It is difficult to believe news without a reliable source. NBS website is nigerianstat.com and there is no such news. Isn't it absurd that punch newspapers would release news on behalf of the government? I do not believe there is any truth in this, sorry. 2009-2010 we saw a report and ever since, no such report has been published by the bureau. Question is, where did this come from?

Windows 7 is not bad though. I dual boot Ubuntu 9.10 and Vista/Windows 7

I'm keeping shitty old crappy Vista Business cos of my over 100 installed application(z).

And the beefed up youtube links, the Microsoft Sponsored Anti-MAC, Anti-Linux campaign, guys claiming "Nothing good came out of open source!"

If nothing, Dynamips, Gimp, Open Office, Audacity, and Komposer but to mention a few are free software on Linux and in some cases, with an x86/64-bit equivalent.

Windows 7 is a good OS, but that's not to say free-ass Ubuntu is crap. I should say, Ubuntu, though "user-friendly nowadays" has never been for dummies.

And talk about drivers, Ubuntu 9.10 has almost all the drivers needed to get a modern laptop running - I'm a witness!

I don't know of 1 single Nigerian player that'd play crap at the Surulere Stadium and get away with it. Whenever you exit the dugout in our green and white with all the Agberos inside and outside, you dare not leave without a win.

Congrats to Sani Emmanuel but he wouldn't have been that selfish had he played in Lagos.

Nations cup qualifiers, Under-17 whatever, do not play in Abuja. For serious games bring the chickens down to Lagos. For Circus games and friendlies, go to Abuja where the Clown is our King.

The fear of the mob is the beginning of winning.

BTW: Our eaglets will go a very long way, graduate into under -21 then under 23 and then join the tired pensioners and retired legs called Super Eagles. I wish them good luck all the way. Azeez and Paul, my best players by miles.

Mutual. No thanks. Tit 4 tat.

I don't get, I think Jomo Sono or Tunde Disu is better than both.

Are you happy?

11:30pm last night, heard the same, unconfirmed.

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC], Nuhu Ribadu, appeared before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday May 19, lashing at Nigerian leaders who he said have betrayed the promise of independence.

"Today, after one civil war, seven military regimes, and three botched attempts at building real democracy, there is one connecting factor in the failure of all attempts to govern Nigeria: corruption" said Mr. Ribadu, now a fellow at St Anthony's College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Ribadu who spoke on the theme of Capital Loss and Corruption: the Example of Nigeria, testified alongside Raymond Baker, the Director of Global Financial Integrity; Monica Macovei, former Minister of Justice, Government of Romania; Jack Blum, former head, UN Experts Group on Asset Recovery; and Anthea Lawson, Lead Investigator-Financial Institutions, Global Witness.

Giving reasons why western countries must see corruption as one of Africa's primary growth hindrance, Mr Ribadu remarked that "The West must understand that corruption is part of the reason that African nations cannot fight diseases properly, cannot feed their populations, cannot educate their children and use their creativity and energy to open the doorway to the future they deserve."

The former anti-graft czar illustrated his presentations with how former Nigerian governors, aided by foreign banks, stashed away billions of naira meant for the growth and development of their people.

"Mr. Joshua Dariye, Governor of Plateau state, was found by the London Metropolitan Police to operate 25 bank accounts in London alone to juggle money and evade the law. Domestically, we were able to restrain proceeds of his crimes worth $34 million," he said.

"Mr. D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha, governor of oil rich Bayelsa State. He had four properties in London valued at about £10 million, plus another property in Cape Town valued at $1.2 million. £1 million cash was found in his bedroom at his apartment in London. £2 million was restrained at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London and over $240 million in Nigeria. This is in addition to bank accounts traced to Cyprus, Denmark, USA and the Bahamas," Mr. Ribadu said.

For the West to finally understand the true ramifications of corruption, Mr. Ribadu said it must see it beyond "a system of bribes and patronage, but the systematic undermining of responsible governance, of visionary leadership, of a society's ability to meet and overcome challenges."

Corruption, he argued, is part of the reason that "African nations cannot fight diseases properly, cannot feed their populations, cannot educate their children and use their creativity and energy to open the doorway to the future they deserve."

The former EFCC boss said the fight against corruption in Nigeria is not in making new laws. "The laws needed to check these problems often already exist; what is lacking is the culture of enforcement" he told the American congressmen and women, adding also that such an enforcement culture will only blossoms where there is "the necessary political will, and this political will must be strong at the very top."

The west has a big role to play in the fight against corruption in Africa, Mr. Ribadu said through helping to promote instruments that can institutionalize tangible anti-corruption regimes. "Similarly, the US could help promote a Proceeds of Crime law that has treaty status, and push the boundaries of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to acquire expanded power to bite both givers and takers of bribes" Ribadu said. He also took argument with those who thought the problem of bribery is with the giver, saying "Until those receiving the bribes are punished for their actions, the marketplace for high‐stakes elite bribery will continue to thrive."

Mr. Ribadu then canvassed a strong support for civic organizations who he said are critical in the war against corruption. "I would also propose that Congress support civil society monitoring programmes and direct support for programmes building investigative journalism, which can support transparency and anti‐corruption efforts" to urged the congressional panel.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20090521453778


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Former Chairman of Nigeria's Economic Crimes Commission (EFCC) who was fired in 2008 for apparently doing his job too well, as he exposed and charged high profile Nigerian bankers, politicians, former ministers for corruption and money laundering. Ribadu recently testified before the U.S. Financial Services Committee, watch the video up top to hear what he had to say.

Here's also an awesome statement by Ribadu taken from an interview he did with The Guardian earlier in the year:

“If you fight corruption, it fights back. If you go after petty corruption nothing will happen to you, But if you go after grand corruption, you’d be taking on the politicians and they have the money. And they will come after you, But you can choose to go to bed with them and you’d continue to be Chairman or Director, and you can go to conferences and enjoy tea and collect estacodes. But I made a choice, I decided to go after the big ones, even if they were the ones that put me there, I investigated President Obasanjo, I took his statement myself. I went after his daughter, a Senator, I went after Governors, I charged all of them to court. One of them offered me $500, 000 US and a house in Seychelles and an aircraft, but I rejected all of that. By the time I left EFCC, I had 275 convictions in a country that never had one on cases of grand corruption, I charged the Vice President to court - somebody from my village. I proved that it can be done.”

If Dr. Okonjo runs for office Ribadu should be her Vice President!

The guy's prolly a poor man drowned by global recession and the woman is the breadwinner. Who's really raising the kids (financially)? Mos def, not him.

Please sign the online petition if you want Dan Foster back, and let the world know how much he means to the radio industry.

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?dfradio&1

Dumps seekers are just thread spoilers cos the next thing a long list of "pls send dumps 2 my mailbox" will fill all the pages.

As for simulation, if you are not a techie techie, just download gns3, get IOSes for 7200 and 3725 Adv ent and fire on, for FR, u'll need the 3640's but please try to buy at least the Cisco 871 router (just around 60,000 naira) contains SDM and some other stuffs.

The CCNA syllabus is all you need to be a top class admin, for those going in2 Core Cisco or certifications then the professional level is good, and for every one, the CCIE is more like it. Anybody, even a Secondary School student with interest can pass the CCIE, it's all about information, time, dedication, interest and sacrifice.

As for dumps majors, my advice is . . . pray you meet me at your interview!

^v

LagosMet Rainy Season: My do’s and don’ts for motorists and passengers

1. Buy an umbrella for the car, office, a friend and home.

2. If you haven’t raised your sport car, call your mechanic now

3. Don’t drive while it’s raining or less than 20 minutes after, it takes a while for highway floods to clear.

4. Don’t venture into roads you less frequently used (during the dry season) as floods make it difficult to differentiate pot holes from “gutters” and “canals”.

5. If you must drive while it’s drizzling or raining, turn your headlamps on and your emergency lamps too. Also, avoid depending on horns alone, while you honk, flass your full lights as well since most windows are wound up and A/Cs on in other to clear the windscreen of most cars. Some even tune up their radios for situation reports, coupled with the deafening sound of the rain and thunder outside, your horn alone is less than likely to pass the message across. Use your hazard lights and flash your full lights.

Click [url=http://LagosMet Rainy Season: My do’s and don’ts for motorists and passengers]here[/url] to read more:

http://lagosmet.com/blog/2009/04/lagosmet-rainy-season-my-dos-and-donts-for-motorists-and-passengers/

Lagos: 1004 flats officially on unit sales, minimum: 45 million naira

1004 flats now on unit sales: Somewhere around Adetokunbo Ademola and Ozumba Mbadiwe, Lekki - Epe Expressway, the building UACN Property Development Company (UDPC) Plc purchased for a few billion naira will now sell for (HOW MUCH?) at least 60 billion naira! The building has been equipped with CCTV survillance cameras, electronic card access system, 4 swimming pools, lawn tennis and squash courts, 4 gymnasiums, 4 Generators, security patrol team, water fountains, panoramic lifts, club house and bar. Each apartment, fully funished has prepaid PHCN meter, microwave, a/c, washing machine and dryer.

Read more,

Lagos: 1004 flats officially on unit sales, minimum: 45 million naira

1004 flats now on unit sales: Somewhere around Adetokunbo Ademola and Ozumba Mbadiwe, Lekki - Epe Expressway, the building UACN Property Development Company (UDPC) Plc purchased for a few billion naira will now sell for (HOW MUCH?) at least 60 billion naira! The building has been equipped with CCTV survillance cameras, electronic card access system, 4 swimming pools, lawn tennis and squash courts, 4 gymnasiums, 4 Generators, security patrol team, water fountains, panoramic lifts, club house and bar. Each apartment, fully funished has prepaid PHCN meter, microwave, a/c, washing machine and dryer.

Read more,

http://lagosmet.com/blog/2009/04/lagos-1004-flats-officially-sale/

Lagos Laws: Alms to beggars, loittering & littering can lead to jail!

Giving of alms to beggars - 1 month imprisonment. Wandering in any premises - 3 month to 1 year imprisonment. Suspected thief with no proven means of livelihood, 3 months to 1 year imprisonment. It is an offence to dispose of scrap papers, newspapers, sweet wrappers, fruit skins, water sachets or similar refuse anywhere except little bins within the Lagos Central Business district. Offenders will be liable to a fine of not less than N1, 000.00.

more  ---> http://lagosmet.com/blog/2009/04/alms-beggars-littering-wandering-jail-lagos-laws/

Hey, please visit http://www.biblesociety-nigeria.org/

That should help.

You need to be specific. Why do people break up? I did not 'break up' so I'm unable to help, but I know why people around me break up.

Last time I checked, it takes 2 to break-up.

I don't know why people think of H.I.V as an instant killer. I think it's much better than so many other STDs out there, at least it's got enough publicity to ensure that you stay alive for another 30 years. Even people without HIV can't boast of that.

I'm interested o! Big time, infact, I'm compiling a long report on similar issues. Read: http://www.LagosMet.com/blog.

As for pictures, the only problem i have is the hosting of pictures and people linking to it without reference. I use watermarking so that even if you link and use up my bandwidth, I have no problem. If no one volunteers, then I'll dedicate a sub domain, e.g. /reality to this cause.

http://lagosmet.com/blog/2009/03/nigeria-lagos-police-frsc-viu-lastma-ka/

For videos however, the best places are youtube - facebook - dailymotion - esnips e.t.c.

I'm interested o! Big time, infact, I'm compiling a long report on similar issues. Read: http://www.LagosMet.com/blog.

As for pictures, the only problem i have is the hosting of pictures and people linking to it without reference. I use watermarking so that even if you link and use up my bandwidth, I have no problem. If no one volunteers, then I'll dedicate a sub domain, e.g. /reality to this cause.

For videos however, the best places are youtube - facebook - dailymotion - esnips e.t.c.

@ Topic

1. Dial 911

2. Dial Mushin Boys

3. Dial "Baba"

4. Paki ya bag, and call ya lawyer.

5. Buy rat poison (for either or both)

Nor mind me. The Lord is your strength, follow your heart, too many cooks spoil the broth, but the world cannot be wrong, its up to you. Just do the right thingy.

Kazuya, 100Mbps? and you sef no fear to dey use am?

Omo link me up make we start our ISP, you know say like 1000 companies fit dey share that 100Mbps, u no know? See plenty money

100Mbps kooo. ptiuuu

Online multiplayer gamers, try to play ur game using switches first (10/100 Mbps) then you'll understand the requirement for playing such a huge game over naija typical 64kbps. Not nice, sorry. The lucky ones, enjoy.

Content, strategy, niche and focus is key.

Soccer - brila

Family - inspiration

Pidgin - wazobia

yoruba - ti wan tiwa

and so on.

Hope u've done ur research on ads, recession dey o.

Lagos Security update: http://lagosmet.com/blog/2009/03/lagos-nigeria-security-update/

Perhaps you should take note of specific areas such a Osborne road and Lekki.

@ Siena,

It depends on where you are going, I know you are an expert but I think it's got better clearance than the QQ3. The Picanto has served owners well, at least I know a few guys who've used it for 2 years.

@ All,

Landing cost could be anywhere between 500,000 naira and 750,000 naira. At least no ONE-CHANCE!

Here's my little review on it: http://lagosmet.com/blog/2009/03/namaste-lagos-ready-tata-nano/

This mail is definitely NOT from IBPLC. I don't think anyone within the bank can even stoop this low. A scammer/spammer can normally send emails using paypal.com, youtube.com or even nairaland.com (any domain). If the defendant can provide the header info in the email, we can trace it to IBPLC Ibadan.

In this light, I would dismiss this case within 8 seconds for lack of evidence.

As for spreading false info over the internet, i find that laughable, A bot gets a ..com extension and targets specific firms to bring down. Shutting such down is easy thereafter, how do you trace such an individual who blogs from the cafe in order to hand him 7 years?

Let's discuss something more serious pls.

Dem dey fear fear! 5-star performance on a mother's day!

Can someone spell ASTON or VILLA and find the average? Kuyt and Babel to the rifles.

Okay, let's now allow market forces to drive prices down like someone said.

Since the day I was born, only in Nigeria do prices of things ever increase and never go down except for mobile phones and tokunbo cars!

Rice, imported drinks, cocoa, just name it, even without subsidy and at the mercy of independent Marketers, you know every. I no fit shout.

Let's hope they aren't feeling the credit crunch hard, I think they just want to fill their accounts just in case the recession refuses to improved.

$0.02 pere!

Dee one, nor try cut corners jooo,

A virgin is a female whose "kini" has never seen the "torch light"! wetin concern "front guards" for this one? It's miss virginity not miss arsehole or bootilicious or firmboobs. 1 out of 43, yes na it's a competition and a winner had to emerge.

Boys could be virgins yes, a thing of the mind there, no evidence, you can spearhead the male version, "goodest of lucky" to ya.

Wetin make hermaphrodites come do?