lucabrasi:

why is it that we nigerians always expend much more energy defending than actually correcting flawed impressions about us?if a foreigner calls us criminals,let us endeavour to change that perception rather than fighting tooth and nail to make the foreigner change his/her mind,china,korea e.t.c al went through the same thing and rather than wasting their time defending,they got stuck in and we can all see the testimony,love them or hate them the undeniable fact is that they r one of the top 3 in the whoole world,the largest standing army,richest e.t.c

lucabrasi:

why is it that we nigerians always expend much more energy defending than actually correcting flawed impressions about us?[b]if a foreigner calls us criminals,let us endeavour to change that perception [/b]rather than fighting tooth and nail to make the foreigner change his/her mind,china,korea e.t.c al went through the same thing and rather than wasting their time defending,they got stuck in and we can all see the testimony,love them or hate them the undeniable fact is that they r one of the top 3 in the whoole world,the largest standing army,richest e.t.c

Mai Suya:

So we should be more interested in making the foreigner 'change his mind'. Interesting. . .

Kx:

Lets not fight over issues like this.
The Aussies have apologised over the travel advise and the latest one reads;

Nigeria is the safest place to visit on earth.
Electricity supply is 24/7.The roads are
Niger Delta is richer than Luxemboug,cleaner than heaven and wonderfully prosperous.
The crime rate in naija is -1%.
We strongly encourage our citizens to travel to Nigeria.

Singed;The Australia Govt.

Why is the truth so bitter?

To honestly speak,
All that information has been captured through the eyes of a white person, (Australian embassy worker to be precise), the little information given by the Australian embassy is processed as a big mess, for them to splatter all over their website!

My travel insurance will not even cover me for travel to Nigeria as I made the mistake of being honest and saying i'm Ibo and I will probably visit the south eastern region - now i am seriously looking hard for a company to cover me or lie on my application - do i get this problem when i travel to america or spain?HuhHuh

Experience has shown that, should you be unlucky enough to be caught up in an armed robbery, you should immediately comply with the attackers' demands. Those who have suffered injury or worse during such attacks have been perceived as not complying fully or quickly enough.  The vast majority of those who endure such attacks, and follow this advice, do so without lasting physical harm.  - is this a lie?HuhHuhHuh??

Basic, limited medical facilities are available in some parts of Nigeria.  - na lie?HuhHuhHuh if this one is a lie why do people who have money not leave their wives to give birth in Nigeria but send them abroad, abeg all these people defending Nigeria should use thier time to make it a better place.

ronniq:

From FCO website

Experience has shown that, should you be unlucky enough to be caught up in an armed robbery, you should immediately comply with the attackers' demands. Those who have suffered injury or worse during such attacks have been perceived as not complying fully or quickly enough.  The vast majority of those who endure such attacks, and follow this advice, do so without lasting physical harm.  - is this a lie
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I suggest you sit back from your, laptop/computer screen and chill out!!!!
You act like robbery and crime doesn't happen anywhere else, Isn't the same country where you dial 999, the same country where getting stabbed, or shot (even in broad daylight) is the norm?, and you don't even have to comply with anything!!.    My youngest uncle got killed because 4 youths asked him "What are you looking at?", the same country where when 999 was dialed they wasted time, and the time they took could have saved his life?, and the same country that only puts out what they feel people will take, (yes this country has alot to be shameful about but they don't lay it out for you to see), or the same country where "being not white is not always alright" So Face it!!, Nigeria is and will be Nigeria, so as the World will not stop being the World, no place is perfect!!!

ronniq:

Just like everywhere else in the world depends on where u live - u live in an inner city area ur bound to experience some sort of crime - but isn't it sad I can't invite my friends to my wedding cos of the fear of kidnapping. My friends sister was kidnapped (8 years old) last month when she came back for her trado. Crime happens anywhere, u just have to be careful wherever u are - I never said this country was perfect or safe, I have travelled to many countries and as a woman I do feel safer in other places and not my own country. This is just my personal experience and don't knock me for it.

Not to be rude or anything, Yes I live in an inner city area but then what makes you as a person think that the area you live in, is not bound to such things?, more over my uncle's incident happened out of an inner city area!!.
I can't disagree with you where you state that crime happens everywhere, but then you can't say every single corner in Nigeria is unsafe. Just like you, I've been to loads of other countries, but have still experienced lots of things good and bad in Nigeria, but it doesn't stop me from not going there. More over, the people that can justify Nigeria, are the people who actually live, eat, breath, sleep there everyday of their lives, not some white person who spends 2/3 days collecting bad info in a sack and pasting it on the net. Have they released your friends sister? (as she is a little girl) , and if you can't invite your friends to your wedding, where would your wedding hold? (just a question of thought)