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Properties / Mini Flat Needed Around Ikeja Environs by abeltolu: 10:40am On Jun 13, 2016
I need a mini-flat around Ikeja. Budget: 300k (1year payment).

Please contact asap.
Properties / Re: I Have, 3bedrm Flat New House For Rent At Obawole Ogba And 2bed-flat 450 250 by abeltolu: 9:48am On Jun 13, 2016
Any pictures?

Also, do you accept 1year payment, and how much is the agreement and commission?
Science/Technology / Top 10 Most Successful/influential Developers by abeltolu: 8:38am On Aug 06, 2015
From starting and owning businesses to creating languages, developers have traditionally been successful, there is practically no limit to what they can accomplish. We've gathered a list of who we think the most successful and influential developers have been.

Here's our Top 10:

#1 Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the most successful developer on the list. Gates, with the help of Steve Ballmer, created Microsoft in 1975 using his knowledge of development and programming. As the former CEO of Microsoft with a net worth of $79 billion, there is no disputing that Bill Gates knows what he's doing.

#2 Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak was a cofounder of Apple alongside Steve Jobs. Early on Wozniak was employed at Hewlett-Packard, where Jobs worked alongside him, creating mainframe computers. Woz was the technical brain of the two; he went on to single-handedly develop the Apple I in 1976. He also oversaw the design of the Apple II in 1977.

#3 Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace was the first programmer. She's known for her work on the Analytical Engine, which is recognized as the first algorithm created with the intent to be processed by a computer. This means that Lovelace created the first ever computer program.

#4 Dennis Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie is credited for pioneering the digital era. He created the C programming language, which influenced most modern programming languages and is still used today. Ritchie also co-created the UNIX OS.

#5 Mark Zuckerburg

When Mark Zuckerberg was 20 years old he created Facebook. At the start, Facebook was only for Harvard students, now it boasts 1.44 billion monthly active users. Now Zuckerberg is worth $34.8 billion and has acquired companies like Instagram and WhatsApp.

#6 Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin is a computer scientist who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He's owns 16% of google and has a net worth of $30 billion. Brin created a data mining system that eventually became Google.

#7 Lawrence Ellison

Lawrence Ellison was the CEO and co-founder of Oracle Corporation. Oracle is a database company that originally included databases for the CIA. Ellison has a net worth of $54 billion and is now the CTO and an executive chairman of Oracle.

#8 Larry Page

Larry Page is the second half of Google; he co-founded it with Sergey Brin. Page also owns 16% of google and has a net worth of $30 billion. Him and Brin met at Stanford and built Google in their dorm before finally launching it in a garage.

#9 Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds is a software engineer who was the driving force behind the development of Linux. In 2012 he was honored with the Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy of Finland due to his creation of a new open source OS for computers worldwide. Additionally he received the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award.

#10 Tim Berners Lee

Tim Berners Lee was the inventor of the World Wide Web. In 1989 he proposed an info management system. Later on Lee implemented the first successful communication between a HTTP client and server over the internet. Currently he oversees the Web's continued development as the director of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
Webmasters / Re: Pros $ Cons Of PDO And Mysqli by abeltolu: 3:58pm On May 06, 2015
Thats why I love my CakePHP. No need for all this code jargons. I can build most apps half the time it will take you to do raw php.
Politics / Senator Ibikunle Amosun Signs 3.2 Billon Dollars Intercity Rail Construction by abeltolu: 11:03am On Apr 27, 2015
Senator Ibikunle Amosun with the Chinese Consul General, Chairman for CCECC, M.D for CCECC and G.M Southwest CCECC during the signing of 3.2 Billion Dollars contractor finance Contract for The Intercity rail network of Ogun State which is in Phases.

This is a welcomed development.

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Politics / Re: Thugs Destroy APC Political Banners On Ikorodu Road, Lagos (Photos) by abeltolu: 3:30pm On Mar 16, 2015
This comment shows how stupid some of us can be. Are you learned at all? Did you even pass through the front gate of a tutor centre not to talk of a proper school? How unreasonable can one get to think what these guys are doing is right. Can't you for once in your life just distinguish between right and wrong. I am so bitter about your stupidity. You shouldn't exhibit your stupidity in public with such stupid comments.
pacifique:
Thank God they have realized the 'falsehood' that perpetually inhabits APC.


GEJ till 2019!!!

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Politics / Re: Letter From A JS1 Student To President Goodluck Jonathan by abeltolu: 10:16am On Feb 17, 2015
tswitch:
Even a slowpoke will see this is a paid write up!
Why?? You don't believe a JS1 student can be this good?
Politics / Letter From A JS1 Student To President Goodluck Jonathan by abeltolu: 9:02am On Feb 17, 2015
11-year-old Miss Babatope-Ojo Oluwatise is a Junior Secondary School 1 student of Chrisland College Idimu, Lagos, Nigeria. I have known 'Tise since 2008 when she was just 4 years. She has always been a lively, bubbly sweet young girl. A few days ago, she emailed me this article. She had written it in school. Please take a few minutes to read her 455 word essay. I have christened it #LetterFromTise.

In Tise's own words:

"I have always wondered, how we ended up like this. According to facts I have heard or researches I have done, Nigeria, my country is one of the richest countries. Our only problem is our leaders.

Nigeria makes a lot of money from oil as it is an oil mining country. This money is meant to be used to build better roads, give to the needy, build up our country and lots more but our selfish leaders use that money for themselves and their families alone.

Promises are made during election for better food, roads and others, but today, those promises are not fulfilled.

The post of presidency should be given to a more trustworthy, accountable, honest and reliable person who will lead the people to a better tomorrow, but where will we find someone like that?

If I were the president, Nigeria will become a better country and I will make sure people will never look down on us again. At the moment refineries in Nigeria have broken down, but when I am president, the first thing I would do is to repair those refineries. I would avoid being selfish and put the country before me.

Nowadays, people in this country are dying, suffering, poor and miserable. Many of them die of sicknesses and diseases every day. The simple solution is to provide good and developed hospitals in every area in Nigeria. The government should avoid waste of money and natural resources and distribute the money to everywhere in Nigeria.

Nigeria is currently undergoing terror due to a terror group called "Boko Haram". The oil money should be used to get better gears, weapons and equipment to fight all means of terrorism.

Nigeria is a good country, but we have the ability to build her up if we all work together.

If I were the president of Nigeria, I will try to bring back our forgotten cultures and traditions. Presently, our yoruba, igbo and other cultures have been forgotten due to the white men coming to our country and influencing us with their own culture. The white men are no longer here and we are now ruling ourselves, so we have the ability to revive our culture.

Nigeria is not a poor country and we can stop this habit of being called poor. Nigeria can be improved and built up if I were to be the president. The elections are coming up soon and I hope that someone who has the same dreams will lead.

Years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of a better America where people won't be judged on the colour of their skin and now, I have a dream, that all Nigerians will have a better hope and future".


Source: http://andyemegbo.com/index.php/blog/item/322-if-i-were-the-president-of-nigeria
Nairaland / General / The 8 Instinctive Habits Of Remarkable Leaders by abeltolu: 5:32pm On Feb 02, 2015
Once in a while you meet a leader who stands out -- even in a room filled with skilled, experienced, successful people. She hasn't just learned to be remarkably charismatic. He hasn't just learned to be remarkably likeable.
You can tell, in an instant, they simply think and act and lead differently than most people.

But those rare individuals don't become remarkable leaders overnight. While some are born with an aptitude for leadership, truly outstanding leaders are made. Through training, experience, and a healthy dose of introspection they learn how to make quick decisions. They learn to work with different personalities. They learn to nurture, motivate, and inspire.
They learn to truly lead.

And in time those skills become automatic and reflexive. While great leaders do a tremendous amount of thinking, that thinking happens behind the scenes. In the moment, in the trenches, when people look to them and need them most, they act: swiftly, decisively, and confidently.
Want to become a remarkable leader? Work hard to, like them, do some things naturally, automatically, and instinctively:

1. They praise.

It's easy to tell when employee recognition is simply one entry on a very long to-do list. We've all been around people who occasionally -- and awkwardly -- shake a few hands and pat a few backs. No matter how hard they try to fake it, their insincerity is evident. (Tell me you haven't had at least one boss like that.)

No one gets enough praise, so truly outstanding leaders see expressing thanks, giving praise, and providing recognition as one gift that can never be given often enough.

Praise is almost like breathing to a truly outstanding leader: natural, automatic, frequent, and most of all, genuine and sincere.

2. They decide.

Ideas are great but implementation is everything. Outstanding leaders quickly weigh, assess, decide, and then immediately act -- because decisiveness and action build confidence and momentum.

That's why making a poor decision is often better than making no decision at all. Mistakes can almost always be corrected. Even though you should always try, rarely must you be right the first time. Adapting and learning and revising so you get it right in the end matters a lot more.

Especially when...

3. They take responsibility.

We all make bad decisions. What matters is what we do after we make those mistakes.

Outstanding leaders are the first to say, "I was wrong." Outstanding leaders are the first to say, "I made the wrong choice. We need to change course."
Outstanding leaders instinctively admit their mistakes early and often because they're quick to take responsibility and because they desperately want to build a culture where mistakes are simply challenges to overcome, not opportunities to point fingers and assign blame.

4. They communicate.

Business is filled with what: What to execute, what to implement, what to say, and sometimes even what to feel.

What's often missing is the why.

That's why so many projects, processes, and tasks fail. Tell me what to do and I'll try to do it; tell me why, help me understand why, help me believe and make that why my mission too...and I'll run through proverbial brick walls to do the impossible.

Managers stipulate. Outstanding leaders explain. And then they listen--because the most effective communication involves way more listening than talking.

5. They set the example.

Say you're walking through a factory with the plant manager and there's a piece of trash on the floor. There are two types of people when that happens:

• One spots it, stops, struts over, snatches it up, crumples it like a beer can, and strides 20 feet to a trashcan to slam it home. He picked up the trash... but he also made a statement.

• The other veers over without breaking stride, picks it up, crumples it, keeps talking, and doesn't throw it away until he comes across a convenient trashcan. He's not thinking about making a statement. He just saw a little trash... and picked it up without thinking.
Simple example? Sure. But extremely telling -- especially to employees.
Why? Employees notice what you do. When you're in charge, everyone watches what you do. The difference lies in how you do what you do... and what that says about you.

Outstanding leaders do what they do simply because it's important to them. It's part of who they are. They care about go, not show -- and, in time, so do they people they work with.

6. They give feedback.

We all want to improve: to be more skilled, more polished, more successful. That's why we all need constructive feedback.
Because they care about their employees, not just as workers but as people, outstanding leaders instinctively go to the person struggling and say, "I know you can do this. And I'm going to help you."

Think about a time when a person told you what you least wanted to hear and yet most needed to hear. They changed your life. Outstanding leaders naturally try to change people's lives, even if it's uncomfortable... because they care.

7. They seek help.

At some point, most people in leadership positions start to avoid displaying any signs of vulnerability. After all, you're in charge of everything, so you're supposed to know everything.

Of course that's impossible. You can't know everything about your job. (Your employees can't know everything about their jobs, either.)
Outstanding leaders don't pretend to know everything. (In fact, they purposely hire people who know more than they do.) So they instinctively ask questions. They automatically ask for help.

And in the process they show vulnerability, respect for the knowledge and skills of others, and a willingness to listen -- all of which are qualities of outstanding leaders.

8. They challenge. Most leaders implement their ideas by enforcing processes and procedures that support those ideas.

For employees, though, engagement and satisfaction are largely based on autonomy and independence. I care a lot more when it's mine: my idea, my process, my responsibility. I care the most when I feel I am depended on -- and given the authority -- to make important decisions and do what's right.

Outstanding leaders create broad standards and guidelines and then challenge their employees by giving them the autonomy and independence to work the way they work best. They allow employees to turn "yours" into "ours," transforming work into an outward expression of each person's unique skills, talents, and experiences.

That's a challenge every employee wants to face -- and one that outstanding leaders instinctively provide.
Politics / Why I won’t Vote by abeltolu: 10:35pm On Jan 30, 2015
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Politics / APC PVC Collection Campaign Advert - Video by abeltolu: 11:17am On Jan 20, 2015
Change is here!. Please collect your voters card at your Local government before January 31st to exercise your civic responsibility.

DOn't forget to vote for change. Vote APC!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_pgqVMRzFE
Politics / Re: what happens if a President-elect dies before taking oath of office? by abeltolu: 2:31pm On Jan 19, 2015
barcanista:
We aren't interested in politics of Death...
Mr barcanista, I don't want anyone to die. I'm just curious

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Politics / Re: what happens if a President-elect dies before taking oath of office? by abeltolu: 2:30pm On Jan 19, 2015
Please guys, I need good answers. So far, I have got none

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Politics / what happens if a President-elect dies before taking oath of office? by abeltolu: 1:09pm On Jan 19, 2015
what happens if a President-elect dies before taking oath of office?

Some people misjudged my first post, so I edited it. So let's get talking guys.

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Business / The Bricklayer’s Explanation To Oil Price Fall, Naira Devaluation & Everything by abeltolu: 12:02pm On Nov 27, 2014
The Nigerian media has been awash of the news of Naira devaluation due to fall in Oil prices, and the consequences it has on our economy. I surfed the internet and found this great masterpiece explaining in layman's method the Naira devaluation, its effects on individuals, e.t.c. Enjoy.

So How Did This All Start?

First thing first, oil price fell. Why? Everyone’s increased their production of oil and no one plans on cutting back. In the US, shale oil’s getting cheaper, so there’s more oil out there…and we all know what happens when you have a lot more of a product — price falls. When price falls, consumers are happy and producers are unhappy. Consequently, nations that are consumers of oil have a lovely time, and oil producer countries …a not so lovely time.

So? What Does This Have to Do With the Naira?

Before we go on, a little info on currency and exchange markets. It’s important to note that our currency doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Essentially, a unit of our currency is exchanged for a unit of another currency. Hence the term, Foreign Exchange or Forex or FX, for short. When we buy products from outside Nigeria, we have to exchange our Naira for Dollars. Your Naira is useless outside of Nigeria. It’s why you convert your Naira to Dollars before you travel. You want to test it? Travel to Dubai with only Naira.

Back to the question you raised. Nigeria is fortunate(?) to be an oil producing nation…when oil prices are high. Presently, oil prices are not high and that’s bad for us. Nigeria’s economy is dependent on oil revenue: about 75% of Government revenue comes from our crude oil sales. So when oil prices fall, oil revenue falls too, and that’s bad for the economy.

In the currency market, exchange rates are often centered on the health of a country’s economy. When the economy of a country is strong, its currency is also strong in the foreign exchange market. When the economy appears to be weak, its currency loses value in the currency exchange rate. Nigeria’s dependent on oil, so when oil prices are weak, so our currency loses value in the foreign exchange market. This loss of value of Naira is called a ‘depreciation’ in currency value.

Here’s a simple example. If we began with a dollar exchange for a Naira, both are in a sense equal. However, once I have to give out 2 of my Naira for just 1 of your dollar then the value of Naira has fallen. In the past months, the exchange rate was $1 dollar to roughly N150. Thanks to depreciation and eventually devaluation (we’ll get to that later), it’s now $1 to N168.

Alright. I Get the Currency Part, But What Does Our External Reserves Have to Do with our Naira Value?

To explain this, we’ll have to look into what the External Reserves is and why it exists. Think of your External Reserves as a Savings account where you put some portion of your salary every month. That money gets saved for something later: paying your children’s university fees, buying a house, or importantly, in case things get bad in the future (perhaps you lose your job).

Likewise, countries keep these reserves, but mainly to safeguard the value of their domestic currency, boost their credit worthiness, protect against external shocks and provide a cushion for a rainy day when national revenue plummets. When Nigeria earns revenue from oil, it gets paid in dollars, so we simply stash a portion of the money in our reserves.

Moreover, the reserves of oil producing countries like Nigeria tend to benefit economically from higher oil prices. The higher the price of oil, the more money oil producing countries like Nigeria get to earn and save.

So if We Have an External Reserve, Why’re We Worried?

Well, having a bank account doesn’t mean you have money. We have a reserve, but our money no plenty. Nigeria has been dancing shoki with its reserves. When oil price was high, we apparently weren’t saving that much into our reserves. In fact, our reserves have been on a downward trend for years. We’ve been using our External Reserves to keep the value of Naira stable for months. When our currency appears to be falling, we take out some dollars from our external reserves and purchase Naira. Increased demand for Naira leads to increased value of Naira, and that’s how we stabilize our currency.

However, we sacrifice a portion of our External Reserves to pull this off. For instance, “while the central bank stepped in Nov. 7 to send the Naira to its biggest one-day gain in three years, intervening in the market has reduced foreign reserves to a four-month low of $37.8 billion.” In the last few months, even Russia with their large reserves had to devalue their currency by 23%.

So is This why Everyone Was Making Noise About CBN Devaluing the Naira?

Yes. Now there’s only so much spending from the reserves that the CBN can do, especially given that we’ve really sucked at growing our reserves when oil price was in the $100 range. It’s like when your office was paying you N100k, you were clubbing every weekend rather than saving some money. Then the minute your office decided to increase your income tax, that’s when your jobless relative comes to live with you too. So now, your salary is not only less, it’s burning faster cause there’s an extra mouth to feed.

The drop in oil price does not only send our currency downwards, it also makes it difficult for the CBN to defend our currency. It’s a double whammy. Essentially, if the CBN keeps trying to defend the rate at N150, it’ll burn through the reserves pretty fast and then we’ll be screwed. So relaxing this currency threshold to N168 means they can relax a bit. They don’t have to keep using as much of the reserves to prop up the Naira. If you’re still curious on how it all works, Feyi goes into the intricacies of devaluation in his fantastic post here.

Okayyy! I Think I Understand Now, But How Does This Affect Me?

Like many other economic events, devalution creates winners and losers. Let’s start with the losers. If you generate revenue in Naira and incur costs in dollars, this is a bad time for you. Any activity that has you converting Naira for Dollars will hurt you way more than a few months ago.

Let’s have a moment of silence for our Igbo brother who will be ‘importing containers’ this christmas. Life just got harder for them. Given that importers have to pay for their imported goods in dollars…and dollars just got more expensive, the cost of their goods have increased overnight.

Same thing happens to those Behind parents who’ve got their kids in Nigerian schools that only accept their fees in dollars or Nigerians that have children schooling abroad. If you like flying, shopping or doing anything abroad, your cost of doing so has risen. On the contrary, if you earn in dollars and pay in Naira, life is looking pretty good at the moment.

Exporters also benefit. The fall in value of Naira means more exports because our exports have gotten cheaper. But ermm…what exactly are we exporting?

Phew. So It Doesn’t Affect Me Like That

Don’t be so sure. Nigeria’s an import-dependent nation, which means that most of what you purchase is produced abroad. I heard we import our toothpick too. If the prices of imports have risen, trust your Nigerian brothers and sisters to increase their prices too…leading to what’s popularly known as inflation.

I Was Hearing All These Oversabies Saying CRR, MPR. What Does This Mean?

CRR stands for Cash Reserve Ratio. It’s the proportion of what a bank can lend, to what it has in its coffers. So if the bank has N1000 and its ratio is 50%, can only use 50% of that money (N500) for business. Given that awon banks do not mess around with profit making, they will make sure that N500 brings back maximum profit. Banks are like the servant in Jesus’ parable that got 10 talents from his master, not the lazy one that got 1 talent. So to make max profit off the N500, they will raise interest rate if you want to borrow their money.

MPR stands for Monetary Policy Rate. The Central Bank uses the MPR to control base interest rate. The higher the rate, the less money in circulation. How? If interest rate is higher, will you borrow money from the bank knowing that you’ll pay much more later on? Nope. Instead, you’ll take your money from your pocket and give it to the bank, so they’ll make you more money.

Remember that thanks to devaluation, awon boys will be increasing prices left and right. General price increase in a given period leads to inflation. To tackle this, CBN increases CRR and MPR to reduce demand for money. This way, they prevent inflationary rise.

Okayy. I think I Understand That Part, So What’s This Austerity Thing Aunt Ngozi was Talking About?

That one is another long story. So, we’ve all been in situations when we’re broke. Ok, maybe just some of us. We adjust our lifestyle around the middle of the month when our salary hasn’t been paid. You go from eating jollof rice to drinking garri. When friends tell you to come out and party, you form ‘I’m very busy’.

Nigeria’s proposed austerity measures are similar…except on a grander scale. To cushion the effect of the falling crude oil prices, we have to cut back on spending and quite literally tighten our belts. The Government is cutting back on wastage (less government traveling and all that sort). The Government’s also raising taxes on luxury goods such as private jets, yachts and champagne. Somewhere in this luxury tax is the amusing observation that the revenue from taxes on the rich will still go back to the rich.

For the proletariat, the sweet subsidy you enjoy when you fuel your car will also get cut. Prepare to pay more for fuel. This is a good thing. Subsidy has to go anyways.

Wow. That was Long. So, Any Lesson to Learn from All This?

Yes. First lesson: Nigeria is the most reactive and least proactive nation you could’ve been born into. This isn’t the first time oil prices have fallen. Government should’ve gotten used to fluctuating oil price and prepared accordingly. And, since oil is the figurative oil in Nigeria’s economic engine, judicious and prudent management of oil revenue should’ve been practiced. However, we largely mismanaged our wealth during the time of booms and we’re now trying to behave ourselves in the time of slump. Let’s see how that goes.

The second lesson to be learnt is that we should’ve diversified our economic sources of revenue a long time ago to prevent price shock of primary products from affecting us drastically. Also, State Governments should’ve been pressured to increase their internally generated revenue much sooner. We can’t keep reacting to every economic shock that hits us.

Anyways, this is getting too long and no one probably got to the end, so no need for a witty or wise ending. But, if you reached this point, congrats! After spending all that time reading this, make sure you show off your new macroeconomic knowledge to your friends. And please, stop abusing econ-nerds. We have feelings too. Selah.

Source: http://naijanomics.me/2014/11/26/the-bricklayers-explanation-to-oil-price-fall-naira-devaluation-everything-else/

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Programming / Re: Millions Of Websites Hit By Drupal Hack Attack by abeltolu: 6:37pm On Oct 31, 2014
THANKS MAN

You didn't link the right source, you linked a forum[/quote]
Programming / Millions Of Websites Hit By Drupal Hack Attack by abeltolu: 4:32pm On Oct 31, 2014
Up to 12 million websites may have been compromised by attackers who took advantage of a bug in the widely used Drupal software.

The sites use Drupal to manage web content and images, text and video.

Drupal has issued a security warning saying users who did not apply a patch for a recently discovered bug should "assume" they have been hacked.

It said automated attacks took advantage of the bug and can let attackers take control of a site.

'Shocking' statement
In its "highly critical" announcement, Drupal's security team said anyone who did not take action within seven hours of the bug being discovered on 15 October should "should proceed under the assumption" that their site was compromised.

Anyone who had not yet updated should do so immediately, it warned.

However, the team added, simply applying this update might not remove any back doors that attackers have managed to insert after they got access. Sites should begin investigations to see if attackers had got away with data, said the warning.

"Attackers may have copied all data out of your site and could use it maliciously," said the notice. "There may be no trace of the attack." It also provided a link to advice that would help sites recover from being compromised.

Mark Stockley, an analyst at security firm Sophos, said the warning was "shocking".

The bug in version 7 of the Drupal software put attackers in a privileged position, he wrote. Their access could be used to take control of a server or seed a site with malware to trap visitors, he said.

He estimated that up to 5.1% of the billion or so sites on the web use Drupal 7 to manage their content, meaning the number of sites needing patching could be as high as 12 million.

Drupal should no longer rely on users to apply patches, said Mr Stockley.

"Many site owners will never have received the announcement and many that did will have been asleep," he said. "What Drupal badly needs but doesn't have is an automatic updater that rolls out security updates by default."

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29846539
Politics / Why Buhari Nor Goodluck Should Be Nigeria's President. by abeltolu: 1:03pm On Oct 27, 2014
It seems the 2015 General Elections is going to be a repetition of the 2011 one, as all signs tends to show that General Buhari would be flying the APC flag and Goodluck Jonathan for PDP.

After the Online polls conducted by both Sahara Reporters and that conducted by Presidential Aide, Reno Omokri, it seems Major General Buhari has a upper hand for the 2015 elections. For me, I think it will be utter stupidity cluelessness to vote for[b] anyone of them[/b]

When will Nigerians realise that we need men with Visions that have the balls to carry them out. For me, I don't see Major General Buhari as a man with any form of clear-cut vision for this country. I only see a man who is desperate to rule, and by all means wants power so he can crush people who have done him wrong in the past. This is a man that is not learned in anyway. He was a military ruler, and during his tenure, Nigeria didn't grow any better. So tell me what's gonna change now?.

Nigeria has only had 2 learned presidents since the democratic rule. Why should we go back to the days of illiterates with no vision, only clamouring on ruling us?

For Goodluck Jonathan, I perceive this man to be extremely corrupt. A man that can't control or put his wife to check in anyways is not fit to govern a Country. All Goodluck Jonathan has done is to give us figures on paper and tell us he is working. Prices of goods are soaring high everyday, how does that define success in your governance? Corruption everywhere like flu. The immigration scandal happened and you couldn't fire that God-damn minister. We can't even boast of any better services in this Country. What is the one thing the Goodluck led government can be proud of? I will help you, the answer is NOTHING.

I think you both should effing give way for a proven man like Babatunde Fashola. This man has commanded respect in every ways. No one can deny it in this country. He has put the all-mighty rascals in Lagos to check. This is a man with Vision, who has balls to carry them out.

I am bitter for this country, it aint getting better.

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Sports / Re: Jonathan Inspects Akwa Ibom Stadium Complex Under Construction In Uyo by abeltolu: 2:30pm On Aug 18, 2014
Kudos to the Governor. At least he has done something reasonable with all the money he has been looting.

I have one problem tho. Why do these guys finish building but then they cannot maintain it?. A good example is the Abuja national stadium. Nigerians generally lack maintenance culture. Until we learn to maintain properly, we would keep doing unnecessary things.

This building is another waste of money.

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Politics / Re: What Is The Report On The Immigration Job Charade? by abeltolu: 10:53am On Jul 07, 2014
Nctrice: Guy before you start talking plenty, change the so called "Sharade" on your topic to Charade... Do it now now angry !!! Yoruba Boys and spellings! na wa ooo
Thanks for the correction. But you belittled ur sense by generalizing the mistake

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Politics / What Is The Report On The Immigration Job Charade? by abeltolu: 9:59am On Jul 07, 2014
Please pardon me if I am not updated. But concerning the immigration job exercise that happened earlier this year which resulted to the loss of money lives, injuries et al.
Has anything been done as regards that incident? Was anyone brought to justice? Did anyone have to pay for such cruel punishment served to those desperate people looking for job, which is not their fault because of a failed system? What happened to the minister of interior? Was he questioned by President Goodluck Jonathan? Were the families of the deceased compensated?

Please pardon my ignorance if all of these has been solved.
Sports / Re: Oliseh Favourite For Super Eagles Job? by abeltolu: 9:15pm On Jul 03, 2014
Coaching is not all about analysis, it takes more than that.. It takes courage, good leadership as well to be a good coach.. If good analysts were better coaches, Andy Townsend of the English premier league should be a coach by now.
Certification And Training Adverts / Re: Project Management Training In Lagos by abeltolu: 3:58pm On Dec 22, 2013
The best Project Management Trainers in Nigeria are International Project management Academy (IPMA). They are RMC's only certified training provider in Nigeria. Visit www.ipmanigeria.com. You will be glad you did.
Certification And Training Adverts / Re: The Best Project Management Training And Pmp Institute In Lagos Nigeria by abeltolu: 3:55pm On Dec 22, 2013
The best Project management institute is International project Management Academy. They are the ONLY RMC certified training provider in Nigeria. Visit www.ipmanigeria.com

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TV/Movies / Re: How Much Does DSTV Nigeria Make Monthly? by abeltolu: 8:08am On Nov 17, 2013
mr.drizzy:
Hmm! I dnt knw eactly how much it is,bt i knw its enough to get any of,spannish,barclays,bundesliga and serie a rights jst with nigeria income..i still den wonder why d the price is too hight.anyway na dem knw..flexing qtv aljazeera(where i get to watch all live matches even greater dan what dstv offers)+osn hollywood and d rest for jst a token of 4k! PERFECT DEAL
Kindly tell us more about this '4k deal'.. Thanks in anticipation.
Politics / Re: Michael Anthony Who Saved A Baby From Fire, Dies by abeltolu: 8:20pm On Sep 23, 2013
Rest In Paradise. I couldn't have done what you did, so I am gonna say you are the second born of God. You were a saviour. Adieu my brother.
Forum Games / Re: Know Your Magic Number. by abeltolu: 10:17pm On Aug 27, 2013
How about you try.... Age = 101.
This "Trick" only works for numbers between 1-100..
Nice one though.
Travel / Re: "I Will Tear And Burn My Nigerian Passport, Once I Become Canadian" - Nigerian by abeltolu: 5:17pm On Aug 24, 2013
This is mere frustration... Presently, Its sad being a Nigerian with all this ZOMBIES leading us.

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Phones / Re: Airtel Bb Plan On Android by abeltolu: 10:37pm On Jul 21, 2013
Its actually for real. Its capped with 6GB data. Am currently making use of it. Just send Bbum3 to 440..
Confirmation Link:
www.airtel.com/wps/wcm/connect/africaairtel/nigeria/3g/home/offers/BlackBerry%202-PLUS-1/

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