fstranger3:

Is it safe to assume that, in your usual objective and candid self, you actually saw him stealing oil with buckets and also saw him escaping from Nigeria? Which route did he take exactly and how was he able to sneak back into the country without arousing suspicions?

And after he escaped from the Nigeria, the government, in her usual forgiving nature, chose to punish him be giving him license to operate more oil wells and to further punish him for his past offences, they decided to make member of a presidential advisory board on petroleum affairs.?

Am I understanding you right?

buzugee:

bruv i think you need a lesson in 'comprehension'. the physicality of a product is relative. some are very physical and some are 'virtually physical' but they are both physical nonetheless. the fact that you can sell it and get cash for it. gerrittt ? geeezzzz

Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it. We can also say software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for some purposes. In other words software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation. Program software performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing instructions to the computer hardware or by serving as input to another piece of software. The term was coined to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical devices). In contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched".[1] Software is also sometimes used in a more narrow sense, meaning application software only. Sometimes the term includes data that has not traditionally been associated with computers, such as film, tapes, and records.[2]

SEFAGO:

So can Google/Amazon and ebay be termed  as a companies with speculatory wealth?

My Mensa brain is serious confused

Software and E-commerce+Social sites are basically in the same category

PhysicsMHD:



Please, there are limits to my credulousness. That he just so happens to leave after he is found to be involved in a crime by the government, instead of defending himself or turning himself in at some later point to defend his reputation, is reason enough to consider him not exactly clean.


And with regard to the government doing a volte-face, perhaps you haven't heard of Umaru Dikko?

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/30/the-world-s-greatest-spy-capers/the-dikko-affair-1984.html


That the Nigerian government suddenly stops caring and even starts liking the person they were previously against doesn't mean that someone is actually clean.

fstranger3:


http://www.nigeriancuriosity.com/2008/04/nigerian-kase.html

Mr. Lawal, a big player in the seamy and corruption-ridden world of Nigerian oil business, escaped from Nigeria several years ago amid a scandal that was going to see him prosecuted.

He began his effort at image rehabilitation when a few of his contacts got the U.S.-based Nigerian Lawyers Association to bestow a special award on him in New York City in 2007.

Saharareporters reported that Nigeria's Attorney General, Michael Andoakaa, whose office should be seeking Lawal's extradition, was on hand to lend official credibility to the fugitive's so-called "honor" by the NLA.

In 1999, Lawal was indicted and arraigned by Nigerian police authorities on charges of stealing an oil block belonging to the late Maiduguri-based businessman, Mai Deribe. The police charged Lawal and his staff before a Lagos High Court.

Shortly after the institution of the case, Lawal, who is highly connected, reportedly bribed both the then Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General of the Federation to intervene by 'killing' the case.

As the main suspect, Mr. Kase Lawal—who holds dual Nigerian and US citizenships—fled Nigeria, leaving behind his staff members led by one Mr. Osahon to face the consequences. A warrant of arrest was issued against Lawal while Osahon and others were lined up to face trial.

In a curious development, the then Attorney General quashed the case by claiming that only the office of the Attorney General of the federation was empowered to initiate prosecution against criminals.

The case became a subject of protracted litigation known as Osahon V. FGN (Federal Government of Nigeria). The case tested the power of the police and other security agencies to initiate criminal prosecution. After victories by Attorney General at the High Court and the Appellate Court, the Supreme Court in 2006 ruled that the police and other security agencies could initiate criminal proceedings without express permission from the AGF's office. The ruling effectively empowered the police to prosecute Lawal and co. for their crimes.

Keyamo added, "In the decision of Osahon v FGN, it was specifically on the power of the police as contained in the Police Act. And that decision did not say the police can override the powers of the AGF. It only said the police can file a charge directly from a high court.

But it does not mean it can override the power of the AGF. The powers of the police over prosecution as stated in Osahon v FGN is still subject to the overriding power of the AGF over prosecution anytime.”

PhysicsMHD:

That's all well and good, but how does it stack up against:



http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Africa_8/Texas_Oil_Man_The_Kase_Lawal_Fugitive_Scandal.shtml

and

http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/take/11824-yar-adua-clips-efcc-s-wings-now-reports-ag-s-office-2.html


So we know that

1) There was actually a case called Osahon v FGN

2) The connection between this Mr. Osahon and Kase Lawal has never been denied or asserted to be fake, not even by that source you posted.

2) The government of Nigeria can be bribed to do a volte-face or ignore transgressions

4) The fact that Kase Lawal visited Nigeria 70 times after 1999 proves he was never a "fugitive" as claimed by several sites and even the first link I posted above, but it doesn't prove that he was actually "clean" with regard to the Osahon case.

What is the most reasonable conclusion? 

He just bribed the problem away.

oyb:

siince it seems to be so difficult for you to understand rudimentary english (maybe if i threw in some of the Ebonics you keep throwing around) , let me help you out with an article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software

SEFAGO:

So can Google/Amazon and ebay be termed  as a companies with speculatory wealth?

My Mensa brain is serious confused

Software and E-commerce+Social sites are basically in the same category

Andre Uweh:

Well done posters. I feel happy the way this thread has gone so far without tribalism been displayed.

eku_bear:

Most of Google's revenue comes from advertising. That is a legitimate business, I think.

I dunno, I think you can make that criticism about some of the new, more speculative web startups. But not an established player like Google.

buzugee:

a legitimate business with no product is sitting on a pack of cards. so far the cards have been holding up.then again their cost of operation will probably be minimal so i guess they are here to stay. all they need are servers, administrators and directors. streamlined operation. most of their staff are probably contract workers who cold call businesses for advertising space

SEFAGO:

You are wrong . . .so worng about google.

They need a lot more than that especiallysoftware engineers

eku_bear:

Yeah, you don't know very much about Google.

Anyway, advertising is a legitimate business. It is essentially the newspaper business model.

hercules07:

The Microsoft guys were gangsters o, buying companies in order to kill their products, do people still remember foxpro? Superior product to Access and SQL Server deliberately killed by microsoft, what of the browser wars or Microsoft refusing to release codes for developers, they were all gangsters jare.

aloy/emeka:

Nairaland knows how to derail thread sha.