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[quote author=Rhino.5dm]The late Ojukwu was what? . . .You need to see the shrink.[/quote]He was not the leader my friend

The good the bad and the ugly

oyb: this is not about yahoo boys - this is about hackers

our national assembly doing what they do bes - acting in their own petty interests - the same way they are withholding sec budget, trying to place cbn under their control - this is not about yahoo boys but about punitive measures for those who dare to deface/hack govt websites

some of this stuff comes across as ridiculous

do i smell the long tentacles of the BSA, RIAA and co dropping a little something in the pockets of our senators?

Its a strong possibility

[quote author=val_dee]Good move.

What about you guys that rob the nation dry? I guess 50 to 100 years jail term?

Retards[/quote]Good question...

This plainly shows the hypocrisy of those at the top. I mean their colleagues are looting and taking bribe, they still go to visit them in prison and support them so they get light sentences. Nigeria may really need a revolution to change it.

Following

The House of Representatives has proposed heavy penalties for “Computer misuse and Cybercrimes,” with fines ranging from N5m to N25m for offenders.
Convicted persons will also serve jail terms ranging from two to 15 years.
Cybercrime is commonly known as Yahoo Yahoo in Nigeria.
The penalties are contained in amendments proposed to the Criminal Code and the Penal Code. The two bills have already passed second reading at the House and are scheduled for public hearing by the House Committee on Justice headed by Mr. Ali Ahmad.
For the Criminal Code, the amendment seeks to insert a new Chapter 56, dedicated to “Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Offences.”
Section 3 (1) provides that it is an offence to gain access to a computer system or network without authorisation. Offenders are “liable on conviction to a fine of not more than N10m or imprisonment for a term of five years or both.”
The fine can be up to N20m or 10-year imprisonment or both if the offence is “committed with the intent of obtaining computer data, securing access to any program, commercial or industrial secrets or confidential information.”
The section gives further explanations, “Any person, who commits an offence under this section, uses any device to avoid detection or otherwise prevent identification with the act or omission, commits an offence or facilitates the commission of such offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not more than N20m or imprisonment of 10 years or to both.”
The amendment proposes a penalty of N15m or a prison term of eight years or both for any “unauthorised modification” of a computer program or data held in any computer or network.
Under Section 8 of the provisions, any act, deliberately intended to make a computer system or network to malfunction for criminal gains, is punishable with a fine of N15m or a jail term of 10 years.
The disclosure of password or access code to any computer or network without authorisation carries a jail term of two years or a fine of N5m or both.
However, the jail term can be as high as 15 years or a fine of N25m or both if the act results to a “substantial loss or damage.”
The proposals, which were obtained by Saturday PUNCH in Abuja, also provided various penalties for “identify theft and impersonation, child pornography and related Offences, cyber squatting, cyber terrorism, racist and xenophobic offences, interception of electronic communication, cyber stalking and cyber harassment.”
Cyber criminals are said to get away easily in Nigeria due to weak legal provisions to punish them.
Security agencies and anti-graft bodies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have frequently called for stiffer legal provisions to address the problem.

The two amendments were proposed by a member, Aisha Daniru-Ahmed.


This plainly shows the hypocrisy of those at the top. I mean their colleagues are looting and taking bribe, they still go to visit them in prison and support them so they get light sentences. Nigeria may really need a revolution to change it.

yuzedo: Op, have you no modicum of dignity and self-respect?? You broke up with someone who proceeded to tell you your life history and abuse your ancestors, and you continued to maintain a "distant friendship" with the person? now you're half-way into reuniting because of a job and you think the dilemma is whether it is a trap?

No, the real quandry is whether you're shameless or just st(u)pid, (or both).. No offence.

You suppose don burn that bridge tey tey! Person wey no respect you na who you dey shine teeth with. Do you have a vachina somewhere bro? Please let honor for self be your guiding light and mantra.

.. Disregard my harsh words. They are not to be taken personal, but I think they are needed if only to show you how pathetic this behaviour of yours is.

In as much as I agree with you, I still think the poster should just send his cv. I mean since u maintained contact all that while, what have u to lose.

Ikengawo: someone that has named himself after an egg will now come to speak to human beings.
Do you think the tribalist subsidy movement was about petrol? lol


GEJ and Okonjo Iweala come out and say that people are using the fuel subsidy to enrich themselves corruptly and that they have to get rid of it. The yorubas and hausas, including El Rufai go up in flames and begin protesting.

Ribadu writes a report saying the same thing, yorubas and hausas, including El Rufai begin asking why GEJ isn't 'doing anything' about 'ribadu's finding'.

El Rufai and Ribadu have now joined hands in the same party to 'defeat pdp'. keep being deceived.

Since el rufai is in the new party no one will vote him from the south cos everyone hate him

take dat: Apart from Obi and Anyanwu to an extent, I see no other political heavyweight on the list. Pipsqueaks seeking relevance!

Who said obi is a political heavy weight

mysticgal: singing omowumi'if you ask me na who i go ask'now until we re ready 2 clear corruption 4rm de nigerian judiciary,there is notin we can do.

but why should it be one drama everyday with Nigeria..

NOT a few observers think the judiciary in Nigeria has, once again, either deliberately or fortuitously, soiled itself in the mire of public opprobrium, thus stripping its personality of virtually any iota of public confidence and trust.
The recent judgment of an Abuja High Court penultimate Monday, which convicted a former official of Police Pension Fund, Mr John Yusuf, for his part in stealing N32.8 billion pension money and sentenced him to two years imprisonment and, in the alternative, ordered the thief to pay a fine of N750,000 has added to the growing list of convictions and sentencing described as ridiculous.
Some of the other cases, which judgments, perhaps because of the nature of convictions and sentencing, attracted public outcry, included the ones involving former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion and former governor of Delta State, James Ibori.
These cases are viewed against the backdrop, for instance, of a case like the one in which an Upper Area Court in Jos, Plateau State, in March 2012, convicted and sentenced a suspect, Sunday Kuryaske to five months imprisonment for stealing two goats valued at N14,000. The court, nevertheless, gave the convict an option of N4,000 fine.

Tafa Balogun
Tafa Balogun was appointed Inspector General of Police in 2002 and was forced to retire in January 2005 following newspapers’ publications linking him with allegations of large scale corruption.
On April 4, 2005, Balogun was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja on charges involving about N13 billion purportedly obtained through money laundering, theft and other sources. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) then headed by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu brought 70 charges against the ex-chief cop covering the period 2002 to 2004.
Following a plea bargain with the court in exchange for returning much of the property and money, Balogun was sentenced to six months in jail.
The presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako told a bewildered court audience she considered the fact that Balogun was a “first offender” and had “shown remorse” throughout the trial. “I hereby sentence the accused to a term of six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 naira (3,846 US dollars) on each of the eight charges against him,” she added.
Nyako went further to explain that the six months will run concurrently and the 67 days Balogun had already spent in detention during the trial will be deducted. He was released on February 9, 2006 after serving his sentence, part of it in the National Hospital, Abuja.

DSP Alamieyeseigha
DSP Alamieyeseigha, a retired Squadron Leader of the Nigeria Airforce was elected governor of Bayelsa State in May 1999 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected in 2003 but later impeached on December 9, 2005 on allegations of corruption.
Alamieyeseigha was detained in London on charges of money laundering in September 2005. He jumped bail in December 2005 from the United Kingdom by allegedly disguising himself as a woman, a claim he has, however, denied.
On July 26, 2007, the former Bayelsa State governor pleaded guilty before a Nigerian court to six charges and was sentenced to two years in prison on each count. In real terms, his actual sentence is seen as short, because the sentences were to run and actually ran concurrently, and the time was counted from the point of his arrest some two years before the sentences.
Alamieyeseigha said he only pleaded guilty due to his age and would have fought the charges had he been younger. On July 27, few hours after he was taken to prison, he was released because of time said to have been already served.

James Ibori
The EFCC, arrested Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, on December 12, 2007, at the Kwara State Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.
The charges brought against him included theft of public funds, abuse of office, and money laundering. They were among the charges Ribadu-led EFCC had been pressing against him. Besides, commission alleged that Ibori attempted to bribe him to drop the charges with a cash gift of $15 million, which Ribadu immediately lodged in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as an exhibit.
Curiously, on December 17, 2009, a Federal High Court in Asaba, the Delta State capital, discharged and acquitted Ibori of all 170 charges of corruption brought against him by EFCC. The EFCC filed a notice of appeal against the judgment.
In April 2010, about three months after Goodluck Jonathan assumed the presidency, Ibori’s case file was reopened. A fresh allegation of embezzlement of N40 billion ($266 million) was preferred against him. Attempts to arrest him at the time were unsuccessful. According to him, the charges were frivolous, saying he was a victim of political persecution.
In that same April 2010, Ibori fled Nigeria, a development that made the EFCC to request the assistance of Interpol. On July12, 2010 the Governor of the CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi revealed that Ibori had used Delta State as collateral for N40 billion loan when he was governor.
Ibori was arrested on May 13, 2010, in Dubai, United Arab Emirate under Interpol warrants issued from United Kingdom courts and enacted by the Metropolitan Police. Ibori was granted bail pending an extradition hearing. He was, however, later extradited to the United Kingdom.
On February 27, 2012, Ibori pleaded guilty to 10 counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud at Southwark Crown Court, London, following charges that he stole US$250 million from the Nigerian public purse. On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Ibori was sentenced to 13 years by Southwark Crown Court for his crimes. He is expected to serve four and half years as some of the counts are to run concurrently.
Ibori’s guilty plea at a London court is regarded by many people as a shame to the judiciary in Nigeria given the decision of a High Court in Asaba, which acquitted him in 2009. The EFCC has since appealed against the High Court judgment.

Lucky Igbinedion
The former governor of Edo State, was convicted for corruption on December 18, 2008 by a Federal High Court in Enugu. The 191-count charge involving N2.9 billion against Igbinedion later came down to just 24-count with Kiva Corporation. However, on December 17, a day prior to his conviction, the case against him was reduced to one-count after a plea bargain the ex-governor reported entered with the EFCC which initiated his trial.
“That you, Lucky Igbinedion (former Governor of Edo State) on or about January 21, 2008 within the Jurisdiction of this honourable court neglected to make a declaration of your interest in account No. 41240113983110 with GTB in the declaration of assets form of the EFCC and you thereby committed an offence punishable under section 27 (3) of the EFCC Act 2004,” that was the one-count charge that led to Igbinedion’s conviction.
After his guilty plea, Justice Abdul Kafarati sentenced Igbinedion to a fine of N3.5 million which is said to be equal to the amount in the account. The fine is an alternative to serving six months in jail.
Justice Tafarati also ordered Igbinedion to refund N500 million and forfeit three property including one in Abuja.
The EFCC which said it would file an appeal against the judgment had expressed dissatisfaction through its spokeman, Mr Femi Babafemi, pointed out that it fell short of its expectation.
“It is believed that the essence of a plea bargain is not only for suspects to forfeit the proceeds of crime but that such should go with a sentence which will serve as a deterrent.

John Yusuf
Yet another absurd judgment, as many Nigerians have agreed, came in the case which involving former officials of the Police Pension Fund including Mr John Yusuf. On January 28, 2013, an Abuja High Court presided by Justice Abubakar convicted Yusuf on three counts charge of stealing N32.8 billion pension money, with each of the count receiving a two-year sentence or an option of N250,000 fine, making it a total of six years or in the alternative N750,000 fine.
However, in actual sense, Talba handed down a two-year term of imprisonment or an option of N250,000 fine to Yusuf because the three counts are to run concurrently.
The judgment drew protests. The protesters comprised of members of the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and Association of Unemployed Youths of Nigeria (AUYN), who marched to both the Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Assembly, on January 30, 2013, decrying the judgment.
Even the House of Representatives protested the court’s decision described as ‘a slap on the wrist.’ The House called on the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the EFCC to immediately appeal against the judgment.
Besides, the lawmakers unanimously resolved to commence the process of amending Section 309 of the Penal Code and Criminal Code to reflect the present day realities.

Someone should tell this man TD Joshua that this is not a prophesy. This is a known fact. This his attention seeking is getting out of hand.

well am not worried. This will show how close to Nigerians these people at the top are. They will be digging their grave if and once they choose buhari, elrufai and their cohorts for president cos no one like Buhari, or el rufai

esn1: Tinubu and Buhari spoke in Abuja at the public presentation of a book, The Accidental Public Servant, written by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. The el-Rufai book, an expose on the thoughts and words of men of power during the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, had already become controversial before it was presented to the public.

Listen to all these criminals...........
God have mercy on Nigeria and the masses that will suffer if people like this come back to power.

esn1: He said, “Thanks to Nasir, we now know that most of our leaders are soon overcome and consumed by their unbridled lust for power; Nasir tells us Nigeria still has a long way to go and the architects of a new Nigeria are not yet in place.”
Tinubu described the book as unrivalled in the history of the country, noting however that the author could not exonerate himself from what happened during the Obasanjo administration which was the focus of the book.
He said, “In as much as Nasir may not and cannot exonerate himself from all that happened, he has chosen a road less travelled by telling it all. One of yesterday’s men is coming clean.

but people hate el rufai. If u doubt me go to his tweeter account and see how much people keep insulting him.

esn1: The new party consists of the ACN, CPC, All Progressives Grand Alliance, and the All Nigeria Peoples Party though Anambra State Government, administered by an APGA Governor Peter Obi on Thursday dissociated itself from the merger.
In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Chief Joemartins Uzodike, the state government also said the Anambra State chapter of the APGA was not a party to the merger.
The statement said the issue of merger had never been discussed at the National Executive Committee of the party and neither had any national convention of the party been called to discuss the so-called merger.
It rather said that APGA was part of the PDP-run Federal Government of President Goodluck Jonathan, having benefited in appointments from the government.

Why are these people still trying to paint APGA black for publicly denoucing their involvement in their merger. APGA has said it does not want to join are they going to force them.

the nigerian factor has set it as always

ajetunblog: See corruption everywhere,am tired of this country ooo

see u breaking ur head over nothing. I expected this from the start but was curious to see if it will be like that of that pension thief that was given just a tap on his hand for stealing billions, shot changing the country and millions of Nigerians. I expected Lawan would make bail but hoped it will be an expensive one with restrictions. That is what and where u should look at. The judge tried but he could have made it more expensive for them...

[size=28pt]so what the big 4k[/size]

wait, make una wait first. How manz companies make cars or buses locallz in Nigeria. Is Innoson motors not the only one. As much as I like the loan for what its stands to encourage, i am a little uncomfortable with what Nigerians can turn in into...

Wendyslim: Dats better when it is implemented dos he goats will learn or go rot in jail

Bullshit if they omitted terrorism (book haram) and our treasury thievery (the cabal)...cos these two group molest Nigeria everyday and have being doing so all this while.

Bullshit if they omitted terrorism (book haram) and our treasury thievery (the cabal)...cos these two group molest Nigeria everyday and have being doing so all this while.

peckhamboi: I tire my brother, make dem quick break up this nonsense called Nigeria next year.

Lol that won't happen

Hypocrisy of our Nigerian leaders and system

Nice idea but what happens to the people that would be rendered jobless. How does the government re-integrate them...

superior1: The House of Representatives, on Thursday, declared that the National Assembly had no plan to veto the 2013 budget which it said was still awaiting President Goodluck Jonathan’s assent, but said that it would not hesitate to veto the budget if it was not signed quickly by the Presidency.

This is coming just as the Minority Leader of the House, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, called on President Jonathan to quickly sign the 2013 budget passed by the National Assembly in December 2012 into law, saying, “we will work with him on this if there are genuine grey areas.”

According to him, “we are already in February and a situation where legislature will have to override his Presidential Veto as constitutionally provided is not a good way to start the year or foster a good legislative executive relationship.”
Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Honourable Zakari Mohammed, who briefed newsmen in Abuja, however, debunked media reports that the president had refused to sign the budget because of disagreements between the executive and the legislature.
According to him,”as far as we are concerned, the budget is still with Mr President. Since 1999, this is the first time that the budget is going through rigorous processes.”

The House spokesperson who was responding to a question on whether the National Assembly would veto the budget if he failed to sign it on time, said, “we should not put the cart before the horse. I don’t think we are there now. Mr President has not come to tell us that he will not sign the budget. But we are not afraid if it comes to that level.”

He also described as false media reports which suggested that the House and the Senate were in conflict over state creation, saying,”it is a mere speculation, everybody can say whatever he wants, but as far as we are concerned, both chambers of the National Assembly have cordial working relationship. The process of constitutional amendment is very clear. If any of us has issues on constitutional amendment, it should channel it to the proper avenue.”

Source: http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/4822-nass-will-veto-2013-budget-if--reps

If these people in the lower house don't know that no matter what they do, if senate doesn't veto the stuff its stalemate then they should just leave the house for more enlightened people.

zoelife: Been worried lately over this issue. He's a great guy, loving, kind and all. Yet time and time again the issue comes up if I'm still with him, or if there's someone somewhere who's probably doing better than him. Getting a little worked up over things I call 'trivial' like not knowing my friends(I'm not a crowd person. My friends are mostly married women. Or guys. That's me),etc.
Not that he's being unpleasant, but the thing here is, I'm wat u cld call an 'alpha female'. Ambitious, driven and visionary. These I think give him the 'not good enuff' feeling, plus the fact dat he's still a beginner(I'm not yet there either). Whenever he expresses such feelings, I feel him too and attimes wonder to myself, if truly there's someone better for me out there. I dunno.
Sound advice NLers needed, married folks welcome. Tks

In as much as I do feel for u and ur guy, I would want to correct something or maybe I would say understand something u said better. U said u are an alpha female, please explain to us in clearer terms. I know u said alpha female (Ambitious, driven and visionary) but my question for u is, are u really one. Most people who call themselves alpha men and women are usually overbearing, arrogant, egocentric, self centred, selfish, emotionless and/or narcissitic about themselves. Do u fall into this category. Ask urself why ur own man always feels small arnd u. Do u overshadow him, do u suffocate him with what u feel u can achieve, do u make him feel less a man? He won't tell but will feel it. I don't believe in that alpha stuff bullshit. I only believe in what I see and ur comments makes me conclude u have one of the characters I mentioned before. If u want to keep ur relationship, u got to work on it, ur man and ur character.

Fashola
Rochas
Tinubu

its all bullshit rattles to sell a poor scripted wald of lies written by a known mad man who has been known to foam in his mouth since he felt slited for being thrown out of the helm of power...
A clear case of biting the hands that fed him..

Most claims against radiologists result from errors in diagnosis, not procedural complications or failure to communicate or recommend additional studies.

The most frequently missed diagnosis is breast cancer. Procedural complications as a cause of malpractice lawsuits rank a distant second.

In a study published in the February issue of Radiology, researchers report data on 8401 radiologists in 47 states participating One-Call Medical, a provider organization offering diagnostic imaging services for the workers' compensation, group health, and auto insurance industries.

A key responsibility of radiologists is to interpret and communicate results of imaging studies to the referring clinician, explain Stephen R. Baker, MD, chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–New Jersey Medical School in Newark, and colleagues. Dr. Baker is also medical director of credentialing for One-Call Medical.

"The idea of communication being a common cause of suits in radiology is an extrapolation of it being a common cause of many lawsuits in nonradiologists," Dr. Baker noted. When we talk about a communication error, radiologists aren't usually thought of as any different. That's why our data may be surprising to people."

However, with the exception of mammography, radiologists rarely deal directly with patients, he noted.

"It may be a subsidiary allegation, but not the primary one," explained Dr. Baker. In fact, failure to communicate and to recommend additional testing were found to be uncommon reasons for a lawsuit.

In mammography, most of the suits result from the lack of detection or recommendation for biopsy of a lesion that turns out to be cancer, he added. "But the problem is that mammography is not the best tool for finding consequential lesions in dense breasts or in women in their 40s," he explained.

Another common cause of lawsuits is missing a fracture in the foot, he continued. "Many of the things that we think would be major causes of suits aren't, such as missing a bleed in the head. That is hardly ever the cause of a malpractice suit."

Study Details

Malpractice lawsuits are a continuing concern for radiologists; they are not rare in this specialty and are not declining in frequency. Even though only 3.6% of all American physicians are radiologists, among all specialists they were sixth in the number of closed claims against them from 1985 to 2002, according to the Physicians Insurers Association of America.

Dr. Baker and colleagues analyzed 4793 claims filed against 2680 radiologists; an alleged cause could be derived from the narrative for 4043 (84%) claims.

Among radiologists who had been the subject of at least 1 claim, the most common claims were for failure to diagnose (39.07 per 1000 person-years; 95% confidence interval [CI], 37.62 - 40.58). The second most common claims were for procedural complications (4.64 per 1000 person-years; 95% CI, 4.14 - 5.20).

Among all radiologists, there were 14.83 claims per 1000 person-years for errors in diagnosis (95% CI, 14.19 - 15.51). Procedural complications ranked a distant second, with a rate of 1.76 per 1000 person-years (95% CI, 1.58 - 1.96). For radiologists who had only a peripheral role, the rate was 0.92 per 1000 person-years; for failure of communication with another provider, the rate was 0.71; for failure to recommend more testing, the rate was 0.41; and for inadequate communication with the patient or the patient's family, the rate was 0.40.

Breast cancer was the most common generic error subject to an initial malpractice suit for failure of diagnosis, with a rate of claims 3.57 claims per 1000 person-years (95% CI, 3.26 - 3.91). This was followed by musculoskeletal disease; for injuries of all nonvertebral bones, the rate of claims was 2.49 per 1000 person-years (95% CI, 2.28 - 2.72), and for injuries of the vertebrae, it was 1.32 (95% CI, 1.16 - 1.49].

Also common were claims for pulmonary diseases, such as missed lung nodules (1.26 per 1000 person-years; 95% CI, 1.11 - 1.42) and gastrointestinal disease (1.25; 95% CI, 1.10 - 1.41), which included bowel perforation, bowel obstruction, colon cancer, gastric cancer, and esophageal cancer.

homesteady: actually that is what i thought of,but why i finally settled for fashola is because he is more popular than tinubu in terms of perfomance during their respective reign's as governor's.

fashola being more pupolar than Tinubu is an understatement cos Tinubu did not do anything

[quote author=eagle,eye]I am a fan of Buhari and I like his anti-corruption stance.
But any ticket featuring Buhari is bound to lose. I believe that Buhari is a good man and will help reduce corruption if elected. But, again majority of Nigerians will not vote for Buhari.
Buhari should step back and give advice to the younger generation politicians, Same with Tinubu.[/quote]Tinubu/Buhari is no go, plain and simple. We want fresh ideas not stale old men who believe that the Nigerian presidency is their birthright..

confusion247: Too bad that you are living in delusion. That lawyer friend of yours should have shown you evidence to prove that we are one at first. The same lawyer should have told you the reason why IGBOS declared biafra in those days. The same lawyer should have told you if the issues that lead to biafra have been solved? Just embrace the reality as it unfolds
As for the interpretation of the amalgamation clause, leave that to UNITED NATION.

look at this and learn 4 urself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtJ0F5h2SI&list=UUEXGDNclvmg6RW0vipJYsTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtJ0F5h2SI&list=UUEXGDNclvmg6RW0vipJYsTQ

nigeria is not splitting anything