What is the wealthiest city in Nigeria?

What is the wealthiest city in Nigeria?

Imagine being so rich that you're the first to own a Rolls-Royce in the whole country.

In fact, when the queen visited in 1956, it was your Rolls-Royce she was chauffeured around with.

This man was ‘Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu', the first black billionaire, founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. The royal honor came after he helped the British during World War II with his fleet of trucks.

Profiled in September 1965 by TIME magazine, Ojukwu made his money by importing dried fish for resale, and diversifying into textiles, cement and transport. When he died a year later, his wealth was an estimated $4 billion in today’s economic value.

His son, Chukwuemeka, who also ended up a billionaire, returned from Oxford University at 22 with a master’s degree in history and led his fellow Igbos into the Nigerian civil war as head of the secessionist state of Biafra in 1967.

Their hometown Nnewi, in the southeastern state of Anambra, either by good fortune or hard work, has bred more naira billionaires than any other town in Nigeria, and possibly Africa.

Source: (Forbes, The Small Town Of The Super Rich)

Do you know that after a controversial policy left all Igbo's with 20 pounds each, regardless of their bank balance, at the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970?

They are amongst the richest people in africa presently.

Their high regard for money and the extend they go to grab it disgusts me sometimes but their tenacity in business is admirable.

Nicknamed the Japan of Africa, Nnewi is famous as a hub for automobile spare part dealers, and most recently, Innoson, Nigeria’s first indigenous car assembly plant. The town is also known for its factories that manufacture household goods and is home to the biggest road transport companies in the country.

Edit: My answer is based on the total number of billionaires from a single town in Nigeria

Why are there so many devoted Christians today in Nigeria?

Why are there so many devoted Christians today in Nigeria?

I have read some interesting answers here. Let me just add mine.

Many Nigerians seem to be devoted Christians because we are suffering. Yes, we are suffering!

In Nigeria, you need a miracle for the basic necessities of life, and people run to any where that promises miracles.

1. You need a miracle to gain admission into higher institution.
2. You need a miracle to graduate.
3. You need a miracle to get a job.
4. You need a miracle to remain in the job.
5. You need a miracle to get promoted on the job.
6. In short, you need a miracle for everything.

Some other reasons why people seem devoted are:

1. It is fashionable. People attach their sense of worth to the name of their Church.
2. You get connections in church. It’s easier for you to get the contact of say the vice president in church than going to Aso Rock.
3. It’s an immediate market for your goods and services.

It’s you who call these people ‘devoted’. Most people are not. They are only doing a transaction with Christianity. They are in it for some form of gain. Do you really think those people who flood churches will attend Church Service under a tree, with no musical instrument and just clap hands?

Looking at the trend of things, I do believe that if Nigerian becomes very comfortable for Nigerians, they will shun God. If you don’t think so, look at the story of the Israelites in the Bible.

That’s not to say there are no genuine Christians in Nigeria. I have a working relationship with many of them. They are awesome!

Brussels wants to exclude from agricultural aid those who exploit seasonal workers

Brussels wants to exclude from agricultural aid those who exploit seasonal workers

Brussels, Feb 27 (EFE) .- In full negotiation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that will govern the field from 2023 to 2027, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, explains in an interview with Boss that he is in favor of excluding  aid to farms that do not respect the labor rights of seasonal workers.

The proposal is one of the most delicate points in the CAP negotiations, which Portugal, presidency of the Council of the EU, wants to close by the end of June

 "Negotiations are progressing well," says the commissioner, who is confident of a reform pact in the coming months between the Council (EU countries) and the European Parliament.

According to Wojciechowski, there are "some controversial issues", including the idea of ​​social conditionality, that is, that the receipt of aid from the CAP is subject to respect for labor rights.

 "I, as a representative of the European Commission, have declared our support for the idea," he explains.

 There has been "a lot of reports of abuse across the EU, in many Member States", so it is "very important to be able to exclude those beneficiaries of CAP funds who do not respect social rights", he adds.

I am in favor of this solution.  Now the question is how to do or achieve it, where should it be included, "he says.

 Another politically sensitive issue is the percentage of direct payments that will go to the "eco-schemes", an instrument to encourage sustainable agricultural and livestock practices.

 While the Council asks that it be 20%, Parliament is in favor of 30%.

The differences between the institutions on this and other pending issues "are not very great", so "compromise is possible."

 SPANISH STRATEGIC PLAN

 The Commissioner recalls that Brussels has sent recommendations to all countries with a view to preparing their strategic plans to implement the CAP

Spain should work especially on an indicator that "is not positive": the use of antibiotics in livestock, especially in intensive production, says the European owner.

 It also has to move towards convergence in the basic payment to farmers.

 "Spain must improve the effectiveness of the distribution of direct aid and advance in the process of internal convergence and distribution of aid, eliminating the link with historical references", says the commissioner.

 In this context, he values ​​the decision of the national authorities to advance in this area during the transitional period, without waiting for the entry into force of the future CAP.

 There are other areas in which the country is in a good situation, such as greenhouse emissions from livestock, "which are at less than 2 tonnes per hectare, one of the lowest in the EU," says the commissioner.

 The use of pesticides and fertilizers in Spain is not "high" either, he indicates.

 FROM FARM TO TABLE

 Despite the distrust of some producers towards the objectives of the European strategy "From Farm to Table" (which includes that by 2030 25% of the agricultural area of ​​the EU is organic, that the use of fertilizers is reduced  "at least 20%" and that of phytosanitary products in 50%) the commissioner defends that "it is an opportunity for farmers, especially for small and medium-sized ones."

 He points out that the EU lost between 2005 and 2015 almost 4 million farms, going from 14 to 10 million.

"We need to stop this process and protect farmers and ranchers, give medium and small the possibility of participating in the competition not through the quantity but the quality of the food," he says.

 It also wants to reduce the impact of the transport of agri-food products, since each year more than 3 billion foods move from one point to another in Europe and the average distance traveled exceeds 170 kilometers.

 This is to be corrected "by supporting short distribution chains and local productions", although "it is not suitable for everyone (...) in Spain, some sectors, such as fruit, need to transport their products for consumers throughout Europe  ", Add.

 MERCOSUR

 The commissioner understands the concern generated in the sector by the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) signed in 2019 and still pending ratification.

 "If it is ratified (...) the situation will have to be monitored, because there are sensitive sectors, such as beef production, poultry meat or sugar, which could suffer negative consequences," he points out.

 In that case, Brussels would study "the necessary support tools".

 US TARIFFS

 Spanish producers are "perhaps the most affected" by US tariffs, which tax imports of European products such as olive oil, table olives or wine, says the European head.

 "The Commission is talking to the new Biden administration. We will focus on de-escalating tensions and eliminating all fees. A moratorium could be a possibility if both parties agree," he adds.

 We will have to wait for the confirmation of the new US trade representatives to know their position, says the commissioner, who underlines that the "political climate is better" and that he hopes "a solution".

 A particular case is that of the wine sector, which not only suffers from the problem of tariffs, but also the impact of the Covid pandemic.

 "We are using every possible tool to improve their situation," says Wojciechowski.

 BREXIT

 The commissioner explains that after the agreement with the United Kingdom, this country has become "the largest market" for European exporters of agri-food products.

 "There are some problems linked to border controls, but overall there are no signs that our exports will be significantly reduced. We think we will maintain our position in this market," says Wojciechowski.

 Marta Borras

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The Yorubas in Nigeria has the most spicy food/delicacies in the world, do you agree?

The Yorubas in Nigeria has the most spicy food/delicacies in the world, do you agree?

When it comes to spicy food I give it to the Yoruba’s.

They are the spice masters . Leaders of the pepper them gang. Haha, you are not Yoruba if you cannot eat pepper. I still wonder the kind of special tongue God gave them.

I even heard a rumor, they add pepper to their cake. Lool. (please I have headache,please Yoruba's don't come for me. Am still your friend)

The first time I tried eating my friend’s so called jollof rice turned pepper rice in school, I drank more water than the food. The next day, when I visited the toilet, I saw some of the pepper in my poop.

Yoruba's have gone international with these pepper thing. That's why a Yoruba man won the spicy food challenge in China recently.

Yoruba's and spicy food are like this

Why is it that Africa has had a 200,000 year advantage and it’s still a poor

Why is it that Africa has had a 200,000 year advantage and it’s still a poor continent even though the USA grow very fast in under 300 years?

For 5 reasons:

Reason # 1: Presentism, the hallmark of parvenu individuals and groups.

• Ancient Egypt was so rich that the First World Wonder, the Great Pyramid of Giza is located in Egypt. How much did it cost to build the pyramid? Not only the pyramid, but the Sphinx and the megatemples of the Valley of the Kings in Upper Egypt.
• The Empire of Mali was richer than medieval Britain.
• The richest man who has ever lived in a Malian ruler, Mansa Musa.
• Until the mid-19th, Africa had military power and wealth that could rival and surpass the great empires of Europe. Africans had their own currencies and indigenous financial management practices based on ethno-finance concepts.
• The empire of Ghana provides a window for us on how rich Africa was. (dogs with pure gold collars and every peasant had a piece of gold). the King of Ghana was described as tethering his horse to a “brick of gold”..
• In Munhumutapa (present day Zimbabwe) the gold miners dug 43 million tons of ore. One scholar has estimated that this would produce pure gold to the value of $7.5 billion in 1998 money.
• The incredible wealth of the Golden Kingdoms of Medieval Africa (Ghana, Mali, Songhay and Monomotapa) was such that they controlled large segments of the Gold Trade. As someone said : On his stop in Cairo, Mansa Musa, the Malian king, spent so much gold to the poor that he caused mass inflation. In the cities of Cairo, Medina, and Mecca, the sudden influx of gold devalued the metal significantly.
• Queen Sheba of Ethiopia, the iconic ruler of Axum, gave King Solomon circa 5 tons of gold (321 million dollars).
• The Swahili coast was littered with advanced city-states who grew wealthy through maritime trade as far as China. Kilwa, the most famous trading city was described as oneof the most beautiful and well-constructed citieis in the medieval world.”

Supposed The US was ganged upon by Great Britain, Portugal, France, Spain, Germany Belgium, Holland, Italy for over 400 years. Or supposed important US Founding Fathers were assassinated and replaced with despots similar to what had occured during The Pan-African Movement especially during the time of The Cold War between The US/NATO and The USSR/Cuba

The PP plans to eliminate the regulation of immigrants due to social or labor roots

A new work visa will be essential to achieve permanence

Immigrants who have been in Spain for two or three years in an illegal situation and intend to regulate their situation by taking advantage of social or labor roots for having obtained a job will no longer be able to do so.  Only in some "very exceptional cases, which will be established in agreement with the autonomous communities and municipalities", will this possibility be maintained.  The PP spokesman on immigration issues, Rafael Hernando, specified yesterday some of the measures that his party intends to approve when the new Government is formed, through the reform of articles 123 to 130 of the Regulation, in force since last June,  that develops the Immigration Law of 2009. "The arraigo has favored illegal immigration and it should only exist as an exceptional system", affirms Hernando.  "It must be limited to try to discourage irregular immigration and encourage circulation, return with the possibility of returning."

 

 Foreign organizations warn that there will be more 'without papers'

 Social roots are accessed basically after staying irregular for three years in Spain and proving that they have been employed for at least one year, and to work, if they have been working illegally for two years and it is shown that one has been working.  Since 2006, the number of people who have achieved permanence due to social or work roots (although the second is a very minority) has increased considerably (7,427, that year; 30,231, in 2007; 66,200, in 2008, and 82,300,  in 2009), until the economic crisis began to take its toll.  Last year they fell to 65,676 and this one, to June 30, 70,684.

 As factors, the crisis is joined by the reduction in the number of irregular people who arrive in Spain due, according to the Socialists, to the measures adopted by the Government, "such as the obligation to enter with a work contract, agreements with countries  of origin of immigrants and the drop in the number of arrivals by boat to around a hundred people a year ", according to sources from the Executive.

 On the other hand, the popular, although they recognize the reduction in irregularity, consider that "measures such as arraigo, the regularization of 2005 or family reunification have favored the arrival of illegal immigrants," Hernando highlights.  "It cannot be that 70,000 people are regulated by roots when there is no employment in the country," he adds.

 The PP also proposes to create "a new temporary job search visa" with which it will be essential to have arrived in the country in order to subsequently access regularization.  Hernando assures that "at least since 2005, around 60% of immigrants who have been regularized entered Spain with a tourist permit."

 Some organizations yesterday put the first buts to the plans of the PP.  Vladimir Paspuel, president of the association of Ecuadorian immigrants Rumiñahui, asks that "current regulations be respected" and hopes that "the progressive currents within the PP can do more."  "You have to think about the people who are living in Spain and do not have documents, and keep the roots for them," says Paspuel.

 The economic head of the State Federation of Immigrant and Refugee Associations (FERINE), Gilberto Torres Martínez, believes that these measures would represent "one more violation of the fundamental rights of immigrants."  "Instead of seeking integration, the situation of immigrants would worsen and, if access to permanent stay is removed due to roots, the number of people in Spain without documents will increase."

 * This article appeared in the print edition of 0025, November 25, 2011.

Does Nigeria have the capacity to be the largest economy in Africa without oil

Does Nigeria have the capacity to be the largest economy in Africa without oil?

The question is “without oil” sure Until last year it was the largest economy, but with oil.

The next biggest industry in Nigeria after oil was banking until the government messed with that one as well. So that is already in place, we just need someone with brains in government.

The country has the brains and resources to be not just the largest economy in Africa, but a leading one in the world. What we do not have are patriotic honest people. Do not put the corruption on the government only. From the policeman extorting money on the road, to the minister taking kickbacks. All affect the advancement.

Nigeria was once a major exporter of groundnuts, cocoa, Rubber. Coffee grows in Nigeria as well as other cash crops we have not even tried growing yet some countries run their economies on them.

We were once the assembly hub for several car companies. Instead of making cars we stopped altogether.

We have a rich territorial waters but how many fishing trawlers? That is right. All the ice fish sold are caught by foreign trawlers.

We do produce stuff that are better than even European or Japanese stuff. If you are building a house you will know how many products you use that the builders insist you get Nigerian made. Wires (for decades now) PVC ceiling, plumbing pipes. Tiles it's either Italian if you are loaded or Nigerian. However the foreign market does not know of them.

In this modern age you can make a living from home over the telecom and internet. India and Russia are well known for its computer services with international companies out sourcing jobs to them from all over the world. Why can we not join in? After all we keep producing thousands of computer graduates.

Even poor countries have a national airline to promote them and make money. Where is the Nigerian airways? That brings me to a point that annoys me most.

Tourism. A flight I was on from Lagos to Benin was diverted and went along the coast. Hundreds and hundreds of kilometres of white sand beaches and calm blue seas. Looked as if it was some Caribbean country. Where are the hotel resorts? Do you know that it is hard to find anyone making Benin masks or castes? They are all gone and no one else in this world does them. Any foreign who comes to Benin wants one. Kogi State all the way to Abuja have unclimbed mountains that extreme sports tourists will die for. So many things a tourist would love.

To cut it short. Yes look at what we have. Remove corruption and bad government, add security and some foreign investment and we will not even need the oil.