₦airaland Forum

martineverest:
It seems u arent current.....all windows 10 devices with 4inch to 8inch screen ll be known as windows mobile(no longer windows phone).

Correction, all windows 10 devices shall be called Windows 10 devices. The operating system that runs on the Sub 8' devices shall however be called Windows 10 for Mobile Devices (to differentiate from the defunct Windows mobile). But until windows 10 for mobile is released, we shall continue to know all the variants of the mobile operating software currently being supported by MS as Windows Phone X.Y.

aceTS:
You are right about Every thing having an end. Windows mobile has being around for a while now. When it came out, android wasn't this dominant. Ios was the leader.And windows mobile was touted as the next big thing. In fact, my first smartphone In 2008 was a windows phone, the samsung omnia i900. I loved that phone. It was like walking about with a pc. This is 2015, the windows narrative is still about potential.
I think the major reason windows mobile os hasn't being quietly discarded is because Microsoft is big and financially strong enough to withstand the absence of the profits it had hoped to get from the mobile os market.
No matter how windows zealots try to spin it, that os is not going to be popular any time soon.
Like you said, everything has an end. Maybe the bell is tolling for the end of windows mobile.

Dude, you don't even have the slightest idea what you're talking about mate. First of all, Windows mobile =/= Windows phone. Windows mobile, the generation of OS that serviced your Omnia is dead. It has been dead since 2010! Before iPhone was launched in 2007, windows mobile was NOT "the next big thing" as you put it, it was actually THE poster definition of smartphones. IPhone killed windows mobile. To compete, MS shut down windows mobile and built a completely new mobiles OS from scratch, windows phone. This, I believe is still what MS is promoting, not windows mobile.

Actually, the revenue from the sales of winpho devices by MS has been waxing stronger. MS made $1.4 billion in just the sales of Lumia phones during last the quarter of its FY15 results. Windows phone penetration is growing. Slowly, no doubt, but it is neither stagnant nor receding, so proclaim your prophecies of doom when its sales actually stagnate so as not to come across as a half-baked techie.

tit:
how much revenue does government get from cattle herding?
everyday it is trouble between farmer and herder!
we have to deploy troops and police because of farm destruction and cattle rustling!
what is the profit for government!
is this not a drainpipe to commit so much resources to unprofitable venture?
will nigeria not be better if we ban cattle herders?
think of all the savings from JTF, hospital bills, refugees, NEMA expenses, etc!

ban cattle herders and safe money!

And how do you intend to 'ban' cattle herders, dicTITor?

omenka:
OponuChuckwuka.

He will rule over your dumbasses till 2023.

Victory is its own statement. Gloating only makes you as petty as the boastful, it's needless.

Sunnybobo3:
Abeg your username dey fear me o.

Stop deflecting and kindly address my request if you can, thanks.

Sunnybobo3:
We shall hold him accountable.

Can you please provide verbatim evidences of the promises in the second picture? I mean where, on what document or during what event did Buhari make those promises? With verifiable evidence.

nerodenero:
Thank God Jonathan wont govern after May 29 but the question is 'would GMB & APC had accepted defeat if they had lost? APC doesn't strike me as one party that would have taken such a step to avoid crisis. We shall evaluate APC after 4years.

No party...I repeat, no party would concede defeat after being cheated out. Make no mistake, PDP didn't concede defeat because they were cheated out of power, they conceded because after having played all their cards to disenfranchise the people and steal their mandates, they still failed to win. They literally had no option but to concede! Even that concession came at an almost devastating cost. Remember Orubebe's inglorious tirade at the ICC? That they have conceded defeat doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to ask questions of the farce that characterised the SS and SE regions during the elections. I hope it is investigated, including the reports of child voting in the North so that a final death blow can be dealt to this perennial macabre affair we call elections in Nigeria.

Billyonaire:
Why is the information at the public domain, and why are they asking PDP for suggestion on how to fix the problems, I think they won election promising magical changes and now are asking for advise.

This is "terms of reference" for Buhari's transition committee. The instructions are for the incoming government's transition committee to act upon, not for the outgoing one. The instructions can only be implemented after they must have retrieved certain materials like the MDAs reports from the outgoing govt. I'm guessing the friction arises because the incoming is pulling pressure on the outgoing to provide the reports on time.

Pipsland78:
Who is superior constitutionally between a Federal Minister and a Senator? Your contribution will be highly appreciated. Thanks

Define "Superior", as it could mean many things to many people. It could mean the take home pay, it could be the difference between "appointed" and "elected", it could mean size of constituency, it could mean many things.

A senator cannot be fired by the president for instance, but a minister can. A minister's constituency is the whole country, but a senator is a provincial leader. A minister spearheads a single portfolio, whereas a senator pushes for several agendas and policies covering a wide range of areas. A minister's impact is most felt after the approval of their prastatal's budget, whereas a senator's impact is felt after their ideas must have been subjected to votes on the floor of the house, with a majority votes necessary for execution.

There is no clear basis for comparison, and I think comparison is futile unless you specify what superior is, because it is inherently comparative in nature, hence must have a clearly defined basis by which this comparison is made.

tochukwuifeduba:
Many people maynot understand the level of our grudges against Gen Buhari. He fought against the people of the south East region in the war.


Buhari need alot of reassuring to convince us that he is now our friend.you cannot blame our people for voting against the Apc party that front Gen Buhari as its presidential candidate

Funny you didn't show the same level of hostility and grievances towards Obasanjo, who also fought against Biafra...but what do I know?...hmmm

Silvereze:
Nigeria is a great nation with numerous languages and culture.We have lived in several years of corruption and under-development.We have voted in several leaders who claimed to be messiah for which they were not.They promised change,anti corruption,infrastrusture and EDUCATION and a whole lot more.NOW comes BUHARI the self acclaimed messiah.He said he will change Nigeria.What of the Educational sector,will he settle ASUU's debt.Do you think he can change Nigeria??Fellow nairalanders pls air ur views or give ur reasons with proofs.......

Op, it might help to know the meaning of "self-acclaimed" before you throw misleading words in your sentences.

afolag:
1. where are we going to get the money to buy this train.
2. how will it improve the economy
3. Like how many jobs will this create
4. We need the breakdown of the contract process and when nigeria is expected to gain the money back from the investment.
DESPITE been team GMB, positive criticism will go along way to help restore confidence in the people.
Godbless nigeria.

Private ownership mate, Nigerian government supplies infrastructure and regulation, private partners supply trains and manage fares. Pay taxes and infrastructure rental to fg. FG has no business running transportation companies.

Rotjijatau:
What will you tell this man if he meets you in the market and tells you that he is looking for the owner?

This is definitely NOT Nigeria. It's Somaliland, one of the self governed regions of the Somalian horn. All of that money isn't worth jackshit. US$ 1 = 6667 Somaliland shillings. It's one of the few places in the world where stealing money is actually a burden, because the cost of stealing is greater than the amount stolen, so no one even bothers. You could literally walk the market and people will have their barrows of money exposed and unattended with no qualms.

Mogidi:
I'd give him a chance to prove himself but am not excited about the "change" slogan.
A man who couldn't better himself in 30yrs is not about to make the lives of 160million people buoyant.
Still we intend giving him a chance to prove himself.

Better himself from what to what?

eaglechild:
lol.

Nigerians saw through hypocrisy indeed.


Please everyone knows GEJ lost because the north felt it was their turn to rule.

It is a democracy so no biggie.

However, don't go preaching that change bullcrap.
It is a big lie.

I don't know what you mean by the statement "The North felt it was their return to rule". The idea of a monolithic North is a myth. If, however, you're referring to the voting pattern of northern Nigeria, allow me to juggle your memory a bit. In 2011, when Jonathan won the elections. He won Adamawa and several states in North Central, including Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, FCT, Kwara. In many of the North East and North West states that he didn't win, he managed to lose with thin 30%-40% margins, in particular, Kaduna, where it was 50%-50% more or less. The key things to note is that there were some northerners who screamed to high heavens in 2011 that it was their turn to lead. These same people screamed in 2015 too. Nothing changed in that regard. But what changed between 2011&2015? The small margins of NE and NW states widened, the key NC states were lost too, including Adamawa, one of the worst hit states by boko haram. Take note that Benue has traditionally demonstrated its discordance with that persistent monolithic northern myth. It voted against GEJ too.

That some northerners had always exuded a born to rule mentality didn't stop GEJ from winning in 2011, so why now?

You're right, it's a democracy...and everyone votes according to what's important to them, but to refuse factoring GEJs handling of boko haram as one of the reasons for his loss is disingenuous.

To demonstrate how your bigotry compels you to draw specious conclusions from evidence built on circumstantialities, we could ask this question in a different way:

What would be your conclusion if, after several years, Boko-Haram is routed with remarkable success only 1 week before the initial scheduled date for elections by an incumbent who is, nay, was seeking re-election?

Although, I wish to know your answer to my question, it is merely an academic exercise of interest to me. The answer of majority of Nigerians, particularly those from the most affected states was heard loud and clear on March 28th. They saw through the hypocrisy!

You know what GEJ said when he was asked why he had to wait one week before the elections, even forcing its postponement by 6 weeks? He said ordering weapons is not like buying packs of cigarettes. It took him one whole presidential term to realise that. Even worse, the questions that were raised by that statement. What happened to the billions of dollars (a third of our national budget if I remember correctly) that were budgeted for security all those years?

Feel free to dwell in your sanctimonious pontifications, you'll only end up hurting yourself, not the truth. It's this attitude of blaming the other instead of taking responsibility that nailed the coffin on GEJs ambition.

Achutebe:
A friend sent me this link of a South African newspaper in 2013 - http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/jujus-prophet-predicts-bloody-revolt/.

In it, Prophet T.B. Joshua is quoted as warning South Africa against a serious revolt instigated by youths which would result in the killing of 'certain people'.

I wonder if he was referring to the xenophobic attacks sweeping across South Africa currently...

To all those making grand claims about certain so-called prophets predicting this and that, I just want to know: What's the point of their predictions if it doesn't help in averting the calamity? Yes, TB Joshua is simultaneously the greatest and most useless prophet. His brilliant predictions have an uncanny penchant for surfacing after the facts; when they serve no other purpose but the self-aggrandisement of a megalomaniac.

He talked about youth revolt. This is a revolt, yes, but there is nothing that suggests it has a particular identity as a youth revolt.

dunkem21:
They are all from APC trusted sites 100%.

I will soon compile their fake links. Notable amongst them is newspunch.

You for kuku blame PDP na ..

Define an APC trusted site? Where do you look to know a site that is "APC trusted"?

Thank you op, this has been my feeling all along.

SAHACO:
Over the years the country have seen political unrest due the north and buhari not getting their way but now that buhari have been given mandate and GEJ consider defeat there is political and economy stability. Now the north can complete their tenure which they lost due to yar'dua's death. Come 2019 or 2023 the south south and south east will aspect the north to respect the out come of the election without violence, cause a new president will emerge from another zone possible the south east . As for the senate president which we have held over the years, its dividend of democracy lies with the politicians and not they people . Our greatest problem is the corrupt governor like the one in ABIA STATE, every state have their own allocation which is their dividend of democracy.

The only tribe I expect to take over the reins of leadership from Buhari is the meritocratic tribe of Nigeria. I couldn't care less what geographical region they are from. Every Nigerian should own the president, not some obscure geographical expression.

Duru1:
If federal government should give Igboland Lagos or Abuja as it have given Yoruba land and Hausa land, Ndiigbo would have stayed in their Lagos or Abuja which could have hastened the disintegration of the jungle called Nigeria. I am strictly for disintegration of Nigeria so that every Joe could control his destiny.

I want to know, how is the current setup preventing 'Joe' from controlling his destiny?

Destined2win:
You see, we are beginning to drive at one point. I can see you are reasonable.

I'm glad we're converging.

It is in the nature of the Igbos to feel at home anywhere in the world, that is why the bring their best to live there. Go to the north, you will see beautiful houses built by Igbos because they believe it is home and we are 'one'. But come to the east, there are hausas and Yorubas there, but they prefer living in zinc houses other than building or living in comfort irrespective of how cheap good houses in the east are, and how industrious and peaceable those places are. This may be because they do not have that mindset of oneness and the lack of self-freedom to create their own world.
Igbos won elections because they DARED to. What is stopping the others from daring?

Now now, I thought we were already beyond ethnic jingoism? We were already on a convergent trajectory, if you spoil it with more ethnicism, our discussion would have been rendered pointless.

LET US GO AND INVEST IN THE EAST, THERE IS A BETTER HOME OVER THERE, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ABOUNDS

Here I can't disagree with you. If you call on people to invest in the east due to the plethora of opportunities that exist, even I would consider that, but not because I'm Igbo. Let's keep this spirit up.

Destined2win:
Bro, your perception about the lots of Igbos you have come across is exactly the nature of Igbo people.

I agree. It is also the nature of many people I have met, irrespective of tribe

I work in an office where there are yorubas. Bro, honestly my maturity and wisdom in handling issues with them 'endeared' me to their hearts. These were people that literally wished me to be kicked out of the office just because I took my work serious and learned faster but when they saw my true nature, they knew I was different.

I'm very happy this worked out well for you in the end. Yes, tribal warriors (Igbos, Yorubas, Hausas, Ibibio etc) always have the fear of people from other tribes, but there are certain steps we can take to allay those fears and I'm sure you were more conciliatory than provocative, which is why it worked out. Now, from their own point of view, you have also managed to detribalise them, however infinitesimal the effect.

The truth is that some Nigerians just don't like the name Igbo. They feel threatened just by that presence, I say this based on the confession of one of them! If we can learn to appreciate every tribe for who they are, maybe the term, Nigeria will last longer,

Perhaps you're right about SOME Nigerians, the operative word being 'SOME'. Notice that some white Americans don't like blacks either, and some Blacks don't like Chinese... heck, some Blacks don't even like other blacks (like the xenophobic attacks in SA at the moment). But life must go on, and we should try to remain conciliatory, and even win over the hearts and minds of those that are not of our tribe, but can be reasoned with.

BUT I STILL INSIST, LET EVERY EASTERNER, LET EVERY IGBO INVEST MORE IN THE EAST!

I have no principled objection to your call. Charity begins at home after all; but note that HOME is first, a familiar and familial location before it is a geographical location. Many Igbos consider Lagos their home. They've never even been to the east, so why should they choose to invest in the east any more than they should invest in Lagos. Many Igbos feel so at home in Lagos that they can now conveniently win elective positions in the state. Now, if you tell me these Igbos should invest in the east before they invest in their home state (Lagos) I would vehemently disagree with you.

AwesomelyMade:
Good one I must say, but what happens when you try to establish anywhere in the world, only for those people to rise against you because you are successful because as far as I can see, there is really nothing the igbos have done that wrong to give others sleepless nights. NOW, GET IT STRAIGHT THAT NO TRIBE IS AN ACCIDENT OF BIRTH! We are individuals created by same God but with peculiar gifts and abilities.

Every successful person has their traducers and detractors. What's important is to keep your aim on your target and don't get drawn into the distractions.

My dear friend, people will attack your tribe, or your religion, or your friends, or even your family name to bring you down. You mustn't get drawn in because that is what they want. They think the worst of you and expect you to prove their thinking right. The best way to deal with such people is to disarm them by making them feel foolish and insignificant probably by ignoring them, or even showing them more love than they deserve... Is it not in the Bible that you show love, even to your enemies and detractors?

Unless you can prove to me that you chose to be born as a bona-fide member of your tribe, I insist that your tribe is an accident of birth. Although, we all have peculiar gifts and abilities, on this point I agree, but this is not because of your tribe, it is because of YOU!

Ilekeh:
Who is independent body?

Where are these independent body located and how did they carry out their research?

Is independent body a group of MASSOBs member?

The trash Nigerians believe is beyond me.

Ilekeh, by engaging these social misfits on the basis of their tribal background (noise), you begin to sound more and more like them. I happen to know a lot of Igbos who are humble, hardworking and respectful people. These tribal warriors on Nairaland do not represent the majority of Igbos, however much they wish to project themselves as the chief-spokespersons of Ndiigbo. I am sure like me, you know a lot of good Igbo people too. Let us engage each other as individual humans, not as primitive tribal warriors. Show these guys their woeful folly without having to stoop to their pathetic level.

Destined2win:
Hello My brothers, greetings to you all.
I have been on this nairaland for quite some time and have seen the verbal vituperations of individuals on here which basically represent a chunk of the mindset of those that are not here. The Igbos have a domineering spirit which helps them conquer even a barren land, and I think this is divinely gifted. But only an unreal man would think that everybody is happy with his success.

I have come to see that in Nigeria, tribalism is a cankerworm, and it will need just a little more than a miracle to conquer that, but we can on our own part play the unity game well.
For instance, I was promoted in the office, and it so happened that I had to work with people from another tribe. Oh my! You needed to see gang up. Even people who didn’t work in that office were warning me about them including somebody from that tribe. What did I do?

They complain ‘say I dey carry work for head’, because I try to work and prove a point. In a few weeks, all what it took them years to know and the ones they didn’t know, I was learning them so fast! They resorted to tarnishing my image, but who cares.

People will call you names but make sure you are not what they call you! I conquered them by being myself and even extending a hand of friendship by freeing my mind from hate and envy which is an excuse for mediocrity and the spirit of enterprise!
The Igbo spirit is the spirit of a conqueror! But it is unfortunate that some Nigerians from other parts of the country misunderstand this fact and I’m sure that perception will not change anytime soon.

Now, what is the way forward?

It is no gainsaying that the Eastern parts of the Niger and SS have a large chunk of the most arable lands in Nigeria. There is nothing that can make a nation flourish that you won’t find there. Our spirit of enterprise and our inherent sense of ‘one world’ is the reason why we go to any part of the world and establish phenomenally, but I guess it’s time to put a check to that ‘sense’.

Travel, explore, establish, but at home first! If you want to build a 3-storey building in Lagos, make sure you have 2 sky scrapers somewhere in the east. You want to open a company, ensure that your administrative headquarters and core assets are in the east while outlets are in any other places. Whatever you do, think home first. That should be your mentality henceforth.

No amount of hatred, verbal bashing, or attacks can extinguish the enterprising and domineering spirit of an Igbo Man, and I know the best of that spirit is yet unseen.
I wish every Nigerian goodluck and until we begin to appreciate the peculiarities of a particular people and strive to live in peace with them, the term, “one Nigeria” might worsen and split.

But remember HOME FIRST! If we reciprocate the rate at which we invest in other lands to our own lands, in the next ten years, the eastern part of Nigeria will be fastest growing region in the world!

LET’S MAKE IT A PROJECT!

OP, Dangote and the other rich people of Africa, including the Igbos on that list, you know what they have in common? It's got nothing to do with their tribe. Go and listen to their interviews, they never mention their tribes. They talk about their innate self-determination and drive for success. These traits are more likely individual characteristics than tribal ones. It's not about being Igbo or Kanuri or Itshekiri or Ibibio. It's about what you as a person has to offer.

Of course, you can choose to isolate the successful Igbos and exude a misplaced sense of entitlement and monopoly over domineering and conquering spirit, but you will merely be celebrating the success of other people, not yours, however entitled you feel or however much you feel that success belongs to you due to tribal affiliations. YOUR TRIBE IS AN ACCIDENT OF BIRTH. Everybody's is, because no one chose their tribe! But your success and what you make of your life is your personal achievement. Success has no tribe, recognises no creed, respects no opinion. So feel free to keep defending the circumstantiality of tribal allegiance.

If you're truly a conqueror as you claim, then please conquer your pointless boastful arrogance, then we might believe you. It's not by Making noise.

Activa:
Hmmmmm

Where u dey?

Notice how the projection gave PDP 26 states, APC 11 states, and marked 5 states as "battle grounds"? GEJ took his promise to create more states too seriously on paper, I guess.

boardmem:
Nice contribution. As free as 2011 general election was, can this ingrate SS n SE beat their chest that PDP dint rig in order to attain power? Now the table turns round they were now crying of fowl play. Meanwhile, no one is saying the election was not marred with any irregularities but both parties should just forged ahead for the betterment of the country. This not the time to start twisting what GMB has not said.
'TO WHOM BRAIN IS GIVEN SENSE IS EXPECTED', IGBOS' WISE UP AND CHANGE UR IDEOLOGY REGARDING GMB. #GODBLESSNIGERIA

While I agree with you that it's time for all to move ahead, I have intentionally abstained from painting my reprimand with any ethnic/regional colouration. It's not about Igbos/SS'ers/SE'ers. It's about Nigerian citizens who have yet to find closure from the elections result because it didn't go their way. All Nigerians must realise that Nigeria is greater than the sum of its individual units and concede that the will of the majority, as long as it doesn't infringe on the inalienable rights of the minority, takes preponderance in Nigeria and behave civilly.