I read on one website that some mobile phone viruses will not asked for permission before installing themselves on infected phones. I hope this is not true o.

Personally, I think it is better if a couple operate different accounts for the following reasons:

1. It will check the excesses of one or both of the partners

2. At least one of the partners cannot run away with all their money

3. If one partner becomes bankrupt, the other partner's goldmine remain safe from the bank.

4. Nobody has to monitor too closely what the other partner is doing with every withdrawal

5. And finally, if the husband dies intestate and the family descends on his properties, the wife's money is safe from their reach.

I agree with you eniolatj. It is not good for husband and wife to be in the same profession. Why?

1. Variety is sauce of life. It is more interesting and fun if both are in different profession.

2. If adverse economic or socio-political climate affects negatively one profession, the family can still survive through the order profession.

3. At least one of their children will practise their profession, making it worse.

4. It may lead to unhealthy rivalry/competition between the couple.

To cap it all, I know a couple friend who are both bank workers @ the same bank, but different branch. They are now jobless due to the present restructuring in the banking industry. They are now both jobless.

Well said, dominobaby.

"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." 1 Cor 11:3
From creation, God has placed the man before the woman. Anyone can argue or challenge this, but the fact still remains the same.

This issue cuts across cultures also. Think of any tribe of the world, black, white or coloured, the man is always the head of the family, take it or leave it. Afterall, the woman drops her own name to adopt that of the man.

It is an abnormal situation where a woman assumes the headship of a family. Except the man is dead, the society frowns at the situation where a woman usurps the authority of her husband, no matter highly placed is the woman.

The man is the head of the family because this is man's world. After all the woman was created later, in order to assist the man.

This is another thumb-down for the African continent. A further retrogression into mal-administration, jaundiced politics, corruption and "sit-tight-leadership-syndrome" . Seun is right; "he probably will have won with or without rigging".

What does the Eyademas family has for the impoverished Togolese people again? What has Togo to show for the 38 miserable years of Eyadema's mis-rule? Tell me, is there no other competent person in Togo save someone from Eyadema's family?

The first picture posted by Seun showed happy laughing people queuing up for the election. Tell me again, what does these ignorant people knows? Can you really blame them?

Africa has failed once more in convicing the whole world that they have grown up, and that they are ready to do way with corruption, tribalism and bad leaderhip.

Nice one, Seun:

A man brought his elderly father on visit to Lagos from the village for the first time. After dinner, the son asked the father:

Son: "Father, should I bring you Coca-Cola?"
Father: (not knowing what Coca-Cola means), "You can bring the Kola now, but as for the Coca, you can keep it till later".

For those of us that uses Symbian Series 60 phones, a new deadly mobile phone software called Fontal.A is now on the loose.

"The Trojan horse program, dubbed Fontal.A, prevents phones from starting. It isn't a worm or virus, and it would have to be downloaded by the phone's owner to infect a Symbian phone. It's just the latest example of malicious code, including worms and viruses, that target mobile devices. "

You can read the full article by following the link below:

http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/handhelds/story/0,10801,100917,00.html?SKC=handhelds-100917

These people knows what they are doing. They are no fools. They are just wetting the grounds. Soon you will hear that the Asiwaju himself will be contesting for the presidency when it is very clear that he is not going to win, at least by 2007 political zoning arrangement.

There is a saying that goes like this, "Aim for the moon; and if you miss it, at least you will land among the stars". These people know that they will not win the presidential election, but they may end up being considered for a ministerial or ambassadorial post later. At least something will come out of their efforts.

I am using this post to wish all muslims who are members of this forum and all our muslim brothers and sisters across the nation a Happy Id-El-Maulud Celebration.

I invite all lovers of peace and unity to join in felicitating all our muslim brethren as they celebrate the birth of Prophet Mohammed.

mamba:

All I can tell you guys is that the above advert is the fakest s**t advert I've ever seen on Nigerian TV.
No Nigerian chick is going to ever accept sunshine as a gift and be so happy like that.

All I'm trying to say is that the ad is ... well, WTF.

I can't just stop laughing reading you guys contributions to this post. And I am not a bit surprised that it is only Ra, a lady (except Seun who originated the post), that really likes the advert.

I posted intially that I am indifferent to the advert, and I still maintain the same position.

Why? The advert looks un-Nigerian. I want to agree with Mamba and others that no Nigerian girl is ever going to accept sunshine as a gift and be happy about it. We all know why.

I am yet to see any grown-up that really likes the advert. My two nieces likes the advert. Maybe because they are still teenagers. If I am holding the TV remote control, I use to flick to the next station whenever the advert is being displayed. The only good thing I like is the guy's sense of imagination.

The old arranged family is more or less family affairs. That is, two families were getting married and not just a man and a woman. So, in this case, the young woman has no say in this matter. If her parents decided that she is going to marry a particular man, she has no say in the matter. If she refused, her resistance will soon be overpowered, or she will simply be abducted toi her husband's house.

And surprisingly, the forced or arranged marriage works for them, as postulated by Ra. This is because the women then had little or no education, and so they are not as exposed as today's women. Also, the women had been taught total submission to their husband as the head of the home. And may I add also, the woman will not want to disgrace the family she came from by making things difficult for her husband. It doesn't matter whether she loves him now or not. The love will come later, or they will grow up loving each other.

I don't succumb to that form of marriage nowadays. Anyway it can't happen again as today's women are more enlightened and had found their voice against men dominated world. If a parent want their daugther to marry a particular man, let them discuss it with her in a gentle and loving manner, and avoid forcing the man on her if she eventually refused.

I must make haste to say that the insight and wisdom of parents in marriage matter is still invaluable nowadays. Any man or woman that ignores parental counselling and guidance in the issue of marriage does it at his or her own perils.

I am a Jazz lover. Jazz makes me happy and cool. My favourite seven artists are:
Yanni, Dave Koz, Kenny G, Najee, Spyrogyra, Earl Klugh and Grover Washington.

Of course I like other type of music also, so far the ryhthm is nice and it is not noisy.

I developed interests in Jazz music as a result of dissatisfaction with the rubbish some people churned out in the name of music.

If comedians like Baba Suwe, Lati, Osofia, Ajirebi, 'the albino guy with freckles' () all team together, I believe they will produce a very good and hilarious comedy.

These guys are naturally funny. Much unlike the others who are trying to be gentlemen and at the same time funny. Comedy does't work that way. These is no class in comedy.

No, it doesn't matter. A change of name does not necessarily means an improvement in perofrmance.

Remember the time the The Nigerian Police downed their former black uniform for the present one? They still remain the same inefficient and corrupt organisation. So, NEPA or PHCN still means the same organisation. What they really need to change is their modus operandi and not their name.

Fuji House of Commotion is definitely a good comedy. I make sure I watch every Sunday evening if I am at home.

There was one comedy that wasn't funny at all. Thanks God they have stopped it. That is 'Laugh Pattern'. Those guys acting it were anything but funny.

I am yet to find any comedy program that I can rate as really good. Maybe with a little more creativity, their performance will improve.

This is a matter than must be carefully commented on.

Personally, I don't watch those miracle workers on the tv, I prefer listening to solid sermons than some acting showmanship. But at the same time, as a christian, I know one way or the other, God is using the ministries of these miracle workers to bring some souls to His kingdom. I must also point out that some of this miracles being showcased on the tv may be fraudulent.

It is not for the NCC to ban miracles, less they become an instrument in the hand of Anti-Christs to hinder the spread of the gospel. Soon, they might completely banish preaching on the air. They can be used against the chrisitian religion.

There are worse things to banish on the air other than miracles. They should look into this. Though, the banning will bring some sanity into preaching on the tv, which is highly welcomed in order to checkmate fraudulent ministers, but my fear is, one day, NCC may wake up and totally ban preaching on the tvs.

Ham commited the offence. Canaan was cursed. Canaan represents the seeds or descendants of Ham, which includes Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Phut (Put) is the old name for Libya, a member of the set african nation which has an association with Canaan, descendants of Ham.

(was Re: Institutions of Learning)

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the unclothedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the unclothedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's unclothedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Genesis 9:22-27

And also
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. Genesis 10:6

Kazey:
If you read further from there, you will discover that the African continent descended from Ham, the father of Canaan. This is the premise I based my statement that the African continent is cursed. The two other sons of Noah constitutes the present European nations, and you can see the difference yourself.

seun:

If the schools of yesteryears were so wonderful and good at instilling discipline into the current generation of adults, then why is our country so corrupt. How come the "undisciplined" white boys and girls are able to run their countries better than we can in africa in general? How come you don't have interracial killings breaking out from time to time in the US, for example.

Seun, the answer to the question you just raised is very complex. The african nation is cursed. That is why we continue to have bad leadership, and ethnic and religious crisis. That is why we are bedevilled by so much problems.

This situation is clearly beyond the issue of discipling children at homes or in schools. The western world or the whites have their own maladies too, but the african case is beyond normal.

The problems we are facing nowadays with schools and children is that the parents have abadoned their God-given responsibility to discipline their children to the school. The bible says "Spare the rod and spoil the child". No wonder we continue to have secret cults in our higher institutions of learnings. This is because most of the students did not receive the required home trainings.

In this our jet age, parents hardly have the time to be interested in what their kids are doing. All they do is think about how to make more money. A child that is left to himself/herself will definetly get spoilt. You cannot use money or gifts to substitute good moral and religious trainings for your children as some parents do.

There is nothing that can substitute godly training for children, and this has to be started at their early and formative age, and to be done by the parents. If the parents are hypocritical, the schildren will see into them and end up adopting their negative habits.

To answer, your question Ra, I don't subscribe to this so called western civilisation of not punishing children in schools. Let children be disciplined in schools, as in the olden days. But let their be a committee set up by the PTA to address any child abuse or act of wickedness that might be perpetrated by any teacher against any of the children.

Delarontus,

If you follow the process detailed above by Seun, and you are still experiencing the same problem, let us know. What operating system are you using?

As regards hereditary diseases, I think Ra has beautifully analysed everything.

Some churches now has made it complusory for intending couples to do medical tests prior to their being joined together. These tests includes Sickle Cell Anaemia, HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases. And these they must do at any of the church's specified medical centres. This is because the church wants to avoid joining two AS together, as analysed by Ra. And if the couple insists after being educated as to their situation, then they can be joined together at their own risks. At least, they have been informed.

As regarded HIV, definitely, there will be no joining. It is too risky to do that.

Personally, I won't advise an AS to get married to another AS. This is because the chance of their having sickler children is quite high. It is not a light thing to have a sickler in the family. It will drain the joy and finances of such families concerned. And at the end, the sickler may still die.

When a man and a woman are in a relationship that is tending to marriage, it is better for both of them to go for tests as soon as the issue of marriage comes up. This will enable them to use their commonsense where the results of the tests proved unfavourable, before their emotions take control if they delay the tests.

I think we should be allowed to use SMS language. It is more easier to type 'u' as 'you. And everybody understands it. Not everybody uses ten fingers to type.