz, you have accused Yoruba people wrongly. I'd rather say that you are the one having wet dreams over what has already become the norm in blue chip companies in Nigeria - They have all had Nigerian heads at one point in time or the other.

What continues to amaze me is that CPC would have us believe that the elections were rigged in the SS and SE, even when their party representatives on ground say it was free and fair. No one in the SE and SS has come out to say the popular vote was stolen. These are areas that PDP owns almost 90% of all electoral positions. CPC is surely delusional.

Posted by: Sarahluv
Falsehood. [b]What is the rent range in Sabon gari that Yorubas can't afford? How come the Ibos and Middle Beltan groups can afford this rent? Do you even know where Sabon gari is? Can you tell us the description to the place as we speak? [/b]Stop living in the world of hearsay and denial. There are as many Yorubas in Sabon gari as there are ibos. You would also find that most blue chip Companies in Nigeria are represented predominantly by Yorubas ( for one reason or the other) in Kano. These ones can afford any rent a trader can afford. You talk about some places being called ibo quaters, are you aware that in Sabon gari, there is Abeokuta road, Ibadan road, etc as a reflection of the influence of these ones over there?
Most Yorubas that live outside Sabon gari do so  because the place is too dirty, smelly, and overcrowded. As you would expect from any high density slum. These ones prefer to stay in low density G.R.A. s or medium density areas.

Quote from: Obiagu1 on Today

You girls are becoming pathetic spinners. Just like you deny being killed, I'm not surprised.


I'm glad you have nothing to say, as you cannot answer the questions in bold. Stop relying on hearsay. If you do not know, then you don't know. There is no shame in that. The pathetic thing is one claiming to know what he knows absolutely nothing about.

Obiagu1:

There are Yorubas living in Sabon Gari but they are not many. Most of them can't afford the rent. Sabon Gari is occupied by Igbos and few other Southern and Middle Beltan groups. Yorubas live with the Hausa thinking they are Muslims too. When the Yoruba Christian sees a Yoruba Muslim living among the Hausa, they move in because their brother is there and that's where the problem starts. There are Igbos that live out Sabon Gari but they live in clusters and that attracts other Christians to join in. Those are the places they say is relatively safe.

Falsehood. What is the rent range in Sabon gari that Yorubas can't afford? How come the Ibos and Middle Beltan groups can afford this rent? Do you even know where Sabon gari is? Can you tell us the description to the place as we speak? Stop living in the world of hearsay and denial. There are as many Yorubas in Sabon gari as there are ibos. You would also find that most blue chip Companies in Nigeria are represented predominantly by Yorubas ( for one reason or the other) in Kano. These ones can afford any rent a trader can afford. You talk about some places being called ibo quaters, are you aware that in Sabon gari, there is Abeokuta road, Ibadan road, etc as a reflection of the influence of these ones over there?
Most Yorubas that live outside Sabon gari do so  because the place is too dirty, smelly, and overcrowded. As you would expect from any high density slum. These ones prefer to stay in low density G.R.A. s or medium density areas.

Quote from: namfav on Today
is sharia law does not promote murder, neither should it apply to non-muslims anyway, miss world if it had a agenda with the north then they had no business to be in nigeria
if someone is to be prosectued under islamic law it should be dealt in the north, why should southern christian groups go up in arms? they should mind their own business
southerners started to protest on amina lawal, a muslim woman, how is it her business whether she is prosecuted under islamic law, how does it affect the south?


Miss World had no agenda with Northern Nigeria. No State in the North was to host the contestants.
Anyhow, you have made my point - If any southerner anywhere expresses his view concerning an issue some Northerners are sensitive about, then all southerners must be hacked down wherever they are found for not minding their business. If America declares "a bin Laden" wanted, then all southerners must be hacked down wherever they are found for not minding their business. If a Danish man draws a cartoon, then all southerners must be hacked down wherever they are found for not minding their business. That is the thinking of the average fanatic, that is the core of the lust for blood. Still wonder why some folks read the signs and quickly found somewhere to hide themselves when they heard Bin Laden had been killed?

namfav:

miss world was nothing but the norths problem why should other people meddle? the same for sharia law, why do people think they can interfere in other people's affairs, i don't think northerners would interfere with affairs that don't concern the north elsewhere, it's your own wahala if you don't want to trust northerners no one asked anyone for trust, but you can't honestly think that nigeria will survive as a union if there is no trust amongst the people, in the north we try to trust our northern kin but it can't materialize if the south does not trust the north based on the fact the north is muslim some people will overreact sometimes but that is not only a northern problem, you see it everywhere neither is it a muslim problem

No need for falsehood. Miss world was to be hosted by Nigeria, and some fanatics in the North started making all sorts of noise. As soon as a newspaper published an article concerning the rantings, Christians and Southerners were murdered. The North flowed with blood. Sharia law wahala - an excuse to murder by extremist fanatics.
I know loads of decent Northerners - they mind their business. Fanatics on the other hand, have been programmed to look for opportunities to cause mayhem; they would murder if someone sneezes. You asked for trust by saying how can we talk of change if we can't trust. We can't trust if fanatics don't change, and that's the truth.
It is not a muslim problem, it is a fanatic problem. Unfortunately, they abound up North

Sabon gari cannot be said to be predominantly ibo. That statement is debatable, still, it is not the crux of the response to obiagu. Nobody runs to sabon gari to be protected by ibos. Let us not ascribe to any group, power that they possess not.

Unbelievable!! A human being typed this? Surely, you do not know Kano at all. Sabon gari is home to most Southerners in Kano, and not the preserve of any particular ethnic group.
Those that don't live there, live in other parts of the town considered relatively safe ( all southern ethnic groups involved). As I speak to you, many whose houses were burnt and were displaced during the Buharigate wahala are still at the Police and Army barracks; all ethnic groups well represented.

Obiagu1:

It's the Yorubas, when they are threatened, they run to Sabon Gari for the Igbo to protect them. When they are killed, they deny their brothers.

Sarahluv:

Easy for you to say; you would never be a target when the killing starts.

For those that have forgotten, too young to remember, or too young to have realized it then, the links below are the reasons why the Southerners have to preempt the actions of fanatics

http://allafrica.com/stories/200110180440.html

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/octoberweb-only/10-29-44.0.html

namfav:

none of your links work, and even if it were true why should you run for something which happened 10 years ago, and people expect there to be change and trust when there is still paranoia, usama was not our leader

I've fixed the links. They work now.
10 years ago, Osama was declared wanted, and Southerners paid with their lives in Kano for something they knew nothing about. For about half of the ten years from then till now, Southerners have paid with their lives for incidents that did not concern them - Miss world wahala; Danish cartoon wahala; Sharia law wahala; and more recently Buharigate wahala, even when the said Buhari won convincingly in Kano.
Don't forget that the Buhari issue happened less than a month ago.
Now Osama is dead, and naturally people would not expect those that have perpetuated all this havoc in the last ten years to suddenly become reasonable and detached from the Osama thingy, so they have to resort to self-help by relocating.
You honestly expect me to trust a group of people that massacred innocent corp members et al a few days ago and expect change from them? Be real, Mr.

^^^^

I do not need to. If you read my post, you would notice that I said "the links below are the reasons why the Southerners have to preempt the actions of fanatics".
So your question is irrelevant.

namfav:

it was more paranoia on the side of the non-northern muslims, the north is not in a state of mourning and i doubt there would have been reprisal attacks on anyone, some people were paranoid for nothing 

Easy for you to say; you would never be a target when the killing starts.

For those that have forgotten, too young to remember, or too young to have realized it then, the links below are the reasons why the Southerners have to preempt the actions of fanatics

http://allafrica.com/stories/200110180440.html

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/octoberweb-only/10-29-44.0.html

hollandis:

We all know you are after the oil in akwaibom.You burnt cars worth millions of Naira,killed many innocent souls,all because of oil.My support for PDP has astronmically increased since I got wind of your selfish and do or die politricks.Stay in lagos where the viable means of government income is tax imposition or ogun state where you have olum rock and cabu cabu,or ondo who think they have oil,or ekiti ,the so called fountain of knowledge but you don't see the indigenes anywhere near leadership position or oyo state the socalled ancient town but in my own analysis undeveloped and in ruins.You can never be strong without oil.The sustainance you have is obviously the igbos working tireless in yoyur regions,while the yoruba man lazies around either as a tout or a home keeper,whilw their wives are in tejuosho or yaba down selling onions

Maybe your post would have made more meaning with regards to the loss of lives and properties if you did not display extreme ignorance with your s/tupid rant and misplaced aggression. Pray tell, are those burning the cars, and killing innocent people Yorubas? Why this extreme inferiority complex on your part?

Nadanbata:

People are talking about dividing, national confence Bla Bla Bla. Let me tell you [b]I dont care wether we split or not, wont make a difference to the average Mallam for they dont see da oil money that comes out of the DELTA [/b](Not IgboLand, Not YorubaLand). But Im realistic and know perfectley well it wont happen till the corruption goes. None of the problems in Naija affects the people "eating" from Naija, what is the need for them to change what works for them? The same people "eating" are the ones in CHARGE. So all your ethnic/religous/tribalstic curses and calls for secssion are AIR for all your Chiefs are 'full'

The sooner you realise the Federal goverment dont give a Zap about the ordinary Nigerian the better. Some of you man wont ever see though, your blinded by ethnic assaults you launch behind your computer screens    . Ive said many times no point talking about something that wont happen, instead of talking how to change the Leaders your wasting your time on dividng   

If you have a REALISTIC solution of how to divide Nigeria other than[b] Civil WAR[/b] please share with us here for I dont see it ??

All HAIL one Nigeria 

You don't care if we split up or not, yet u start a thread subtly telling us that the only way Nigeria will divide is with a civil war? You need to get urself right.
The average Northerner does not care about the oil, yet he is ready to pick up his matchet and kill innocent people just because another Northerner lost an election to preside over the oil money? Another contradiction
You also mentioned that it won't happen unless corruption goes, and the government doesn't care about the average citizen so we should stand aloof? Mr., we will not stand aloof. We will make our views known one post at a time. Recent happenings in Nigeria and around the world have shown that people take note of popular positions as expressed on the internet. It might not be immediate, but know that a movement has been started, and we will prevail eventually.

Note that our primary concern has been how to protect innocent people from the wanton continual blood-letting in the North, and nobody just woke up and said "let's divide". You know the problem. Talk about how to stop the blood-thirst, and don't come here to condemn the aspiration of people to enjoy the simple "right to life".

Talking of ethnic assaults, guy be real. Some unscrupulous northerners kill southerners at the drop of a dime year in, year out, and you haven't cared to condemn that as ethnic/religious assault, yet you come here to launch your own regional assault behind your computer screen.

Your post: bollocks!!!

Good. The man said he turned out the way he did because he had parents to guide him. Almajiris up North are rejected children with no parental guidance. They are actually taught how to murder and cause mayhem. They are indoctrinated from their tender age. Control the way parents dump their children up north, and you would have started solving the problem. Then we would have more people like this wonderful muslim man.

Kobo,

You got it wrong. They don't give birth to many children for economic reasons. They give birth to so many because they do not believe in birth control, marry many wives, and easily shirk responsibility for taking care of the kids by dumping them as almajiris.

These children are abandoned; virtually fatherless and motherless. The mallam is their care-giver, but he can't take care of himself so he sends them out to beg and do menial jobs.

If we do not as a matter of urgency implement strict childcare laws that would ensure that parents cannot dump their children anyhow, the problem will continue. You talk about free education, but believe me, the State governments will not want to spend that kind of money on free education. The corruption is so bad, that by the time the State government shares the loot to whom the loot is due, the almajiris are not in a state to be considered.

Surely, you know that State governments are the ones that provide free education in the government schedule of Nigeria today


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Quote from: jerryben12 on Today at 01:31:40 AM
If these present Almajiris are taken care of, what happens to the yet unborn? The problem should be address from the source and not from the middle. The parents of these guys should be educated on the consequences of having children they can not take care of.

How do you do that when some of the main reasons they have for having so many children is the believe that the more of those they have, the greater there chances of surviving? I mean it's like the poor farmer who cannot afford machines to help him on the farm -- he goes and has 10 sons, why? So his sons can help on the farm and so increase yield so he can better feed his family.

Even when his father was alive, the guy rolled with the murder squad.

Let's humor u.
If Jonathan was rigged out, the south would definitely, as a matter of fact, not attack Northerners or Muslims as their target.

Secondly, the comparison is wrong, because nobody was rigged out. Some guys just feel they must force their candida on others, sorry, candidate.

Sorry, too small. Would feel like a tickle

Abagworo:

In as much as I was not on ground in Kano,The above Southerner was.I think it is about time you guys stop spewing words of hatred and tribalism.It takes us nowhere.

The loss of lives and properties were avoidable but PDP went ahead to rig.Everyone knew there was tension and the best thing was to let the wishes of the people prevail.

An example is the Lagos Governorship.It is already glaring that ACN will win.How wise will it be to declare PDP winner on tuesday?Everyone already knows what will happen.

Loss of lives and properties were avoidable, but PDP rigging makes it justifiable - Abagworo. RUBBISH!!! This is the daftest thing I have read on this thread. What was the wishes of the people? They voted for Buhari in the core North, and he won there, so what was the protest/murders about? Your candidate won where you wanted him to win, and you still go on a killing spree. Think, Mr.

Now, you are busy justifying poo and would not even acknowledge the innocent victims of this carnage. Once again, your post is extremely daft.

bibs:

factually, i didnt see a corpse physically but heard plenty horrible stories i really cant vouch for. Though plenty properties were lost (that i saw vividly). only God can help us.

Just go to the morgue at AKTH, and you might be able to tell us the true position. Then go to the Accident and Emergency ward at the same hospital and see people who are in near-death situations as a result of brutal mob attacks. Several were attacked at home and beaten to death/near-death.

kayci_d77:


God help us, I tought it was only the almajiris that are crazy, even CPC chairman has gone bonkers

True. The man don dey craze. Senility sets in,

This is great. Let the whole Nigeria know about the views of Nigerians online. We might impact something.