onila:
those miserable oil wells in Yoruba land

lagos will just be like sokoto without Niger delta oil
accept the fact

You're a kid!! If you think there's no oil in Lagos, then, you need to get your head examined. Yoruba leaders are just playing politics with their region - they know there's oil there, but they're just hiding it for now.

TerryCarr: and Botswana puts everybody to shame

their aids rate spoilt the show for them

so Ghana all the way

bittyend:

How many Nigerian soldiers were killed during the little confrontation they had in the 90s?

I don't know. I read where it was claimed that 50 were killed in multiple clashes, while the Cameroonian side didn't claim how many of their own were killed. But I doubt that Nigeria was the aggressor in any of these clashes - they would just be seen as a big bully if they sent out a real force to attack the Cameroonian soldiers.

You lot claim you're Nigerians, yet you don't even know about the damn country smh.

Northern Nigeria also has alot of potential oil reserves, in the basins across the North. Sokoto, Yobe, and Bornu definitely should be oil producing areas, I kid you not. Middle Belt as well!

onila:

whats this about ghanaian rule anyways

why cant you guys teach Nigeria about governance

Ghana has made no attempt to help other west African countries

yr own is just too be blabbing everywhere! ewu!

That is what Ghanaian rule is all about!!

bittyend:

You're a kid!! If you think there's no oil in Lagos, then, you need to get your head examined. Yoruba leaders are just playing politics with their region - they know there's oil there, but they're just hiding it for now.

dey might be a little oil but just miserable oil wells compare 2 Niger delta heaven of oil

u guys are parasite like your northern Nigerian brothers but a bit better than them

bittyend:

The disagreement between the tribes isn't minor - they don't trust one another. Everyone aligns with their tribes before the country, and trust me, Nigeria will never be one. Boko Haram is just the new boogieman in town - before BH, they never trusted one another. Yoruba will always fight for Yoruba interest, Hausa'Fulani will always want to dominate, and Igbos will always think Yoruba owe them for what happened during the civil war.

The don't trust each other because of its history with one another since the war(which is slowly dying down), which is understandable; but if corruption was capped and progression was equal, these issues between the tribes wouldn't be even argued about in the first place. Why do you think Muslim and Christians don't get along in northern Nigeria but they do in Lagos?

PhysicsQED:
I don't know. I read where it was claimed that 50 were killed in multiple clashes, while the Cameroonian side didn't claim how many of their own were killed. But I doubt that Nigeria was the aggressor in any of these clashes - they would just be seen as a big bully if they sent out a real force to attack the Cameroonian soldiers.

Nigerian army back then was ill-equipped, and Cameroon would've smashed them and their alpha jets lol. I know they've got some new hardware, and maybe pull something off right now - but in 2002, there was no way they would've defeated Cameroon.

bittyend: You lot claim you're Nigerians, yet you don't even know about the damn country smh.

Northern Nigeria also has alot of potential oil reserves, in the basins across the North. Sokoto, Yobe, and Bornu definitely should be oil producing areas, I kid you not. Middle Belt as well!

yoruba land will just be like togo or benin republic- a little, irrelevant country

u yorubas shld be praying like your northern Nigerian brothers that Nigeria shldnt divide or else ya all are doomed

go to the Niger delta area, many yorubas are working in their oil companies, when Nigerian divides-no more enjoyment

onila:
dey might be a little oil but just miserable oil wells compare 2 Niger delta heaven of oil

u guys are parasite like your northern Nigerian brothers but a bit better than them

Don't turn this into a tribal debate - just know oil wealth didn't build Yorubaland.

Your oil money built Abuja and got your thieving politicians rich.

bittyend:

Nigerian army back then was ill-equipped, and Cameroon would've smashed them and their alpha jets lol. I know they've got some new hardware, and maybe pull something off right now - but in 2002, there was no way they would've defeated Cameroon.

I doubt this. Why don't you just post the statistics for each country's military in 2002?

anonymous6:
The don't trust each other because of its history with one another since the war(which is slowly dying down), which is understandable; but if corruption was capped and progression was equal, these issues between the tribes wouldn't be even argued about in the first place. Why do you think Muslim and Christians don't get along in northern Nigeria but they do in Lagos?

Northern Nigeria is different from Lagos - Lagos is Yorubaland, and Yoruba Muslims and Christians have been living together for e-ons. I'm half Muslim (Paternal side) and half-Christian(maternal side) - and I've a Muslim middle-name, but I'm 'Christian'. We celebrate both Muslim and Christian festivals in my family - that's how Yoruba people live their lives.

Forget it, the tribes in Nigeria will never get along.

onila:

their aids rate spoilt the show for them

so Ghana all the way

high aids rate but they are fighting it unlike other african nations who are not doing much

Botswana's 'Stunning Achievement' Against AIDS
The southern African nation of Botswana has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world. Nearly 25 percent of all adults in the country are infected with the virus. Only the nearby kingdom of Swaziland has a higher rate.

But Botswana is also remarkable for its response to the epidemic. It has one of the most comprehensive and effective HIV treatment programs in Africa. Transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their fetuses and newborn babies has been brought down to just 4 percent.

A decade ago, Botswana was facing a national crisis as AIDS appeared on the verge of decimating the country's adult population. Now, Botswana provides free, life-saving AIDS drugs to almost all of its citizens who need them.

From Funerals Every Weekend

In the dusty village of Kachikau, near Botswana's northern border with Namibia, the chief of the village, Kgosi Mmualefhe, says the national government has gained control of what was a raging epidemic.

Mmualefhe says there used to be AIDS funerals almost every weekend.

"Nowadays, ever since the drugs were brought in here, the situation is getting better and better and better," he says.

The burden of AIDS in villages like this one wasn't just the deaths and the funerals, but the large number of people who were extremely sick.

"Most of the people who were very, very down, now they're starting to pick up and being able to assist themselves," Mmualefhe says. "Some who couldn't even walk, now they're even walking around the village."

And this is happening across the country.

Pioneering The Battle Against AIDS

Part of the reason Botswana's HIV treatment program has been effective is that the country moved relatively quickly to address the epidemic.

In 2002, Botswana became the first nation in Africa to launch a program to try to provide access to HIV drug treatment nationwide. Now, roughly 95 percent of Botswana citizens who need the medications are on them.

From the beginning of the epidemic, there's been tremendous leadership on the part of the government of Botswana to address the epidemic head on.

- Kathleen Toomey, head of the CDC's office in Botswana

Kathleen Toomey, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention office in Botswana, says this was a remarkable achievement.

"From the beginning of the epidemic, there's been tremendous leadership on the part of the government of Botswana to address the epidemic head on," she says.

That leadership started with Festus Mogae, who became president in 1998. Mogae made tackling HIV one of the top priorities of his administration. While in neighboring South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki was questioning whether HIV causes AIDS, Mogae allocated money and resources toward fighting the epidemic.

In the early days of Mogae's administration, roughly 40 percent of babies born to HIV-positive mothers also ended up infected with the virus.

Toomey, at the CDC, says the government set out to stop this.

"They aggressively addressed that through the treatment of mothers, treatment of babies, and brought the rates of mother-to-child transmission down to rates that we see in the industrialized world," she says. "Stunning achievement."

A Treatment Program That's Saving Lives

Botswana has had advantages in addressing HIV that many other countries haven't.

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It also got help from international donors and research institutions. The U.S. government was involved through both the CDC and PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which was launched by President George W. Bush.

But over the course of the epidemic, Botswana has steadily increased its own spending on HIV. The Botswana government now spends more on health care per capita than any other country in Africa.

Farmer Johane Setlhare started taking the drugs in 2007.

"I would have been dead nowadays if I hadn't taken the treatment," Setlhare says.

Just two years after going on the drugs, Setlhare built a new house for himself with his own hands.

"I was surprised seeing myself going on top of the roof of the house and making some bricks for the house," he says.

Setlhare gets his anti-AIDS drugs every month from the public health clinic in the center of the village. He credits the Botswana government AIDS treatment program with giving him back his strength and his life.

if botswana did not have aids the HDI would most likely be in the 70's

bittyend:

Northern Nigeria is different from Lagos - Lagos is Yorubaland, and Yoruba Muslims and Christians have been living together for e-ons. I'm half Muslim (Paternal side) and half-Christian(maternal side) - and I've a Muslim middle-name, but I'm 'Christian'. We celebrate both Muslim and Christian festivals in my family - that's how Yoruba people live their lives.

Forget it, the tribes in Nigeria will never get along.

Wow! Really??

What's ur Muslim name

Tell us naw, is it razz?? lol

Well done to Botswana!!

PhysicsQED:

I doubt this. Why don't you just post the statistics for each country's military in 2002?

In 2002, Nigeria had probably a handful of alpha jets, non-existent Navy, and the army had old tanks lol. I don't know how you want to go to war with a French semi-colony with that. All your crusty Alpha Jets would be shot down within a day and then what? Your NNS Aradu would be destroyed and your Corvettes blown off by exocets missiles - and then what?

Shollypopz:
Wow! Really??

What's ur Muslim name

Tell us naw, is it razz?? lol

That's a nice Muslim name. I'm not ashamed of my Muslim background!

bittyend:

Nigerian army back then was ill-equipped, and Cameroon would've smashed them and their alpha jets lol. I know they've got some new hardware, and maybe pull something off right now - but in 2002, there was no way they would've defeated Cameroon.

u shld realize Nigeria was just switching from the military rule 2 some dumb democratic govt-we were not that stable yet

Yakobo Gowon signed an agreement wit the Cameronian Govt.to suport him in war(C.W) against Brifra,so as to reward them wit the land and the agreement was sealed. since then it had been the era of Military rule which Nigeria found it difficult to takes off their hands from the land, nt until dis present Democratic dsipensation dat allowed respect for rule of law,which allowed ICJ 2 finally ceded it to Cameroon.

bittyend:

****!
That's a nice Muslim name. I'm not ashamed of my Muslim background!

lmao @ ****

Muslim names are so not attractive

TerryCarr: high aids rate but they are fighting it unlike other african nations who are not doing much
if botswana did not have aids the HDI would most likely be in the 70's

still no difference

a country where more than half of the population has aids @ present

the only country that has done well in fighting aids is Uganda

Botswana still shi;t!

onila:
u shld realize Nigeria was just switching from the military rule 2 some dumb democratic govt

Yakobo Gowon signed an agreement wit the Cameronian Govt.to suport him in war(C.W) against Brifra,so as to reward them wit the land and the agreement was sealed. since then it had been the era of Military rule which Nigeria found it difficult to takes off their hands from the land, nt until dis present Democratic dsipensation dat allowed respect for rule of law,which allowed ICJ 2 finally ceded it to Cameroon.

Bakassi has always been part of Southern Cameroon, but Nigeria should've claim it because we're the bigger country - and the people there are Nigerians. We shouldn't have gone to ICJ in first place to fight for something that wasn't rightfully ours.

Nigerian leaders aren't really the smartest out there lol.

We're also presently stealing some of Sao Tome and Equatorial Guinea's oil as well. We're thieves lol!!

Shollypopz: [size=14pt]SmoothCrim answer my question naw[/size]

What??

SmoothCrim:

Who cares if they think they are Black or not!!!

The Ethiopians I meet in real life are quiet humble nice people!!

But in reality Ghanaians get along with everybody...


Only Ghanaian RULE can save Africa!!

The only nation without an inferiority complex!!

Explain d bolded.....I be olodo!
Actually, IRL Nigerians get along wiv everyone. They respect us die, no other African country wants to be in d black book of a Nigerian. We no dey take nonsense, na we dey run things!

Shollypopz:
lmao @
Muslim names are so not attractive

Whatever - my grandparents gave me the name and it sounds pretty cool.

Shollypopz, can you delete my Muslim name from your post, plz?

Stalkers are probably lurking lol.

bittyend:

Bakassi has always been part of Southern Cameroon, but Nigeria should've claim it because we're the bigger country - and the people there are Nigerians. We shouldn't have gone to ICJ in first place to fight for something that wasn't rightfully ours.

Nigerian leaders aren't really the smartest out there lol.

We're also presently stealing some of Sao Tome and Equatorial Guinea's oil as well. We're thieves lol!!

can Nigeria fight againt the french militaty remember our colonial master the dumb brits backed out!

cameroonian is ruled by some brutal dictator
if we were under the military like Abacha it wldnt had happen this way and we were just recovering from military rule and switching 2 some dumb OBJ government-not stable enough
paul biya-the old idio't took advantage of the this time and got alot support from the west

, its not all about using military strength that is the issue here, but wit. During the days when Gen Sani Abacha was a military head of state, the Nigerian military had a clash with the Cameroonian military over our common boundaries. It was the first time pple saw our military might. Abacha mobilized the army, air force and the navy. His idea was to invade Younde. Paul Biya, took up this issue at the African Union, begging Nigeria to stay action. As events ensued, our military had killed hundreds of gendarmes.

Shollypopz:

Explain d bolded.....I be olodo!
Actually, IRL Nigerians get along wiv everyone. They respect us die, no other African country wants to be in d black book of a Nigerian. We no dey take nonsense, na we dey run things!

Nigeria is not great but it is not all bad!! It is NOT a regional power and would be better served solving internal problems rather than pursuing that futile title!! Ghana tried a similar thing in the 60's and it did not end well!!

@onila

I was just playing with you, Nigeria is the best country in the world lol..

I love Nigeria to death, trust me. But I'm a realist and I love doing research. I've done alot of research about Nigeria and compared my scholarship with what's attainable in other countries around Africa - and Nigeria is shockingly far behind many countries in Africa.

Yes, our GDP is probably the 2nd highest in Africa - and we've the largest population, but Nigeria is still far behind.

And why do you hate Yoruba people so much?

bittyend:

In 2002, Nigeria had probably a handful of alpha jets, non-existent Navy, and the army had old tanks lol. I don't know how you want to go to war with a French semi-colony with that. All your crusty Alpha Jets would be shot down within a day and then what? Your NNS Aradu would be destroyed and your Corvettes blown off by exocets missiles - and then what?

Well I didn't want to hear any "probably"s. I just wanted the figures and stats.

If this is about France, then I agree, Nigeria would not want to get into a conflict with France, but what I've read about the Cameroonian military makes me doubt that it was anything to write home about. I don't think it makes sense for the Nigerian government to have had an actual fear of Cameroon's military itself.


Anyway, what's all this about "stealing" oil from Sao Tome and Equatorial Guinea?

bittyend:

Bakassi has always been part of Southern Cameroon, but Nigeria should've claim it because we're the bigger country - and the people there are Nigerians. We shouldn't have gone to ICJ in first place to fight for something that wasn't rightfully ours.

Nigerian leaders aren't really the smartest out there lol.

We're also presently stealing some of Sao Tome and Equatorial Guinea's oil as well. We're thieves lol!!

paul biya is some smart man
He saw Abacha as a brute and fearless. When Biya mobilized France, Abacha warned french company's and France that Nigeria was ready to take up France in the war. On the other hand, Obj, was seeking for 3rd term and at the same time the position of UN secretary, because, Africa was tipped for it. That was were our leaders sold out. Biya knew this was the right time to sway the west. He succeeded. Now, Obj never got 3rd term and lost out in the UN bid.

bittyend: @onila

I was just playing with you, Nigeria is the best country in the world lol..

I love Nigeria to death, trust me. But I'm a realist and I love doing research. I've done alot of research about Nigeria and compared my scholarship with what's attainable in other countries around Africa - and Nigeria is shockingly far behind many countries in Africa.

Yes, our GDP is probably the 2nd highest in Africa - and we've the largest population, but Nigeria is still far behind.

And why do you hate Yoruba people so much?

not at all
just not a big fan of "some" of their rude women but love shollypop n ikele idi