24 hour surveillance on someone, albeit a nutjob, trying to secede.

Yeye FG, Yeye report, Yeye Aregbesola. This is too funny!

[img]http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120413&t=2&i=594491849&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE83C1R2N00[/img]



(Reuters) - Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo on Friday withdrew his candidacy for World Bank president, leaving two candidates in a race that he said had turned highly political.

[size=18pt]With the World Bank board meeting on Monday to pick a new president, Ocampo said he hoped emerging market nations would rally behind one candidate, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.[/size]

Okonjo-Iweala is now the sole candidate from developing nations in a race against U.S. nominee Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American health expert who appears almost certain to win the post.

Ocampo said his candidacy had been "handicapped" by a lack of support from his own country.

"It is clear that the process is shifting from a strict merit-based competition, in which my candidacy stood on strong grounds, into a more political-oriented exercise," he said in a statement.

"In this process, I stand on weaker grounds due to the lack of open support from the government of my home country, Colombia," he added.

Ocampo said he did not believe the selection process had been fully open, transparent and merit-based, but it had established a strong precedent for future elections.

However, Ocampo's decision to leave the race does not mean all developing countries will support Okonjo-Iweala in a straw poll on Monday when the World Bank board tries to find consensus on a successor to Robert Zoellick, who is departing in June.

Indeed, the promise of a united front from emerging markets evaporated on Friday when Russia said it would support Kim, becoming the first major emerging economy to do so.

"Taking into account Mr. Kim's considerable professional qualities as well as his experience and knowledge, the Russian Federation will support the candidacy of Jim Yong Kim during the voting by the bank's board of directors," the Russian Finance Ministry said in a statement.

With their candidates, emerging market nations are seeking to challenge U.S. leadership at the bank to increase their influence in global economic institutions long controlled by rich nations.

Under a informal agreement, the World Bank has always been headed by an American and the IMF by a European.

While Kim is still the favorite to win the World Bank presidency because of his backing from the United States and European countries, a rigorous challenge from emerging market countries could put them in a stronger position to extract concessions favorable to their interests. It also increases their odds of winning senior jobs in the future.

The final decision could come down to political horse-trading and alliances.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-brazil-worldbank-idUSBRE83C0T720120413

freecocoa: Anyways that one concern them,the dude has been dead to me long ago.

@prospective human-eaters.

You "is" disowning your brother? Ibo people sha.

Ilaje43:

Ti o ba ni baba abi awon egbon nile yin, o ko ni so iru isokuso yi. Ti a ba de s'oko s'oja, ara ile eni ni nba, nitori idi eyi, mo da oko ti o so fun mi yii pada si ile yin. Adabi ti mo ba fi iru funfun puro...

GEt a job ashewo. You are the same phocking OP, The mods just told me that. Irun obo funfun

@OP, what do you look like? Do you have tribal marks?

^^
Shut up and get a life!

Ilaje43: As an elderly Yoruba mon, I wish to implore the moderators to place this poll on the FRONTPAGE even if it is just gonna be for the last 24 hours of voting. Thanks


Moderators, e joo, mo fi irun funfun die ti mo ni be yin lati gbe poll yi lo si frontpage, ki awon omo kaaro-oojire gbogbo le ri. Gbogbo eyin omo Yoruba rere, e se ojuse yin. A mo nkan ti a fe, e re iwosi yi danu. Oodua a gbe wa o.

Irun funfun ko, irun obo dudu ni.

Ode oshi

I am sure that wasnt written by a Nigerian journalist. very well written.

I doubt it was written by a Nigerian, perhaps WS, maybe Achebe, but definitely not by a Nigerian based in Nigeria.

Obiagu1:

Una go kill persin for NL LMAO!

lol.

A bridegroom (usually shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married, or who has just been married

Bride price, also known as bride wealth, is an amount of money or property or wealth paid by the groom

^^^

Beaf >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kanshumotor

I will call you later today Jarus

Jarus why are you selling your car? So you want to sell a 2003 Honda with 176k miles for 900000/150 dollars. Come on alfa, our religion is against usury/ excessive profit. If you go ahead with this fraud, you will surely end up in HELL.

Jarus: Most likely these ones were fetched from the streets too

Nice Adidas head gear . . . But seriously, who puts on a HG in their living room? LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Jarus:

It is uncharitable to pick that senetnce in isolation when you see the earlier part that 'by the expectation of people here'

Mr. 242 + 1, whatchu talking about Wilis?

afam4eva: Doesn't sokoto get allocations just like every state in the federation? What do they use their allocation for, that will warrant the FG doing what is supposed to be the perogative of sokoto state.

Stupiddd question:

You know the FG account has what they call special fund for stuff like this? Since the state cant/unable/decided not to do it, dont you think the FG is doing the right thing by stepping in to take control of the situation?

This is a matter of national security which is strictly the purview of the central government. . . No?

Any Govt In Power Association

^^^

You know thats illegal.

Onlytruth:

The truth is that more is on the way.

Of course, in true Indian spirit, why "steal" little, when you can take everything? I agree they will build more and render more people jobless, and then there will be chaos because there will be more kidnappers than people able to shop in those "high-end" malls.

We are hustling for more and will get much more.

Unless your last name is Patel, there is no "we" here. You are as much a spectator as the people whose jobs have just been replaced by computers & foreign sourced staple foods.

I don't know whether you can show me a mall like this one in Okitipupa your home town. hehe!

In due time, we will have them. We believe in cautious industrialization and gradual empowerment of our own people. Sending our hard earned money to Delhi isnt something we are particularly thrilled or enthusiastic about. I dont begrudge your new found pride. . . it is a marathon, only the thoughtful will eventually emerge victorious

MRbrownJAY:

well said!!

OR they should stay away from CRIMINAL LIFESTYLE!!!!

Thats not going to be easy . . . you know, you cant separate Ibos from crime.

Omo inna, i doubt they can maintain it.


Sooner or later, all the people rendered jobless by this one mall in town will start kidnapping the few that can afford to shop at this mall. Thoughtless human beings, Ibo people.

oyb: i was in enugu last week, and all i can say is - it will be a miracle if the investors are able to recoup their investment.

i went to the bakery and everything sold to me was stale

Thats because you look gaunt. . .

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World Bank presidential nominee Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria leaves after an interview at the World Bank headquarters building in Washington April 9, 2012. Yuri Gripas/REUTERS)




http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/09/okonjo-iweala-calls-on-us-for-leadership-role

As I type, I am in a Chinese prison. Honestly, I'd rather be here than be in Nigeria a free man,

Single mums can never find love again. The OP specifically can NEVER find love again, trust me. All other things equal, given the choice between a tokunbo uterus and an "ochara," 99% of men will go for the "ochara." Thats just how it is. We all want the best of the best of everything. I refuse to settle for second best.

Yoruba intelligentsia!!!

shymmex:

I didn't call SEerners "cannibals" - learn how to read and comprehend next time.

Even if you did, you wouldnt be wrong, FACTUALLY.

Katsumoto: There are many issues that need to be tackled in Odualand such as Education, Infrastructure, Security, moral decadence, etc. Given that most people know about these issues, how will having an Oba on NL help tackle these issues? Will the Oba have the ear of the powers that be? Maybe, otherwise what’s the point? Nevermind that most of the real Obas are not even concerned about the welfare of their subjects.

I believe that forums such as this can be used to discuss issues and potential solutions suggested by all who have the interest of Odua at heart. If there are those who are close to governors, senators, etc, then perhaps you can suggest to them to visit NL and read the views of well meaning individuals. There was a thread (I believe it was started by Ekt Bear) about whats next for the SW; there were a lot of suggestions on that thread especially about infrastructure development.

Odualand was almost destroyed by Obasanjo’s PDP; now the ACN is in power and is struggling to articulate a vision for most of the states in the SW. Save for Fashola, the rest are struggling. Aregbesola is wasting precious time attacking Mimiko for not being in ACN; Amosun is wasting time criticizing Daniel. Fayemi is about to waste funds building a new governors lodge. I am not even sure what Ajimobi is doing. ACN is not doing a good job as the opposition; it is criticizing everything PDP is doing wrong instead of finding strategic issues to shout about.

Tinubu has done well in getting rid of OBJ but it is time for Tinubu to demonstrate his love of Odualand. It is time for the ACN to imbibe and inculcate the spirit of fairness and democracy as espoused the AG in the 1st Republic. I believe that the ACN should adopt the [s]political ideology of democratic socialism[/s] as practiced by the AG in the 50s and 60s. If Tinubu is unable to articulate a proper vision, then he should step aside for someone else, maybe Fashola. Getting rid of PDP is not enough.

Rant over

Ode oshi. . . Democratic socialism is an economic ideology; at least, in principle, it is more economic than political. The AG of Awolowo actually supported/espoused social democracy. He envisioned a capitalist system, with some social reforms, such as the welfare state, intended to make it more equitable and humane. He termed it "cautious industrialization." Democratic socialism is something else entirely. One would think an overly pretentious, mixed race, self appointed custodian of Yoruba thoughts, history & ideology like you would know the difference . . . oh well,

Jarus:
Iru amulumola Yooba wo lonfo yi, iwo omidan yi?
S'raiye re l'ode. Emi aboki gan o gbodo mon fo Yoruba bayi.

With all your 242, this is all you can do?


PS: I mean 242 plus 1 . . . Olodo