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Phones › Re: 9mobile Launches N14,000 Rhino 2 Android Phone by Desyner: 9:45am On Dec 06, 2017

Specs ?

Politics › Re: Dangote Named Among 50 Most Influential People Globally by Desyner: 6:26am On Dec 06, 2017

Good for national image at least.

Business › Reserves Hit $38.2b As FDI Crosses $10 Billion by Desyner(op): 3:30am On Dec 06, 2017

Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves jumped from $23 billion in October 2016, to $38.2 billion yesterday, a development that signals the country’s return to favourite international deals destinations and enhanced confidence.
The $3.4 billion boost is coming on the heels of a week’s trading that added only $455 million to the reserves, putting it at $34.8 billion, last week Thursday.

At $38.2 billion, it shows a more than three-year record high, starting from January 2014, when the reserves were estimated at $40 billion, before it started declining due to crude oil price volatility.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, inaugurated the Unilever’s ultra modern 10 million euros Margarine plant.

It assisted the company as part of the efforts to deepen the import substitution policy in the country.

The Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, said with the project and many other manufacturing plants in the country, there are no less than $10 billion Foreign Direct Investments’ inflow since April this year.

Already, the forex market has reacted to the new status of the country’s reserves’ profile, as exchange rates across segments gained, with official window reversing Monday’s loss to N306.75 per dollar from N307 per dollar.

http://guardian.ng/news/reserves-hit-38-2b-as-fdi-crosses-10-billion/

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Politics › Reps Order NNPC, NPDC To Pay $1.5 Billion Three-year Royalties by Desyner(op): 3:21am On Dec 06, 2017

The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating over N1.6trillion revenue leakages yesterday asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to clear $1.5billion unpaid royalties on oil and gas activities.
The debt, the committee said, was accumulated over three years.
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NPDC, an exploratory arm of the NNPC, has been dubbed by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) as the worst defaulter amongst the oil companies operating in Nigeria for failing to pay the royalties.

At a hearing on the matter, members of the panel led by Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (PDP, Cross River) disagreed with the NNPC and NPDC on a payment plan of $10 million monthly agreed with the DPR, asking why the money was allowed accumulate.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Upstream of the NNPC, Mr. Bello Rabiu told the panel that though NNPC set up the NPDC, it ‎was fully an independent entity, adding that the non-payment of the royalties was not the making of the current management of both entities.

The Managing Director of NPDC Mr. Yusuf Matashi said the debts piled up due to failure of the company’s strategic partner, Atlantic Energy, to pay its liability. He said a case on the matter was in court and it would be subjudice to treat it in public.The lawmakers who insisted NPDC pay the royalties disagreed with his submission.

They expressed disappointment that NPDC, a government entity, would starve the government of needed funds in an economy that just experienced recession, and a budget deficit of over N2trillion that would be financed by borrowed funds.

The panel also engaged chief executive officers of international oil companies (IOCs) who took turn to give updates on their interface with the DPR with a view to reconciling differences on royalty payment.

The House of Representatives yesterday directed its committee on capital market and institutions to investigate conflicts between Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun and the suspended Director General, Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Munir Gwarzo.

The lawmakers urged both parties to maintain status quo pending the outcome of the investigation.

The House also mandated its committee on power to investigate the interim management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) for the delay in the execution of $300 million Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project (NEGIP).

The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Yunusa Abubakar (Gombe-APC) in which he said the TCN had not been able to implement the NEGIP project.

http://guardian.ng/news/reps-order-nnpc-npdc-to-pay-1-5-billion-three-year-royalties/

Politics › Re: Northern Nigeria Not Afraid Of Restructuring - Tambuwal, Others Says by Desyner: 2:18am On Dec 06, 2017

Politics › Re: Jet Bombs Fulani Militia In Adamawa After They Massacred Villagers (Graphic Pic by Desyner: 12:47am On Dec 06, 2017

A militia with no weapon and only their bodies were burnt. The wall next to them didn't burn.

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Politics › Re: What Are The Benefits Of President Buhari's Visit To Jordan? by Desyner: 12:44pm On Dec 05, 2017

python1:
Taming of terrorists such as IPOBS and boko haram are the immediate benefits as we shall start seeing very soon.

You mean 're-taming' of technically defeated BH and imaginary IPOBs ?
That's like re-exploring Nasarawa, Kano, and Jigawa Basins for non-existent oil. Buhari is truly confused.

Politics › Re: Someone With Ulterior Motive Started #endsars – Police PRO by Desyner: 12:35pm On Dec 05, 2017

And who is that person? Same speculation they use in harrassing Nigerians on the streets is what they are trying to use here again.
I now support the #EndSarsNow movement. They are not competent.

Education › Re: Less Than 100,000 Students Studying In Nigeria's Sixty Nine Private Universities by Desyner: 12:29pm On Dec 05, 2017

writerights:
No employer wants an incapable staff to slow down his progress in the private sector. Howbeit, Federal appointments are ridden by irregularities, all in the name of connection.

Have you ever heard of interviews where they say only Covenant, Baacock, ABU, OAU, UI, UNN, UNILAG grads should apply. If yes, why do you think they say that and do you think Civil service can try such ?

Education › Re: Less Than 100,000 Students Studying In Nigeria's Sixty Nine Private Universities by Desyner: 12:13pm On Dec 05, 2017

writerights:
Well I don't know what you've seen but nothing justifies settling for mediocrity. And employers of labour sure know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. BTW, can I know what exactly you seen?

I like that bold part. The problem is when they perform people term it a product of 'connection' and don't want to give credit.

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Politics › Re: One Question I Need To Ask Buhari by Desyner: 12:08pm On Dec 05, 2017

Our gains as citizens under Buhari is real but minimal. Look at the herdsmen situation. He is turning a blind eye just like the one before him did to BH, all because of sentiment.
Nigeria needs a revolution if the 'best' candidate is this poor.

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Politics › Re: Sultan To Buhari: Take Firm Action On Herdsmen And Farmers Clashes by Desyner: 11:55am On Dec 05, 2017

Sultan is contradicting himself. This is how BH was birthed.

Crime › Re: How To Avoid Being Stabbed To Death By Your Wife By Wisdom Nwedene by Desyner: 11:12am On Dec 05, 2017

Casmir14:
Your such a clown

Idiot . . . Owl eye bastard. If you mention me again na thunda go fire you. Rat-faced bastard.

Education › Re: Less Than 100,000 Students Studying In Nigeria's Sixty Nine Private Universities by Desyner: 11:07am On Dec 05, 2017

writerights:
You can tell me anything as well as cook up wonky figures to buttress you point. I'm not really interested in arguing which of them can defend whatever, I simply made my decision and went for my choice. Most private universities in Nigeria today are a bunch of crappie schools that really shouldn't be in the business of running a citadel of higher learning, lest for CU and about 2 others that have consistently shown to the world that they have stock in place to be called a citadel.

For the fact that there is rot in the system doesn't allow for such comparison of some ill equipped schools with those who have been in the business for long. The report shows that less than 100K students are in these private schools, and the net sum of alumni wouldn't exceed 300K just yet. Just be patient to see the pack of unbaked graduates to be forced into the society by some of these schools in years to come.

Even if we leave the few private unis with high standard out, most public schools uni grads aren't better than the grads from those private unis you are referring to. I have seen it.

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Education › Re: Less Than 100,000 Students Studying In Nigeria's Sixty Nine Private Universities by Desyner: 8:58am On Dec 05, 2017

writerights:
There was a time my dad wanted to force me to Bowen university. I intentionally failed there cheap exam by shading the wrong options , yet I was shortlisted for interview. Somehow, I passed the interview again and I wasn't given mbbs. I thanked my stars while I gladly opted for the polytechnic. I would have considered myself unfortunate if I had eventually studied their.

Just saying though.

You guys like repeating these stories of how you prefer public to private unis. I can tell you that the larger(very huge) percentage of public uni grads are frauds. From those who can't defend 25% their certificate to those who didn't even go through 50% the workload that make up their certificate by reason of sorting, cheating etc.

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Education › Re: Less Than 100,000 Students Studying In Nigeria's Sixty Nine Private Universities by Desyner: 8:46am On Dec 05, 2017

writerights:
The government owned schools are largely underfunded, especially the state universities. Non academic staff members are fighting presently over the sharing fomula of 30 billion naira only. Yet, you want government to fund private universities because they pay tax. I'm really not understanding you.

Govt should include private unis in their funds. What qualifies a public uni grad for govt subsidy? Their status as tax payers. The private uni folks too pay their tax so let govt support them either their school or them directly. Do public unis admit foreign students.

Christianity Etc › Re: ENDSARS: Is There Nothing The Religious Leaders Can Do?? by Desyner: 10:46pm On Dec 04, 2017

Religious leaders are the new government. We pay tax to ceasar alongside nonbelievers but ask the apostles for service we share with non-believers. That's a dull move OP.

Education › Re: Less Than 100,000 Students Studying In Nigeria's Sixty Nine Private Universities by Desyner: 9:50pm On Dec 04, 2017*

I think govt should support private universities because the graduates there are citizens. Like public uni grads they all pay tax.
If the average of N400,000 FG spends on some grad is given to private unis like Afe Babalola that will go along way in reducing the fee.
The CU figure is even what is it is because they only admit people who are willing to follow their Christian based values, this cuts out prospective Muslim admission seekers. It can be higher and better.

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Education › Re: Checkout 5 Books Recommended By Bill Gates by Desyner: 9:32pm On Dec 04, 2017

In this part of the world, books are like burdens. People see them as workload.

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Programming › Re: Nigeria Isnt Here?! by Desyner: 7:31pm On Dec 04, 2017

We don't value research here. We prefer shortcuts and fire brigade approach to things unfortunately the world is now a global village where research done in other countries and continents can rival that going on here. As long as we keep importing foreign alternatives & products, the research that goes into those products are in competition with our own research which unfortunately is poor.

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Programming › Re: How Many Lines Of Code Run Nairaland? by Desyner: 7:23pm On Dec 04, 2017

What's the significance of LOC.

Programming › Re: Why You Cant Write 100k LOC In A Year by Desyner: 7:05pm On Dec 04, 2017

Maybe the writer was auto generating some codes and comments. Either way LOC isn't a good metric to guage software quality or robustness.

Crime › Re: How To Avoid Being Stabbed To Death By Your Wife By Wisdom Nwedene by Desyner: 6:43pm On Dec 04, 2017

Casmir14:
Your such a clown

? ? Clown how?

Politics › Re: NNPC’s $1.8 Billion TAM Bid Is Fraudulent by Desyner: 2:12pm On Dec 04, 2017*

Govt isn't ready to build new efficient ones but ready to TAM forever.
This is why I keep pushing for more govt refineries. The only reason refineries aren't working in this country is because they don't favour some regions.

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Politics › Re: No Criminal Case Exist Against Atiku In Our Records — United States by Desyner: 1:37pm On Dec 04, 2017

Buhari's dullness is changing minds.

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Politics › Re: Join Atiku Abubakar Independent Volunteer Movement (project 2019) by Desyner: 12:46pm On Dec 04, 2017

Why shld I volunteer for a man that sees leadership as a business?

Politics › Is Leadership Truly Like A Business Or Political Campaign Is ? by Desyner(op): 12:42pm On Dec 04, 2017

Atiku just claimed leadership is like a business and i find that strange. To me he just revealed he is into leadership campaign for gains and personal goals.

Family › Re: SHOCKING: Nigerian Returns From Libya To Meet His Wife Married To His Friend!!! by Desyner: 11:16am On Dec 04, 2017

People don't count their blessing while it exist. They tend to see what they don't have until that which they have is gone. Most people embarking on these dangerous European journey save ~N300,000 before embarking. Why not put that money into great use and increase it two-fold so you can break the so called poverty chain.

Crime › Re: Female Kidnapper Caught In Oyo, Stripped Unclad By Mob (Photos) by Desyner: 10:47am On Dec 04, 2017

python1:
Spotted. Is that what just did?

Crime › Re: How To Avoid Being Stabbed To Death By Your Wife By Wisdom Nwedene by Desyner: 10:39am On Dec 04, 2017

Some of them did things in the past that toughen them up . . . Like joining bad gang. I trace most of these violent back to that.
Some are into drugs too.

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Politics › EU Boosts Anti-corruption Fight With N10b by Desyner(op): 3:30am On Dec 04, 2017

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THE European Union, Friday, launched a four-year programme towards justice sector reforms and anti-corruption war in the country, lamenting that corruption and an ineffective justice system undermine Nigeria’s effort at economic and social development, as well as, the fight against poverty.
This is coming at the background of the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO), set up by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and the National Judicial Council (NJC) towards judicial reforms.

The committee was mandated to ensure accelerated judicial dispensation on corruption cases, in compliance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA2015).
The European Union Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), Kurt Cornelis, announced that the European Union has budgeted the sum of €23.3m (about N10b), to fund a four-year Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) programme in Nigeria.

Cornelis added that the British Council office in Nigeria will implement the programme, while the European Union has affirmed its commitment to support Nigeria towards improving the justice sector and strengthening the fight against corruption.

According to the Programme Director, British Council, Dr Bob Arnot, the approach to RoLAC was not targeted at bringing predetermined solutions, but to work in collaboration with Nigerian state and non-state actors to develop and implement sustainable initiatives that will build upon the successes of EU’s previous support to Nigeria in the justice and anti-corruption sector under the 10th EDF.

“The British Council’s long experience in Nigeria in the sectors will also be brought to bear to ensure the successful completion of all interventions,” he said.

http://guardian.ng/news/eu-boosts-anti-corruption-fight-with-n10b/

Health › Man Goes BLIND In One Eye After Powerful Orgasm by Desyner(op): 2:26am On Dec 04, 2017

[b]A man had to go to hospital after becoming blind in one eye when he orgasmed too hard during sex, research has revealed.
According to a paper in the British Medical Journal the ‘29-year-old man presented to the emergency eye clinic reporting an obstruction in the central vision of his left eye, which he had noticed on waking that morning’.
Doctors guessed that the man performed a Valsalva maneuveur, in other words the tensing of abdominal muscles, straining and holding your breath, in which air is forced against a closed windpipe and pressure increases in the chest.

This pressure resulted in the popping of blood vessel in the eye of the unfortunate man after an episode of 'vigorous sexual intercourse', doctors concluded after speaking to him, the study said.
‘The diagnosis was unclear and the patient was asked to return for follow-up three days later.
‘At this visit, he saw a different clinician who asked direct questions about the patient's sexual activity.
‘The patient then reported an episode of vigorous sexual intercourse on the evening preceding the onset of symptoms.

‘This directed history led to the diagnosis of postcoital valsalva retinopathy. Valsalva retinopathy is managed conservatively and is a self-resolving condition with an excellent prognosis.’
Haematologists have also found Valsalva manoeuvre can also produce memory loss.
The intense pressure in the brain's blood vessels resulted in temporary lack of blood flow to the central part of the brain, which in turn, resulted in amnesia, a 1998 study found.
The Valsalva manoeuvre is thought to cause global amnesia in one person in 10,000 and in one reported case, the manoeuvre lead to a ruptured blood vessel in a patient's neck.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5109017/Man-loses-sight-one-eye-vigorous-sexual-intercourse.html#ixzz50Fe5iwIs
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