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yamunla: guy why dis kind lie now...his names are jacob akinyemi-johnson..pls get ur facts right..no be only holland,na netherland..!

The problem started in 1914


The problem will be over by 2020.


GEJ, the man who saw tomorrow. . .and yesterday

Habeeb Bama Captured Mastermind of UN Building Bombing Is Dead. ? ? ?

You guys just murdered the English language right there.

^^ OK that probably sounds like holding brief, still the point remains.

The reason behind the condemnation that Tambuwal is receiving for relocating his family is the cheap emotional payoff that many Nigerians and Nairalanders have come to enjoy - that if one’s neighbor is able to do something which one can’t afford then one’s neighbor must be evil.

Direct your grievances to the right person and let Tambuwal be.

Sagamite: Why would you want to, and why does it make sense to, put the needs and happiness of someone else ahead of yours?

An interesting point you raised there,

The following is from this link http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/pl38/self.htm It attempts to throw some light on what other posters will readily call selfishness.

An explanation

'Greed and selfishness' are concepts much maligned in our society. So first lets define them properly with reference to the 1913 edition of Websters (a very thorough dictionary)

Greed: An eager desire or longing
Selfish: 1 Caring supremely or unduly for one's self, 2 Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self

Do those terms still sound so bad? Well the meanings have been changed by the way people have used it over time and greed is now taken to mean 'reprehensible acquisitiveness' (mirriam-webster) whilst the second meaning of selfish, given above, has been dropped from most dictionairies.

So I am going to explain how we can think of these terms, under the general heading "self interest", by illustrating it with a story (paraphrased from its source).

A successful business woman gave up her career to care for her seriously ill husband. An aquaintance commented 'oh how unselfish you are to make such a sacrifice'. Naturally and quite rightly the woman was furious with such an insult and answered "I love my husband, this is the most selfish thing I have ever done!".

Do you understand the meaning of that? She valued her husband higher than her career and therefore *she* chose the higher value. For her, being selfless and making sacrifices would have meant giving up her husband for the career. Its the same whenever anyone chooses one value over another - regardless of whats being chosen the person is chosing for and by themselves - essentially being 'selfish'. Look over the choices you make. Perhaps you volunteer some charity work? Because *you* choose to do it over the alternatives, you want to, you value it - you, you, you, self, self, self. Do you see what I am getting at? Most people just blank this out because they refuse to see it - but all people are selfish in this context and to call it evil is horribly wrong. A selfless or unselfish person would let their child die in order to mow the lawn, even though *they* value the child higher, or they would marry a person they hated rather than one they loved, or they would waste money on something they didn't like rather than trade it for something they wanted. Unselfish people are, in this sense, mad.

Renaming 'selfishness' as 'self interest' is playing with semantics and while that's important in itself the really important thing is to recognise that people to act from, and in accordance with, their own personal values and perceptions. The decisions they make reflect these values and perceptions.

When you understand this you are able to gain a clearer insight into people's behaviour including your own. Ironically, understanding that people act with regard to their own values, toward that which they consider to be good for themselves enables you have far more empathy with others than if you approached them with the assumption that they were being altruistic and selfless. It also allows you to spot confidence tricksters that much more readily! "beware Greeks bearing gifts" is an old phrase which warns that people don't act out of altruism, and to beware those who wish you to believe that they do.

Next time a politician, friend, colleague or associate tries to make out that he is doing something only for your benefit, or only has your good in his mind, then ask yourself what he has to gain by doing so. Remember that the key words in the sentence "I want to help you" is "I want". This is not to say that you should be paranoid about everyone. When someone says 'I want to take you to the cinema' they may want your company and friendship. It is the motivation that is important, make that your focus.

Nothing seems to be happening in this section any more.

*Yawn*

joeyfire: This just goes to show that boko haram has serious grassroot support base. Even down to the arsewipe that printed the damn shirt

On the contrary, it just goes to show the stupidity of certain people. It's all part of the culture of rebellion that some see as attractive and that's what the misguided twerp in the picture wants to tap into. We've all seen t-shirts of Osama bin Laden too but this one smacks of stupidity, I mean, Rep Boko Haram? Really? Such nonsense will not be numbered among reasonable people.

Will the moderators kindly remove the picture in post 99!

GEJ can rule from anywhere, didn't you guys know? After all he brought Facebook and Twitter to Nigeria.

blacksta: Mr Beaf - abeg post that your famous Saharareport picture " the one with man with talking drum replicated twice " lol

Get new friends

Exponental: .
Do u dislike ds guy so much dat u dont even think again. If any calamity happens now, u refer 2 him, now a corrective measure is put in place to avert d calamity, yet u blame him. Na wa ooooo!

alex406: Must you blame him for everything that happens around?

The sarcasm was lost on you guys

Techniques for marriage?!

Dream on ladies

I cannot bring myself to call anyone other than my parents mommy or daddy. For some reason I personally find it repulsive, same way I detest addressing others with the brother and sister title.i.e Brother John or Sister Mary. In many parts these forms of endearment are popular and perhaps innocently used yet they make my skin crawl. Something isn't just right with it, something. . .

Where are these fools coming from? NL is being overrun by trolls.

Nelson11: Is GEJ collaborating with boko haram?. Why is he so adamant in ensuring national security? Iz he one of the people sponsoring them? Is boko haram somehow linked with illuminati? What do u think@u

The hell is this guy about?

samkoro: Some of you guys here have not been born or your parents were still single when the Brand charly Boy started..That brand is different from the man behind it--- Mr Charles Oputa.

The essence of the brand is to piss you off and make you sick to your stomach,and its doing it successfully.He doesn't give a Bleep about how u feel or what u say.

Thus the brand remains in the media.He is frequently called up for shows,anchoring,activism,Biking etc and its money.That's it young man.

Charley boy is a brand that has endured-getting to 30yrs

The brand may still remain at his 81st birtday

OK, you just gave the term brand a bad meaning.

henry007: yh where are them killer apps?

Maybe this thread should be renamed iPhone Jailbreak thread 'cause that's the only thing discussed here these days.

Seriously if this lives up to the hype then the days of the iPad dominance are numbered.

Take my money!

And the scammers arrive.

Here is Air Nigeria's side of the story, apparently they mailed this to their customers:


18 June 2012
INVASION OF AIR NIGERIA OFFICE BY FIRS
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stormed Air Nigeria office on Monday, 18 June 2012, with mobile policemen armed with guns to demand for past taxes allegedly owed during the period when Mr. Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic was running Virgin Nigeria, now Air Nigeria. These taxes have been in dispute and needed to be reconciled and agreed upon.

The FIRS is however not patient with such reconciliations but resorted to a military approach in a civilian era.

Air Nigeria is not indebted to the government on current taxes since the acquisition of the airline by Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, OFR. We therefore consider the FIRS action as uncivilized and condemnable.

We are at a loss as to what the FIRS has been doing for the past 8 years without collecting the taxes from previous management of the airline. We assure the general public that Air Nigeria cannot be intimidated by this crude approach and will not be ready to give bribe to any person no matter how highly placed. We will brief the general public as the issue progresses.

It should be noted that since the commencement of international operations on the Lagos - London route, Air Nigeria has become the object of an orchestrated attacks that show clearly that this is a case of the voice of Jacob and the hand of Esau. In following the external influence, local staff of the airline went on strike in May for May salary which the management has resolved amicably.

As the airline was coming out of that, the news of it being grounded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) infiltrated town. Again, as the airline was coming out of this with a clean bill of health, barely two days after, the airline is yet invaded in a military manner. We suspect that one other line of action will be coming in the coming week to further attempt to damage us in the public eye; but we assure the instigator of such uncivilized approach that Air Nigeria will not compromise its corporate values and development strategy.

SIGNED
Samuel Ogbogoro
Media Relations Manager

ACM10: Otedola and house of rep members are two sides of the same coin. It's laughable for him to claim that he built his business empire without corruption and government patronage. Behind every great wealth is a crime.

-1000

Complete rubbish.

How is the car talk section different from the autos section?

Hilarious

Dude couldn't take a joke.

Sagamite: Let sharp guys have them, I am the ultimate prize, the girls lose.

Classic Sagamite.

tumababa: The only reason i upgraded to ios5 was imessage. Everyother feature is already available thru cydia on ios4. If d main diff in ios6 is 3D map, i will wait for ios7. Still on 5.0.1 sha.

Ah ah. I thought you moved to 5.1.1 by now, so I'm not the only one waiting and watching.

rafhell: “Against the background of its avowed commitment to the effective prosecution of the war against corruption in Nigeria, the Presidency notes with satisfaction, that given the seriousness of the scandal, the House of Representatives has already recalled its members from recess for a special session to deliberate on it tomorrow.

Yeah, right.

yeswecan: Let me give a practical bend to this report :

There is no such thing as MTN or Glo - GSM companies are brand names. Brand names or companies don't pay tax. You cannot impose a fine MTN because it (MTN) doesn't exist. Only people pay tax or fines. When you speak of a fine on GSM companies what you are actually saying is a fine on the share holders, on the staff , or, on the [b]subscribers[/b]. These are the three strands that make up any company on earth.

It takes no Phd, then, to deduce that a fine on any company is on the consumers - directly. And so is taxes. That is the stupidity of NCC's claim - They supposedly penalized the GSM companies for poor quality of service rendered to subscribers and impose a penalty on the subscribers.

-1000

Textbook case of flawed logic.

No such thing as MTN or Glo?

Companies don't pay tax?

You cannot impose a fine on MTN because it does not exists?

A fine on a company is a fine on the consumers directly? Directly?!

OK, we get it. NCC needs to raise some cash.

I understand that GSM operators should be held accountable for their services but is this really the best route to take?