NairobiWalker:


Let me for a minute pretend Nigerians actually go to space.
If Kenya had misplaced priorities like you guys we would have entered space a long time ago but we were busy ensuring everyone has good access to electricity, water, education and improving our HDI.

like you did not read with envy all the posts i posted here telling you how much our satellites have helped us.

NairobiWalker:


Even the poshest places in Lagos have no constant electricity. Stop deceiving people.

we are going to space while you guys are stuck in the world with Giraffe, zebra, monkeys etc.

PissedYagami:

Actually some shacks are connected

Housing
The average size of shack in this area is 12ft x 12ft built with mud walls, a corrugated tin roof with a dirt or concrete floor. The cost is about KES 700 per Month (£6). These shacks often house up to 8 or more with many sleeping on the floor.

The population
The original settlers were the Nubian people from the Kenyan/Sudanese border – they now occupy about 15% of Kibera, are mostly Muslim and are also mostly shack owners. The other shack owners are mostly Kikuyu (the majority tribe in Nairobi) – although in most cases they do not live there but are absentee landlords. The majority of the tenants are Luo, Luhya and some Kamba – these people are from the west of Kenya. There are many tensions in Kibera, particularly tribal tensions between the Luo & Kikuyu, but also between landlord and tenant and those with and without jobs.

Electricity
Only about 20% of Kibera has electricity . UN-Habitat is in the process of providing it to some parts of Kibera – this will include street lighting, security lighting and connection to shacks (this costs KES 900 per shack, which in most cases is not affordable).

AJ have electricity everywhere

NairobiWalker:


Says someone who claims there are no slums in Lagos.

Why don't you condemn your government for not providing you with a good supply of electricity first?

talk as if there is a single kilowatt of power in you Kibera.

Technological advancment:

Nigeria Set For Its Own Satellite in
2018
Updated: 2 years ago
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The Minister of Science, Dr. Abdu Bulama
said yesterday that the National Space
Research and Development Agency
(NASDRA) would facilitate the building and
launching of the made in Nigeria satellite
which would be ready by 2018, Guardian
reports.
“They (NASRDA) should be able to meet the
target of 2018 to produce a Nigerian
satellite.” The minister said.
READ ALSO: “I Want To Continue Serving
Nigeria” – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan had last year
launched the National Space Council with a
charge to design a made in Nigeria satellite.
Members of the Council include the
President as Chairman, the Vice President,
Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Attorney General/Minister of
Justice, Minister of Science & Technology,
Minister of Communication Technology,
Minister of Defence, Minister of National
Planning, Minister of Education, Minister of
Interior, National Security Adviser, Director
General, NASRDA and Secretary to Council,
Prof. V.O.S Olunloyo, Prof. Francisca Okeke
and Prof. E.D. Mishelia.
The president had charged the National
Space Research and Development Agency to
develop the capacity to design a made in
Nigeria Satellite and launch the satellite
from Nigerian soil in the very near future.
READ ALSO: Nigeria Satellites Can’t Track
Missing Chibok Girls – NASRDA Boss Reveals
It will be recalled that the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture earlier in the year revealed its
plan of working on a comprehensive
livestock information system that will
require all cattle in the country to carry
electronic chips while satellite imagery and
remote sensing technology are deployed to
track their movements.
However this was purely a security measure
aimed at curbing the incessant clashes
between fulani herdsmen and farmers.https://www.naij.com/337360-nigeria-set-for-its-own-satellite-in-2018.html

NairobiWalker:


Stop being an idiot. Industries are supposed to make your life better not worse. If you have more industries then you should be having a better electricity supply.

our industries gave us a far better GDP and GDP per capita so that we have the wealth to bribe your neighbours to beat a hell out of you when you misbhave,

A country is comparatively superior to the others if it has

1. Superior culture with a wider reach

2. An economy that affects the economy of the other countries far and wide

and

3. A military that can back up its diplomatic and political power.

Culture:

compared to Kenya, Nigeria not only has an attractive culture in language, fashion, music, literature and life style, Nigeria has exported these things to other parts of the black world and we are already begining to see a so-called Nigerianization of those countries as can be clearly seen in the posts i have posted here.

Because of the power behind our culture soft power projection, we are stiring an identity crisis in countries like Kenya.

Every where you go to in the black world, every one wants to put on our agbada (the Kenyans here even know the names of our fashion even though we know nothing about theirs, making a statement of wider culture reach), they want to tie our gele, want to speak our pidgin english, want to eat fufu, pounded yam and egwusi while listening to Psquare's bank alert.

Economy: Nigeria's economy is not only the largest on the continent, the economy of Lagos, one of the 36 states in the Fed Rep, is worth more than the entire economy of Kenya and per capita, Lagos with its 1025mw of electricity, has 100percent distribution to everyone in the state in every corner of the state therefore, the lagosian has more power consumption than the average Kenyan.

Not only is Nigeria's economy larger than the whole of Kenya's, Nigeria's economy has a direct impact on the economies of neighbouring countries.

Over 90percent of west african manufacturing is done in Nigeria. Nigeria's Lagos port feeds other countries like Niger, Chad and the CAR. When we turn off the taps in Nigeria, there will be no gas supply in the West African gas pipeline running from Nigeria westward through Benin Rep, Togo and up to Ghana. Nigeria's borders are a source for Neighbouring countries to bring in their goods to sell in the largest market on the continent.

Nigeria's banks are all over the west Africa sub reagion, east africa like Kenya, Uganda etc, and also in central africa too.

Nigeria's Dangote group have cement factories in 14 African countries from senegal to Kenya, Ghana, the DRC, Cameroon, Zambia, Ethiopia, etc.

Nigerian eanergy companies explored for oil off the west coast of west africa ad were successful finding oil in senegal. NNPC, the state owned energy company in Nigeria is partnering with Kenya, malawi etc to develop their newly discovered energy.

Nigeria's globacom has tentacles all over Africa too.

Political and Military stength:

Nigeria been the largest concentration of black people anywhere else in the world took upon itself at independence in 1960, an afrocentric foreign policy which is aimed at the complete decolonization and the restoration of Africa's dignity through peace and prosperity of the newly emerging African countries.

This is the reason why shortly after independence when Zaire decended to war, we were the ones who sent down troops there to keep the peace and our top military commander was the commanding officer of that UN Peace Keeping mission. His name: Gen Aguyi Ironsi, the first ever military head of state of nigeria.

When it happened in Seria Leone and Liberia, we and our democratic alies in the ECOWAS sub region took a bold step formed the ECOMOG to enforce peace in both countries and ensure democratic dispensation and a peaceful transfer of power from one leader to the other.

When the military coup happened in Sao tome and Principe, it only took a phone call from Olusegun Obasanjo threatening the coup plotters to vacate power and it did!

In the ECOWAS parliarment, Nigeria hlds 40 seats out of 90 giving us an almost 50 percent of the seats in parliarment. To get a resolution in that house, we only need to persuade a few people to come to our side.

We have a military that is capable of building and advancing its own systems, and has demonstrated time and time again that it could deliver a mission thousands of miles from its borders.

In East Africa, Kenya doesn't have that political and military superiority to its neighbors. Its military is a joke when compared to the ethiopians. The Tanzanians are up there with their new discovery of gas, to compete with Kenya in the economy space.

naijalander:
Sandy Okoro , Oby Ezekwesili these are not flower girls. These are women that even Kenyan women aspire to be.

he says Okonjo Iweala is a 'flower girl' but she helped us secure a debt cancellation from the Paris club. She also built our economy to 522bn dollar and if she were the one who is still there, she would have known how exactly to manage the economy at this time of low oil prices.

mkenya254:


Your industries are really not helping you because they are clearly not improving your living standards.

I am up country at a rural village 500km away from Nairobi for Christmas yet I have Internet and reliable 24/7 power and 4G internet. You are in Lagos breathing diesel fumes and struggling with Internet.. See the difference.

i am currently in the North East of Nigeria, yes the same NE where BH is domiciled, in a remote village an still have the electricity to charge my phone and also the 4G 6mb per sec to correct your ignorance on Nairaland.

Meanwhile

Then comes the issue of national pride. If
Nigerians were to group the peoples of
the world in order of superiority they
would place themselves first. Them. The
Americans. Manchester United. In that
order. They have a very healthy self-
image. In music the battle between
Nigeria and Kenya continues to be fought
mainly in the latter. I’m not sure Naija
musicians even know there’s a contest
running, and are a mixture of bemused
and irritated by the prevalence of their
music on our media observed when they
visit. Urban legend recounts a Naija artist
rebuking a Kenyan journalist for
fawningly informing him that he was
more famous than any Kenyan artist in
Kenya. “This would never happen in
Nigeria,” he said. I want to thank him but
I’m not sure that this isn’t a threat.
Where Nigerians are proud, Kenyans are
mild-mannered. Where Nigerians are
loud, we are meek. We suffer silently and
only let our anger come out in large
expressions of violence that shock the
world. If a coup breaks out in most parts
of Africa today it’s greeted by a sigh and a
‘ho-hum’ by the Western world. When one
thousand Kenyans meet their deaths at
the hands of their own countrymen the
world stops. It takes one million
Rwandese to get a similar effect. We are
non-confrontational as a people and the
largely conservative masses led by an
even more conservative elite are happier
to hunker down behind their corporate
desks, more content with the bottom line
than the shaking of bottoms. We pray for
the day we will beat Nigeria at football.
We’re used to losing to them. For the sake
of the Nigerian team we hope that that
victory happens in Kenya. At least we will
grant them asylum. Nigerians are not
used to losing to Kenya. If our victory
happens in Lagos, no one is leaving the
stadium alive.
We are, however, Africans together for
international events. As Kenyans, we held
our breath with them when one of the
preferred candidates to succeed Pope
John Paul II, the Nigerian Cardinal Arinze,
got closer to the prize. But in secret we
thanked God that he wasn’t elected
because we would have never heard the
end of it. For similar reasons, before we
sleep, we raise a prayer of thanksgiving
that Obama has Kenyan and not Nigerian
roots. But this inferiority complex has
plagued us even since the African Writer
Series was founded in 1962- Chinua,
Wole, Cyprian Ekwensi, Elechi Amadi.
Growing up we seemed to be more
aware of them than we were of Ngugi
and Meja Mwangi; Soyinka’s The Lion and
The Jewel getting more runs than
Imbuga’s Betrayal In The City.
http://www.okayafrica.com/news/does-kenya-really-have-a-naija-music-problem/

Muafrika2:

Uhmm, trust me, there are reggae artists who bring Nairobi to a halt,

Burning spear and the like ...

I have NEVER heard Jamaicans claiming dominant in OUR country for that reason. I mean African Americans have a better claim than you people. You guys are just crazy. Tanzanians have a better claim, even the Congolese! lol.

THE NIGERIANIZATION OF KENYA!!!!

Currently, we are all about Nigeria. The
average Kenyan will sooner recognize
Desmond Elliot or Genevieve Nnaji than
they will Oliver Litondo or Lizz
Njagah.Kenyan women strut proudly
wearing gele (a Nigerian head wrap) to
weddings, and are easily mistaken for
Nigerians in international functions.
Statements like Body no be wood and
Everything na double-double are common
nowadays. Because I have had the
opportunity to make tons of Nigerian
friends, I am fluent in Nigerian pidgin. This
is already a form of butchered English, so
to speak, so I cringe when I hear people
butcher it further in an attempt to appear
trendy.
Far be it from our musicians to be left
behind. I have heard phrases such as â
€œthe Nigerianization of Kenyan gospel
music.” People talk about this like it is a
good thing. I wonder if it has crossed
anybody’s mind that while we are
busy Naijanizing, nobody seems to be
Kenyanizing anything because –
especially in the arts – nothing Kenyan
enough has been made fashionable
enough to copy.
http://www.mwakilishi.com/index.php/content/blogs/2012/07/26/what-is-the-true-kenyan-identity.html

ianSweet:


Yes, power supply may not be regular, but the most rural and interior areas of Nigeria are connected to electricity and that is the main point am trying to make.

don't mind these jealous people!

They keep boasting to us that they have more power supply than we do have not knowing that their little 2000mw goes round the few people connected to the grid more because there aren't many industries.

We talk about our issues, while they don't talk about theirs. That's why they are ok with their govt giving them just 2000mw and distributing that little amount to just a few people in Nairobi and leaving the vast majority out in the dark.

MtuMsuper:

And what has your country, which is the successor state to all those slave selling kingdoms, done to correct or at least ameliorate that historic stain.
President Mathieu Kerekou of rep of Benin, in 1986 went to a church in the Bronx, NY to publicly apologise amid his own tears to the afro descendants of the US about his country's role in that infernal trade.
Ghana and Senegal have thriving tourist industries centred on attracting afro Americans.

this is the reason why the Fed govt has spent over 10bn dollars since independence in 1960 to ensure political stability, institutional functionality and economic prosperity of the entire African continent.

It is also the reason why Nigerians decided to write books, make movies and films in order to correct the loss of self esteem black people both home and in diaspora felt as a reesult of the tragic history of slavery.

MtuMsuper:

Indeed. Am acutely aware of a trade in centuries gone past involving the export of live human beings from the shores of Nigeria. Culture got exported too.

Nigerian culture is not being transported to other culture via anykind of criminal activity. It is been taken to other parts of the world via satellite technology, five of which are owned by the Fed Rep of Nigeria and zero of which is owned by Kenya and every other subsaharan African country except SA which has fewer numbers.

GIVE HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE!

NairobiWalker:


Lol.....are you talking of Nollywood and your music? See, the whole of Jamaica has a GDP less than a half that of Nairobi's with a shitty economy but Nigeria will have to work extra time for decades to take its music where Jamaicans have taken theirs. This culture thing is really taking a toll on you - Kenyans are all over China, Europe, USA etc teaching Swahili and you don't see us viewing ourselves as better individuals for exporting our culture. lol.

will you shut up there already!

Nigeria's music, movies, cuisine and fashion is all over Africa and the caribean, the black world as a whole and there is no denying it!

With Nollywood, Africans have been able to tell their own stories by themselves, a thing we've never done before then. We have exported more literature than Kenya has too. Our writers ate better known than Kenya's, fact!

Before Chinua Achebe came up with his "Things Fall Apart", the story of Africa was told by Europeans who held the opinion that before coming in contact with the white man, Africans had no history, culture and civilization. But Chinua Achebe was able to change all of that by his famous book.

As for the Nollywood you claim to look down upon even though you are watching one right now; with Nollywood, Africans can finally see a thing they can relate to. Several links i gave here confirms it that Kenyans now want to speak like Nigerians, dress like Nigerians etc.

Today, Nigerian music is doing far better than the Jamaican regea, fact! How many people still listen regea today? If Psquare were to come to your country, i am sure you wont get a place at the front because better people would push you back so as to catch a glimpse of the Nigerian sensation.

Nigerian Entertainment Industry is worth more than the GDP of several African countries and i won't be too surprised of it can finance Jamaica's annual budget.

PLS GIVE HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE!

queenfav:
God bless you..I was about to ask the same thing.Enough already with marriage talk here and there..Nowadays,its hard to know whether you really want to get married because you want to,or because it is what society requires of you.There is more to life abeg,marriage is not the holy grail.Even if a lady has reached menopause,so what?Is it compulsory for everyone to want kids?or even get married?I am sick of this issue honestly.Many people like their own space too much,but end up getting married to make the society stop asking questions.Afterwards,they start having conflicts and eventually get a divorce.If the high rate of divorce isn't telling people anything,its so sad.Many clamour to be married only to rush out when they can't stand the heat.My advice,do you!Its hard coping with the pressure.I get pressurized also.Just don't let it get to you and spur you into making a bad choice.Forever is a long time..What's d hurry to get married?Many even set a time frame for themselves like they are their own creators.Why won't divorce be on the increase.People should stop stigmatizing singles.There is more to life than being married at all costs.If its in the cards for you,it will happen at God's appointed time.

no truer words have been said!

omoarole:



It's been so unimaginable to me why someone will be so resolute and adamant about their own view about someone else's life. It is such a sad world. He abuses someone else's sense of person and he feels so triumphantly cool, high and mighty about it. He feels he's the alpha and omega of all knowledge about things happy and sad. And he thinks there is nothing bad about condemning other people's notion of themselves. It's so self centered....
You see, if this was coming from someone you knew personally, who has an idea of who you are or a background on your story, you could explain it away as a prejudiced outlook based on misinformation.....bbut misinformation nonetheless is missing read information. When it comes from a total stranger, it's in the same category with racial profiling....
Like I said, he isn't even worth the time....

good post

THE KENYA FILM INDUSTRY: WHY
NOLLYWOOD HAS THE EDGE…
Posted on 31 July 2012.
The popularity of Nigerian films in Kenya is
massive especially among the ladies. They
have grown in this country to a level where
some local TV stations have even dedicated
the majority of airtime to them. As if that is
not enough, Kenyans are even picking up
the Nigerian accent and it has now become
a commonality to find people in the streets
or around you speaking like Nigerians as if
they were born in the most popular country
in Africa. Words like “oga” and “chineke”
have become standard words in the streets.
You also won’t be surprised to find that
Kenyans know almost all Nigerian actors and
their full biographies and yet they hardly
know our own actors.
This is not that surprising as the Nigerian
Film industry is the largest in Africa in terms
of value, and the number of movies
produced per a year. According to Wikipedia
the cinema of Nigeria grew quickly in the
1990s and 2000s to become the second
largest film industry in the world in terms of
numbers of annual film productions, placing
it ahead of the United States and behind the
Indian film industry.
This is quite remarkable, and makes the
Forum wonder what really makes Nigerian
movies tick better that our locally made
movies (and also other African movies).
Interesting Storylines
It is possibly their plot lines that have mostly
contributed to the popularity of Nigerian
movies as they have got everything from
romance, betrayal, witchcraft, religion,
murder, history, revenge and folklore. Their
popularity has really grown fast, but this has
been at the cost of the ‘quality of
production,’ as critics put it. But in spite of
the fact that some movies are of poor
quality, they are able to get away with it
because of their strong story lines.
Speaking to Nairobi Business Monthly (June
issue), Brenda Okoth, a Nairobi-based
journalist said that people love them
because of the Pidgin English and the
accents. She further said that Nigerians are
bold, and the story lines are not the kind
that you can find in our local productions. A
Forum corresponded who also loves
watching Nigerian movies agreed with
Brenda’s views. She stated that she loves
Nigerian movies because they tell the African
story, something everyone can easily identify
with. She further stated that Nigerian
movies are diverse and creative and also the
scenes are actualized. If it’s a rural setting
then everything from the accent, dress cord,
houses and environment shows rural.
Mr. Eric Wainaina, a creative specialist who
also spoke to Nairobi Business Monthly said,
“We are conservative, we do not want to
push the envelope and we are scared to say
the truth. Our storylines are the same where
a rural girl comes to the city, meets a rich
boy who marries her and then mistreats
her. But Nigerian stories are longer than
that, and that is how their movies draw
locals in.”
Investments and Marketing
Any industry that is estimated to be worth
around US$250 million is indeed a big
industry. And when it comes to investments
in the movie industry, Nigeria is ahead of
the pack in Africa. This is seen in the
resources they use and the quality of sets in
their movies. In most of the Nigerian movies
for example you’ll find things like flashy cars,
beautiful mansions and villas, they would
even travel abroad to places like London and
the United States to shoot their movies if
they need to. The industry mostly referred to
as ‘Nollywood’ (Nigeria’s film industry) has
grown to an extent where investors and the
Nigerian government are planning to
develop a film village in Abuja among other
investments like the Plateau Film City. They
also do have systems in place for marketing
their movies
‘Nigerians got talent’
Nollywood is rich in talented actors who are
skilled at bringing out the character they are
given. They’ve got the likes of Patience
Ozokwor, Ramsey Nouah, Desmond Elliot,
Yemi Blaq, Mike Ezuruonye, Genevieve Nnaji,
Ini Edo, and Rita Dominic among many
others who are talented at mesmerizing
viewers anytime they feature in movies.
Nigerian actors know how to bring out the
right emotions when they need to, if it’s
crying, they really cry if its attitude they
know how to show it. Critics say that
Nigerians show more emotions in acting
than our local actors and that most of our
local actors lack star power due to a fact
that most of them only take acting after
failing in other careers.
The Forum thinks that the only way to make
Kenyan viewers ditch Nigerian movies for
our own movies is for stakeholders in the
film industry to up their game and work
towards being better than the Nigerians.
‘Being better’ would mean more training for
actors, bigger production budgets, more
‘outside the box’ thinking in scriptwriting,
plus higher levels of creativity and style in
costumes, makeup, lighting and
camerawork
Kenyans love things that are different from
the normal and the only way to capture
them is to come out of our shell. We need to
push boundaries and create a stir.
Most of all we need to convince our Kenyan
TV program commissioners that whilst
‘playing safe’ is a short term way of saving
costs, it is also a sure route to blandness
and mediocrity. Any industry that fails to
invest in itself will surely be overtaken by the
competitors who do.
Bigger budgets means better programs and
bigger audiences.
http://www.kenyaforum.net/2012/07/31/the-kenya-film-industry-why-nollywood-has-the-edge/

Nollywood movies on Kenyan television: an exploratory study of Kenya Nigerian Movie audiences and their motivations Show Statistical Information Date 2012 Author Mwanthi, Shadrach M Metadata Show full item record Abstract This paper is an exploratory study of the Nigerian movies audiences in Kenya, ftleir motivating factors and the purpose why Kenya Television Channels air Nigerian movies . It begins by considering the antecedents to this industry, in an attempt to identify the Nigerian movie audiences in Kenya, Why Kenya Television air Nigerian Movies and the factors that motivate Nigerian Movie audiences in Kenya. The research methodology used was qualitative analysis and the study was based on two television channels: Citizen and Kiss TVs, Households at Shauri Moyo, Nairobi and focused Discussion groups. The units of analysis were Nigerian Movie audiences. The study revealed that Nigerian movies have audiences from people of all ages, gender, levels of education and living standards measure. However, the more people advance in their level of education, the more they lose interest in Nigerian movies. The research also found out that Nigerian movies are packed with African culture which is incorporated in the songs, the setting in the movies, the proverbs and idioms, the Pidgin English and direct translations which are typically African. These are the factors which motivate audiences to watch Nigerian movies. By watching these movies, audiences gets entertained, their knowledge on African culture is enhanced , and above all they gets educated through themes in these Nigerian movies. The study also found out TV Stations in Kenya air Nigerian movies in order to reach the popular Nigerian movie audiences population through their commercials. All these and more are discussed in this study. The research ends with a recommendation that Nigerian movie study being very new in Kenya needs more research, which should encompass more media, audiences and longer period. http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/8837

African languages:
Afaan Oromo: Language of Ethiopia's
biggest ethnic group
Amharic: Ethiopia's official language
Tigrinya: The main working language of
Eritrea, along with Arabic. Also spoken in
Ethiopia
Igbo: An official Nigerian language. Also
spoken in Equatorial Guinea
Yoruba: Spoken in south-western
Nigeria and some other parts of West
Africa, especially Benin and Togo
Pidgin: A creole version of English widely
spoken in southern Nigeria, Ghana,
Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea


of all the new african languages added to the world service, 3 are Nigerian. This brings the total number of Nigerian languages on the world service to 4, the highest in Africa.

Kenya offers 46 oil blocs to Nigerian
investors
ON September 8, 2013 5:35 PM / IN
Business / Comments
Nairobi – Kenya has offered its 46 newly-
discovered oil blocs for interested
Nigerian investors in the oil and gas
industry to develop.
Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani
Alison-Madueke announced this
on Saturday in Nairobi.
The minister said that the offer was part
of the outcome of the dialogue group
preceding the Nigeria-Kenya Investment
Forum held on Friday in Nairobi.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who
concluded a three-day state visit to Kenya
on Saturday, and his host, President Uhuru
Kenyatta, presided over the forum.
The forum had in attendance more than
500 prominent investors from both
countries.
Among the delegates were influential
Nigerian business magnates who flew
into Nairobi, aboard a fleet of seven
private jets.
The Minister said that beyond giving the
opportunity to Nigerian investors to
acquire the oil wells, Kenya also sought
Nigeria’s assistance in the formulation of
right policies and framework to manage
the sector.
“It is well known now that Kenya had
recently discovered hydro-carbon reserves
and they are very keen to move quite
aggressively in terms of exploration
activities.
“They felt as sister African country, Nigeria,
having many years of oil exploration and
production, that it only makes sense that
we exchange agreement in cooperation to
hand over knowledge, capabilities and
experience learnt.
“They seek various templates that we have
formulated including policies, processes
and a sort of templates that form
Petroleum Industry Bill, among others.
“We also looked at areas surrounding
Nigeria’s investments possibilities where
we think that Nigerian business men and
women could come into the oil and gas
sector in Kenya.
“They are very keen that Nigerian
operators in the upstream, midstream and
downstream service sectors of the oil and
gas industry look to Kenya as a burgeonis
frontier for investments in the oil and gas
sector.
“They are also very keen that we robustly
support them in setting up the right
framework, policies and processes and
technology to help them drive the
exploration activities,” she said.
The minister said that among the seven
MoUs and bilateral Agreements signed by
both countries was that on Oil and Gas
which spelt out details of the co-
operation.
Kenya recently announced that its oil
resources met the threshold for
commercial exploitation, raising the
country’s hope of joining the league of oil-
producing nations.
Specifically, Africa Oil, a Canadian oil and
gas company, together with British
explorer, Tullow Oil Plc, had estimated
Kenyan oil reserves at 368 million barrels,
a level capable of commercial exploitation.
Minister of Trade and Investments
Olusegun Aganga said the maiden
economic forum between Nigeria and
Kenya had recorded a huge success in
terms of trade and economic development
between both countries.
He said the forum was a door opener to
new range of opportunities that would
increase the volume of trade and value of
investments between Nigeria and Kenya,
which had hitherto so low.
Nigerian business mogul and Forbes
Magazine richest black person in the
world, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who led the
Nigerian delegation and chaired the
dialogue group, said a number of Nigerian
investors would be willing to invest in the
oil sector in Kenya.
Dangote, at the forum, announced the
decision of his conglomerate to invest 400
million dollars (about N64 billion) in
cement production in Kenya
The CEO of Forte Oil and Zenon Oil, Femi
Otedola, Forbes Magazine’s 26th richest
African and Chairman of
Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, prominent
bankers and investors, Jim Ovia and Tony
Elumelu were in the Nigerian delegation to
the forum.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Edem
Duke said more than 70 per cent of
interest by the Kenyan business men
at the forum was focussed on tourism.
He said the sector, a greenfield and new
frontier with low entry barrier, aroused
the interest on many Kenyan business
men and women.
According to him, the area of focus would
be wild life development, horticulture,
hospitality, training, leisure and
entertainment facilities. (NAN)

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/kenya-offers-46-oil-blocs-to-nigerian-investors/

Dangote invests N80bn in Kenyan cement sector ON March 2, 2015 12:05 AM / IN Business / Comments By Favour Nnabugwu Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has invested N80billion ($400million) to set up a cement plant in Kenya through East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC). Dangote entered Kitui County’s limestone mines through the Kenya’s local cement in order to open $400 million, representing Sh34.8 billion Kenyan currency in Kitui County, Kenya. Dangote Cement which also constructing major cement plants in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia, already has a license to prospect for limestone in Kitui County while he revised the upcoming factory’s annual production capacity to three million tonnes from the previous 1.5 million tonnes. According to him, “We are reviewing plans for Kenya with a view to increasing the scale of our proposed factory from 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTA) to 3MTA”. Dangote’s upcoming plants in Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia will give it a total capacity of 8.5MTA, putting it ahead of Kenya’s Bamburi and Uganda’s Tororo that currently have capacities of 3.1MTA each. “We are confident there will be sufficient demand both in Kenya and neighbouring countries”. Besides being rich in limestone, Kitui is also attractive due to its proximity to the Mui basin which has large reserves of coal. The coal is tipped to replace the relatively expensive diesel fuel in firing energy- hungry cement factories. The group plans to have around 60 million tonnes of production, grinding and import capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2016″.

Kenyan Cries Of Re-Colonization As
Nigerian Entertainers Take Over
 2016-04-18 13:44:27  Emmanuel E.
A Kenyan blogger and publisher for
Nation.co.ke, a popular Kenyan lifestyle
blog has cried out to his fellow Kenyans,
to stand up against the current
unnoticed colonization of their economy
by Nigerians who are taking over every
industry in their country. According to
his article, the publisher stated that
Nigerian musicians such as flavor and
davido had taken over their
entertainment industry, especially their
music industry, stating that their radio
stations would almost old up if they
didn’t continue in their unpatriotic acts
of playing Nigerian songs.
See his article below:
The growing social and cultural influence
of Nigeria in Kenya is the natural
precursor to full Nigerian musician.
Nigerian music is so well liked in Kenya
that a radio station that purports to play
‘urban African music’ has a playlist of
mostly Nigerian music. Name the biggest
musicians in Africa right now. Now
name some of African films’ biggest
stars. Go ahead, I’ll wait. How many of
them were Nigerians?
I interviewed one of them last week, the
“highlife musician”, Flavour, most
famous here for his Nwa Baby song and
its Ashawo remix. Like the most
conceited of eternally sunglass-wearing
stars, he was a fragile personality,
treated by his management like a
precious piece of china always at risk of
breaking if not handled carefully.
Even for one who massages egos for a
living like me, his egregiously cocky
demeanour was over the top and
supremely annoying, almost as if sucking
out all the air from the studio. The
smugness that travels along with Flavour
is not unique to him. His compatriot,
Davido, is no different. A big star on the
African music scene, he is also well
aware of his stardom and acts as you
would expect of a rich, spoilt brat.
I was in Mauritius in late June for a
Multichoice content showcase for their
DStv and GoTV channels when I met the
22-year-old musical force. I didn’t get an
on-camera interview; he had to run off
to a busy night of partying before
leaving the next morning for a different
part of the continent.
On my return flight, I had the misfortune
of sharing my cattle-class row with two
Nigerian journalists. The men demanded
to be served before everyone else, and
despite having flown economy, wanted
the services of a private suite on the
upper deck of an Airbus 380. “Nigerians
have a highly defined sense of self-
belief,” entrepreneur Mike Macharia told
me. “If you meet a Nigerian somewhere,
it is not someone you’ll look down upon
because you’re prejudicial.” He has spent
the last few years trying to expand the
company he founded and still leads –
Seven Seas Technologies – into Africa’s
most populous and biggest economy.
In Kenya, Nigerian movies are some of
the most popular on television, much
loved not just by housewives and
househelps, but by many who would
probably never publicly admit to
watching Nollywood productions.
Nigerian music is so well liked in Kenya
that a radio station that purports to play
“urban African music” has a playlist of
mostly Nigerian music. It might as well
be called Davido FM.
So powerful is the “Nigerian” branding
in Kenya that the Nigerian-Kenyan
comedian, Obinna, has channelled it into
a radio and TV show, performs to large
crowds and is even launching a singing
career.v“What makes Nigerians so
different is that they’ve accepted
themselves, they’ve accepted their
loudness, and they embrace their
African-ness,” former TV business
journalist Cynthia Nyamai told me by
phone.
She says her eponymous communication
consultancy is doing good business in
Nigeria, just a few months in.v“They
allow themselves to dream big – you
think of owning a Range Rover Sport,
they are dreaming of owning a jet or
buying a holiday home in Spain.’vObinna
says his Kenyan fans love the boisterous
nature of his character. “Nigerians are
flashy, they wear loud colours and drive
big vehicles and Kenyan women
especially love that.”
He plays into the overconfident
stereotype that many Kenyans both love
and admire. “Kenyans feel mentally
superior in East Africa, but Nigerians feel
mentally superior to most Africans,”
Macharia says. “That level of self-
assurance works for them across Africa.”
He points out that Nigerian businesses
are making more investments in the
country, such as GT Bank’s recent
acquisition of 70per cent of Fina Bank.
‘They find us weak, so when he comes
here and buys a small bank, $100 million
(Sh8.7bn) is something he can easily do.”
There’s a Nigerian everywhere you look,
anywhere in the world. A friend took me
to Croydon in South London two years
ago and we found Nigerian influences
there suffocating. A large immigrant
community in a former colonial master is
certainly admirable but the growing
supremacy of Nigeria in Kenya remains
unexplored. That Africa’s richest man,
Aliko Dangote, is investing in the cement
and energy business here and President
Uhuru Kenyatta is noticeably warming
up to President Goodluck Jonathan are
just the latest signals.
One of Africa’s biggest writers,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, was in
Nairobi for a literary festival late last year
to a prodigious reception. Not only are
Kenyans attracted to Nigerian music and
film, their modern literature is taking
over from the Chinua Achebes and Wole
Soyinkas of yore. No wonder Nyamai
says Nigerians are “very pan-African”
and she now gets business on her own
without facilitation from the British
partner who first introduced her to the
market. But that continent-wide thinking
may also be working against Kenya’s in
the East-West interaction that remains
heavily imbalanced in the West Africans’
favour.
The growing social and cultural influence
of Nigeria in Kenya is the natural
precursor to full economic domination.
Though China is investing millions of
yuan in Kenya, it is the colourful folks
from Africa’s West coast with their
agbadas and distinct accents truly
capturing the hearts and minds of
Kenyans. It is only a matter of time
before the naira gains currency with the
population here. The Nigerian
colonisation of Kenya is here. You might
not recognise it just yet because it is
wearing sunglasses and acting up.
http://m.pzimedia.com/people/articles.php?title=Kenyan-Cries-Of-Re-Colonization-As-Nigerian-Entertainers-Take-Over&a_id=25030

"We have always said ... the Nigerian space program is not going to be an ego trip," Mohammed told CNNMoney. "We are not part of the race for the moon, we're not part the race for Mars," he continued. "What we need to look at is using the space program to look at how we can create typical Nigerian solutions to most of our problems." Mohammed's goals include the ability to locally design and build a satellite by 2018. By 2030, he hopes to launch a satellite from Nigerian territory. After that? He wants to put a man to the moon. Full coverage: Nigeria: An Economy Divided Yet Mohammed faces intense scrutiny. Critics want to know why Nigeria is spending money on a space program when 70% of its citizens live below the poverty line. When the country's economy is facing an imminent recession? Moreover, what's the point of a moon mission that would launch more than 60 years after Apollo 11? Mohammed points to the country's three existing satellites as evidence of what can be gained from a national space program. Already, they've helped document regional climate change patterns and update the country's outdated maps. They've also been useful in tracking the movements of terrorist group Boko Haram in remote areas of the country. Related: Can this massive refinery solve Nigeria's energy crisis? Mohammed's next priority is launching a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite capable of penetrating cloud coverage. The images it produces should help monitor activity in the Gulf of Guinea, which has recently seen a rise in pirate activity. Mohammed says these projects are about "capacity building" -- advancements that will eventually turn Nigeria into a regional space innovation hub. A staff member works at NASRDA. Look no further, he says, than NASRDA's 2,000-member staff. Mohammed recalls that when he started at the agency eight years ago, it boasted just six scientists with PhDs. Now, the number of PhDs on staff has increased to 70, and another 50 employees are studying in pursuit of advanced degrees. NASRDA has been granted $20 million this financial year to keep operations going, but it needs $65 million more to get its next satellite project off the ground. Mohammed says the money will be put to good use -- after all, Nigeria is building on the efforts of others. "We're not reinventing the wheel," he said. "The Nigerian model is a good model for the developing world. We're not starting all over like the U.S. or Russia." June 07 Abuja, Nigeria
http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/07/news/nigeria-space-program/

mkenya254:


You are making warships while 70% of your population is below the poverty line. You are dimwits

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17015873

the BBC here says you are a liar!

NairobiWalker:

I haven't seen your cars anywhere outside Nairaland either.

Ghana woos Innoson auto plant with
incentives
I’ll consider offer later –Chukwuma
By Moses Akaigwe
Friday, July 30, 2010
Tour Ghana Visit Ghana Accra in Ghana
If recent
developments at
Innoson Vehicle
Manufacturing
Company
Limited (IVM) are
enough
foretaste of
what the future
holds for the
Nnewi-based auto plant, then it is well
on the way to becoming the corporate
version of the biblical prophet that is
respected more abroad than at home.
Though production is yet to gather full
momentum, the plant and the vehicles
that have so far rolled off the production
lines have been attracting attention from
the ECOWAS sub-regional markets,
particular Ghana which last week sent a
top-level delegation to Nnewi, to discuss
business with the management of
Innoson.
This is ironically coming at a time when
the Nigerian auto makers, including the
new Nnewi plant, are as usual going
cap-in-hand to the Federal Government,
appealing to be keyed into the N10
billion mass transit scheme being
packaged by the Urban Development
Bank, which has already advertised its
preference for imported fully built-up
vehicles.
Led by the Deputy Minister for Transport,
Madam Dzifa Aku Attivor, the visitors
toured various sections of the auto plant
(and briefly watched production in
progress), the plastics-making sister
company in Emene, Enugu, which
supplies some of the vehicles’ parts and
accessories, as well as a new tyre
manufacturing company, General Tyres
and Tubes Limited, also a member of the
Innoson Group.
The Deputy Minister who repeatedly
expressed how “very, very impressed”
she was during the tour of the auto
plant, said she and her team were on a
fact- finding mission. She disclosed that
they were in Nigeria to explore the
possibility of not just introducing some
of Innoson Group’s products to the
Ghanaian market, but also setting up
similar auto plant in Ghana.
Assuring that Ghana has a very friendly
business environment which enhances
quick return on investments, Madam Aku
implored the Chairman of Innoson
Group, Chief Innocent Chukwuma to
come over to her country, adding, “I
want to appeal to him to set up a plant
in Ghana, and he will have return on his
investments”. A package of incentives,
according to her, is awaiting Innoson, if
he decides to take the offer.
The delegation showered encomiums on
Chief Chukwuma, for his foresight and
entrepreneurial acumen, which they said
were evident in the Nnewi auto plant
and his other investments in the
manufacturing sector.
Both the Deputy Minister and the Deputy
Chairman of Ghana’s ruling party (NDC),
Sinare Saleh, who was also part of the
delegation, harped on the need to do
away with the drawbacks of the
economic cooperation agreements by
the ECOWAS sub-regional grouping, in
order to ensure that business
transactions boon among the peoples of
the member-states, as against the
present situation where scarce
resources are lost to imports from
outside the African continent.
If Innoson vehicles are good, reasonable
priced and suitable for West African
roads, it would amount to wastage to
continue to go far for imports, Saleh
argued after the tour of the auto plant.
Commenting earlier also a brief
reception for the visitor at the plant,
both the Chairman of All-Progressives
Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh,
and a well known campaigner for a
viable auto industry in Nigeria, Chief
David V.C. Obi, made a case for the
patronage of the products of Innoson
plant and other locally made vehicles.
Dr.Obi who is the Chairman of ALCMAN,
an association manufacturers and
suppliers of vital components to the auto
makers in Nigeria, told the guests that
vehicles made by Innoson meet very
high international standards.
Taking the visitors through the
production lines, Chief Chukwuma said
the product range so far includes mini,
midi and luxury buses, pick-ups and
SUVs. The buses have air-conditioners
and video entertainment. However, he
disclosed that there were plans to widen
the product mix to accommodate more
commercial and purpose-built vehicles,
including refuse collectors/compactors.
Reacting to the offer by the Ghanaian
government to avail himself of the
attractive incentives in their country and
set up a plant, Chukwuma said he would
give it a serious thought, after the Nnewi
auto maker has stabilised.
He said: “I consider it a big honour and
privilege for the government of Ghana to
make me such a rare offer. I will think
about it. But for now, the important
thing is to make sure that there is
enough patronage for Innoson vehicles
in Nigeria, and that Innoson itself meets
the demand of the local market in terms
of quality, volume and after-sales
support. That is our major target for
now. Of course, after that, we will be
glad to hit Ghana”.
Innoson auto plant is presently
producing vehicles according to orders
placed by customers. Some of the buses
were sighted on the East-Lagos route,
while a popular transport firm, Autostar
recently took delivery of some units of
the air-conditioned midi version.
It was learnt during the visit of the
Ghanaians that a football club, Gabros
International, which purchased the midi
bus last year, was among the first
customers to patronize the Innoson
vehicles.
Other members of the Ghanaian
delegation were Dr Muta Idrissu from
the office of the President; Dr
Nichodemus Gabe; Richardson Jonah; Mr.
Dawood Muhammed; Ellis Hugh
Tamakloe; Ahmed Tahiru; and Kudoto
Kobla, a journalist. They were
accompanied by a Nigerian, Mr. Tony
Ulasi, Innoson Group’s representative in
the West African sub-region.
http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/ghana-woos-innoson-auto-plant-with-incentives/

proudly Nigerian
Nigeria celebrates first home-made warship By Will Ross Nigeria correspondent 7 June 2012 Africa "Proudly Nigerian" does not just apply to the people of this vast land - the West African giant is now building its own warships. After nearly five years in the making, the Nigerian navy ship or NNS Andoni was launched with a colourful event. At 31m (100ft) long, this is no giant of the seas, but the fact that it was designed and built in Nigeria, by Nigerian engineers, is a great source of pride. "We are all happy and elated," said Commodore SI Alade, one of Nigeria's senior naval officers. "This is the first time this kind of thing is happening in Nigeria and even in the sub region." Moments after stepping on board NNS Andoni, sailor FL Badmus said: "I feel on top of the world. "I'm proud to have been picked by the naval authorities to serve on this ship. "We hope this is the beginning of very good things to come and we thank God for it." The warship was named after the Andoni people of south-eastern Nigeria - and several chiefs travelled to Lagos to witness the launch - including his Royal Highness NL Ayuwu Iraron Ede-Obolo II, wearing a top hat, a sequin-adorned velvet gown and a brightly coloured necklace. The ceremony also featured multi-faith prayers, with an imam asking God to "protect and preserve this ship from the dangers of the day and the violence of the enemy", and a Christian praying: "May she sail with success like the Ark of Noah." The event had an interesting twist of symbolism for the guest of honour, Nigeria's leader, Goodluck Jonathan. Anti-pirate ship He is from a family of canoe makers - and that he is now the president launching a warship is a sign of how far he has risen. "This is the beginning of the transformation... and I believe in another 10 to 15 years, we can be thinking about starting a project to take Nigerians into the air," President Jonathan said. The NNS Andoni could be key in the fight against militants operating near Nigeria's oil fields as well as the growing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Piracy in Nigerian waters is on the increase and incidents are happening over a wider area, according to the International Maritime Bureau. There were 10 piracy attacks off the 780km (485 miles) of Nigeria's coastline during the first quarter this year - the same number reported for the whole of 2011. "While the number of reported incidents in Nigeria is still less than Somalia… the level of violence against crew is dangerously high," according to a recent IMB report. The NNS Andoni is equipped with an advanced radar system and firepower. "With a speed of up to 25 knots (46km/h), this can quickly go to intercept the pirates," said Commanding Officer Adepegba standing on the bridge pointing out the ship's three machine guns and the automatic grenade launcher. Foreign orders The Nigerian navy reportedly wants to acquire 49 more vessels over the next 10 years. But how many will be home built? Orders are already in - for three from a French shipbuilder, and six from Singapore. President Jonathan recently approved the acquisition of two large patrol vessels from China Shipbuilding and Offshore International, a mainly state-owned company. In an effort to boost local industry, one of the Chinese vessels is meant to be 70% built in Nigeria. NNS Andoni was dwarfed when a 105m- long frigate steamed past during the ceremony - with all the officers cheering on deck. NNS Thunder, a veteran of the Vietnam War, arrived at the beginning of the year, a gift from the US. Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that the monthly fuel bill of the 45-year-old ship would be $1m (£650,000). When this year's navy's $450m budget was discussed at the House of Assembly in January, one senator described the donated ships as hand-outs that could become liabilities rather than assets. There were also calls for corruption to be plugged. "Corruption has sucked the blood out of our system. So we have to depend on hand- outs," one senator lamented. NSS Andoni's fuel bill will certainly be lower than NNS Thunder. 'No indigenous touch' After parading on the deck, the naval officers took photos of each other with mobile phones - clearly delighted with the new ship. "It's a great day. It's taken over five years but it's worth it," said a smiling Kelechi, one of the engineers. "We came up with the design, the expertise and about 60% of the materials were locally sourced. The engines, generators and navigation equipment came from outside." Nigeria is one of Africa's biggest oil producers, but this has not so much helped as hampered the development of local industries because the country has relied so heavily on imported goods. As he launched NNS Andoni, President Jonathan lamented the decline of industries that had been strong not long after independence in 1960. "We had Nigerian Airways, the Nigerian shipping line and a number of investments that were doing well. But because there was no indigenous touch, all these died," the president said. "We are told that some countries that were on par with us are now building aircraft, choppers and other things," he said, adding that Nigeria had for a long time not embraced technology. The president suggested sending the brightest students of engineering to the best universities in the world. "Then let them come back and work in Nigeria because we cannot continue to be importing. We have a very large market and even what we consume alone is enough to support an industry." "We have this market, we must use it," President Jonathan said - before laying the keel to mark the start of work on the second "Made in Nigeria" warship. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18300358

NairobiWalker:


You forgot to mention "yet we can't provide 24/7 supply of electricity to our citizens"

same way Kenya can't. And it appears with our 4000mw, we have been able to build a far greater industrial base than the whole of East Africa put together.

It appears that despite that, we have a banking sector larger than the whole of east africa put together.

It appreas that we have a stock exchange far larger than the whole of stock markets in East Africa put together!

What have you done with your erratic power supply?

mkenya254:


Lol.. We are also an indigenous car and bike maker. See mobius and kibo

Hahaha.. Lol don't even mention agriculture. That is the largest contributor to our GDP. We are the largest producers of black tea in the world and are also very well know for our horticulture. We also produce a lot of wheat, maize, etc. You name it.

We also manufacture our own cement... Lol.

Your locally manufactured faulty weapons must be the reason why boko haram is kicking your ass.. Hehehe

the agriculture issue, we've dealth with it already and we have put it aside because we have proven our superiority over Kenya in that area.

As for BH, we have defeated them and have relocated back to their homes many of the people that were displaced.

Your cars are known no where else, fact! That if at all it is true. Our cars don't only ply our roads, they also ply the roads of other African countries.

As for being the largest producers of anything, we are the world largest producers of cassava, Yam, millet, etc.

shizzy7:
There was another drug trafficker who was also deported and went back to the country again and the police/ immigration service couldn't explain how he got back inside..

Some of them work for their politicians or wealthy citizens. There is always a link.

it appears the guy wasn't even a drug cartel in the first place.

To steal from a Nigerian, all the kenyans have to do is tell the world he is a drug lord. What nonsense!

Evidence that we have the capability to build our military hardware, a thing the KDF is incapable of doing.

Nigeria Air Force UAV unveiled
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,
inspecting the first Nigerian Air Fo
indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
in Kaduna shortly after the unveili
ceremony.
The President, Commander-in-
Chief of the Armed Forces,
President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan has applauded the
Nigerian Armed Forces for
keeping the nation secured
and technologically fit.
President Jonathan made the
commendation at the
unveiling ceremony of the
Nigerian Air Force indigenous
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV) code named; ‘Gulma’ at
the Nigerian Air Force Base,
Kaduna.
The Nigerian Air Force, the
president said, is in the right
direction in the area of
research and technolog, which
is in line with his
transformation agenda.
The President said that to
retain the nation's importance
in the international arena, we
must continue to explore,
invent and develop security
equipments which meet
international standard.
He congratulated the 11-man
Officers of the Nigerian Air
Force Pilot Engineering Team
which constructed the UAV,
adding that hardwork can
break barriers.
In a remark, the Honourable
Minister of Information who is
also the Supervising Minister
of Defence, Mr. Labaran Maku
said that the armed forces are
better off in a democratic
government and promised to
mobilize more funds to enable
the armed forces perform
their constitutional
responsibilities.
Earlier in his welcome address,
the Chief of Air Staff, Air
Marshal AS Badeh said that the
UAV Gulma, could be used for
both military and civilian
purposes including patrol,
surveillance, pipeline and
weather monitoring, among
others.
He said that the objective of
the Nigerian Air Force is to
manufacture a self-reliant
indigenous equipment which
could easily be maintained
thereby minimizing huge
foreign expenses.
He said that the cost of
acquiring the equipment and
training the pilots overseas is
outrageous.
Air Marshal Badeh said that
the UAV Gulma is like other
aircraft, but it does not have a
pilot nor passenger onboard
and is remotely controlled.
The vehicle can take off and
land from any suitable leveled
ground, using just 12litres of
fuel for 7hour flight. It has a
surveillance camera that
captures and records images
from a height of 10,000ft
above the ground within a
radius of 100kilometers.
The event dovetailed into the
year 2013 Chief of Air Staff
Award night.
Dignitaries that graced the
ceremony are; a
representative of the Senate
President, Senator Sekibo
George Thompson,who is also
the Chairman Senate
Committee on Defence, the
Executive Governor of Kaduna
State, His Excellency, Alh.
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Defence, Mr. Aliyu Isma'ila,
Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral
OS Ibrahim, Chief of Army Staff,
Lt Gen Azubuike Ihejirika,
Former Chief of Defence Staff,
Air Chief Marshal OO Petinrin,
the Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar,
the Director, Air Force Affairs
Department, Ministry of
Defence, Mrs. Emontonghan E.
Osaisai and others.

http://defence.gov.ng/index.php/78-featured/169-nigerian-air-force-uav-unveiled

NairobiWalker:


Produced on paper - but on ground you produce nothing and you have nothing to show of it.

we are an indegenous car maker, fact!

We make arms for our military fact!

We now make space satellites, fact!

We make good entertainment you guys are so crazy about, fact!

We make alot of food that is transported to EU and america as well as china, fact!

We make all the cemet we consume in this country, fact!

We make steath navy vessels, fact!

THE TRUTH BEHIND CHINEDU AND KENYAN GOVT SAGA:

Give Nigerian business man
Antony Chinedu what
belongs to him
By Peter Nguli
Updated Wednesday, June 26th 2013 at
00:00 GMT +3
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By Peter Nguli
NAIROBI,KENYA: That Antony Chinedu, the
controversial drug trafficker suspect has
been deported back to Nigeria while he
has cases in court regarding the same
leaves a lot to be desired. That he was
abruptly deported without the Nigerian
High Commission in Nairobi being
informed is even more absurd.
And that he was deported while still
having a case in court regarding his
alleged Shs400 million property in Nairobi
leaves many questions answered.
It appears there is more than meets the
eye. Because we as Kenyans know how
things work in Kenya: money first, others
follow.
Whether Chinedu was a drug-trafficker or
not is not the point here. If he is indeed a
trafficker, he deserves to be deported.
But as Nigerian authorities rightly put it,
the right procedures should be followed.
That is why they are right to ground the
aircraft and its officials. For we wouldn't
wish our citizens to be treated the same
way unprocedurely while in Nigeria.
Nigeria is a good business partner in our
economy especially the Kenya Airways and
diplomatic issues must be handled
cautiously.
Even this is a family issue, videos of
wrangles with his estranged wife
throwing chairs and cups at him as police
watched under full glare of TV cameras in
previous episodes amount to bullying and
intimidation; perhaps because he is a
foreigner. Even foreigners deserve police
protection.
The rule of international law says that he
who commits a criminal offence should
be charged in a court of law in the host
country and be deported after serving a
given sentence, if that is so decided.
Chinedu has lived in Kenya for 18 years,
married a Kenyan woman and has
children. These children will need to
see their dad, it is their right. And Chinedu
may need to be visiting them at some
point as their father, even if he is
divorced.
From media reports, Chinedu claims that
he has property worth Shs400 million. If
this is true, then there is no question, he
deserves at least a share of that property
by law. Chinedu argues that he was
deported because his wife and other
associates want to possess his property.
If that is true, then the Nigerian
authorities must have considered this as
unfair. That is why they have grounded
the aircraft. For it's immoral to deport
someone, even if a criminal, with the
intention of getting his property. No
wonder it was recently reported that a
woman from Central Kenya had hired
goons to kill her husband so she can own
all her properties while others use
pangas.
If Chinedu is a criminal, arrest him and
charge him in court and if guilty sentence
him at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
Anyone with two eyes can just sense that
this is a scheme behind the scenes to get
Chinedu's property through the back door
by some powerful forces.
Give Chinedu what he owns and then
deport him or charge him in court and if
guilty he will serve his sentence. If not,
then it is robbery without violence.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/m/article/2000086822/give-nigerian-business-man-antony-chinedu-what-belongs-to-him